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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,918 Pennsylvania births in 1914 across 1,078 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#80Nick#196 nationally
#90Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#95Clairoutside the national top 200
#88Adam#182 nationally
#97Regina#191 nationally
#94Veronica#176 nationally
#49Mike#129 nationally
#72Miriam#149 nationally
#38Steve#112 nationally
#45Sara#108 nationally
#83Angelo#146 nationally
#95Amelia#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,981US #1
#2Helen3,324US #2
#3Anna2,836US #6
#4Margaret2,608US #4
#5Dorothy2,077US #3
#6Elizabeth1,711US #8
#7Ruth1,557US #5
#8Catherine1,197US #18
#9Mildred1,135US #7
#10Marie988US #10
#11Rose944US #15
#12Florence931US #13
#13Frances863US #9
#14Josephine756US #23
#15Alice720US #12
#16Evelyn682US #11
#17Grace659US #25
#18Eleanor654US #28
#19Ann632US #40
#20Kathryn613US #63
#21Lillian594US #16
#22Martha561US #27
#23Ethel544US #21
#24Virginia537US #14
#25Anne528US #53
#26Esther520US #35
#27Edna500US #19
#28Jean500US #54
#29Julia500US #42
#30Irene489US #22
#31Louise488US #17
#32Gertrude484US #32
#33Stella478US #65
#34Edith476US #31
#35Agnes470US #44
#36Pauline461US #34
#37Emma436US #39
#38Thelma424US #26
#39Sarah404US #47
#40Betty396US #62
#41Gladys393US #20
#42Marion368US #50
#43Katherine363US #48
#44Clara360US #37
#45Sara360US #108
#46Beatrice350US #38
#47Jennie334US #77
#48Hazel333US #29
#49Jane328US #71
#50Bertha322US #41
#51Elsie317US #46
#52Laura291US #59
#53Pearl275US #56
#54Ida273US #49
#55Mabel269US #58
#56Genevieve262US #76
#57Theresa261US #93
#58Marian259US #90
#59Sophie259US #100
#60Eva256US #52
#61Violet253US #83
#62Nellie245US #61
#63Rita239US #87
#64Doris234US #36
#65Viola216US #57
#66Blanche214US #80
#67Marjorie209US #45
#68Charlotte206US #88
#69Sylvia204US #70
#70Ellen186US #86
#71Emily184US #98
#72Miriam181US #149
#73Verna177US #125
#74Alma176US #69
#75Mae176US #85
#76Vera176US #68
#77Barbara173US #82
#78Lucy173US #73
#79Lena172US #75
#80Madeline172US #116
#81Hilda171US #103
#82Leona170US #79
#83Lucille168US #30
#84Olga160US #136
#85Lois157US #51
#86Marguerite154US #84
#87Bernice151US #43
#88Myrtle151US #60
#89Alberta150US #119
#90Caroline148US #148
#91Victoria147US #145
#92Bessie145US #55
#93Harriet143US #111
#94Veronica138US #176
#95Amelia135US #156
#96Geraldine134US #123
#97Regina134US #191
#98Loretta133US #122
#99Minnie133US #67
#100Nancy132US #102

Boys

#1John5,192US #1
#2Joseph3,119US #5
#3William3,078US #2
#4Charles2,111US #7
#5George1,978US #6
#6James1,906US #3
#7Robert1,812US #4
#8Frank1,516US #9
#9Edward1,437US #8
#10Paul1,078US #13
#11Harry1,006US #19
#12Walter905US #10
#13Michael885US #40
#14Thomas874US #11
#15Albert793US #15
#16Anthony652US #37
#17Richard633US #17
#18Stanley575US #39
#19Andrew563US #44
#20Harold553US #14
#21Louis541US #20
#22Raymond541US #16
#23Samuel536US #36
#24Henry528US #12
#25Francis490US #31
#26Arthur454US #18
#27Ralph443US #21
#28David438US #29
#29Peter428US #48
#30Donald411US #23
#31Kenneth411US #30
#32Carl398US #24
#33Howard396US #26
#34Clarence358US #22
#35Stephen342US #80
#36Earl311US #33
#37Russell292US #49
#38Steve286US #112
#39Jack266US #27
#40Alfred263US #41
#41Chester260US #56
#42Fred259US #28
#43Daniel255US #55
#44Lawrence252US #35
#45Nicholas252US #102
#46Eugene251US #43
#47Elmer247US #46
#48Vincent243US #61
#49Mike242US #129
#50Norman242US #54
#51Frederick241US #52
#52Leo233US #47
#53Bernard226US #50
#54Herbert210US #42
#55Martin209US #73
#56Benjamin198US #70
#57Theodore198US #64
#58Leonard193US #45
#59Edwin191US #53
#60Ernest190US #38
#61Roy188US #32
#62Philip175US #68
#63Alexander172US #98
#64Lester172US #57
#65Herman170US #51
#66Jacob166US #113
#67Lewis164US #72
#68Leroy163US #60
#69Victor158US #76
#70Joe155US #34
#71Gerald137US #81
#72Clyde132US #63
#73Leon132US #85
#74Milton127US #69
#75Glenn123US #91
#76Clifford122US #62
#77Lloyd120US #66
#78Warren115US #108
#79Melvin111US #59
#80Nick109US #196
#81Ray108US #74
#82Franklin106US #134
#83Angelo105US #146
#84Tony104US #138
#85Max102US #99
#86Morris101US #86
#87Edgar99US #87
#88Adam93US #182
#89Alex91US #131
#90Elwood91
#91Floyd91US #58
#92Edmund90US #130
#93Wilbur90US #96
#94Allen88US #105
#95Clair86
#96Harvey85US #95
#97Maurice82US #94
#98Gordon81US #88
#99Sam81US #67
#100Alvin80US #78

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑16Olga#84
↑16Nicholas#45
↑16Clifford#76
↑14Barbara#77
↑13Angelo#83
↑12Adam#88
↑11Steve#38
↑11Nick#80

Falling

↓16Myrtle#88
↓16Minnie#99
↓15Wilbur#93
↓14Veronica#94
↓12Herbert#54
↓12Morris#86
↓11Bertha#50
↓10Floyd#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.