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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 163,561 Pennsylvania births in 1944 across 1,224 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#100Reginaoutside the national top 200
#66Maryann#143 nationally
#78Nicholas#150 nationally
#70Jay#136 nationally
#28Barry#84 nationally
#99Marian#155 nationally
#54Marlene#106 nationally
#71Eleanor#122 nationally
#82Florence#133 nationally
#63Vincent#113 nationally
#87Chester#137 nationally
#47Dolores#92 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,953US #1
#2Barbara2,915US #2
#3Patricia2,853US #4
#4Carol2,807US #5
#5Nancy1,902US #7
#6Sandra1,880US #6
#7Judith1,858US #9
#8Linda1,772US #3
#9Margaret1,415US #14
#10Donna1,293US #17
#11Kathleen1,177US #20
#12Susan1,148US #13
#13Joan1,100US #22
#14Janet1,008US #21
#15Karen972US #16
#16Dorothy926US #19
#17Elizabeth920US #23
#18Joyce913US #18
#19Shirley857US #15
#20Ruth851US #32
#21Betty813US #10
#22Sharon746US #8
#23Carolyn741US #11
#24Diane712US #24
#25Carole686US #43
#26Helen678US #31
#27Judy676US #12
#28Virginia639US #26
#29Beverly633US #35
#30Bonnie621US #34
#31Jean616US #37
#32Gloria561US #25
#33Marie545US #48
#34Joanne536US #55
#35Elaine534US #46
#36Eileen533US #73
#37Frances530US #33
#38Catherine525US #49
#39Jane512US #41
#40Ann504US #39
#41Janice489US #28
#42Lois488US #47
#43Marilyn484US #27
#44Cheryl455US #36
#45Phyllis420US #40
#46Alice413US #38
#47Dolores413US #92
#48Doris399US #42
#49Geraldine393US #53
#50Anna387US #74
#51Rose386US #52
#52Sally383US #59
#53Martha376US #29
#54Marlene370US #106
#55Rita366US #54
#56Jacqueline352US #64
#57Suzanne348US #78
#58Darlene336US #76
#59Joann336US #65
#60Lorraine336US #93
#61Kathryn328US #68
#62Charlotte315US #50
#63Gail314US #56
#64Connie308US #51
#65Roberta304US #70
#66Maryann300US #143
#67Anne289US #86
#68Louise289US #69
#69Brenda283US #30
#70Arlene282US #101
#71Eleanor282US #122
#72Constance280US #104
#73Theresa267US #96
#74Ellen260US #63
#75Evelyn259US #57
#76Rosemary256US #99
#77Marjorie244US #85
#78Peggy240US #45
#79Christine238US #75
#80Pamela231US #44
#81Diana221US #60
#82Florence221US #133
#83Loretta220US #98
#84Kay219US #88
#85Irene216US #91
#86Andrea208US #128
#87Norma198US #66
#88Sarah195US #67
#89Mildred192US #81
#90Paula188US #82
#91Sylvia187US #83
#92Jeanne178US #108
#93Maureen178US #107
#94Grace177US #135
#95Dianne176US #90
#96Katherine174US #77
#97Delores173US #97
#98Josephine172US #115
#99Marian169US #155
#100Regina168

Boys

#1John5,966US #3
#2Robert5,624US #2
#3James4,849US #1
#4William4,305US #4
#5Richard3,338US #5
#6Joseph2,962US #13
#7Thomas2,856US #8
#8David2,671US #6
#9Charles2,395US #7
#10Ronald2,132US #10
#11Edward1,726US #18
#12Michael1,726US #9
#13Donald1,698US #11
#14George1,689US #14
#15Paul1,337US #17
#16Kenneth1,183US #16
#17Gary974US #15
#18Larry937US #12
#19Frank935US #21
#20Dennis858US #20
#21Raymond835US #22
#22Daniel793US #25
#23Harry770US #49
#24Gerald752US #24
#25Walter640US #26
#26Anthony623US #46
#27Francis612US #71
#28Barry571US #84
#29Lawrence562US #32
#30Stephen554US #28
#31Carl531US #36
#32Harold498US #27
#33Albert497US #44
#34Eugene462US #48
#35Arthur457US #29
#36Ralph442US #42
#37Wayne418US #37
#38Louis396US #54
#39Samuel383US #62
#40Frederick382US #73
#41Jack379US #30
#42Terry375US #43
#43Peter360US #40
#44Leonard357US #56
#45Henry345US #35
#46Stanley342US #57
#47Bruce332US #51
#48Howard331US #53
#49Roger329US #23
#50Fred325US #47
#51Philip301US #60
#52Bernard295US #94
#53Andrew291US #81
#54Dale288US #61
#55Norman283US #58
#56Jerry282US #19
#57Russell279US #63
#58Alan260US #55
#59Theodore259US #96
#60Patrick254US #64
#61Earl251US #65
#62Glenn249US #88
#63Vincent248US #113
#64Roy236US #39
#65Douglas226US #34
#66Ernest221US #59
#67Martin221US #91
#68Alfred203US #82
#69Mark200US #93
#70Jay199US #136
#71Allen196US #77
#72Steven186US #52
#73Timothy185US #92
#74Clarence178US #74
#75Melvin173US #67
#76Edwin172US #106
#77Jeffrey172US #101
#78Nicholas165US #150
#79Lee163US #85
#80Herbert162US #90
#81Warren158US #100
#82Leroy154US #78
#83Clifford146US #99
#84Victor143US #107
#85Jerome140US #117
#86Ray140US #86
#87Chester139US #137
#88Lewis132US #112
#89Harvey128US #118
#90Lloyd125US #102
#91Keith123US #104
#92Benjamin121US #130
#93Lester115US #126
#94Brian112US #116
#95Marvin112US #75
#96Leslie107US #114
#97Leon106US #108
#98Allan104US #141
#99Franklin102US #121
#100Leo102US #132

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑14Suzanne#57
↑13Jay#70
↑12Pamela#80
↑9Connie#64
↑9Timothy#73
↑8Alan#58
↑7Sharon#22
↑7Diane#24

Falling

↓15Eleanor#71
↓13Leroy#82
↓10Marian#99
↓9Theresa#73
↓9Evelyn#75
↓9Regina#100
↓8Charlotte#62
↓8Loretta#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.