State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 153,795 Pennsylvania births in 1931 across 1,159 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#94Reginaoutside the national top 200
#95Clairoutside the national top 200
#76Steve#173 nationally
#79Jay#166 nationally
#65Nicholas#145 nationally
#53Stephen#130 nationally
#99Wilbur#149 nationally
#96Genevieve#145 nationally
#87Sara#135 nationally
#100Franklin#148 nationally
#63Kathryn#108 nationally
#99Stella#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,915US #1
#2Dorothy2,367US #3
#3Betty2,326US #2
#4Joan2,143US #5
#5Margaret1,998US #7
#6Dolores1,993US #14
#7Helen1,851US #6
#8Shirley1,560US #9
#9Doris1,361US #10
#10Anna1,359US #25
#11Patricia1,330US #8
#12Jean1,310US #13
#13Ruth1,305US #11
#14Nancy1,261US #17
#15Elizabeth1,163US #16
#16Barbara1,123US #4
#17Lois989US #20
#18Marie914US #27
#19Gloria853US #23
#20Rose835US #30
#21Catherine818US #36
#22Eleanor794US #40
#23Virginia779US #12
#24Alice695US #21
#25Frances682US #18
#26Janet664US #45
#27Evelyn640US #24
#28Mildred633US #26
#29Florence623US #43
#30Theresa610US #59
#31Phyllis598US #29
#32Irene587US #37
#33Jane568US #50
#34Ann557US #35
#35Norma549US #22
#36Rita547US #48
#37Joyce528US #15
#38Martha524US #28
#39Geraldine517US #38
#40Lillian472US #47
#41Marilyn471US #19
#42June465US #44
#43Louise463US #33
#44Josephine453US #51
#45Grace452US #70
#46Marjorie408US #34
#47Anne390US #80
#48Joanne388US #68
#49Audrey380US #64
#50Marian375US #84
#51Pauline373US #56
#52Marion371US #66
#53Lorraine340US #49
#54Delores339US #58
#55Arlene337US #77
#56Charlotte332US #75
#57Esther329US #79
#58Donna323US #32
#59Edith323US #65
#60Ethel323US #67
#61Thelma315US #53
#62Gladys314US #55
#63Kathryn308US #108
#64Beverly306US #31
#65Bernice297US #63
#66Loretta294US #96
#67Agnes291US #103
#68Sarah280US #71
#69Elaine279US #72
#70Edna278US #52
#71Elsie275US #86
#72Peggy266US #42
#73Clara261US #61
#74Emma257US #76
#75Kathleen244US #87
#76Jacqueline243US #78
#77Carolyn242US #60
#78Gertrude239US #115
#79Sally230US #97
#80Jeanne221US #98
#81Rosemary221US #88
#82Beatrice219US #85
#83Constance219US #118
#84Vivian212US #82
#85Lucille211US #62
#86Eileen204US #106
#87Sara202US #135
#88Marlene193US #95
#89Carol189US #46
#90Joann186US #90
#91Ellen184US #99
#92Julia184US #91
#93Laura182US #89
#94Regina177
#95Hazel175US #74
#96Genevieve163US #145
#97Katherine162US #92
#98Claire161US #139
#99Stella156US #142
#100Jeanette154US #105

Boys

#1John5,444US #3
#2Robert5,420US #1
#3William4,283US #4
#4James3,646US #2
#5Joseph3,119US #9
#6Richard2,869US #5
#7Charles2,592US #6
#8Donald2,482US #7
#9George2,139US #8
#10Edward1,867US #11
#11Thomas1,864US #10
#12Paul1,418US #12
#13Frank1,138US #16
#14David989US #13
#15Raymond969US #17
#16Harry933US #30
#17Kenneth837US #14
#18Walter826US #20
#19Harold775US #18
#20Francis741US #42
#21Albert722US #24
#22Jack714US #15
#23Anthony683US #46
#24Eugene681US #21
#25Carl657US #28
#26Michael649US #55
#27Ronald588US #27
#28Ralph573US #25
#29Louis510US #37
#30Arthur487US #23
#31Gerald486US #26
#32Daniel479US #44
#33Henry473US #22
#34Howard467US #34
#35Stanley439US #49
#36Bernard438US #54
#37Samuel418US #56
#38Earl404US #40
#39Lawrence396US #38
#40Fred387US #33
#41Leonard387US #48
#42Norman379US #36
#43Andrew347US #65
#44Theodore337US #70
#45Herbert329US #41
#46Clarence325US #39
#47Peter312US #61
#48Glenn311US #72
#49Russell307US #63
#50Alfred302US #50
#51Vincent289US #86
#52Frederick286US #73
#53Stephen272US #130
#54Ernest263US #47
#55Roy253US #35
#56Melvin251US #51
#57Philip249US #71
#58Edwin233US #67
#59Leo231US #69
#60Leroy228US #52
#61Elmer209US #82
#62Martin208US #91
#63Ray201US #60
#64Dale189US #62
#65Nicholas186US #145
#66Lester165US #96
#67Wayne164US #58
#68Clyde160US #77
#69Chester157US #106
#70Lloyd157US #68
#71Lewis156US #87
#72Benjamin154US #113
#73Marvin154US #45
#74Leon153US #84
#75Clifford148US #75
#76Steve147US #173
#77Allen146US #79
#78Harvey144US #93
#79Jay142US #166
#80Bruce138US #101
#81Herman138US #83
#82Patrick135US #111
#83Victor135US #109
#84Gene134US #64
#85Joe133US #29
#86Gilbert130US #92
#87Jerome129US #103
#88Warren127US #100
#89Lee123US #90
#90Alvin119US #80
#91Milton114US #99
#92Roger114US #53
#93Arnold112US #98
#94Jerry111US #43
#95Clair106
#96Alan105US #120
#97Floyd105US #66
#98Gordon102US #76
#99Wilbur102US #149
#100Franklin101US #148

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑17Donna#58
↑14Gloria#19
↑14Joanne#48
↑14Arlene#55
↑14Benjamin#72
↑13Beverly#64
↑13Bruce#80
↑10Anne#47

Falling

↓17Floyd#97
↓13Warren#88
↓12Gertrude#78
↓12Katherine#97
↓12Clair#95
↓11Gladys#62
↓11Alvin#90
↓9Edith#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.