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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,585 Pennsylvania births in 1911 across 719 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#89Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#90Clairoutside the national top 200
#93Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#69Susan#167 nationally
#71Miriam#164 nationally
#81Adam#170 nationally
#55Mike#138 nationally
#98Cecelia#175 nationally
#55Sara#123 nationally
#65Steve#133 nationally
#100Isabel#168 nationally
#95Tony#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,188US #1
#2Helen1,733US #2
#3Anna1,555US #6
#4Margaret1,404US #3
#5Dorothy1,022US #4
#6Elizabeth962US #7
#7Ruth725US #5
#8Catherine653US #20
#9Mildred628US #8
#10Rose581US #14
#11Marie556US #9
#12Florence525US #12
#13Frances475US #10
#14Alice385US #11
#15Grace358US #23
#16Josephine347US #29
#17Edna341US #17
#18Ethel337US #15
#19Kathryn333US #73
#20Evelyn322US #16
#21Lillian320US #13
#22Martha298US #28
#23Esther289US #34
#24Ann287US #53
#25Julia285US #44
#26Edith282US #31
#27Agnes281US #39
#28Eleanor281US #49
#29Gertrude271US #30
#30Irene269US #21
#31Emma254US #35
#32Louise247US #19
#33Gladys242US #18
#34Virginia230US #26
#35Bertha229US #36
#36Clara229US #33
#37Anne222US #64
#38Pauline220US #38
#39Stella217US #72
#40Sarah216US #42
#41Thelma216US #27
#42Jean205US #74
#43Katherine204US #55
#44Marion195US #58
#45Mabel193US #43
#46Hazel184US #25
#47Beatrice178US #37
#48Elsie173US #41
#49Betty166US #69
#50Ida160US #45
#51Laura154US #57
#52Viola151US #47
#53Violet151US #83
#54Eva146US #46
#55Sara146US #123
#56Theresa144US #100
#57Jennie143US #85
#58Pearl142US #48
#59Blanche138US #75
#60Mae138US #71
#61Jane132US #98
#62Hilda129US #101
#63Nellie123US #54
#64Genevieve121US #93
#65Marian121US #105
#66Charlotte115US #95
#67Myrtle115US #50
#68Sophie114US #125
#69Susan110US #167
#70Alma106US #62
#71Miriam104US #164
#72Bessie103US #40
#73Emily103US #103
#74Lena102US #70
#75Olive100US #121
#76Ellen95US #84
#77Vera94US #67
#78Doris92US #56
#79Loretta92US #118
#80Leona91US #76
#81Harriet90US #115
#82Minnie90US #52
#83Verna90US #132
#84Barbara88US #119
#85Marjorie88US #59
#86Sylvia87US #82
#87Bernice85US #51
#88Marguerite84US #87
#89Ella83US #63
#90Lucy79US #77
#91Caroline78US #146
#92Naomi78US #141
#93Veronica74
#94Madeline72US #133
#95Victoria66US #160
#96Geraldine65US #134
#97Olga65US #163
#98Cecelia63US #175
#99Alberta62US #114
#100Isabel62US #168

Boys

#1John1,672US #1
#2William1,020US #2
#3Joseph988US #6
#4Charles740US #7
#5James696US #3
#6George680US #4
#7Robert532US #5
#8Frank490US #8
#9Edward451US #9
#10Paul368US #17
#11Harry363US #13
#12Thomas332US #10
#13Walter324US #12
#14Michael300US #38
#15Albert240US #15
#16Anthony217US #35
#17Andrew215US #42
#18Harold201US #16
#19Francis192US #33
#20Henry187US #11
#21Samuel175US #30
#22Louis172US #21
#23Richard171US #20
#24Stanley169US #44
#25Raymond167US #19
#26Arthur163US #18
#27Ralph160US #24
#28Carl156US #26
#29David155US #27
#30Howard141US #28
#31Peter136US #50
#32Clarence122US #23
#33Kenneth121US #40
#34Donald118US #36
#35Daniel116US #53
#36Alfred104US #39
#37Stephen103US #84
#38Earl100US #34
#39Fred97US #22
#40Norman90US #63
#41Russell90US #55
#42Frederick84US #52
#43Bernard81US #54
#44Lawrence80US #37
#45Philip76US #69
#46Elmer75US #48
#47Martin75US #75
#48Jack73US #25
#49Eugene70US #43
#50Herbert69US #41
#51Roy69US #31
#52Leonard68US #46
#53Theodore68US #56
#54Chester67US #58
#55Mike66US #138
#56Leo65US #51
#57Alexander63US #94
#58Ernest63US #32
#59Vincent62US #80
#60Lester61US #65
#61Benjamin60US #64
#62Leroy58US #59
#63Edwin57US #60
#64Herman57US #49
#65Steve56US #133
#66Jacob55US #116
#67Lewis55US #66
#68Nicholas54US #120
#69Morris53US #85
#70Gerald52US #88
#71Clifford48US #62
#72Joe48US #29
#73Leon47US #77
#74Lloyd47US #74
#75Clyde46US #61
#76Ray46US #71
#77Victor43US #81
#78Melvin41US #73
#79Maurice39US #99
#80Willard38US #114
#81Adam36US #170
#82Warren36US #113
#83Wilbur36US #101
#84Gilbert34US #103
#85Glenn33US #111
#86Milton33US #70
#87Oscar33US #68
#88Allen32US #98
#89Elwood32
#90Clair30
#91Floyd30US #57
#92Harvey30US #91
#93Edgar29US #83
#94Sam29US #47
#95Tony29US #162
#96Franklin27US #152
#97Julius26US #104
#98Max26US #106
#99Patrick26US #128
#100Abraham25US #124

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑23Jane#61
↑21Philip#45
↑20Lester#60
↑20Maurice#79
↑19Loretta#79
↑19Adam#81
↑18Mae#60
↑17Joe#72

Falling

↓23Julius#97
↓22Victor#77
↓22Patrick#99
↓21Floyd#91
↓16Harvey#92
↓15Ella#89
↓14Minnie#82
↓14Clyde#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.