State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 137,709 Pennsylvania births in 1933 across 1,114 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#96Clairoutside the national top 200
#97Reginaoutside the national top 200
#94Rosemarie#192 nationally
#85Steve#179 nationally
#96Miriam#186 nationally
#69Jay#151 nationally
#81Nicholas#160 nationally
#63Stephen#126 nationally
#100Claire#144 nationally
#51Vincent#94 nationally
#98Leona#139 nationally
#93Gertrude#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,122US #1
#2Joan2,223US #5
#3Dorothy1,844US #4
#4Betty1,716US #2
#5Margaret1,661US #7
#6Patricia1,651US #6
#7Shirley1,630US #9
#8Barbara1,592US #3
#9Dolores1,429US #21
#10Nancy1,375US #11
#11Helen1,363US #8
#12Jean1,102US #14
#13Ruth1,086US #13
#14Doris1,041US #10
#15Anna1,039US #29
#16Elizabeth977US #17
#17Janet938US #25
#18Lois851US #19
#19Eleanor735US #38
#20Marie716US #33
#21Rose697US #35
#22Catherine656US #44
#23Phyllis589US #28
#24Ann576US #34
#25Frances576US #18
#26Alice569US #22
#27Virginia565US #15
#28Gloria563US #31
#29Joyce541US #12
#30Florence503US #49
#31Jane496US #47
#32Evelyn494US #30
#33Mildred487US #32
#34Geraldine486US #42
#35Theresa481US #70
#36Rita467US #53
#37Marilyn460US #16
#38Donna458US #24
#39Martha453US #27
#40Norma440US #23
#41June425US #45
#42Irene408US #46
#43Grace405US #69
#44Joanne402US #56
#45Louise388US #39
#46Carol380US #20
#47Beverly374US #26
#48Audrey371US #59
#49Elaine340US #61
#50Marjorie329US #41
#51Josephine327US #62
#52Marion326US #73
#53Marlene324US #50
#54Marian323US #89
#55Arlene315US #74
#56Esther311US #88
#57Lorraine311US #54
#58Anne306US #85
#59Lillian305US #51
#60Delores297US #52
#61Loretta289US #87
#62Kathleen279US #77
#63Peggy277US #36
#64Charlotte273US #79
#65Sally272US #76
#66Ethel271US #71
#67Pauline270US #64
#68Gladys263US #60
#69Carolyn262US #40
#70Edith256US #80
#71Constance252US #105
#72Kathryn250US #108
#73Sarah245US #58
#74Sylvia239US #84
#75Jacqueline233US #86
#76Joann230US #72
#77Thelma228US #57
#78Bernice220US #83
#79Agnes214US #118
#80Edna212US #55
#81Clara191US #67
#82Janice190US #81
#83Lucille189US #78
#84Elsie188US #99
#85Sara188US #123
#86Eileen186US #115
#87Beatrice175US #94
#88Rosemary168US #102
#89Ellen167US #104
#90Emma166US #75
#91Jeanne166US #125
#92Vivian166US #98
#93Gertrude161US #133
#94Rosemarie148US #192
#95Julia147US #97
#96Miriam146US #186
#97Regina143
#98Leona142US #139
#99Carole141US #107
#100Claire140US #144

Boys

#1John5,028US #3
#2Robert4,781US #1
#3William3,676US #4
#4James3,558US #2
#5Richard2,811US #5
#6Joseph2,710US #9
#7Donald2,578US #7
#8Charles2,186US #6
#9George1,721US #8
#10Thomas1,649US #10
#11Edward1,587US #11
#12Paul1,314US #14
#13Ronald1,150US #12
#14Frank1,018US #16
#15David944US #13
#16Kenneth852US #15
#17Raymond851US #19
#18Harry761US #35
#19Walter691US #21
#20Francis678US #45
#21Eugene643US #23
#22Jack633US #17
#23Harold625US #18
#24Anthony593US #46
#25Albert570US #30
#26Carl566US #28
#27Gerald554US #22
#28Michael535US #53
#29Ralph467US #29
#30Daniel444US #42
#31Louis421US #40
#32Arthur417US #25
#33Henry406US #24
#34Fred394US #34
#35Stanley393US #55
#36Howard373US #36
#37Leonard365US #47
#38Bernard358US #63
#39Lawrence357US #38
#40Samuel354US #61
#41Norman336US #37
#42Franklin322US #33
#43Theodore314US #68
#44Earl307US #41
#45Andrew299US #76
#46Russell283US #67
#47Clarence280US #43
#48Peter269US #60
#49Glenn259US #74
#50Frederick253US #78
#51Vincent247US #94
#52Alfred226US #57
#53Herbert219US #49
#54Martin215US #89
#55Philip215US #70
#56Edwin214US #77
#57Roy214US #39
#58Wayne213US #52
#59Dale209US #65
#60Leroy203US #56
#61Ernest202US #50
#62Melvin193US #51
#63Stephen184US #126
#64Allen171US #84
#65Leo169US #75
#66Ray169US #62
#67Larry160US #58
#68Elmer154US #101
#69Jay153US #151
#70Clyde149US #87
#71Marvin146US #44
#72Bruce144US #91
#73Patrick140US #110
#74Gene139US #66
#75Lewis139US #92
#76Roger136US #48
#77Warren134US #99
#78Jerry133US #31
#79Lloyd133US #73
#80Clifford127US #86
#81Nicholas127US #160
#82Leon126US #85
#83Benjamin125US #118
#84Lester122US #108
#85Steve122US #179
#86Gordon121US #71
#87Joe121US #27
#88Chester119US #119
#89Lee111US #79
#90Harvey110US #97
#91Jerome109US #105
#92Herman107US #96
#93Alan105US #122
#94Alvin105US #88
#95Gary95US #80
#96Clair94
#97Don92US #54
#98Floyd92US #69
#99Victor92US #116
#100Calvin91US #112

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑23Franklin#42
↑21Marlene#53
↑21Roger#76
↑15Carol#46
↑14Sylvia#74
↑14Larry#67
↑14Gene#74
↑12Janice#82

Falling

↓19Victor#99
↓16Floyd#98
↓14Leon#82
↓12Pauline#67
↓12Gertrude#93
↓12Julia#95
↓9Lorraine#57
↓9Alfred#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.