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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,893 Pennsylvania births in 1932 across 1,157 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#95Reginaoutside the national top 200
#78Steve#177 nationally
#74Jay#161 nationally
#76Nicholas#163 nationally
#61Stephen#124 nationally
#98Wilbur#152 nationally
#85Sara#130 nationally
#49Vincent#93 nationally
#72Agnes#115 nationally
#81Gertrude#124 nationally
#65Kathryn#107 nationally
#98Pearl#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,536US #1
#2Joan2,436US #5
#3Dorothy2,028US #4
#4Betty1,905US #2
#5Margaret1,852US #7
#6Dolores1,743US #18
#7Helen1,668US #8
#8Shirley1,652US #9
#9Patricia1,509US #6
#10Barbara1,468US #3
#11Nancy1,393US #13
#12Jean1,269US #15
#13Anna1,262US #24
#14Ruth1,165US #11
#15Doris1,128US #10
#16Elizabeth1,097US #17
#17Lois912US #20
#18Marie824US #31
#19Catherine807US #39
#20Rose762US #33
#21Janet730US #35
#22Gloria698US #25
#23Eleanor695US #45
#24Frances683US #19
#25Virginia635US #14
#26Phyllis630US #30
#27Alice626US #21
#28Ann599US #34
#29Evelyn578US #23
#30Florence572US #47
#31Marilyn566US #16
#32Mildred562US #26
#33Theresa554US #60
#34Joyce539US #12
#35Irene533US #43
#36Jane528US #49
#37Norma524US #22
#38Geraldine505US #42
#39Rita499US #53
#40Martha491US #27
#41Donna443US #29
#42June431US #44
#43Josephine426US #57
#44Joanne413US #62
#45Grace403US #72
#46Louise398US #36
#47Marjorie391US #37
#48Lorraine375US #55
#49Marian367US #86
#50Marion361US #73
#51Audrey355US #61
#52Lillian349US #48
#53Beverly336US #28
#54Elaine335US #68
#55Pauline335US #59
#56Arlene333US #80
#57Charlotte333US #74
#58Delores332US #56
#59Anne322US #81
#60Esther316US #82
#61Carol314US #32
#62Ethel310US #66
#63Loretta309US #89
#64Constance297US #99
#65Kathryn287US #107
#66Kathleen281US #83
#67Edith274US #69
#68Peggy259US #40
#69Gladys254US #54
#70Bernice253US #71
#71Thelma253US #51
#72Agnes252US #115
#73Edna249US #50
#74Marlene242US #78
#75Sally242US #84
#76Clara235US #70
#77Jacqueline232US #85
#78Carolyn227US #46
#79Lucille227US #63
#80Elsie223US #97
#81Gertrude221US #124
#82Sarah219US #67
#83Julia216US #92
#84Emma215US #76
#85Sara213US #130
#86Joann204US #79
#87Rosemary204US #100
#88Sylvia202US #96
#89Eileen198US #114
#90Beatrice193US #87
#91Ellen191US #104
#92Jeanne186US #112
#93Vivian178US #90
#94Janice167US #94
#95Regina167
#96Katherine166US #95
#97Roberta163US #109
#98Pearl155US #138
#99Violet154US #132
#100Hazel152US #75

Boys

#1John5,241US #3
#2Robert5,029US #1
#3William4,072US #4
#4James3,486US #2
#5Joseph2,960US #9
#6Richard2,833US #5
#7Donald2,657US #7
#8Charles2,434US #6
#9George1,924US #8
#10Thomas1,803US #10
#11Edward1,802US #11
#12Paul1,271US #13
#13Frank1,117US #15
#14Ronald1,092US #16
#15David978US #12
#16Raymond959US #19
#17Kenneth872US #14
#18Harry864US #32
#19Francis748US #43
#20Walter738US #21
#21Harold736US #18
#22Eugene723US #22
#23Albert677US #26
#24Anthony658US #45
#25Carl657US #28
#26Jack621US #17
#27Michael589US #54
#28Gerald582US #24
#29Ralph553US #27
#30Louis518US #39
#31Daniel480US #42
#32Henry445US #23
#33Arthur435US #25
#34Bernard427US #60
#35Samuel407US #56
#36Howard394US #36
#37Fred392US #33
#38Stanley383US #52
#39Lawrence377US #35
#40Leonard359US #48
#41Andrew354US #69
#42Earl340US #41
#43Alfred336US #49
#44Norman334US #37
#45Theodore326US #67
#46Peter311US #62
#47Russell311US #63
#48Clarence304US #40
#49Vincent284US #93
#50Glenn278US #77
#51Frederick262US #73
#52Leroy242US #53
#53Ernest241US #47
#54Philip236US #70
#55Roy232US #38
#56Herbert230US #44
#57Martin230US #88
#58Dale225US #61
#59Melvin222US #51
#60Ray221US #59
#61Stephen212US #124
#62Edwin211US #72
#63Wayne194US #57
#64Elmer182US #94
#65Franklin172US #66
#66Leo170US #74
#67Bruce165US #98
#68Leon165US #83
#69Allen164US #80
#70Warren152US #102
#71Jerry151US #34
#72Lewis151US #92
#73Clyde150US #82
#74Jay145US #161
#75Marvin145US #46
#76Nicholas143US #163
#77Lloyd139US #71
#78Steve137US #177
#79Patrick135US #114
#80Victor134US #110
#81Larry132US #65
#82Floyd130US #68
#83Jerome128US #107
#84Chester127US #112
#85Clifford127US #84
#86Lester127US #101
#87Harvey124US #95
#88Gene123US #64
#89Don122US #55
#90Benjamin120US #115
#91Herman120US #89
#92Alvin119US #87
#93Gordon116US #81
#94Joe111US #29
#95Lee108US #86
#96Gilbert107US #97
#97Roger106US #50
#98Wilbur103US #152
#99Hugh97US #128
#100Alan95US #127

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑35Franklin#65
↑28Carol#61
↑23Jerry#71
↑19Constance#64
↑18Warren#70
↑17Donna#41
↑15Elaine#54
↑15Floyd#82

Falling

↓20Lester#86
↓18Benjamin#90
↓15Chester#84
↓14Sarah#82
↓12Lillian#52
↓12Anne#59
↓12Jeanne#92
↓11Herbert#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.