State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 184,604 Pennsylvania births in 1923 across 1,341 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#80Clairoutside the national top 200
#73Regina#186 nationally
#89Dominicoutside the national top 200
#88Nick#198 nationally
#99Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#69Mike#155 nationally
#85Olga#169 nationally
#80Sophie#159 nationally
#81Angelo#157 nationally
#58Steve#133 nationally
#98Irvin#173 nationally
#87Jacob#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary7,035US #1
#2Helen4,281US #3
#3Dorothy3,820US #2
#4Margaret3,307US #4
#5Betty3,086US #5
#6Anna2,574US #13
#7Ruth2,348US #6
#8Elizabeth2,306US #9
#9Catherine1,407US #24
#10Mildred1,373US #8
#11Jean1,315US #19
#12Marie1,314US #14
#13Frances1,213US #10
#14Florence1,174US #18
#15Virginia1,146US #7
#16Eleanor1,133US #28
#17Rose1,114US #23
#18Doris1,101US #11
#19Evelyn1,066US #12
#20Irene1,051US #17
#21Josephine1,015US #30
#22Alice913US #15
#23Martha807US #21
#24Ann765US #52
#25Jane745US #55
#26Grace732US #39
#27Lillian721US #20
#28Rita703US #50
#29Pauline686US #37
#30Louise661US #22
#31Kathryn655US #72
#32Anne604US #71
#33Lois601US #27
#34Marjorie593US #16
#35Marion592US #44
#36Esther587US #47
#37June568US #42
#38Gladys564US #29
#39Agnes558US #63
#40Edith555US #36
#41Thelma550US #31
#42Ethel546US #38
#43Marian540US #65
#44Julia521US #62
#45Edna516US #32
#46Gertrude494US #59
#47Emma482US #53
#48Geraldine447US #58
#49Shirley444US #26
#50Stella432US #96
#51Beatrice430US #46
#52Sarah416US #54
#53Gloria415US #48
#54Dolores409US #83
#55Clara407US #49
#56Elsie405US #61
#57Phyllis405US #45
#58Bernice404US #43
#59Katherine383US #60
#60Nancy376US #75
#61Genevieve372US #97
#62Pearl366US #78
#63Barbara363US #33
#64Theresa356US #105
#65Jeanne352US #90
#66Norma350US #41
#67Bertha348US #64
#68Sara342US #123
#69Charlotte339US #77
#70Janet335US #121
#71Jennie333US #107
#72Violet319US #86
#73Regina313US #186
#74Hazel308US #40
#75Kathleen307US #70
#76Miriam284US #145
#77Laura282US #73
#78Ida280US #68
#79Arlene276US #127
#80Sophie273US #159
#81Patricia269US #56
#82Leona268US #100
#83Lucille253US #35
#84Vivian247US #69
#85Olga245US #169
#86Viola245US #79
#87Sylvia242US #98
#88Ellen241US #103
#89Vera240US #82
#90Mabel239US #102
#91Eva238US #66
#92Loretta226US #124
#93Alberta220US #135
#94Emily218US #128
#95Alma215US #89
#96Verna212US #146
#97Harriet208US #122
#98Lorraine208US #57
#99Marguerite205US #115
#100Elaine203US #87

Boys

#1John7,211US #1
#2William5,374US #3
#3Robert4,839US #2
#4Joseph4,274US #7
#5James3,537US #4
#6Charles2,926US #5
#7George2,915US #6
#8Edward2,549US #8
#9Frank1,875US #11
#10Richard1,730US #9
#11Thomas1,716US #12
#12Paul1,698US #14
#13Harry1,502US #22
#14Walter1,325US #16
#15Donald1,319US #10
#16Albert1,180US #20
#17Raymond1,091US #15
#18Michael1,006US #50
#19Harold1,000US #13
#20Anthony898US #39
#21Francis896US #34
#22Henry809US #18
#23David756US #24
#24Louis720US #27
#25Kenneth718US #21
#26Ralph677US #23
#27Jack671US #17
#28Arthur654US #19
#29Andrew645US #53
#30Stanley644US #41
#31Samuel630US #45
#32Carl629US #28
#33Eugene625US #25
#34Peter541US #58
#35Earl534US #31
#36Howard517US #26
#37Bernard510US #46
#38Leonard492US #37
#39Daniel473US #47
#40Clarence445US #29
#41Fred426US #33
#42Alfred424US #42
#43Lawrence422US #36
#44Norman400US #44
#45Vincent399US #72
#46Russell395US #52
#47Warren365US #43
#48Theodore363US #62
#49Frederick350US #60
#50Stephen349US #109
#51Elmer344US #57
#52Herbert335US #40
#53Leo329US #49
#54Ernest323US #38
#55Martin310US #80
#56Roy308US #32
#57Gerald304US #54
#58Steve297US #133
#59Edwin290US #56
#60Chester283US #63
#61Philip282US #70
#62Melvin263US #48
#63Nicholas258US #120
#64Leroy253US #55
#65Lewis227US #74
#66Benjamin224US #86
#67Victor224US #88
#68Glenn215US #84
#69Mike212US #155
#70Leon210US #77
#71Lester205US #71
#72Ray199US #61
#73Joe189US #35
#74Clyde186US #68
#75Herman185US #66
#76Alexander182US #129
#77Lloyd180US #59
#78Wayne172US #75
#79Clifford168US #65
#80Clair167
#81Angelo158US #157
#82Floyd152US #64
#83Alvin149US #73
#84Dale147US #90
#85Milton146US #81
#86Marvin145US #51
#87Jacob140US #160
#88Nick140US #198
#89Dominic132
#90Edgar132US #94
#91Matthew132US #163
#92Franklin130US #132
#93Wallace130US #69
#94Allen129US #97
#95Calvin126US #82
#96Patrick125US #147
#97Harvey120US #91
#98Irvin120US #173
#99Elwood119
#100Wilbur117US #105

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑24Shirley#49
↑14Kathleen#75
↑14Vivian#84
↑13Lois#33
↑13Janet#70
↑13Patricia#81
↑13Dale#84
↑11Floyd#82

Falling

↓18Wilbur#100
↓17Sara#68
↓14Ethel#42
↓13Bertha#67
↓13Franklin#92
↓11Clifford#79
↓10Harvey#97
↓9Hazel#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.