State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 171,584 Pennsylvania births in 1928 across 1,241 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#76Reginaoutside the national top 200
#91Clairoutside the national top 200
#68Steve#162 nationally
#93Mike#187 nationally
#96Angelo#177 nationally
#63Nicholas#140 nationally
#56Stephen#130 nationally
#95Miriam#168 nationally
#87Alexander#152 nationally
#73Sara#129 nationally
#90Franklin#146 nationally
#96Jennie#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,742US #1
#2Dorothy3,129US #3
#3Betty2,977US #2
#4Helen2,662US #4
#5Margaret2,574US #5
#6Ruth1,892US #6
#7Anna1,822US #16
#8Jean1,623US #12
#9Elizabeth1,589US #14
#10Doris1,583US #7
#11Dolores1,515US #20
#12Shirley1,255US #10
#13Marie1,146US #21
#14Catherine1,088US #33
#15Eleanor1,037US #36
#16Lois1,032US #18
#17Rose993US #24
#18Mildred971US #15
#19Frances917US #13
#20Florence911US #32
#21Irene907US #28
#22Patricia901US #11
#23Virginia891US #9
#24Alice858US #19
#25Evelyn819US #17
#26Theresa789US #49
#27Barbara768US #8
#28Gloria707US #25
#29Rita682US #57
#30Josephine673US #42
#31Jane652US #62
#32Joan651US #27
#33Nancy644US #43
#34Ann642US #54
#35Phyllis640US #26
#36Martha624US #22
#37Grace613US #52
#38Pauline559US #48
#39Marjorie544US #29
#40Louise537US #31
#41June532US #44
#42Lillian532US #35
#43Marian532US #71
#44Marion532US #47
#45Geraldine501US #50
#46Norma493US #23
#47Esther488US #66
#48Lorraine472US #39
#49Thelma470US #40
#50Ethel454US #55
#51Agnes433US #85
#52Gladys416US #41
#53Audrey414US #60
#54Kathryn410US #99
#55Edith384US #56
#56Anne361US #93
#57Elaine360US #68
#58Janet358US #95
#59Edna354US #45
#60Sarah344US #64
#61Joyce340US #30
#62Emma336US #67
#63Charlotte327US #72
#64Gertrude322US #86
#65Arlene320US #106
#66Elsie316US #73
#67Beatrice315US #70
#68Jeanne313US #90
#69Bernice311US #53
#70Julia310US #80
#71Clara288US #65
#72Kathleen279US #82
#73Sara271US #129
#74Katherine268US #75
#75Marilyn254US #38
#76Regina243
#77Ellen242US #98
#78Hazel240US #59
#79Rosemary239US #88
#80Lucille238US #51
#81Laura237US #83
#82Bertha228US #81
#83Loretta226US #123
#84Vivian226US #78
#85Violet223US #113
#86Ida219US #87
#87Pearl219US #110
#88Peggy217US #76
#89Jacqueline210US #97
#90Claire209US #136
#91Genevieve209US #134
#92Stella208US #132
#93Beverly206US #46
#94Carolyn206US #91
#95Miriam200US #168
#96Jennie198US #143
#97Eva191US #79
#98Delores188US #94
#99Eileen188US #102
#100Leona187US #122

Boys

#1John6,134US #2
#2Robert5,177US #1
#3William5,009US #4
#4James3,785US #3
#5Joseph3,685US #9
#6Charles2,915US #5
#7Richard2,679US #6
#8George2,554US #8
#9Edward2,236US #10
#10Donald2,111US #7
#11Thomas1,844US #11
#12Paul1,652US #13
#13Frank1,421US #12
#14Harry1,118US #26
#15Raymond1,068US #16
#16Walter988US #18
#17Albert959US #23
#18David933US #19
#19Harold915US #14
#20Francis840US #40
#21Eugene780US #20
#22Jack772US #15
#23Kenneth746US #17
#24Anthony713US #44
#25Carl706US #28
#26Ralph678US #24
#27Michael667US #53
#28Herbert631US #25
#29Louis624US #32
#30Henry601US #21
#31Arthur571US #22
#32Leonard531US #42
#33Howard514US #31
#34Stanley513US #45
#35Samuel504US #52
#36Daniel497US #47
#37Bernard484US #49
#38Earl472US #37
#39Andrew470US #60
#40Alfred466US #33
#41Norman461US #39
#42Fred421US #36
#43Lawrence412US #38
#44Gerald409US #41
#45Peter407US #56
#46Clarence383US #35
#47Russell372US #55
#48Vincent365US #82
#49Theodore350US #66
#50Ernest329US #43
#51Frederick320US #67
#52Roy306US #34
#53Ronald296US #50
#54Edwin288US #58
#55Glenn285US #76
#56Stephen266US #130
#57Elmer262US #63
#58Melvin258US #48
#59Martin257US #83
#60Leroy250US #51
#61Philip245US #73
#62Leo242US #61
#63Nicholas224US #140
#64Chester201US #88
#65Lewis196US #86
#66Clyde191US #74
#67Ray189US #57
#68Steve188US #162
#69Wayne187US #69
#70Leon186US #81
#71Floyd184US #54
#72Dale180US #75
#73Herman176US #78
#74Warren176US #85
#75Lester175US #89
#76Lloyd174US #59
#77Clifford169US #68
#78Benjamin168US #106
#79Victor166US #99
#80Alvin161US #72
#81Allen148US #93
#82Joe145US #30
#83Marvin145US #46
#84Gilbert140US #96
#85Harvey140US #90
#86Gene137US #62
#87Alexander133US #152
#88Milton133US #92
#89Bruce131US #112
#90Franklin129US #146
#91Clair128
#92Calvin125US #94
#93Mike125US #187
#94Wilbur125US #127
#95Patrick122US #132
#96Angelo121US #177
#97Rudolph119US #134
#98Edgar113US #114
#99Lee113US #87
#100Willard109US #113

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑21Herbert#28
↑18Audrey#53
↑16Floyd#71
↑15Joan#32
↑15Elaine#57
↑11Marilyn#75
↑11Loretta#83
↑10Ronald#53

Falling

↓28Rudolph#97
↓17Stella#92
↓14Pearl#87
↓13Julia#70
↓12Mike#93
↓10Lillian#42
↓10Bernice#69
↓10Eileen#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.