State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 183,061 Pennsylvania births in 1925 across 1,301 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#86Nickoutside the national top 200
#81Regina#192 nationally
#96Clairoutside the national top 200
#97Dominicoutside the national top 200
#99Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#73Mike#164 nationally
#95Olga#186 nationally
#100Sophie#190 nationally
#59Steve#144 nationally
#93Angelo#168 nationally
#49Stephen#122 nationally
#61Nicholas#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary6,563US #1
#2Dorothy3,774US #2
#3Helen3,757US #4
#4Betty3,440US #3
#5Margaret3,060US #5
#6Anna2,306US #13
#7Ruth2,209US #6
#8Elizabeth2,000US #10
#9Jean1,635US #14
#10Doris1,411US #8
#11Marie1,293US #16
#12Eleanor1,230US #31
#13Mildred1,173US #9
#14Catherine1,151US #29
#15Frances1,121US #11
#16Virginia1,113US #7
#17Irene1,108US #19
#18Florence1,107US #24
#19Rose1,094US #26
#20Evelyn1,017US #12
#21Alice983US #15
#22Josephine853US #36
#23Lois812US #18
#24Gloria780US #20
#25Jane736US #53
#26Lillian714US #25
#27Martha699US #23
#28Pauline698US #38
#29Rita697US #48
#30Grace691US #44
#31Shirley682US #17
#32Ann671US #52
#33June624US #39
#34Louise595US #27
#35Marjorie582US #21
#36Ethel563US #43
#37Marion547US #47
#38Dolores544US #64
#39Kathryn541US #88
#40Edith537US #42
#41Thelma534US #35
#42Agnes519US #69
#43Phyllis501US #40
#44Gladys500US #33
#45Marian497US #67
#46Anne490US #85
#47Esther489US #56
#48Patricia487US #28
#49Nancy472US #60
#50Edna468US #37
#51Theresa457US #80
#52Geraldine452US #54
#53Gertrude434US #70
#54Norma399US #34
#55Julia397US #65
#56Barbara393US #22
#57Jeanne388US #89
#58Emma387US #57
#59Clara385US #55
#60Beatrice382US #50
#61Elsie381US #63
#62Janet373US #111
#63Bernice370US #46
#64Sarah363US #58
#65Stella360US #114
#66Katherine338US #61
#67Kathleen336US #81
#68Charlotte326US #77
#69Sara314US #133
#70Genevieve313US #113
#71Hazel310US #45
#72Pearl309US #90
#73Arlene303US #120
#74Joan300US #66
#75Lucille296US #41
#76Bertha294US #74
#77Violet293US #92
#78Jennie277US #121
#79Elaine273US #73
#80Laura270US #75
#81Regina269US #192
#82Lorraine266US #51
#83Ida263US #82
#84Audrey257US #78
#85Eva257US #71
#86Miriam244US #154
#87Viola236US #84
#88Loretta235US #122
#89Vivian232US #76
#90Ellen229US #101
#91Vera226US #86
#92Rosemary225US #103
#93Joyce221US #59
#94Eileen220US #96
#95Olga210US #186
#96Leona206US #108
#97Mae202US #116
#98Marguerite202US #132
#99Alma199US #94
#100Sophie199US #190

Boys

#1John6,936US #2
#2William5,366US #3
#3Robert5,321US #1
#4Joseph4,230US #7
#5James3,699US #4
#6Charles2,904US #5
#7George2,841US #6
#8Edward2,433US #9
#9Richard2,106US #8
#10Paul1,829US #13
#11Thomas1,783US #11
#12Frank1,714US #12
#13Donald1,546US #10
#14Harry1,318US #23
#15Walter1,226US #16
#16Albert1,129US #21
#17Raymond1,075US #15
#18Harold990US #14
#19Francis957US #35
#20Michael903US #55
#21Anthony872US #39
#22David838US #22
#23Henry750US #18
#24Kenneth716US #19
#25Jack712US #17
#26Ralph697US #25
#27Carl686US #28
#28Arthur677US #20
#29Eugene659US #24
#30Stanley633US #40
#31Louis630US #29
#32Samuel596US #46
#33Andrew581US #56
#34Howard576US #26
#35Earl545US #31
#36Daniel516US #44
#37Bernard502US #48
#38Leonard496US #38
#39Peter455US #60
#40Fred427US #33
#41Norman422US #41
#42Clarence401US #30
#43Russell394US #53
#44Vincent394US #71
#45Lawrence385US #36
#46Alfred381US #43
#47Theodore381US #63
#48Gerald362US #45
#49Stephen352US #122
#50Ernest339US #37
#51Herbert335US #42
#52Roy335US #32
#53Frederick330US #65
#54Leo309US #54
#55Edwin303US #57
#56Martin297US #83
#57Leroy293US #52
#58Elmer287US #61
#59Steve280US #144
#60Glenn273US #77
#61Nicholas269US #133
#62Chester254US #73
#63Melvin250US #50
#64Warren250US #66
#65Philip249US #75
#66Calvin238US #47
#67Ray225US #64
#68Leon217US #76
#69Clyde201US #68
#70Lewis194US #79
#71Lloyd192US #62
#72Clifford188US #59
#73Mike186US #164
#74Benjamin185US #93
#75Herman180US #69
#76Lester178US #81
#77Alvin175US #70
#78Alexander170US #137
#79Marvin170US #51
#80Floyd163US #58
#81Milton159US #80
#82Victor159US #89
#83Wayne158US #74
#84Dale148US #86
#85Joe142US #34
#86Nick142
#87Allen138US #94
#88Willard136US #97
#89Edgar135US #96
#90Edmund133US #152
#91Wilbur133US #110
#92Franklin131US #134
#93Angelo130US #168
#94Jacob130US #166
#95Harvey127US #88
#96Clair126
#97Dominic123
#98Jerome123US #113
#99Elwood122
#100Ronald122US #104

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑20Gloria#24
↑20Joan#74
↑14Joe#85
↑13Viola#87
↑12Patricia#48
↑12Jeanne#57
↑12Audrey#84
↑11Norma#54

Falling

↓17Leona#96
↓17Elwood#99
↓15Sophie#100
↓15Jacob#94
↓13Miriam#86
↓12Olga#95
↓12Franklin#92
↓11Katherine#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.