State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 163,269 Pennsylvania births in 1930 across 1,220 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#83Clairoutside the national top 200
#95Reginaoutside the national top 200
#97Nickoutside the national top 200
#72Steve#169 nationally
#97Miriam#183 nationally
#85Jay#166 nationally
#70Nicholas#147 nationally
#62Stephen#138 nationally
#96Alexander#168 nationally
#92Franklin#149 nationally
#80Sara#134 nationally
#92Genevieve#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,187US #1
#2Dorothy2,725US #3
#3Betty2,606US #2
#4Dolores2,270US #13
#5Helen2,227US #4
#6Margaret2,160US #5
#7Anna1,542US #23
#8Doris1,535US #9
#9Joan1,533US #8
#10Jean1,481US #14
#11Ruth1,477US #10
#12Shirley1,455US #11
#13Elizabeth1,357US #15
#14Patricia1,218US #7
#15Nancy1,074US #24
#16Lois999US #17
#17Marie985US #26
#18Catherine936US #35
#19Barbara915US #6
#20Rose902US #29
#21Eleanor877US #39
#22Virginia833US #12
#23Alice819US #20
#24Frances794US #16
#25Florence753US #38
#26Evelyn745US #19
#27Theresa744US #50
#28Rita712US #42
#29Irene706US #33
#30Mildred696US #21
#31Phyllis687US #28
#32Janet637US #53
#33Gloria628US #30
#34Jane624US #55
#35Ann614US #41
#36Josephine581US #49
#37Norma516US #25
#38Geraldine514US #43
#39Louise514US #31
#40Martha509US #27
#41Grace502US #62
#42Lillian486US #44
#43Joyce477US #18
#44June458US #47
#45Marilyn447US #22
#46Marion439US #60
#47Pauline432US #52
#48Marian424US #80
#49Marjorie410US #32
#50Edith384US #61
#51Gladys375US #48
#52Audrey371US #63
#53Lorraine371US #46
#54Ethel368US #65
#55Esther366US #77
#56Kathryn359US #101
#57Anne350US #83
#58Thelma346US #45
#59Charlotte344US #75
#60Elaine328US #69
#61Sarah328US #70
#62Joanne325US #81
#63Delores322US #66
#64Edna319US #51
#65Bernice316US #58
#66Gertrude315US #96
#67Agnes312US #102
#68Elsie306US #88
#69Arlene293US #103
#70Clara291US #64
#71Loretta283US #105
#72Jeanne262US #92
#73Peggy259US #67
#74Jacqueline257US #74
#75Donna255US #37
#76Kathleen252US #84
#77Beverly251US #34
#78Emma244US #73
#79Beatrice242US #76
#80Sara231US #134
#81Carolyn230US #72
#82Rosemary230US #82
#83Lucille229US #59
#84Julia222US #90
#85Katherine217US #85
#86Sally210US #98
#87Pearl202US #121
#88Eileen199US #110
#89Laura195US #89
#90Ellen190US #100
#91Eva190US #86
#92Genevieve189US #143
#93Vivian188US #91
#94Stella182US #140
#95Regina181
#96Wilma180US #68
#97Miriam176US #183
#98Violet174US #120
#99Claire169US #136
#100Leona168US #130

Boys

#1John6,064US #3
#2Robert5,296US #1
#3William4,758US #4
#4James3,831US #2
#5Joseph3,281US #9
#6Richard3,098US #5
#7Charles2,869US #6
#8Donald2,511US #7
#9George2,246US #8
#10Edward2,027US #10
#11Thomas1,812US #11
#12Paul1,495US #12
#13Frank1,263US #13
#14Raymond1,097US #16
#15Harry1,065US #28
#16David1,032US #15
#17Walter917US #19
#18Albert890US #24
#19Harold839US #18
#20Kenneth836US #17
#21Jack814US #14
#22Francis799US #42
#23Anthony723US #44
#24Eugene716US #21
#25Carl682US #26
#26Michael637US #54
#27Ralph610US #25
#28Arthur550US #23
#29Louis522US #34
#30Henry484US #22
#31Howard483US #31
#32Samuel483US #55
#33Daniel479US #47
#34Gerald478US #30
#35Leonard466US #45
#36Bernard461US #52
#37Ronald455US #37
#38Stanley454US #49
#39Earl449US #38
#40Andrew445US #62
#41Norman394US #40
#42Fred390US #32
#43Lawrence385US #36
#44Herbert366US #35
#45Alfred362US #46
#46Clarence355US #39
#47Theodore344US #67
#48Glenn335US #71
#49Vincent333US #84
#50Peter323US #56
#51Russell300US #60
#52Frederick290US #74
#53Roy285US #33
#54Ernest278US #43
#55Philip258US #75
#56Edwin254US #66
#57Melvin250US #50
#58Martin234US #83
#59Elmer232US #80
#60Leroy232US #53
#61Leo228US #63
#62Stephen217US #138
#63Dale206US #64
#64Lewis198US #87
#65Ray188US #57
#66Wayne187US #65
#67Marvin186US #48
#68Lloyd178US #69
#69Clyde177US #76
#70Nicholas177US #147
#71Chester174US #103
#72Steve174US #169
#73Leon169US #81
#74Lester164US #95
#75Warren164US #96
#76Allen162US #85
#77Herman152US #78
#78Harvey146US #92
#79Alvin144US #79
#80Floyd142US #61
#81Clifford139US #73
#82Joe139US #27
#83Clair136
#84Gilbert136US #90
#85Jay134US #166
#86Benjamin131US #115
#87Jerome129US #105
#88Victor129US #100
#89Patrick128US #118
#90Gene122US #70
#91Jerry122US #51
#92Franklin121US #149
#93Bruce119US #109
#94Lee113US #82
#95Milton112US #93
#96Alexander111US #168
#97Nick110
#98Gordon109US #77
#99Edgar105US #119
#100Roger105US #58

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑22Peggy#73
↑21Marilyn#45
↑18Janet#32
↑18Joanne#62
↑13Beverly#77
↑13Glenn#48
↑13Floyd#80
↑12Donna#75

Falling

↓16Genevieve#92
↓13Emma#78
↓13Alexander#96
↓12Herbert#44
↓11Leona#100
↓11Allen#76
↓11Milton#95
↓10Regina#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.