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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,189 Pennsylvania births in 1937 across 1,156 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
#69Nicholas#159 nationally
#95Barry#182 nationally
#85Maryann#167 nationally
#100Rosemarie#171 nationally
#93Karl#162 nationally
#76Jay#136 nationally
#98Agnes#153 nationally
#75Marian#129 nationally
#58Vincent#105 nationally
#60Eileen#107 nationally
#71Constance#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,038US #1
#2Patricia2,557US #3
#3Barbara2,508US #2
#4Shirley2,011US #4
#5Nancy1,945US #7
#6Joan1,762US #9
#7Margaret1,542US #10
#8Dorothy1,336US #8
#9Betty1,188US #5
#10Carol1,100US #6
#11Janet1,070US #18
#12Helen1,008US #12
#13Ruth1,006US #15
#14Elizabeth959US #17
#15Dolores935US #37
#16Jean864US #23
#17Anna787US #39
#18Marie755US #35
#19Donna730US #21
#20Lois696US #29
#21Frances683US #19
#22Beverly649US #14
#23Doris647US #22
#24Joyce620US #11
#25Catherine610US #47
#26Virginia603US #16
#27Sandra588US #26
#28Ann580US #30
#29Eleanor575US #53
#30Marlene562US #40
#31Rose555US #38
#32Joanne547US #51
#33Phyllis524US #27
#34Alice508US #28
#35Geraldine506US #44
#36Marilyn505US #13
#37Jane486US #42
#38Janice484US #25
#39Gloria461US #32
#40Elaine443US #45
#41Evelyn407US #36
#42Sally401US #59
#43Loretta382US #63
#44Judith380US #34
#45Rita380US #69
#46Florence379US #81
#47Arlene378US #60
#48Carolyn378US #20
#49Martha377US #24
#50Theresa375US #95
#51Kathleen372US #61
#52Carole364US #56
#53Audrey349US #85
#54Irene347US #62
#55Lorraine345US #83
#56Norma340US #33
#57Sylvia331US #50
#58Louise325US #48
#59Charlotte324US #67
#60Eileen316US #107
#61Mildred304US #43
#62Grace303US #94
#63Jacqueline292US #70
#64Joann286US #58
#65Roberta285US #66
#66Marjorie279US #57
#67Delores276US #68
#68June274US #71
#69Kathryn273US #108
#70Josephine267US #82
#71Constance263US #118
#72Anne261US #92
#73Lillian258US #84
#74Peggy254US #31
#75Marian251US #129
#76Marion250US #109
#77Sarah248US #65
#78Gail230US #99
#79Pauline228US #87
#80Edith219US #96
#81Esther219US #116
#82Yvonne219US #77
#83Ethel213US #88
#84Rosemary208US #110
#85Maryann206US #167
#86Kay203US #79
#87Susan202US #97
#88Linda193US #49
#89Ellen191US #102
#90Thelma189US #78
#91Diane187US #76
#92Gladys187US #86
#93Lucille183US #98
#94Sara181US #130
#95Regina178
#96Elsie171US #125
#97Bernice170US #104
#98Agnes169US #153
#99Edna168US #74
#100Rosemarie163US #171

Boys

#1Robert5,700US #1
#2John4,998US #3
#3William3,962US #4
#4James3,888US #2
#5Richard2,936US #5
#6Joseph2,679US #12
#7Charles2,448US #6
#8Donald2,286US #7
#9Thomas2,141US #9
#10Ronald1,893US #11
#11Edward1,767US #13
#12George1,741US #10
#13David1,502US #8
#14Paul1,212US #15
#15Frank955US #18
#16Kenneth898US #14
#17Raymond881US #19
#18Harry801US #41
#19Michael794US #27
#20Walter700US #26
#21Francis696US #55
#22Gerald663US #20
#23Anthony611US #47
#24Carl600US #28
#25Harold552US #21
#26Jack542US #23
#27Albert538US #37
#28Eugene518US #33
#29Larry471US #16
#30Daniel462US #39
#31Ralph461US #34
#32Fred460US #35
#33Arthur415US #31
#34Lawrence406US #38
#35Henry367US #30
#36Louis357US #46
#37Frederick352US #68
#38Bernard350US #73
#39Howard350US #42
#40Norman349US #43
#41Leonard334US #58
#42Samuel327US #66
#43Stanley323US #57
#44Andrew305US #79
#45Peter297US #52
#46Stephen291US #92
#47Earl278US #48
#48Gary271US #29
#49Wayne268US #44
#50Melvin264US #50
#51Dale260US #59
#52Theodore255US #86
#53Ernest244US #53
#54Philip243US #62
#55Russell242US #67
#56Glenn235US #88
#57Alfred223US #60
#58Vincent216US #105
#59Herbert209US #65
#60Clarence205US #54
#61Martin205US #87
#62Edwin203US #89
#63Jerry201US #17
#64Leroy197US #56
#65Roy197US #40
#66Patrick185US #94
#67Bruce184US #70
#68Roger178US #36
#69Nicholas161US #159
#70Dennis156US #63
#71Ray156US #71
#72Allen153US #76
#73Lee152US #78
#74Gene151US #61
#75Franklin147US #77
#76Jay143US #136
#77Lewis139US #104
#78Warren137US #106
#79Clyde131US #93
#80Leo130US #97
#81Leon128US #85
#82Marvin128US #49
#83Harvey126US #95
#84Jerome125US #100
#85Victor124US #117
#86Alan123US #103
#87Alvin119US #99
#88Clifford119US #90
#89Lloyd119US #91
#90Benjamin112US #119
#91Elmer112US #120
#92Lester112US #116
#93Karl111US #162
#94Gordon110US #75
#95Barry108US #182
#96Chester108US #129
#97Terry108US #113
#98Arnold107US #111
#99Allan97US #124
#100Gilbert96US #112

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑23Judith#44
↑19Carole#52
↑16Gene#74
↑15Sally#42
↑14Melvin#50
↑14Dennis#70
↑13Sandra#27
↑13Susan#87

Falling

↓16Rosemarie#100
↓14Norma#56
↓14Bernice#97
↓14Barry#95
↓13Edna#99
↓12Josephine#70
↓11Roger#68
↓10Rose#31

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.