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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,138 Pennsylvania births in 1912 across 880 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#88Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Clairoutside the national top 200
#93Sophiaoutside the national top 200
#81Veronica#178 nationally
#95Cecelia#191 nationally
#66Miriam#159 nationally
#94Susan#186 nationally
#61Mike#144 nationally
#98Isabel#175 nationally
#98Irvin#170 nationally
#55Sara#121 nationally
#57Steve#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,106US #1
#2Helen2,241US #2
#3Anna2,075US #7
#4Margaret1,876US #4
#5Dorothy1,407US #3
#6Elizabeth1,293US #8
#7Ruth1,046US #5
#8Mildred833US #6
#9Catherine826US #21
#10Rose707US #15
#11Marie683US #10
#12Florence645US #12
#13Frances627US #9
#14Alice530US #11
#15Grace517US #24
#16Josephine513US #28
#17Ethel432US #18
#18Lillian425US #14
#19Edna420US #16
#20Martha419US #29
#21Kathryn417US #71
#22Eleanor406US #39
#23Evelyn399US #13
#24Agnes382US #40
#25Anne375US #58
#26Esther369US #33
#27Ann363US #47
#28Edith357US #31
#29Gertrude345US #30
#30Virginia342US #20
#31Julia340US #44
#32Emma335US #35
#33Irene323US #22
#34Gladys319US #19
#35Pauline309US #38
#36Sarah302US #41
#37Stella290US #73
#38Jean284US #64
#39Thelma281US #26
#40Louise279US #17
#41Marion277US #55
#42Bertha275US #36
#43Clara260US #34
#44Betty249US #66
#45Hazel248US #25
#46Mabel243US #46
#47Elsie242US #42
#48Beatrice240US #37
#49Jennie233US #81
#50Katherine233US #53
#51Nellie213US #59
#52Violet208US #83
#53Pearl203US #54
#54Laura201US #57
#55Sara198US #121
#56Jane196US #89
#57Ida194US #45
#58Eva184US #49
#59Marian182US #93
#60Blanche179US #75
#61Sophie177US #117
#62Theresa165US #97
#63Genevieve157US #92
#64Mae157US #74
#65Viola156US #52
#66Miriam150US #159
#67Doris147US #48
#68Hilda144US #104
#69Marjorie143US #56
#70Charlotte141US #91
#71Lena137US #72
#72Bessie133US #43
#73Verna132US #126
#74Marguerite131US #79
#75Alma129US #62
#76Myrtle127US #50
#77Ellen125US #86
#78Barbara120US #102
#79Ella120US #69
#80Sylvia117US #77
#81Veronica116US #178
#82Bernice113US #51
#83Leona111US #76
#84Lois110US #63
#85Caroline108US #139
#86Loretta107US #119
#87Minnie107US #60
#88Madeline105US #124
#89Victoria103US #150
#90Vera102US #68
#91Alberta101US #106
#92Emily101US #105
#93Sophia101
#94Susan100US #186
#95Cecelia99US #191
#96Lucy96US #78
#97Lucille91US #32
#98Isabel88US #175
#99Harriet87US #113
#100Olga87US #154

Boys

#1John3,067US #1
#2William1,903US #2
#3Joseph1,862US #5
#4Charles1,342US #7
#5James1,309US #3
#6George1,226US #6
#7Robert1,023US #4
#8Frank926US #9
#9Edward924US #8
#10Harry699US #16
#11Paul665US #14
#12Walter608US #11
#13Thomas598US #10
#14Michael519US #42
#15Albert511US #17
#16Anthony425US #37
#17Harold398US #13
#18Raymond384US #18
#19Samuel384US #30
#20Richard371US #19
#21Francis368US #35
#22Louis346US #20
#23Henry332US #12
#24Arthur321US #15
#25Ralph318US #23
#26Stanley317US #43
#27Andrew308US #44
#28David296US #29
#29Howard291US #25
#30Kenneth280US #33
#31Carl278US #24
#32Peter253US #48
#33Donald243US #27
#34Clarence236US #21
#35Earl196US #34
#36Daniel190US #53
#37Eugene188US #41
#38Lawrence188US #38
#39Russell186US #56
#40Jack184US #28
#41Alfred174US #40
#42Stephen174US #88
#43Elmer167US #47
#44Martin167US #75
#45Fred166US #26
#46Ernest156US #32
#47Frederick155US #51
#48Chester147US #55
#49Vincent145US #72
#50Herbert144US #39
#51Lester144US #58
#52Theodore144US #52
#53Philip143US #69
#54Benjamin138US #67
#55Leonard137US #45
#56Norman134US #61
#57Steve134US #123
#58Roy132US #31
#59Bernard131US #60
#60Edwin121US #54
#61Mike119US #144
#62Leo118US #49
#63Jacob117US #110
#64Leroy112US #66
#65Woodrow111US #46
#66Nicholas110US #113
#67Herman107US #50
#68Leon107US #79
#69Alexander104US #97
#70Lewis104US #68
#71Gerald101US #87
#72Victor96US #81
#73Glenn93US #84
#74Milton93US #64
#75Morris93US #82
#76Lloyd87US #70
#77Warren86US #107
#78Clyde83US #65
#79Edgar83US #85
#80Clifford76US #62
#81Harvey74US #91
#82Allen73US #103
#83Floyd73US #59
#84Joe73US #36
#85Willard68US #105
#86Max67US #101
#87Melvin66US #71
#88Elwood62
#89Franklin61US #129
#90Ray61US #77
#91Alvin57US #86
#92Clair57
#93Matthew57US #156
#94Wilbur57US #92
#95Sidney55US #80
#96Angelo54US #155
#97Wayne54US #118
#98Irvin52US #170
#99Nathan51US #120
#100Tony51US #153

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑16Marjorie#69
↑14Marguerite#74
↑14Edgar#79
↑12Anne#25
↑12Nellie#51
↑12Veronica#81
↑12Eugene#37
↑12Ernest#46

Falling

↓25Susan#94
↓19Emily#92
↓18Harriet#99
↓16Norman#56
↓16Bernard#59
↓14Ray#90
↓13Viola#65
↓13Vera#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.