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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 172,419 Pennsylvania births in 1919 across 1,254 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
#89Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#80Nick#188 nationally
#84Regina#185 nationally
#91Veronica#187 nationally
#96Merle#182 nationally
#52Mike#132 nationally
#50Steve#125 nationally
#87Angelo#161 nationally
#86Victoria#154 nationally
#70Olga#137 nationally
#50Sara#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary7,428US #1
#2Helen4,724US #2
#3Margaret3,547US #4
#4Dorothy3,285US #3
#5Anna3,170US #10
#6Ruth2,578US #5
#7Elizabeth2,268US #8
#8Mildred1,557US #6
#9Betty1,437US #15
#10Catherine1,368US #23
#11Marie1,334US #12
#12Frances1,306US #9
#13Rose1,294US #19
#14Florence1,219US #14
#15Eleanor1,102US #30
#16Virginia1,063US #7
#17Josephine1,047US #26
#18Jean987US #37
#19Evelyn986US #11
#20Alice862US #13
#21Ann813US #49
#22Grace813US #34
#23Irene800US #16
#24Martha765US #25
#25Lillian752US #17
#26Kathryn739US #66
#27Pauline729US #36
#28Ethel726US #28
#29Esther707US #38
#30Julia672US #48
#31Anne659US #63
#32Edith658US #29
#33Agnes640US #50
#34Jane626US #53
#35Doris623US #18
#36Thelma605US #31
#37Gertrude596US #39
#38Rita588US #54
#39Stella587US #70
#40Edna573US #22
#41Louise571US #20
#42Gladys550US #21
#43Emma516US #45
#44Marion492US #44
#45Beatrice469US #41
#46Sarah463US #46
#47Elsie449US #47
#48Clara447US #43
#49Marjorie447US #33
#50Sara447US #112
#51Katherine442US #51
#52Sophie423US #109
#53Hazel421US #32
#54Pearl401US #56
#55Bertha393US #52
#56Violet387US #74
#57Marian384US #82
#58Jennie375US #93
#59Geraldine349US #68
#60June348US #64
#61Lois345US #40
#62Theresa345US #102
#63Genevieve341US #88
#64Laura322US #71
#65Charlotte314US #79
#66Ida313US #57
#67Bernice304US #42
#68Eva286US #55
#69Nellie281US #69
#70Olga281US #137
#71Sylvia280US #77
#72Lucille276US #27
#73Mabel272US #78
#74Viola269US #58
#75Blanche264US #97
#76Barbara256US #60
#77Ellen254US #92
#78Verna252US #131
#79Alma246US #76
#80Janet246US #126
#81Vera246US #65
#82Phyllis243US #84
#83Leona241US #90
#84Regina240US #185
#85Miriam236US #145
#86Victoria234US #154
#87Emily229US #105
#88Dolores227US #124
#89Nancy222US #100
#90Myrtle221US #67
#91Veronica221US #187
#92Marguerite214US #96
#93Harriet213US #113
#94Hilda211US #123
#95Lena211US #94
#96Lucy211US #91
#97Mae208US #99
#98Kathleen206US #101
#99Arlene205US #156
#100Jeanne204US #130

Boys

#1John6,791US #1
#2William4,404US #2
#3Joseph4,202US #7
#4Robert3,549US #4
#5Charles2,842US #5
#6James2,762US #3
#7George2,675US #6
#8Edward2,154US #8
#9Frank1,971US #9
#10Paul1,589US #15
#11Walter1,407US #11
#12Harry1,383US #20
#13Thomas1,357US #10
#14Richard1,138US #12
#15Albert1,117US #18
#16Michael1,020US #46
#17Raymond974US #14
#18Harold958US #13
#19Anthony841US #41
#20Francis827US #34
#21Donald826US #17
#22Stanley786US #37
#23Henry712US #16
#24Louis676US #28
#25Andrew665US #47
#26David633US #27
#27Ralph633US #22
#28Samuel613US #43
#29Arthur610US #19
#30Howard610US #24
#31Carl534US #29
#32Earl531US #31
#33Jack531US #21
#34Kenneth531US #26
#35Peter526US #57
#36Eugene471US #33
#37Bernard435US #45
#38Clarence435US #25
#39Daniel411US #51
#40Fred384US #30
#41Leonard383US #39
#42Stephen381US #97
#43Alfred374US #42
#44Vincent362US #72
#45Lawrence361US #38
#46Russell360US #50
#47Theodore348US #54
#48Herbert343US #40
#49Elmer342US #44
#50Steve338US #125
#51Frederick326US #64
#52Mike319US #132
#53Chester317US #53
#54Ernest314US #36
#55Leo308US #49
#56Norman303US #48
#57Roy277US #32
#58Philip274US #71
#59Martin271US #81
#60Victor262US #68
#61Edwin259US #52
#62Nicholas257US #122
#63Leroy237US #55
#64Benjamin225US #79
#65Gerald213US #70
#66Alexander212US #113
#67Joe209US #35
#68Glenn206US #84
#69Melvin200US #56
#70Lloyd189US #58
#71Lester186US #62
#72Warren185US #83
#73Lewis182US #74
#74Leon180US #80
#75Herman179US #61
#76Clyde177US #67
#77Clifford167US #60
#78Jacob165US #138
#79Ray158US #69
#80Nick150US #188
#81Franklin149US #129
#82Milton149US #73
#83Harvey145US #85
#84Edgar143US #89
#85Wilbur140US #98
#86Floyd137US #59
#87Angelo134US #161
#88Clair132
#89Elwood130
#90Allen129US #101
#91Matthew128US #152
#92Wayne127US #90
#93Morris123US #100
#94Sidney122US #96
#95Alex120US #137
#96Merle116US #182
#97Gilbert113US #102
#98Sam113US #75
#99Alvin112US #76
#100Edmund111US #144

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑11Vincent#44
↑10Janet#80
↑9Doris#35
↑9Phyllis#82
↑9Regina#84
↑9Angelo#87
↑8Nancy#89
↑8Eugene#36

Falling

↓16Miriam#85
↓15Mae#97
↓13Marguerite#92
↓10Marian#57
↓10Mike#52
↓10Lester#71
↓10Alex#95
↓7Edna#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.