State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 178,762 Pennsylvania births in 1926 across 1,306 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#81Regina#197 nationally
#86Clairoutside the national top 200
#99Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#61Steve#151 nationally
#93Olga#183 nationally
#81Mike#170 nationally
#94Jacob#177 nationally
#98Teresa#181 nationally
#76Miriam#155 nationally
#97Jay#175 nationally
#96Angelo#172 nationally
#59Nicholas#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary6,007US #1
#2Helen3,426US #4
#3Dorothy3,403US #2
#4Betty3,386US #3
#5Margaret2,845US #5
#6Anna2,253US #15
#7Ruth2,074US #6
#8Elizabeth1,735US #11
#9Jean1,652US #12
#10Doris1,516US #7
#11Marie1,291US #18
#12Catherine1,205US #31
#13Mildred1,157US #9
#14Eleanor1,138US #32
#15Irene1,060US #21
#16Frances1,055US #10
#17Florence1,021US #26
#18Rose1,001US #25
#19Virginia998US #8
#20Evelyn970US #13
#21Gloria900US #20
#22Alice898US #17
#23Shirley874US #14
#24Lois857US #19
#25Josephine813US #37
#26Dolores720US #49
#27Martha686US #24
#28Jane684US #56
#29Ann665US #55
#30Rita661US #50
#31Lillian648US #28
#32Grace628US #46
#33Theresa628US #64
#34June620US #40
#35Pauline604US #39
#36Louise597US #27
#37Marjorie573US #22
#38Ethel552US #41
#39Patricia540US #23
#40Phyllis528US #33
#41Marion519US #47
#42Nancy515US #57
#43Gladys512US #35
#44Marian510US #70
#45Barbara509US #16
#46Kathryn506US #87
#47Esther505US #62
#48Thelma495US #36
#49Edith474US #42
#50Norma469US #29
#51Agnes466US #77
#52Edna443US #38
#53Anne425US #86
#54Geraldine416US #54
#55Joan414US #51
#56Gertrude386US #71
#57Emma380US #59
#58Jeanne361US #88
#59Bernice360US #45
#60Sarah360US #63
#61Beatrice358US #58
#62Clara345US #61
#63Elsie345US #69
#64Sara336US #131
#65Julia335US #75
#66Janet332US #110
#67Joyce326US #44
#68Charlotte311US #78
#69Arlene308US #108
#70Audrey301US #60
#71Katherine299US #72
#72Pearl292US #96
#73Violet276US #94
#74Bertha265US #76
#75Elaine263US #68
#76Miriam262US #155
#77Stella259US #121
#78Genevieve257US #128
#79Laura257US #81
#80Lucille257US #43
#81Regina257US #197
#82Lorraine255US #53
#83Kathleen243US #83
#84Hazel240US #48
#85Jennie240US #132
#86Rosemary240US #95
#87Ida238US #82
#88Vivian229US #80
#89Ellen227US #100
#90Loretta221US #126
#91Claire211US #144
#92Leona211US #112
#93Olga211US #183
#94Eileen210US #92
#95Eva209US #79
#96Mabel207US #127
#97Vera205US #84
#98Teresa203US #181
#99Alma202US #91
#100Mae201US #118

Boys

#1John6,647US #2
#2Robert5,354US #1
#3William5,306US #4
#4Joseph4,108US #8
#5James3,741US #3
#6Charles2,900US #5
#7George2,844US #6
#8Edward2,403US #10
#9Richard2,361US #7
#10Thomas1,795US #11
#11Paul1,771US #13
#12Frank1,674US #12
#13Donald1,661US #9
#14Harry1,349US #25
#15Walter1,165US #17
#16Raymond1,141US #15
#17Harold1,067US #14
#18Albert1,001US #21
#19Francis933US #35
#20David861US #22
#21Anthony805US #42
#22Michael797US #56
#23Jack769US #16
#24Eugene748US #23
#25Kenneth735US #18
#26Ralph693US #24
#27Henry671US #19
#28Arthur638US #20
#29Louis637US #30
#30Carl630US #26
#31Stanley618US #43
#32Howard577US #27
#33Samuel573US #48
#34Earl571US #32
#35Leonard547US #38
#36Bernard506US #49
#37Andrew492US #59
#38Daniel492US #46
#39Fred458US #31
#40Clarence421US #29
#41Norman417US #39
#42Peter401US #58
#43Lawrence391US #36
#44Gerald387US #41
#45Theodore377US #63
#46Russell364US #52
#47Alfred352US #45
#48Herbert352US #44
#49Ernest349US #37
#50Vincent336US #77
#51Frederick329US #64
#52Roy329US #34
#53Edwin312US #55
#54Elmer304US #61
#55Leo303US #54
#56Philip280US #70
#57Stephen278US #130
#58Glenn259US #75
#59Nicholas256US #133
#60Leroy250US #51
#61Steve248US #151
#62Martin243US #80
#63Melvin241US #47
#64Lewis220US #82
#65Chester216US #79
#66Clyde216US #67
#67Lloyd212US #60
#68Warren207US #71
#69Calvin206US #65
#70Leon204US #73
#71Lester199US #78
#72Ray194US #57
#73Clifford191US #62
#74Benjamin182US #98
#75Ronald175US #88
#76Wayne172US #68
#77Floyd170US #53
#78Herman169US #69
#79Rudolph165US #111
#80Alvin164US #72
#81Mike161US #170
#82Joe158US #33
#83Allen152US #93
#84Harvey151US #90
#85Dale150US #84
#86Clair149
#87Milton143US #83
#88Victor142US #94
#89Alexander138US #146
#90Marvin137US #50
#91Wilbur135US #122
#92Franklin127US #142
#93Lee127US #85
#94Jacob126US #177
#95Edgar123US #109
#96Angelo122US #172
#97Jay119US #175
#98Patrick119US #141
#99Elwood112
#100Willard110US #100

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑26Joyce#67
↑25Ronald#75
↑19Joan#55
↑18Theresa#33
↑14Audrey#70
↑12Dolores#26
↑11Barbara#45
↑11Harvey#84

Falling

↓16Kathleen#83
↓13Hazel#84
↓12Stella#77
↓12Willard#100
↓11Alexander#89
↓11Marvin#90
↓10Julia#65
↓10Eva#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.