State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 159,552 Pennsylvania births in 1915 across 1,230 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#95Susanoutside the national top 200
#96Clairoutside the national top 200
#98Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#100Adam#194 nationally
#100Regina#192 nationally
#86Nick#177 nationally
#96Veronica#185 nationally
#48Mike#129 nationally
#66Miriam#138 nationally
#39Steve#110 nationally
#99Irvin#168 nationally
#89Matthew#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary7,970US #1
#2Helen4,617US #2
#3Anna3,623US #7
#4Margaret3,324US #4
#5Dorothy2,847US #3
#6Ruth2,218US #5
#7Elizabeth2,109US #8
#8Catherine1,426US #19
#9Mildred1,385US #6
#10Marie1,300US #11
#11Rose1,290US #16
#12Florence1,192US #14
#13Frances1,174US #9
#14Josephine1,068US #22
#15Eleanor948US #28
#16Evelyn918US #10
#17Alice863US #13
#18Grace854US #27
#19Ann839US #43
#20Kathryn787US #60
#21Virginia766US #12
#22Martha765US #25
#23Lillian733US #15
#24Anne705US #52
#25Jean693US #48
#26Ethel687US #23
#27Esther661US #33
#28Julia659US #44
#29Edith656US #31
#30Edna642US #20
#31Irene642US #17
#32Stella623US #64
#33Pauline621US #32
#34Emma618US #40
#35Gertrude617US #35
#36Agnes588US #45
#37Louise588US #18
#38Betty568US #53
#39Thelma537US #30
#40Gladys504US #21
#41Bertha481US #46
#42Katherine480US #49
#43Jane469US #69
#44Sarah469US #51
#45Marion464US #50
#46Beatrice451US #37
#47Rita441US #71
#48Elsie426US #41
#49Clara413US #38
#50Sara412US #106
#51Hazel408US #26
#52Jennie406US #73
#53Sophie385US #97
#54Marian364US #86
#55Pearl357US #56
#56Doris354US #34
#57Theresa349US #93
#58Ida344US #54
#59Laura337US #61
#60Genevieve324US #76
#61Mabel314US #62
#62Sylvia311US #67
#63Eva308US #55
#64Nellie304US #63
#65Violet296US #82
#66Miriam283US #138
#67Charlotte282US #81
#68Marjorie282US #39
#69Viola281US #59
#70Blanche272US #87
#71Lois262US #47
#72Emily237US #99
#73Bernice234US #42
#74Alma233US #70
#75Barbara232US #83
#76Lucy229US #79
#77Olga229US #130
#78Hilda227US #107
#79Lena226US #77
#80Leona223US #74
#81Mae223US #89
#82Vera223US #65
#83Ellen221US #88
#84Marguerite219US #85
#85Myrtle218US #58
#86Verna213US #126
#87Bessie208US #57
#88Lucille196US #29
#89Caroline195US #137
#90Loretta190US #115
#91Geraldine188US #108
#92Olive188US #123
#93Ella187US #75
#94Victoria186US #151
#95Susan184
#96Veronica183US #185
#97Madeline180US #121
#98Alberta177US #120
#99Harriet173US #112
#100Regina172US #192

Boys

#1John6,443US #1
#2William4,045US #2
#3Joseph3,968US #5
#4Charles2,652US #7
#5George2,558US #6
#6Robert2,533US #4
#7James2,383US #3
#8Frank1,905US #9
#9Edward1,848US #8
#10Paul1,401US #13
#11Harry1,275US #19
#12Thomas1,183US #10
#13Walter1,168US #11
#14Michael1,092US #43
#15Albert1,057US #17
#16Anthony905US #36
#17Richard865US #15
#18Stanley766US #34
#19Harold756US #12
#20Raymond742US #16
#21Francis741US #29
#22Henry710US #14
#23Louis686US #23
#24Andrew672US #46
#25Samuel625US #39
#26Peter600US #49
#27Donald596US #20
#28Ralph577US #21
#29David571US #31
#30Carl568US #22
#31Howard550US #25
#32Arthur522US #18
#33Kenneth492US #28
#34Clarence434US #24
#35Stephen427US #86
#36Earl404US #33
#37Daniel359US #55
#38Bernard356US #48
#39Steve350US #110
#40Alfred346US #42
#41Jack346US #27
#42Vincent343US #65
#43Fred331US #26
#44Eugene329US #41
#45Russell319US #51
#46Frederick318US #52
#47Chester317US #54
#48Mike309US #129
#49Elmer306US #45
#50Norman305US #50
#51Leonard294US #44
#52Lawrence292US #37
#53Leo284US #47
#54Nicholas278US #104
#55Roy268US #32
#56Herbert266US #40
#57Ernest264US #35
#58Theodore247US #64
#59Martin246US #79
#60Lester240US #57
#61Benjamin235US #71
#62Philip231US #69
#63Leroy216US #66
#64Edwin215US #53
#65Herman212US #56
#66Lewis202US #70
#67Alexander200US #103
#68Glenn200US #87
#69Melvin195US #60
#70Gerald194US #78
#71Joe193US #38
#72Victor190US #74
#73Leon179US #82
#74Clyde167US #63
#75Wilbur166US #92
#76Jacob165US #121
#77Lloyd160US #62
#78Milton157US #73
#79Willard157US #58
#80Clifford150US #61
#81Floyd149US #59
#82Warren147US #105
#83Edgar146US #85
#84Ray136US #67
#85Alex135US #131
#86Nick135US #177
#87Tony135US #130
#88Morris132US #93
#89Matthew128US #150
#90Angelo121US #149
#91Franklin120US #132
#92Harvey119US #95
#93Wayne119US #97
#94Edmund117US #136
#95Rudolph116US #135
#96Clair114
#97Julius110US #109
#98Elwood109
#99Irvin107US #168
#100Adam103US #194

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑18Wilbur#75
↑16Rita#47
↑15Bernard#38
↑14Lois#71
↑14Bernice#73
↑10Melvin#69
↑10Floyd#81
↑9Bertha#41

Falling

↓17Madeline#97
↓13Ellen#83
↓13Verna#86
↓12Adam#100
↓10Jacob#76
↓9Alberta#98
↓9Nicholas#54
↓9Franklin#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.