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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 159,600 Pennsylvania births in 1941 across 1,212 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#92Rosemarie#175 nationally
#75Nicholas#146 nationally
#78Maryann#147 nationally
#76Jay#137 nationally
#32Barry#91 nationally
#84Marian#142 nationally
#69Eileen#121 nationally
#98Elmer#147 nationally
#56Vincent#104 nationally
#67Constance#114 nationally
#94Esther#138 nationally
#80Mark#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,088US #1
#2Patricia3,489US #3
#3Barbara3,283US #2
#4Carol2,346US #4
#5Nancy2,013US #8
#6Judith1,799US #6
#7Sandra1,589US #9
#8Margaret1,575US #12
#9Joan1,481US #17
#10Dorothy1,171US #14
#11Linda1,153US #5
#12Joyce1,140US #13
#13Shirley1,080US #10
#14Janet1,060US #18
#15Donna953US #20
#16Elizabeth934US #21
#17Betty887US #7
#18Ruth867US #28
#19Helen846US #24
#20Jean698US #32
#21Kathleen695US #36
#22Carolyn687US #11
#23Marie680US #42
#24Virginia653US #23
#25Gloria646US #26
#26Beverly637US #29
#27Joanne634US #54
#28Susan632US #27
#29Bonnie629US #33
#30Dolores629US #57
#31Judy612US #16
#32Elaine602US #44
#33Catherine579US #51
#34Frances576US #31
#35Ann574US #37
#36Carole568US #48
#37Lois555US #43
#38Anna523US #56
#39Janice506US #22
#40Phyllis494US #35
#41Geraldine476US #45
#42Rose471US #49
#43Jane456US #46
#44Doris446US #38
#45Alice436US #34
#46Marilyn409US #30
#47Martha396US #25
#48Marlene394US #83
#49Eleanor377US #78
#50Joann373US #58
#51Rita369US #63
#52Diane365US #40
#53Arlene364US #77
#54Sally364US #61
#55Karen363US #19
#56Charlotte350US #55
#57Theresa335US #95
#58Kathryn318US #87
#59Louise317US #62
#60Evelyn302US #50
#61Loretta302US #81
#62Darlene300US #76
#63Anne295US #82
#64Jacqueline285US #73
#65Lorraine284US #93
#66Brenda283US #41
#67Constance281US #114
#68Florence276US #107
#69Eileen272US #121
#70Peggy271US #39
#71Sylvia266US #65
#72Roberta262US #72
#73Marjorie260US #71
#74Sarah256US #60
#75Gail255US #68
#76Irene255US #74
#77Ellen252US #67
#78Maryann252US #147
#79Rosemary251US #94
#80Kay248US #70
#81Suzanne239US #97
#82Norma238US #47
#83Connie233US #79
#84Marian225US #142
#85Audrey218US #117
#86June216US #90
#87Delores215US #80
#88Edith213US #103
#89Josephine211US #92
#90Mildred208US #64
#91Grace200US #123
#92Rosemarie195US #175
#93Sharon192US #15
#94Esther187US #138
#95Pauline186US #109
#96Christine182US #101
#97Marion181US #130
#98Lillian173US #104
#99Sara173US #124
#100Rebecca169US #86

Boys

#1John5,653US #3
#2Robert5,598US #2
#3James4,392US #1
#4William4,339US #4
#5Richard3,321US #5
#6Joseph2,874US #12
#7Thomas2,650US #8
#8Ronald2,418US #9
#9Charles2,346US #6
#10David2,224US #7
#11Edward1,793US #17
#12George1,761US #13
#13Donald1,748US #10
#14Paul1,342US #18
#15Michael1,240US #16
#16Kenneth1,081US #15
#17Frank958US #21
#18Larry956US #11
#19Raymond889US #22
#20Gerald829US #20
#21Harry763US #48
#22Gary702US #19
#23Walter682US #26
#24Francis677US #60
#25Daniel660US #31
#26Anthony629US #46
#27Carl604US #29
#28Albert559US #40
#29Dennis547US #23
#30Eugene526US #42
#31Harold506US #24
#32Barry487US #91
#33Lawrence486US #34
#34Stephen475US #41
#35Ralph441US #38
#36Arthur440US #33
#37Jack420US #32
#38Louis414US #50
#39Howard413US #47
#40Henry409US #28
#41Samuel397US #65
#42Fred394US #43
#43Stanley383US #57
#44Peter363US #44
#45Wayne340US #37
#46Frederick333US #69
#47Bernard320US #87
#48Leonard319US #54
#49Andrew308US #82
#50Philip293US #52
#51Jerry292US #14
#52Roger290US #25
#53Dale289US #59
#54Terry279US #64
#55Norman278US #49
#56Vincent249US #104
#57Bruce248US #51
#58Glenn248US #86
#59Theodore245US #95
#60Roy241US #39
#61Martin238US #85
#62Earl236US #58
#63Melvin220US #56
#64Russell215US #75
#65Clarence209US #62
#66Alfred204US #74
#67Patrick201US #70
#68Ernest198US #61
#69Leroy193US #67
#70Alan192US #84
#71Lee190US #81
#72Allen187US #73
#73Herbert185US #76
#74Edwin183US #97
#75Nicholas177US #146
#76Jay169US #137
#77Ray162US #83
#78Jerome161US #101
#79Franklin153US #98
#80Mark148US #122
#81Marvin139US #63
#82Leon134US #93
#83Gene133US #72
#84Warren131US #105
#85Leo128US #116
#86Benjamin126US #124
#87Douglas126US #53
#88Lloyd126US #96
#89Harvey125US #106
#90Timothy125US #121
#91Clifford120US #94
#92Steven119US #90
#93Jeffrey118US #134
#94Victor116US #118
#95Lester108US #125
#96Lewis108US #109
#97Chester104US #136
#98Elmer99US #147
#99Clyde97US #113
#100Gordon97US #92

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑33Karen#55
↑25Bonnie#29
↑19Carolyn#22
↑18Mark#80
↑16Susan#28
↑14Darlene#62
↑13Kathleen#21
↑13Terry#54

Falling

↓19Norma#82
↓16Lois#37
↓14Brenda#66
↓14Lewis#96
↓14Clyde#99
↓13Ann#35
↓12Mildred#90
↓10Rose#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.