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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 141,800 Pennsylvania births in 1934 across 1,137 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#90Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#93Reginaoutside the national top 200
#94Clairoutside the national top 200
#76Nicholas#165 nationally
#75Jay#157 nationally
#58Stephen#121 nationally
#98Claire#155 nationally
#54Vincent#101 nationally
#71Constance#117 nationally
#91Gertrude#135 nationally
#65Kathryn#108 nationally
#57Marian#97 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,090US #1
#2Shirley2,446US #4
#3Joan2,362US #7
#4Patricia1,961US #6
#5Barbara1,866US #3
#6Dorothy1,630US #5
#7Betty1,618US #2
#8Nancy1,616US #10
#9Margaret1,558US #8
#10Helen1,375US #9
#11Dolores1,341US #26
#12Jean1,056US #16
#13Ruth1,048US #13
#14Janet1,014US #21
#15Elizabeth1,009US #18
#16Anna999US #31
#17Doris967US #11
#18Lois816US #20
#19Marie714US #34
#20Eleanor673US #44
#21Frances670US #19
#22Rose667US #37
#23Catherine633US #42
#24Alice598US #25
#25Ann597US #32
#26Gloria556US #30
#27Joanne556US #45
#28Virginia554US #15
#29Joyce544US #12
#30Phyllis513US #28
#31Donna498US #23
#32Florence497US #61
#33Evelyn486US #29
#34Rita484US #63
#35Jane475US #48
#36Carol474US #14
#37Beverly465US #22
#38Theresa463US #77
#39Martha453US #27
#40Mildred453US #35
#41Norma451US #24
#42Geraldine448US #43
#43Marilyn445US #17
#44Irene397US #49
#45June380US #46
#46Louise380US #40
#47Elaine376US #54
#48Grace374US #79
#49Arlene366US #53
#50Lorraine358US #56
#51Delores338US #51
#52Josephine338US #60
#53Audrey333US #69
#54Marjorie329US #41
#55Lillian328US #52
#56Sally326US #62
#57Marian323US #97
#58Marlene323US #57
#59Carolyn321US #33
#60Kathleen318US #74
#61Sylvia317US #70
#62Charlotte304US #72
#63Joann303US #50
#64Pauline298US #71
#65Kathryn293US #108
#66Marion288US #86
#67Anne287US #88
#68Loretta284US #83
#69Jacqueline283US #80
#70Esther275US #91
#71Constance264US #117
#72Ethel261US #78
#73Eileen256US #109
#74Sarah243US #67
#75Edith241US #81
#76Gladys241US #66
#77Peggy232US #36
#78Janice224US #68
#79Thelma222US #65
#80Sandra213US #93
#81Bernice210US #82
#82Edna209US #55
#83Agnes207US #120
#84Elsie207US #107
#85Sara194US #125
#86Roberta183US #104
#87Rosemary181US #111
#88Lucille175US #84
#89Ellen173US #95
#90Rosemarie170
#91Gertrude169US #135
#92Carole168US #89
#93Regina168
#94Beatrice161US #99
#95Jeanne161US #131
#96Emma157US #85
#97Clara154US #76
#98Claire153US #155
#99Vivian153US #98
#100Leona151US #140

Boys

#1John5,005US #3
#2Robert4,883US #1
#3William3,840US #4
#4James3,638US #2
#5Richard2,849US #5
#6Donald2,709US #6
#7Joseph2,705US #10
#8Charles2,309US #7
#9Thomas1,829US #9
#10George1,780US #8
#11Edward1,572US #13
#12Ronald1,364US #11
#13Paul1,315US #14
#14David1,051US #12
#15Frank928US #16
#16Raymond871US #19
#17Kenneth798US #15
#18Harry769US #36
#19Walter715US #21
#20Francis659US #49
#21Harold653US #18
#22Jack632US #17
#23Carl622US #28
#24Albert602US #32
#25Eugene596US #24
#26Gerald590US #22
#27Michael581US #47
#28Anthony573US #52
#29Ralph508US #31
#30Daniel434US #42
#31Arthur410US #29
#32Henry402US #27
#33Louis392US #40
#34Lawrence391US #34
#35Fred389US #33
#36Bernard385US #65
#37Earl379US #41
#38Norman361US #38
#39Leonard360US #53
#40Samuel359US #66
#41Howard354US #37
#42Stanley346US #58
#43Peter304US #61
#44Andrew297US #76
#45Theodore296US #74
#46Russell271US #70
#47Clarence254US #45
#48Wayne253US #48
#49Frederick242US #77
#50Dale241US #62
#51Franklin236US #46
#52Philip234US #69
#53Glenn229US #81
#54Vincent227US #101
#55Larry224US #43
#56Roy223US #35
#57Herbert217US #57
#58Stephen213US #121
#59Leroy212US #54
#60Ray209US #63
#61Melvin203US #55
#62Alfred196US #64
#63Jerry192US #25
#64Ernest186US #51
#65Edwin183US #80
#66Bruce172US #78
#67Martin171US #91
#68Leon166US #87
#69Leo161US #86
#70Warren161US #96
#71Lewis157US #94
#72Marvin156US #44
#73Gary152US #60
#74Allen150US #88
#75Jay141US #157
#76Nicholas138US #165
#77Benjamin137US #117
#78Roger137US #39
#79Elmer136US #108
#80Lloyd135US #82
#81Lee134US #79
#82Patrick132US #109
#83Chester131US #123
#84Clyde130US #84
#85Clifford124US #85
#86Lester124US #110
#87Joe119US #26
#88Jerome118US #107
#89Gordon117US #71
#90Don116US #50
#91Gene114US #67
#92Harvey111US #99
#93Dean110US #118
#94Clair107
#95Alvin106US #93
#96Victor105US #122
#97Floyd104US #73
#98Gilbert103US #106
#99Alan96US #124
#100Herman96US #97

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑22Gary#73
↑17Joanne#27
↑15Jerry#63
↑14Leon#68
↑13Sylvia#61
↑13Joann#63
↑13Eileen#73
↑12Larry#55

Falling

↓17Gene#91
↓16Clara#97
↓14Marion#66
↓14Esther#70
↓14Peggy#77
↓14Clyde#84
↓13Martin#67
↓11Elmer#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.