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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 143,775 Pennsylvania births in 1935 across 1,144 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#87Rosemarie#191 nationally
#97Reginaoutside the national top 200
#83Barry#183 nationally
#76Nicholas#158 nationally
#99Steve#176 nationally
#100Karl#171 nationally
#77Jay#147 nationally
#55Stephen#113 nationally
#90Gertrude#145 nationally
#58Vincent#106 nationally
#79Constance#125 nationally
#82Sara#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,930US #1
#2Shirley3,877US #2
#3Patricia2,199US #5
#4Joan2,182US #7
#5Barbara1,952US #3
#6Nancy1,744US #9
#7Margaret1,612US #8
#8Dorothy1,595US #6
#9Betty1,474US #4
#10Dolores1,196US #26
#11Helen1,184US #10
#12Elizabeth976US #17
#13Ruth957US #15
#14Janet929US #22
#15Jean909US #18
#16Anna907US #34
#17Doris828US #13
#18Lois789US #21
#19Marie750US #33
#20Carol670US #11
#21Catherine643US #42
#22Ann637US #30
#23Joyce603US #12
#24Virginia602US #16
#25Rose600US #37
#26Joanne587US #44
#27Eleanor581US #48
#28Frances576US #19
#29Donna568US #23
#30Alice565US #25
#31Phyllis541US #27
#32Marilyn497US #14
#33Evelyn495US #31
#34Beverly483US #20
#35Marlene482US #39
#36Gloria475US #32
#37Jane474US #43
#38Geraldine444US #40
#39Martha442US #24
#40Rita410US #63
#41Florence403US #74
#42Irene397US #52
#43Norma397US #29
#44Arlene372US #59
#45Audrey367US #64
#46Mildred367US #35
#47Elaine364US #51
#48Loretta354US #69
#49Theresa353US #86
#50Louise347US #45
#51Grace341US #83
#52Carolyn337US #28
#53Lorraine337US #68
#54Sally333US #58
#55Anne330US #84
#56Kathleen321US #71
#57June316US #55
#58Josephine314US #75
#59Marjorie314US #46
#60Sandra309US #50
#61Jacqueline308US #79
#62Sylvia304US #60
#63Charlotte298US #65
#64Delores292US #57
#65Marion283US #88
#66Janice282US #47
#67Joann275US #53
#68Eileen267US #108
#69Ethel264US #82
#70Kathryn264US #111
#71Marian262US #105
#72Lillian254US #66
#73Peggy248US #36
#74Roberta248US #77
#75Esther247US #94
#76Pauline244US #80
#77Edith242US #87
#78Sarah240US #61
#79Constance237US #125
#80Judith236US #54
#81Bernice212US #90
#82Sara200US #128
#83Edna195US #67
#84Carole193US #93
#85Ellen187US #95
#86Gladys181US #78
#87Rosemarie179US #191
#88Elsie178US #113
#89Thelma174US #76
#90Gertrude173US #145
#91Lucille172US #85
#92Rosemary167US #97
#93Emma165US #89
#94Julia162US #102
#95Jeanne158US #133
#96Clara156US #81
#97Regina156
#98Gail151US #127
#99Agnes149US #138
#100Laura148US #101

Boys

#1Robert5,085US #1
#2John4,954US #3
#3William3,925US #4
#4James3,871US #2
#5Richard2,961US #5
#6Joseph2,807US #10
#7Donald2,625US #7
#8Charles2,299US #6
#9Thomas1,913US #9
#10George1,746US #8
#11Edward1,646US #13
#12Ronald1,597US #12
#13Paul1,270US #14
#14David1,213US #11
#15Frank952US #16
#16Kenneth914US #15
#17Raymond827US #17
#18Harry792US #37
#19Francis690US #53
#20Michael671US #41
#21Walter660US #23
#22Gerald640US #21
#23Eugene596US #26
#24Jack593US #18
#25Albert585US #31
#26Harold577US #20
#27Carl569US #28
#28Anthony533US #52
#29Ralph506US #32
#30Daniel469US #43
#31Arthur430US #29
#32Louis427US #42
#33Fred410US #34
#34Lawrence397US #35
#35Henry384US #27
#36Bernard380US #67
#37Earl374US #46
#38Samuel373US #62
#39Stanley365US #56
#40Howard358US #39
#41Leonard344US #54
#42Frederick319US #73
#43Norman301US #38
#44Larry285US #33
#45Theodore279US #79
#46Andrew270US #85
#47Wayne268US #49
#48Philip261US #65
#49Russell261US #68
#50Peter259US #59
#51Clarence249US #48
#52Glenn242US #78
#53Herbert236US #58
#54Alfred234US #63
#55Stephen228US #113
#56Leroy227US #50
#57Dale215US #61
#58Vincent215US #106
#59Roy214US #40
#60Melvin212US #57
#61Ernest203US #55
#62Martin196US #93
#63Ray194US #64
#64Jerry192US #22
#65Gary189US #44
#66Edwin180US #89
#67Leon173US #86
#68Franklin169US #71
#69Jerome168US #96
#70Roger168US #36
#71Bruce162US #77
#72Marvin159US #45
#73Lee157US #80
#74Lewis155US #98
#75Leo154US #92
#76Nicholas149US #158
#77Jay148US #147
#78Patrick147US #112
#79Joe141US #25
#80Allen140US #83
#81Gordon135US #70
#82Clifford131US #88
#83Barry128US #183
#84Clyde128US #82
#85Dennis128US #72
#86Warren127US #97
#87Gene125US #66
#88Lloyd120US #84
#89Elmer117US #115
#90Harvey117US #99
#91Chester114US #121
#92Lester114US #114
#93Benjamin113US #123
#94Victor108US #116
#95Alvin106US #91
#96Dean106US #120
#97Don103US #51
#98Floyd99US #76
#99Steve99US #176
#100Karl94US #171

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑23Marlene#35
↑20Loretta#48
↑20Sandra#60
↑19Jerome#69
↑16Carol#20
↑12Anne#55
↑12Janice#66
↑12Roberta#74

Falling

↓17Lillian#72
↓17Franklin#68
↓16Agnes#99
↓16Warren#86
↓16Benjamin#93
↓14Marian#71
↓13Delores#64
↓12June#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.