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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 142,654 Pennsylvania births in 1936 across 1,143 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#93Reginaoutside the national top 200
#81Barry#185 nationally
#94Maryann#182 nationally
#77Nicholas#157 nationally
#84Rosemarie#158 nationally
#70Jay#140 nationally
#100Karl#166 nationally
#95Harriet#154 nationally
#99Gertrude#156 nationally
#79Constance#133 nationally
#50Eileen#103 nationally
#59Vincent#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,933US #1
#2Shirley2,742US #2
#3Patricia2,284US #5
#4Barbara2,195US #3
#5Joan2,067US #7
#6Nancy1,985US #8
#7Margaret1,571US #9
#8Dorothy1,465US #6
#9Betty1,274US #4
#10Helen1,133US #11
#11Dolores1,069US #30
#12Janet992US #21
#13Ruth955US #16
#14Elizabeth925US #18
#15Carol921US #10
#16Jean885US #20
#17Anna812US #36
#18Doris760US #15
#19Marie718US #33
#20Lois689US #26
#21Rose670US #37
#22Donna636US #22
#23Ann632US #28
#24Virginia615US #14
#25Phyllis607US #25
#26Catherine605US #44
#27Marlene601US #39
#28Frances594US #19
#29Joyce590US #12
#30Eleanor589US #47
#31Alice543US #27
#32Beverly543US #17
#33Marilyn542US #13
#34Geraldine494US #41
#35Joanne488US #48
#36Jane471US #42
#37Gloria467US #32
#38Elaine437US #50
#39Martha418US #24
#40Sandra417US #38
#41Theresa412US #88
#42Norma404US #29
#43Evelyn403US #34
#44Arlene393US #54
#45Florence393US #80
#46Janice388US #31
#47Audrey373US #68
#48Carolyn366US #23
#49Rita360US #69
#50Eileen353US #103
#51Loretta348US #70
#52Irene344US #57
#53Mildred339US #40
#54Lorraine335US #76
#55Sylvia331US #53
#56Charlotte330US #61
#57Sally329US #59
#58Josephine319US #77
#59Grace315US #86
#60Kathleen313US #67
#61Joann312US #55
#62Louise310US #46
#63Marjorie309US #49
#64Delores305US #58
#65June281US #62
#66Jacqueline276US #66
#67Judith275US #43
#68Marian271US #114
#69Roberta269US #64
#70Lillian260US #79
#71Carole256US #73
#72Marion252US #93
#73Peggy248US #35
#74Pauline246US #82
#75Kathryn245US #113
#76Esther244US #107
#77Anne238US #89
#78Sarah230US #63
#79Constance220US #133
#80Yvonne220US #81
#81Thelma214US #74
#82Edith207US #87
#83Bernice203US #95
#84Rosemarie201US #158
#85Ethel200US #90
#86Edna195US #71
#87Sara190US #129
#88Rosemary187US #111
#89Gail177US #101
#90Gladys175US #84
#91Lucille175US #92
#92Ellen171US #99
#93Regina165
#94Maryann160US #182
#95Harriet158US #154
#96Jeanne158US #141
#97Kay158US #98
#98Agnes153US #139
#99Gertrude153US #156
#100Susan152US #110

Boys

#1Robert5,287US #1
#2John4,910US #3
#3James3,908US #2
#4William3,682US #4
#5Richard3,116US #5
#6Joseph2,731US #11
#7Donald2,440US #7
#8Charles2,262US #6
#9Thomas1,960US #8
#10George1,749US #9
#11Ronald1,699US #12
#12Edward1,624US #13
#13David1,302US #10
#14Paul1,221US #15
#15Frank934US #16
#16Kenneth921US #14
#17Raymond816US #17
#18Harry803US #39
#19Michael665US #33
#20Gerald652US #19
#21Francis643US #50
#22Walter627US #26
#23Carl606US #27
#24Albert556US #34
#25Anthony551US #48
#26Eugene550US #29
#27Jack534US #20
#28Harold527US #21
#29Daniel472US #41
#30Ralph454US #31
#31Arthur436US #30
#32Fred423US #36
#33Louis413US #44
#34Henry385US #28
#35Lawrence380US #37
#36Bernard374US #68
#37Larry374US #25
#38Howard369US #40
#39Leonard360US #54
#40Stanley354US #58
#41Samuel342US #67
#42Earl336US #47
#43Norman322US #43
#44Andrew318US #83
#45Frederick310US #70
#46Wayne299US #45
#47Theodore283US #87
#48Peter277US #56
#49Philip262US #63
#50Glenn260US #80
#51Dale258US #59
#52Russell256US #69
#53Gary244US #38
#54Stephen236US #99
#55Herbert231US #62
#56Alfred230US #60
#57Roger219US #35
#58Edwin216US #84
#59Vincent215US #109
#60Ernest213US #55
#61Leroy213US #57
#62Bruce208US #73
#63Clarence206US #52
#64Melvin204US #53
#65Roy195US #42
#66Martin190US #92
#67Franklin189US #64
#68Ray181US #65
#69Jerry178US #18
#70Jay173US #140
#71Patrick172US #100
#72Lewis153US #101
#73Leo152US #94
#74Jerome151US #98
#75Lee151US #76
#76Marvin142US #49
#77Nicholas136US #157
#78Warren135US #95
#79Clyde133US #89
#80Alan130US #108
#81Barry130US #185
#82Lloyd130US #88
#83Allen129US #81
#84Dennis123US #74
#85Elmer122US #121
#86Leon121US #82
#87Harvey118US #97
#88Alvin115US #96
#89Benjamin114US #123
#90Gene114US #66
#91Gordon114US #75
#92Clifford112US #90
#93Lester112US #115
#94Floyd106US #86
#95Joe105US #23
#96Don102US #51
#97Chester101US #127
#98Bill98US #61
#99Herman95US #105
#100Karl95US #166

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑20Sandra#40
↑20Janice#46
↑18Eileen#50
↑13Judith#67
↑13Carole#71
↑13Roger#57
↑12Gary#53
↑9Elaine#38

Falling

↓22Anne#77
↓19Leon#86
↓16Ethel#85
↓16Joe#95
↓12Louise#62
↓12Clarence#63
↓10Evelyn#43
↓10Irene#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.