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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 183,262 Pennsylvania births in 1942 across 1,293 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#95Rosemarie#179 nationally
#63Maryann#138 nationally
#71Nicholas#142 nationally
#72Jay#133 nationally
#89Marian#141 nationally
#90Chester#137 nationally
#33Barry#79 nationally
#72Constance#116 nationally
#45Eileen#88 nationally
#88Grace#129 nationally
#71Florence#110 nationally
#91Marion#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,475US #1
#2Barbara3,873US #2
#3Patricia3,707US #3
#4Carol3,016US #5
#5Nancy2,249US #8
#6Judith2,052US #7
#7Sandra2,042US #6
#8Margaret1,704US #14
#9Linda1,596US #4
#10Joan1,588US #18
#11Janet1,269US #19
#12Donna1,237US #20
#13Joyce1,188US #13
#14Dorothy1,179US #17
#15Kathleen1,062US #24
#16Shirley1,054US #12
#17Elizabeth1,006US #22
#18Betty987US #9
#19Carole937US #35
#20Carolyn937US #10
#21Ruth919US #33
#22Susan834US #21
#23Helen826US #26
#24Beverly765US #32
#25Joanne762US #48
#26Virginia762US #23
#27Jean757US #36
#28Judy719US #15
#29Bonnie717US #34
#30Karen703US #16
#31Marie686US #43
#32Frances685US #30
#33Diane661US #28
#34Ann638US #38
#35Dolores636US #63
#36Elaine636US #45
#37Catherine625US #49
#38Gloria606US #31
#39Lois572US #44
#40Geraldine556US #47
#41Anna552US #59
#42Janice549US #25
#43Phyllis534US #37
#44Rose525US #50
#45Eileen496US #88
#46Doris494US #41
#47Marilyn486US #27
#48Jane477US #46
#49Alice464US #39
#50Sally445US #56
#51Rita439US #55
#52Charlotte428US #51
#53Martha420US #29
#54Marlene419US #84
#55Eleanor416US #87
#56Joann391US #58
#57Arlene378US #83
#58Sharon369US #11
#59Kathryn359US #82
#60Lorraine354US #91
#61Theresa350US #98
#62Roberta346US #66
#63Maryann342US #138
#64Gail341US #60
#65Jacqueline339US #69
#66Louise334US #61
#67Anne327US #76
#68Evelyn327US #53
#69Loretta315US #79
#70Irene308US #80
#71Florence307US #110
#72Constance300US #116
#73Connie296US #70
#74Darlene291US #78
#75Rosemary284US #92
#76Brenda279US #40
#77Marjorie279US #74
#78Ellen276US #64
#79Suzanne273US #103
#80Peggy268US #42
#81Sarah268US #67
#82Norma258US #52
#83Sylvia255US #72
#84Kay245US #75
#85Mildred244US #71
#86Diana224US #68
#87Josephine223US #100
#88Grace219US #129
#89Marian218US #141
#90June217US #107
#91Marion210US #130
#92Maureen207US #102
#93Audrey206US #120
#94Delores202US #86
#95Rosemarie202US #179
#96Rebecca197US #85
#97Anita196US #93
#98Sara193US #128
#99Christine191US #96
#100Cynthia189US #101

Boys

#1John6,575US #3
#2Robert6,203US #2
#3James5,206US #1
#4William5,058US #4
#5Richard3,682US #5
#6Joseph3,298US #11
#7Thomas2,975US #8
#8Charles2,723US #7
#9David2,707US #6
#10Ronald2,496US #9
#11George2,020US #14
#12Edward1,984US #17
#13Donald1,854US #10
#14Michael1,554US #13
#15Paul1,444US #19
#16Kenneth1,262US #15
#17Frank1,140US #21
#18Larry1,059US #12
#19Raymond1,032US #24
#20Gerald897US #22
#21Dennis855US #20
#22Gary854US #18
#23Harry850US #48
#24Anthony808US #44
#25Daniel764US #28
#26Walter751US #26
#27Francis748US #58
#28Stephen660US #32
#29Carl632US #36
#30Albert627US #40
#31Lawrence586US #30
#32Harold585US #27
#33Barry577US #79
#34Eugene567US #45
#35Ralph539US #38
#36Arthur536US #29
#37Louis490US #51
#38Samuel474US #59
#39Jack452US #34
#40Stanley445US #56
#41Peter436US #39
#42Henry419US #31
#43Fred417US #46
#44Wayne411US #41
#45Douglas410US #23
#46Howard401US #49
#47Frederick387US #68
#48Andrew364US #80
#49Leonard356US #57
#50Jerry355US #16
#51Philip352US #54
#52Bernard342US #90
#53Bruce320US #50
#54Terry312US #52
#55Roger309US #25
#56Norman305US #53
#57Russell301US #70
#58Earl298US #62
#59Patrick296US #64
#60Martin294US #85
#61Theodore291US #91
#62Glenn286US #88
#63Vincent280US #101
#64Dale267US #63
#65Roy256US #42
#66Alfred244US #76
#67Leroy242US #69
#68Melvin239US #60
#69Ernest234US #61
#70Clarence214US #67
#71Nicholas211US #142
#72Jay210US #133
#73Alan205US #81
#74Edwin202US #105
#75Allen191US #71
#76Victor189US #99
#77Herbert180US #83
#78Jerome174US #104
#79Ray172US #84
#80Timothy169US #108
#81Franklin164US #103
#82Warren163US #97
#83Lee161US #87
#84Mark153US #117
#85Steven152US #75
#86Jeffrey150US #116
#87Lewis148US #112
#88Clifford143US #95
#89Marvin142US #66
#90Chester140US #137
#91Gordon139US #92
#92Leo139US #120
#93Gene138US #82
#94Harvey137US #107
#95Clyde136US #109
#96Leon129US #93
#97Benjamin125US #129
#98Allan124US #124
#99Lloyd118US #96
#100Alvin113US #115

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑42Douglas#45
↑35Sharon#58
↑25Karen#30
↑24Eileen#45
↑19Diane#33
↑18Victor#76
↑17Carole#19
↑15Maryann#63

Falling

↓14Leon#96
↓13Gloria#38
↓12Darlene#74
↓12Sylvia#83
↓12Lee#83
↓11Dale#64
↓11Benjamin#97
↓11Lloyd#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.