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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 183,516 Pennsylvania births in 1943 across 1,313 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#91Regina#195 nationally
#76Nicholas#148 nationally
#65Maryann#135 nationally
#89Marian#149 nationally
#51Marlene#104 nationally
#30Barry#82 nationally
#56Eleanor#107 nationally
#83Jay#134 nationally
#58Vincent#106 nationally
#93Audrey#140 nationally
#91Chester#137 nationally
#81Florence#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,469US #1
#2Barbara3,550US #2
#3Patricia3,323US #3
#4Carol3,117US #5
#5Nancy2,189US #9
#6Sandra2,125US #6
#7Judith2,114US #7
#8Linda1,916US #4
#9Margaret1,655US #14
#10Donna1,358US #17
#11Joan1,344US #21
#12Janet1,269US #20
#13Kathleen1,202US #22
#14Dorothy1,165US #19
#15Joyce1,152US #16
#16Susan1,065US #18
#17Shirley1,022US #12
#18Betty994US #10
#19Karen977US #15
#20Elizabeth975US #23
#21Ruth893US #33
#22Carolyn881US #11
#23Helen823US #28
#24Judy756US #13
#25Bonnie755US #34
#26Virginia752US #25
#27Jean733US #36
#28Joanne732US #49
#29Sharon731US #8
#30Beverly713US #32
#31Diane692US #24
#32Carole687US #42
#33Frances676US #31
#34Gloria655US #30
#35Ann624US #37
#36Elaine622US #46
#37Eileen610US #68
#38Marie607US #45
#39Catherine606US #48
#40Lois588US #43
#41Dolores553US #74
#42Janice548US #26
#43Marilyn546US #27
#44Geraldine515US #51
#45Anna489US #64
#46Jane481US #44
#47Rose481US #50
#48Phyllis469US #39
#49Doris441US #40
#50Alice434US #38
#51Marlene414US #104
#52Martha411US #29
#53Sally403US #57
#54Charlotte402US #47
#55Darlene402US #73
#56Eleanor398US #107
#57Kathryn395US #75
#58Rita395US #52
#59Joann369US #60
#60Jacqueline366US #65
#61Gail357US #55
#62Roberta343US #66
#63Arlene331US #90
#64Theresa325US #100
#65Maryann323US #135
#66Evelyn321US #53
#67Lorraine318US #94
#68Brenda316US #35
#69Anne314US #80
#70Louise314US #70
#71Suzanne307US #86
#72Ellen294US #67
#73Connie289US #59
#74Constance289US #109
#75Loretta287US #89
#76Marjorie286US #79
#77Peggy286US #41
#78Rosemary277US #97
#79Norma260US #58
#80Irene257US #85
#81Florence254US #124
#82Diana247US #62
#83Sarah240US #71
#84Kay229US #81
#85Sylvia227US #77
#86Christine222US #84
#87Grace219US #130
#88Mildred218US #76
#89Marian213US #149
#90June203US #111
#91Regina202US #195
#92Pamela197US #54
#93Audrey196US #140
#94Marion195US #129
#95Josephine193US #108
#96Cynthia192US #101
#97Sara191US #137
#98Maureen190US #105
#99Jeanne183US #113
#100Delores182US #99

Boys

#1John6,444US #3
#2Robert6,244US #2
#3James5,264US #1
#4William4,940US #4
#5Richard3,742US #5
#6Joseph3,334US #13
#7Thomas3,146US #8
#8David2,650US #6
#9Charles2,633US #7
#10Ronald2,572US #9
#11George1,978US #14
#12Edward1,938US #18
#13Donald1,836US #11
#14Michael1,740US #10
#15Paul1,436US #19
#16Kenneth1,327US #15
#17Frank1,086US #21
#18Larry1,026US #12
#19Raymond1,000US #22
#20Gary954US #16
#21Dennis905US #20
#22Gerald847US #23
#23Harry806US #50
#24Walter805US #26
#25Daniel800US #25
#26Anthony743US #44
#27Francis694US #64
#28Stephen668US #29
#29Carl628US #33
#30Barry620US #82
#31Lawrence582US #32
#32Albert571US #43
#33Harold541US #27
#34Eugene536US #47
#35Ralph528US #40
#36Arthur468US #30
#37Louis467US #53
#38Stanley457US #54
#39Peter448US #39
#40Samuel445US #62
#41Jack435US #34
#42Henry417US #31
#43Wayne416US #41
#44Terry415US #49
#45Frederick411US #70
#46Howard400US #48
#47Leonard396US #55
#48Fred385US #45
#49Andrew373US #79
#50Bruce362US #51
#51Jerry348US #17
#52Dale342US #59
#53Bernard334US #92
#54Roger325US #24
#55Philip324US #57
#56Earl314US #60
#57Glenn313US #85
#58Vincent301US #106
#59Theodore296US #96
#60Russell295US #73
#61Norman287US #56
#62Alfred274US #78
#63Roy274US #38
#64Patrick270US #69
#65Martin267US #83
#66Alan260US #67
#67Douglas236US #28
#68Allen233US #76
#69Leroy230US #74
#70Melvin224US #63
#71Mark222US #101
#72Ernest209US #61
#73Clarence204US #68
#74Edwin200US #107
#75Herbert197US #86
#76Nicholas195US #148
#77Lee183US #91
#78Warren180US #102
#79Steven179US #58
#80Victor178US #97
#81Jerome177US #109
#82Timothy175US #99
#83Jay173US #134
#84Jeffrey158US #116
#85Ray150US #84
#86Clifford149US #94
#87Harvey144US #111
#88Gene138US #89
#89Lloyd135US #104
#90Benjamin133US #130
#91Chester131US #137
#92Lewis131US #115
#93Leon128US #103
#94Marvin126US #66
#95Rodney120US #118
#96Brian118US #120
#97Clyde118US #114
#98Gordon114US #98
#99Franklin113US #119
#100Allan110US #136

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑29Sharon#29
↑19Darlene#55
↑13Christine#86
↑13Mark#71
↑12Dale#52
↑11Karen#19
↑10Terry#44
↑10Lloyd#89

Falling

↓22Douglas#67
↓18Franklin#99
↓13Carole#32
↓11Jay#83
↓10Irene#80
↓10Florence#81
↓8Josephine#95
↓7Marie#38

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.