State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 163,259 Pennsylvania births in 1929 across 1,227 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#85Reginaoutside the national top 200
#90Clairoutside the national top 200
#97Nickoutside the national top 200
#67Steve#162 nationally
#99Miriam#185 nationally
#91Angelo#176 nationally
#64Nicholas#142 nationally
#92Jay#169 nationally
#83Alexander#156 nationally
#98Edmund#171 nationally
#56Stephen#126 nationally
#76Genevieve#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,303US #1
#2Dorothy2,894US #3
#3Betty2,799US #2
#4Helen2,433US #4
#5Margaret2,270US #5
#6Dolores1,891US #14
#7Anna1,710US #20
#8Ruth1,645US #8
#9Doris1,602US #6
#10Jean1,527US #12
#11Elizabeth1,467US #15
#12Shirley1,430US #9
#13Marie1,103US #22
#14Patricia1,101US #10
#15Lois1,077US #17
#16Joan1,019US #13
#17Catherine956US #34
#18Rose916US #26
#19Eleanor893US #38
#20Nancy877US #32
#21Irene846US #29
#22Virginia822US #11
#23Barbara813US #7
#24Frances808US #16
#25Florence801US #35
#26Mildred793US #18
#27Alice792US #21
#28Theresa791US #49
#29Evelyn746US #19
#30Phyllis655US #24
#31Gloria641US #28
#32Martha597US #27
#33Jane594US #62
#34Rita593US #52
#35Josephine590US #45
#36Ann578US #46
#37Grace553US #54
#38Louise527US #31
#39Norma520US #25
#40June506US #48
#41Geraldine496US #43
#42Lillian490US #40
#43Marjorie461US #30
#44Marion458US #53
#45Marian440US #75
#46Pauline440US #50
#47Audrey418US #58
#48Esther418US #71
#49Joyce403US #23
#50Janet402US #82
#51Thelma390US #41
#52Anne386US #91
#53Gladys384US #44
#54Lorraine384US #42
#55Ethel380US #56
#56Kathryn378US #104
#57Charlotte371US #73
#58Edith362US #59
#59Agnes336US #94
#60Bernice327US #55
#61Elaine312US #67
#62Elsie312US #78
#63Sarah310US #68
#64Edna309US #51
#65Emma295US #69
#66Marilyn294US #33
#67Clara284US #65
#68Gertrude281US #95
#69Delores271US #74
#70Jeanne268US #92
#71Kathleen265US #89
#72Arlene263US #105
#73Beatrice260US #72
#74Sara258US #133
#75Julia257US #88
#76Genevieve231US #142
#77Jacqueline229US #87
#78Carolyn227US #77
#79Rosemary227US #80
#80Joanne224US #101
#81Loretta224US #127
#82Katherine223US #84
#83Ellen222US #97
#84Vivian221US #81
#85Regina219
#86Eileen217US #98
#87Donna216US #47
#88Violet211US #111
#89Leona208US #122
#90Beverly207US #39
#91Hazel204US #64
#92Lucille204US #57
#93Bertha203US #93
#94Pearl200US #114
#95Peggy200US #70
#96Laura198US #90
#97Stella197US #137
#98Sally189US #112
#99Miriam185US #185
#100Carol177US #63

Boys

#1John5,892US #3
#2Robert5,199US #1
#3William4,861US #4
#4James3,725US #2
#5Joseph3,423US #9
#6Charles2,714US #5
#7Richard2,711US #6
#8George2,358US #8
#9Donald2,256US #7
#10Edward2,031US #10
#11Thomas1,755US #11
#12Paul1,497US #13
#13Frank1,363US #12
#14Harry1,081US #27
#15Raymond1,079US #15
#16David954US #17
#17Walter925US #19
#18Albert894US #24
#19Francis878US #39
#20Eugene811US #20
#21Jack810US #14
#22Harold792US #16
#23Anthony715US #44
#24Michael700US #54
#25Kenneth698US #18
#26Ralph669US #26
#27Carl653US #28
#28Louis608US #32
#29Arthur561US #22
#30Henry521US #21
#31Earl505US #36
#32Herbert490US #25
#33Leonard486US #42
#34Daniel472US #47
#35Bernard461US #52
#36Stanley459US #48
#37Andrew458US #59
#38Howard457US #31
#39Samuel443US #53
#40Gerald428US #33
#41Lawrence400US #38
#42Alfred386US #41
#43Fred384US #34
#44Norman382US #40
#45Clarence363US #37
#46Peter350US #55
#47Theodore340US #65
#48Russell338US #56
#49Ronald333US #45
#50Ernest329US #43
#51Frederick297US #67
#52Vincent285US #82
#53Leroy270US #51
#54Roy262US #35
#55Melvin252US #49
#56Stephen252US #126
#57Edwin246US #66
#58Philip245US #76
#59Leo244US #60
#60Elmer226US #70
#61Glenn224US #80
#62Martin222US #83
#63Ray209US #57
#64Nicholas202US #142
#65Allen180US #86
#66Wayne176US #69
#67Steve174US #162
#68Lewis170US #84
#69Chester169US #96
#70Dale167US #73
#71Warren164US #92
#72Marvin163US #46
#73Clyde162US #74
#74Alvin161US #77
#75Leon157US #81
#76Clifford156US #72
#77Lloyd155US #62
#78Joe152US #30
#79Lester152US #88
#80Benjamin147US #107
#81Victor146US #100
#82Herman137US #75
#83Alexander136US #156
#84Milton133US #94
#85Bruce130US #112
#86Patrick130US #121
#87Gilbert127US #91
#88Harvey124US #90
#89Jerome123US #110
#90Clair122
#91Angelo120US #176
#92Jay118US #169
#93Floyd117US #58
#94Edgar111US #116
#95Jerry111US #61
#96Gene109US #68
#97Nick109
#98Edmund108US #171
#99Roger108US #64
#100Franklin107US #148

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑29Delores#69
↑16Joan#16
↑16Carolyn#78
↑16Allen#65
↑15Genevieve#76
↑13Nancy#20
↑13Eileen#86
↑12Joyce#49

Falling

↓22Floyd#93
↓15Laura#96
↓13Hazel#91
↓12Lucille#92
↓11Bertha#93
↓10Gene#96
↓10Franklin#100
↓9Regina#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.