State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 190,311 Pennsylvania births in 1924 across 1,338 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#82Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Clairoutside the national top 200
#80Regina#184 nationally
#93Nick#189 nationally
#69Mike#164 nationally
#98Irvin#187 nationally
#85Sophie#170 nationally
#79Jacob#163 nationally
#56Steve#139 nationally
#83Olga#165 nationally
#95Matthew#171 nationally
#91Angelo#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary7,200US #1
#2Helen4,194US #3
#3Dorothy3,875US #2
#4Betty3,599US #4
#5Margaret3,446US #5
#6Anna2,445US #13
#7Ruth2,420US #6
#8Elizabeth2,177US #11
#9Jean1,473US #16
#10Marie1,411US #14
#11Doris1,318US #9
#12Eleanor1,308US #29
#13Catherine1,299US #27
#14Mildred1,281US #8
#15Frances1,240US #10
#16Virginia1,207US #7
#17Florence1,203US #20
#18Irene1,162US #18
#19Evelyn1,084US #12
#20Rose1,081US #25
#21Alice961US #15
#22Josephine920US #34
#23Martha812US #21
#24Lois778US #22
#25Rita763US #49
#26Ann754US #55
#27Grace754US #43
#28Jane738US #53
#29Lillian733US #23
#30Louise706US #24
#31Pauline645US #38
#32Ethel623US #39
#33Marjorie623US #17
#34Kathryn599US #81
#35Edith591US #36
#36June589US #45
#37Marion577US #46
#38Esther569US #51
#39Agnes566US #63
#40Thelma558US #33
#41Shirley557US #19
#42Anne545US #79
#43Gladys544US #30
#44Gloria537US #41
#45Marian513US #64
#46Julia504US #62
#47Edna503US #31
#48Dolores497US #75
#49Phyllis489US #44
#50Gertrude463US #60
#51Geraldine445US #58
#52Emma436US #57
#53Beatrice430US #50
#54Sarah416US #54
#55Katherine406US #59
#56Theresa402US #96
#57Bernice397US #47
#58Nancy395US #69
#59Clara393US #56
#60Patricia393US #35
#61Stella388US #105
#62Barbara387US #28
#63Elsie386US #61
#64Pearl377US #78
#65Norma371US #40
#66Sara355US #116
#67Bertha349US #65
#68Charlotte347US #80
#69Jeanne341US #90
#70Janet337US #118
#71Genevieve333US #107
#72Jennie330US #111
#73Miriam326US #143
#74Arlene319US #122
#75Kathleen318US #76
#76Violet314US #88
#77Lucille306US #37
#78Laura303US #72
#79Leona303US #103
#80Regina294US #184
#81Hazel289US #42
#82Ida281US #70
#83Olga277US #165
#84Elaine268US #73
#85Sophie268US #170
#86Mabel258US #108
#87Vivian255US #71
#88Lorraine253US #52
#89Sylvia243US #104
#90Eva242US #66
#91Alma238US #87
#92Ellen235US #99
#93Loretta231US #124
#94Joan224US #95
#95Rosemary224US #106
#96Audrey221US #84
#97Lucy214US #98
#98Mae214US #114
#99Vera213US #85
#100Viola211US #82

Boys

#1John7,262US #2
#2William5,504US #3
#3Robert5,274US #1
#4Joseph4,363US #7
#5James3,665US #4
#6Charles3,014US #5
#7George2,970US #6
#8Edward2,630US #9
#9Richard1,958US #8
#10Frank1,877US #12
#11Thomas1,847US #11
#12Paul1,787US #14
#13Donald1,449US #10
#14Harry1,383US #22
#15Walter1,331US #16
#16Albert1,148US #21
#17Raymond1,128US #15
#18Harold1,018US #13
#19Michael987US #54
#20Francis950US #34
#21Anthony898US #39
#22David856US #24
#23Henry773US #18
#24Kenneth734US #19
#25Ralph730US #23
#26Jack711US #17
#27Stanley709US #40
#28Louis673US #28
#29Carl672US #27
#30Eugene667US #25
#31Arthur644US #20
#32Samuel631US #45
#33Howard609US #26
#34Andrew580US #56
#35Earl577US #33
#36Peter551US #59
#37Leonard545US #38
#38Bernard528US #46
#39Daniel503US #47
#40Clarence426US #29
#41Norman415US #42
#42Vincent412US #78
#43Fred408US #32
#44Alfred400US #43
#45Russell381US #52
#46Lawrence379US #36
#47Ernest366US #37
#48Stephen362US #110
#49Theodore360US #65
#50Elmer357US #57
#51Herbert356US #41
#52Frederick345US #62
#53Roy343US #31
#54Leo338US #51
#55Leroy320US #53
#56Steve314US #139
#57Edwin309US #55
#58Gerald306US #49
#59Philip301US #71
#60Chester285US #67
#61Martin281US #82
#62Calvin280US #44
#63Warren272US #58
#64Nicholas258US #122
#65Glenn256US #79
#66Lewis246US #77
#67Melvin241US #48
#68Herman221US #70
#69Mike220US #164
#70Benjamin219US #89
#71Alexander217US #129
#72Ray212US #60
#73Lester210US #72
#74Clyde208US #69
#75Lloyd205US #61
#76Victor202US #90
#77Clifford200US #64
#78Leon193US #76
#79Jacob158US #163
#80Franklin157US #134
#81Wayne157US #74
#82Elwood155
#83Alvin147US #73
#84Harvey144US #88
#85Marvin144US #50
#86Dale143US #84
#87Milton142US #81
#88Allen140US #94
#89Floyd139US #66
#90Edgar138US #96
#91Angelo131US #165
#92Clair127
#93Nick127US #189
#94Edmund125US #148
#95Matthew124US #171
#96Wilbur124US #106
#97Willard123US #97
#98Irvin122US #187
#99Joe122US #35
#100Rudolph121US #138

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑33Calvin#62
↑21Patricia#60
↑17Elwood#82
↑16Elaine#84
↑13Harvey#84
↑12Franklin#80
↑10Ethel#32
↑10Lorraine#88

Falling

↓26Joe#99
↓16Warren#63
↓14Viola#100
↓12Clair#92
↓11Stella#61
↓10Anne#42
↓10Genevieve#71
↓10Vera#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.