State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 185,969 Pennsylvania births in 1918 across 1,323 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#88Clairoutside the national top 200
#95Adam#197 nationally
#100Andyoutside the national top 200
#86Veronica#182 nationally
#81Nick#173 nationally
#93Regina#181 nationally
#42Mike#127 nationally
#69Miriam#138 nationally
#74Olga#141 nationally
#43Steve#109 nationally
#96Angelo#162 nationally
#89Caroline#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary8,184US #1
#2Helen5,410US #2
#3Margaret3,606US #4
#4Anna3,594US #10
#5Dorothy3,422US #3
#6Ruth2,621US #5
#7Elizabeth2,424US #9
#8Catherine1,552US #20
#9Mildred1,542US #6
#10Frances1,405US #8
#11Marie1,387US #12
#12Rose1,289US #17
#13Florence1,287US #14
#14Betty1,212US #21
#15Josephine1,199US #24
#16Eleanor1,151US #26
#17Virginia1,096US #7
#18Evelyn1,030US #11
#19Ann941US #44
#20Grace937US #31
#21Jean891US #37
#22Alice888US #13
#23Irene871US #16
#24Kathryn833US #63
#25Lillian831US #15
#26Martha821US #25
#27Ethel764US #28
#28Anne761US #54
#29Julia761US #48
#30Esther749US #38
#31Pauline745US #35
#32Agnes711US #47
#33Edna677US #23
#34Edith675US #30
#35Stella662US #67
#36Jane656US #53
#37Rita651US #58
#38Thelma643US #32
#39Louise640US #18
#40Gertrude626US #39
#41Gladys608US #22
#42Emma602US #46
#43Marion597US #45
#44Doris583US #19
#45Sara501US #109
#46Beatrice497US #40
#47Marian483US #76
#48Katherine479US #50
#49Sarah470US #52
#50Clara468US #43
#51Elsie464US #49
#52Bertha454US #51
#53Jennie447US #91
#54Marjorie434US #34
#55Hazel427US #33
#56Pearl419US #56
#57Sophie400US #108
#58Violet391US #83
#59Ida383US #57
#60Genevieve381US #81
#61Laura381US #64
#62Theresa362US #101
#63Geraldine348US #77
#64Nellie336US #65
#65Charlotte335US #78
#66June332US #66
#67Eva326US #55
#68Lois324US #42
#69Miriam322US #138
#70Sylvia307US #71
#71Mabel303US #74
#72Viola302US #59
#73Bernice291US #41
#74Olga283US #141
#75Blanche279US #96
#76Lucille277US #29
#77Leona266US #79
#78Barbara264US #60
#79Marguerite261US #86
#80Vera259US #68
#81Ellen257US #92
#82Mae256US #95
#83Alma252US #73
#84Emily250US #105
#85Verna247US #125
#86Veronica244US #182
#87Victoria244US #134
#88Hilda242US #114
#89Caroline239US #154
#90Janet237US #129
#91Phyllis237US #80
#92Lena228US #93
#93Regina227US #181
#94Alberta224US #122
#95Myrtle223US #62
#96Lucy221US #90
#97Nancy220US #102
#98Madeline218US #135
#99Loretta217US #116
#100Ella215US #84

Boys

#1John7,557US #1
#2William4,713US #2
#3Joseph4,485US #7
#4Robert3,393US #4
#5James3,034US #3
#6Charles2,995US #5
#7George2,985US #6
#8Edward2,377US #8
#9Frank2,119US #9
#10Paul1,676US #14
#11Harry1,618US #20
#12Thomas1,514US #10
#13Walter1,460US #11
#14Albert1,256US #19
#15Richard1,142US #12
#16Michael1,110US #45
#17Raymond1,002US #15
#18Anthony979US #39
#19Harold975US #13
#20Francis892US #30
#21Donald868US #18
#22Stanley849US #36
#23Henry771US #16
#24Andrew764US #46
#25Ralph726US #22
#26Samuel703US #43
#27Louis696US #24
#28David660US #28
#29Arthur651US #17
#30Carl607US #25
#31Peter602US #53
#32Howard595US #26
#33Earl589US #31
#34Kenneth585US #27
#35Jack584US #21
#36Clarence521US #23
#37Bernard470US #47
#38Daniel466US #52
#39Stephen441US #96
#40Fred420US #33
#41Alfred406US #42
#42Mike406US #127
#43Steve406US #109
#44Eugene398US #35
#45Russell391US #50
#46Chester382US #54
#47Lawrence377US #38
#48Leonard357US #41
#49Herbert352US #40
#50Elmer350US #44
#51Theodore345US #64
#52Norman342US #49
#53Victor339US #63
#54Frederick337US #59
#55Vincent334US #73
#56Ernest326US #37
#57Leo316US #48
#58Martin310US #81
#59Roy302US #32
#60Philip300US #71
#61Lester298US #62
#62Benjamin285US #79
#63Leroy283US #57
#64Nicholas277US #113
#65Edwin261US #55
#66Alexander250US #104
#67Joe237US #34
#68Gerald234US #72
#69Lloyd225US #51
#70Herman224US #65
#71Glenn220US #84
#72Lewis216US #74
#73Clifford211US #60
#74Clyde208US #67
#75Melvin207US #56
#76Leon196US #77
#77Warren182US #90
#78Jacob178US #133
#79Ray175US #69
#80Floyd170US #61
#81Nick165US #173
#82Harvey160US #88
#83Milton160US #76
#84Allen157US #98
#85Alex155US #131
#86Wilbur155US #97
#87Morris151US #101
#88Clair148
#89Franklin147US #129
#90Matthew147US #148
#91Woodrow145US #58
#92Tony141US #135
#93Alvin136US #80
#94Sam134US #75
#95Adam132US #197
#96Angelo131US #162
#97Sidney128US #94
#98Wayne128US #91
#99Willard127US #83
#100Andy125

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑14Harvey#82
↑13Mike#42
↑13Victor#53
↑12Victoria#87
↑11Morris#87
↑10Vera#80
↑9June#66
↑7Jane#36

Falling

↓19Lucy#96
↓14Willard#99
↓9Norman#52
↓9Wayne#98
↓8Melvin#75
↓7Sylvia#70
↓7Blanche#75
↓7Verna#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.