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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,942 Pennsylvania births in 1913 across 955 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#85Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#91Nickoutside the national top 200
#87Susan#196 nationally
#95Sophiaoutside the national top 200
#97Clairoutside the national top 200
#80Veronica#183 nationally
#99Cecelia#198 nationally
#100Adam#192 nationally
#59Mike#145 nationally
#69Miriam#146 nationally
#49Steve#121 nationally
#46Sara#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,739US #1
#2Helen2,694US #2
#3Anna2,327US #7
#4Margaret1,991US #4
#5Dorothy1,557US #3
#6Elizabeth1,388US #8
#7Ruth1,231US #5
#8Mildred939US #6
#9Catherine919US #22
#10Rose832US #14
#11Marie784US #10
#12Frances698US #9
#13Florence678US #13
#14Josephine651US #24
#15Alice562US #11
#16Grace522US #25
#17Eleanor519US #34
#18Evelyn503US #12
#19Kathryn496US #66
#20Ethel472US #20
#21Martha463US #28
#22Irene456US #21
#23Ann454US #46
#24Edna436US #18
#25Lillian436US #16
#26Julia430US #42
#27Esther429US #32
#28Edith407US #29
#29Virginia405US #15
#30Anne393US #57
#31Agnes378US #41
#32Jean378US #60
#33Gertrude362US #33
#34Stella361US #69
#35Louise359US #17
#36Sarah352US #43
#37Gladys349US #19
#38Emma346US #38
#39Bertha334US #39
#40Thelma334US #26
#41Pauline326US #35
#42Beatrice300US #37
#43Betty296US #67
#44Marion293US #51
#45Hazel285US #27
#46Sara282US #114
#47Katherine279US #54
#48Elsie268US #40
#49Clara265US #36
#50Mabel252US #56
#51Jennie242US #80
#52Laura239US #62
#53Ida238US #49
#54Jane222US #81
#55Eva218US #50
#56Pearl217US #55
#57Nellie206US #58
#58Marian203US #93
#59Sophie201US #113
#60Violet198US #82
#61Genevieve197US #84
#62Viola193US #52
#63Theresa184US #97
#64Blanche176US #76
#65Charlotte166US #87
#66Doris164US #44
#67Sylvia163US #72
#68Marjorie162US #48
#69Miriam162US #146
#70Alma160US #64
#71Lena151US #73
#72Myrtle151US #53
#73Leona150US #74
#74Vera148US #68
#75Emily145US #99
#76Verna143US #126
#77Marguerite141US #78
#78Ellen140US #88
#79Mae140US #79
#80Veronica140US #183
#81Hilda139US #105
#82Madeline132US #117
#83Minnie132US #63
#84Olive130US #129
#85Alberta129US #108
#86Lois127US #59
#87Susan127US #196
#88Lucy125US #77
#89Bernice122US #45
#90Bessie121US #47
#91Barbara112US #94
#92Lucille110US #31
#93Caroline108US #149
#94Janet107US #162
#95Sophia107
#96Jessie105US #61
#97Victoria99US #147
#98Nancy98US #102
#99Cecelia97US #198
#100Olga97US #148

Boys

#1John3,706US #1
#2William2,393US #2
#3Joseph2,327US #5
#4Charles1,566US #7
#5George1,496US #6
#6James1,477US #3
#7Robert1,362US #4
#8Frank1,184US #9
#9Edward1,085US #8
#10Harry818US #15
#11Paul765US #14
#12Thomas758US #10
#13Walter666US #11
#14Michael644US #40
#15Albert595US #16
#16Anthony502US #38
#17Harold461US #13
#18Samuel425US #36
#19Henry418US #12
#20Andrew414US #47
#21Francis407US #30
#22Stanley407US #41
#23Raymond400US #18
#24Richard399US #19
#25Louis396US #20
#26Ralph380US #22
#27Arthur333US #17
#28David331US #29
#29Donald313US #25
#30Howard309US #26
#31Clarence291US #21
#32Kenneth286US #33
#33Peter280US #51
#34Carl273US #23
#35Earl244US #31
#36Stephen238US #86
#37Russell220US #50
#38Daniel216US #54
#39Jack214US #28
#40Alfred211US #42
#41Fred211US #27
#42Herbert206US #39
#43Frederick202US #49
#44Lawrence199US #35
#45Elmer197US #45
#46Eugene195US #43
#47Bernard193US #52
#48Vincent183US #66
#49Steve179US #121
#50Leonard175US #46
#51Chester168US #56
#52Leo159US #48
#53Theodore158US #60
#54Martin155US #75
#55Norman152US #57
#56Roy146US #32
#57Edwin142US #55
#58Lester142US #59
#59Mike142US #145
#60Ernest139US #34
#61Nicholas132US #110
#62Philip131US #69
#63Benjamin128US #70
#64Lewis128US #72
#65Woodrow128US #44
#66Alexander122US #98
#67Herman122US #53
#68Jacob121US #117
#69Gerald116US #84
#70Leroy114US #63
#71Victor114US #80
#72Melvin113US #61
#73Lloyd112US #67
#74Morris105US #89
#75Joe102US #37
#76Clyde101US #64
#77Glenn101US #85
#78Wilbur93US #91
#79Leon92US #81
#80Warren87US #109
#81Floyd85US #58
#82Milton83US #71
#83Ray82US #73
#84Edgar80US #87
#85Elwood79
#86Harvey78US #93
#87Franklin77US #132
#88Maurice76US #95
#89Matthew74US #151
#90Max73US #101
#91Nick71
#92Clifford70US #68
#93Sidney67US #90
#94Julius66US #106
#95Willard66US #99
#96Angelo65US #153
#97Clair65
#98Edmund65US #131
#99Sam63US #65
#100Adam62US #192

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑17Emily#75
↑16Vera#74
↑16Wilbur#78
↑15Melvin#72
↑13Sylvia#67
↑12Bernard#47
↑11Irene#22
↑10Leona#73

Falling

↓18Bessie#90
↓15Mae#79
↓14Ernest#60
↓13Hilda#81
↓13Barbara#91
↓12Clifford#92
↓11Leon#79
↓10Martin#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.