State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 179,930 Pennsylvania births in 1927 across 1,300 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#79Reginaoutside the national top 200
#91Clairoutside the national top 200
#100Nickoutside the national top 200
#81Mike#180 nationally
#95Olga#186 nationally
#66Steve#154 nationally
#90Jacob#173 nationally
#89Angelo#168 nationally
#93Jay#171 nationally
#61Nicholas#137 nationally
#52Stephen#125 nationally
#93Miriam#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary6,227US #1
#2Dorothy3,513US #2
#3Betty3,257US #3
#4Helen3,171US #4
#5Margaret2,758US #5
#6Ruth2,040US #6
#7Anna2,013US #16
#8Jean1,761US #14
#9Elizabeth1,741US #13
#10Doris1,528US #7
#11Marie1,256US #20
#12Mildred1,108US #11
#13Eleanor1,107US #33
#14Catherine1,086US #31
#15Shirley1,079US #9
#16Lois1,057US #19
#17Rose1,054US #23
#18Florence1,032US #28
#19Irene1,019US #21
#20Dolores1,015US #34
#21Frances976US #12
#22Virginia975US #8
#23Evelyn889US #15
#24Alice846US #17
#25Gloria772US #22
#26Patricia772US #18
#27Josephine757US #39
#28Theresa743US #52
#29Jane717US #60
#30Rita708US #54
#31Grace645US #50
#32Lillian639US #32
#33Phyllis635US #29
#34Ann631US #59
#35Barbara625US #10
#36Martha624US #24
#37June623US #43
#38Pauline619US #42
#39Nancy583US #56
#40Louise582US #27
#41Marjorie560US #25
#42Norma533US #26
#43Ethel522US #47
#44Esther520US #65
#45Marion518US #51
#46Thelma492US #38
#47Joan486US #41
#48Gladys477US #37
#49Marian477US #74
#50Kathryn470US #90
#51Agnes465US #81
#52Edith441US #48
#53Geraldine425US #58
#54Lorraine410US #44
#55Anne394US #92
#56Gertrude389US #78
#57Julia383US #76
#58Charlotte375US #75
#59Bernice371US #49
#60Elsie369US #72
#61Janet367US #111
#62Edna361US #40
#63Sarah361US #61
#64Emma354US #64
#65Beatrice346US #67
#66Clara337US #63
#67Jeanne337US #85
#68Sara325US #129
#69Joyce323US #35
#70Arlene306US #108
#71Audrey305US #62
#72Elaine301US #69
#73Pearl294US #102
#74Lucille285US #45
#75Stella285US #123
#76Kathleen283US #83
#77Bertha277US #80
#78Vivian267US #77
#79Regina265
#80Katherine264US #73
#81Violet261US #103
#82Rosemary259US #86
#83Hazel256US #53
#84Ellen253US #93
#85Genevieve246US #126
#86Marilyn244US #46
#87Laura232US #82
#88Ida229US #84
#89Eileen227US #91
#90Leona226US #121
#91Carolyn224US #99
#92Claire224US #136
#93Miriam219US #162
#94Loretta209US #127
#95Olga208US #186
#96Jennie203US #135
#97Alma201US #97
#98Sylvia201US #116
#99Alberta195US #142
#100Lucy194US #112

Boys

#1John6,685US #2
#2Robert5,518US #1
#3William5,277US #4
#4James3,875US #3
#5Joseph3,874US #9
#6Charles3,165US #5
#7George2,628US #7
#8Richard2,599US #6
#9Edward2,466US #10
#10Donald1,931US #8
#11Thomas1,852US #11
#12Paul1,770US #13
#13Frank1,512US #12
#14Harry1,287US #25
#15Walter1,107US #17
#16Raymond1,076US #15
#17Albert1,034US #23
#18Harold995US #14
#19David909US #21
#20Francis908US #36
#21Jack830US #16
#22Eugene822US #20
#23Anthony820US #43
#24Michael803US #52
#25Kenneth728US #18
#26Carl705US #26
#27Henry694US #19
#28Ralph692US #24
#29Louis642US #29
#30Stanley622US #44
#31Arthur586US #22
#32Earl567US #33
#33Andrew524US #56
#34Leonard520US #40
#35Bernard518US #50
#36Samuel513US #49
#37Daniel511US #46
#38Howard510US #28
#39Fred473US #35
#40Clarence450US #32
#41Norman429US #39
#42Peter417US #59
#43Gerald389US #38
#44Theodore376US #62
#45Russell374US #54
#46Vincent370US #77
#47Alfred361US #45
#48Lawrence360US #37
#49Herbert354US #42
#50Ernest352US #41
#51Roy308US #34
#52Stephen298US #125
#53Martin295US #87
#54Edwin294US #57
#55Frederick288US #64
#56Leroy287US #51
#57Elmer282US #61
#58Glenn273US #76
#59Leo271US #55
#60Philip258US #75
#61Nicholas250US #137
#62Melvin246US #48
#63Ronald245US #63
#64Ray244US #60
#65Chester235US #85
#66Steve229US #154
#67Warren226US #79
#68Benjamin200US #101
#69Rudolph199US #110
#70Leon196US #78
#71Lewis196US #82
#72Lloyd189US #58
#73Clyde188US #68
#74Marvin186US #47
#75Wayne183US #67
#76Herman178US #70
#77Victor178US #98
#78Clifford176US #65
#79Lester172US #83
#80Dale171US #81
#81Mike166US #180
#82Joe163US #30
#83Alvin160US #66
#84Calvin155US #73
#85Allen153US #95
#86Harvey151US #94
#87Floyd150US #53
#88Alexander144US #146
#89Angelo139US #168
#90Jacob137US #173
#91Clair133
#92Wilbur131US #130
#93Jay129US #171
#94Edgar128US #107
#95Franklin128US #144
#96Gene128US #72
#97Milton123US #88
#98Jerome118US #111
#99Gordon116US #74
#100Nick116

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑28Lorraine#54
↑16Marvin#74
↑13Patricia#26
↑12Ronald#63
↑11Victor#77
↑10Barbara#35
↑10Charlotte#58
↑10Vivian#78

Falling

↓17Miriam#93
↓15Calvin#84
↓11Jennie#96
↓10Edna#62
↓10Floyd#87
↓10Milton#97
↓9Martha#36
↓9Jeanne#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.