State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 182,344 Pennsylvania births in 1922 across 1,324 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#84Clairoutside the national top 200
#78Regina#187 nationally
#100Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#97Veronica#196 nationally
#69Mike#163 nationally
#92Nick#178 nationally
#75Sophie#153 nationally
#74Miriam#151 nationally
#80Olga#156 nationally
#86Angelo#161 nationally
#56Steve#130 nationally
#78Jacob#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary7,302US #1
#2Helen4,423US #3
#3Dorothy3,504US #2
#4Margaret3,431US #4
#5Anna2,725US #12
#6Betty2,626US #6
#7Ruth2,334US #5
#8Elizabeth2,301US #9
#9Mildred1,385US #8
#10Catherine1,348US #24
#11Marie1,329US #14
#12Jean1,267US #20
#13Frances1,235US #10
#14Eleanor1,179US #28
#15Rose1,177US #23
#16Virginia1,177US #7
#17Florence1,175US #18
#18Josephine1,043US #27
#19Irene1,014US #17
#20Evelyn991US #13
#21Doris968US #11
#22Alice916US #15
#23Grace831US #38
#24Martha799US #21
#25Ann796US #49
#26Pauline717US #36
#27Jane710US #55
#28Ethel693US #32
#29Lillian679US #19
#30Kathryn655US #73
#31Rita641US #52
#32Louise619US #22
#33Anne609US #66
#34Esther604US #44
#35Agnes592US #62
#36Edith585US #34
#37Marion576US #42
#38Thelma563US #31
#39Julia560US #60
#40Marjorie552US #16
#41Edna519US #29
#42Gertrude518US #48
#43Gladys516US #25
#44Marian513US #67
#45June510US #45
#46Lois505US #35
#47Emma489US #50
#48Stella487US #88
#49Geraldine440US #58
#50Beatrice424US #43
#51Sara419US #118
#52Elsie410US #59
#53Sarah406US #51
#54Bertha387US #63
#55Clara382US #47
#56Katherine382US #54
#57Phyllis356US #53
#58Dolores353US #104
#59Theresa351US #109
#60Gloria350US #61
#61Pearl347US #71
#62Charlotte346US #76
#63Nancy344US #78
#64Bernice342US #41
#65Hazel342US #37
#66Barbara341US #40
#67Jennie341US #105
#68Laura341US #68
#69Jeanne340US #97
#70Ida337US #65
#71Genevieve333US #98
#72Norma323US #46
#73Shirley311US #39
#74Miriam302US #151
#75Sophie297US #153
#76Violet296US #86
#77Arlene282US #133
#78Regina281US #187
#79Lucille279US #33
#80Olga275US #156
#81Ellen269US #95
#82Mabel269US #99
#83Janet268US #129
#84Eva267US #64
#85Leona264US #101
#86Emily262US #121
#87Loretta235US #125
#88Alma234US #84
#89Kathleen230US #80
#90Harriet228US #117
#91Sylvia228US #94
#92Vera228US #79
#93Verna226US #146
#94Patricia224US #69
#95Viola224US #72
#96Lucy220US #93
#97Veronica211US #196
#98Vivian211US #74
#99Blanche208US #115
#100Hilda206US #131

Boys

#1John7,073US #1
#2William5,161US #3
#3Robert4,624US #2
#4Joseph4,383US #7
#5James3,382US #4
#6Charles3,063US #5
#7George2,941US #6
#8Edward2,454US #8
#9Frank1,904US #10
#10Paul1,686US #14
#11Richard1,626US #9
#12Thomas1,595US #11
#13Harry1,358US #22
#14Walter1,302US #15
#15Donald1,223US #12
#16Albert1,205US #20
#17Raymond1,093US #16
#18Harold1,049US #13
#19Michael1,030US #48
#20Anthony917US #39
#21Francis875US #34
#22Henry755US #17
#23Ralph738US #23
#24David719US #24
#25Stanley716US #41
#26Kenneth695US #21
#27Jack678US #18
#28Louis674US #27
#29Andrew672US #53
#30Arthur651US #19
#31Samuel601US #43
#32Carl600US #30
#33Earl581US #31
#34Eugene557US #25
#35Peter544US #57
#36Bernard533US #46
#37Howard533US #26
#38Daniel483US #47
#39Clarence425US #29
#40Leonard415US #38
#41Fred411US #33
#42Lawrence399US #36
#43Stephen397US #101
#44Norman381US #44
#45Alfred378US #42
#46Russell375US #49
#47Frederick371US #60
#48Theodore353US #62
#49Vincent345US #71
#50Warren345US #45
#51Herbert344US #40
#52Ernest333US #37
#53Leo328US #51
#54Elmer324US #54
#55Roy314US #32
#56Steve310US #130
#57Edwin299US #52
#58Chester290US #64
#59Martin290US #80
#60Glenn269US #79
#61Philip265US #70
#62Gerald261US #58
#63Leroy259US #55
#64Nicholas246US #122
#65Melvin241US #50
#66Lester239US #69
#67Victor216US #86
#68Clifford213US #63
#69Mike201US #163
#70Benjamin200US #82
#71Lewis195US #75
#72Clyde192US #67
#73Alexander186US #125
#74Lloyd183US #59
#75Herman181US #66
#76Leon180US #77
#77Ray168US #65
#78Jacob167US #148
#79Franklin164US #126
#80Alvin155US #73
#81Joe151US #35
#82Wilbur151US #102
#83Wayne146US #78
#84Clair144
#85Edgar143US #93
#86Angelo142US #161
#87Harvey140US #88
#88Milton140US #74
#89Allen137US #95
#90Matthew137US #159
#91Marvin133US #56
#92Nick133US #178
#93Floyd124US #61
#94Willard122US #91
#95Sam121US #84
#96Sidney119US #110
#97Dale118US #89
#98Tony117US #137
#99Edmund116US #153
#100Elwood116

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑19Jeanne#69
↑18Dolores#58
↑16Arlene#77
↑15Clair#84
↑14Nancy#63
↑10Shirley#73
↑10Harriet#90
↑9Frederick#47

Falling

↓21Sylvia#91
↓21Viola#95
↓14Warren#50
↓13Genevieve#71
↓13Eva#84
↓13Floyd#93
↓11Janet#83
↓10Jennie#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.