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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 203,700 Pennsylvania births in 1946 across 1,358 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#86Bernadette#188 nationally
#74Maryann#152 nationally
#75Nicholas#144 nationally
#84Eleanor#139 nationally
#28Francis#80 nationally
#94Lester#145 nationally
#95Benjamin#146 nationally
#92Franklin#140 nationally
#66Marlene#112 nationally
#35Eileen#80 nationally
#24Barry#68 nationally
#61Dolores#104 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,455US #1
#2Patricia3,671US #3
#3Barbara3,526US #4
#4Carol3,311US #5
#5Linda2,953US #2
#6Sandra2,436US #6
#7Nancy2,300US #7
#8Susan1,995US #8
#9Judith1,969US #10
#10Kathleen1,808US #16
#11Donna1,671US #13
#12Margaret1,628US #17
#13Karen1,516US #15
#14Sharon1,346US #9
#15Diane1,229US #19
#16Janet1,111US #21
#17Joan1,087US #28
#18Joyce1,015US #20
#19Elizabeth938US #25
#20Shirley917US #18
#21Dorothy910US #23
#22Ruth870US #38
#23Bonnie863US #33
#24Betty845US #14
#25Judy830US #11
#26Carolyn786US #12
#27Jane769US #35
#28Beverly767US #30
#29Cheryl731US #27
#30Janice729US #22
#31Jean712US #37
#32Joanne711US #57
#33Gloria674US #26
#34Helen670US #36
#35Eileen668US #80
#36Elaine656US #47
#37Virginia652US #31
#38Ann643US #40
#39Catherine625US #48
#40Marie608US #54
#41Marilyn580US #29
#42Suzanne561US #52
#43Frances548US #39
#44Darlene546US #71
#45Lois511US #55
#46Carole496US #72
#47Christine485US #50
#48Phyllis483US #41
#49Cynthia482US #46
#50Rosemary459US #74
#51Rose457US #60
#52Diana440US #42
#53Lorraine438US #93
#54Anna436US #87
#55Alice433US #44
#56Gail424US #49
#57Connie417US #45
#58Sally415US #67
#59Rita413US #56
#60Theresa410US #96
#61Dolores409US #104
#62Jacqueline407US #62
#63Kathryn405US #63
#64Martha405US #32
#65Geraldine385US #66
#66Marlene384US #112
#67Pamela375US #34
#68Anne373US #81
#69Joann368US #90
#70Doris360US #51
#71Constance353US #100
#72Ellen347US #58
#73Roberta347US #86
#74Maryann336US #152
#75Arlene320US #113
#76Louise319US #91
#77Brenda312US #24
#78Charlotte311US #64
#79Jeanne311US #83
#80Peggy309US #43
#81Maureen303US #95
#82Evelyn290US #65
#83Paula276US #69
#84Eleanor265US #139
#85Jo259US #53
#86Bernadette249US #188
#87Rebecca247US #68
#88Dianne244US #76
#89Kathy238US #79
#90Deborah236US #119
#91Loretta234US #111
#92Marcia233US #89
#93Lynn231US #94
#94Sheila231US #70
#95Anita230US #84
#96Andrea224US #125
#97Marjorie224US #106
#98Sue223US #61
#99Irene222US #102
#100Norma221US #77

Boys

#1John7,202US #3
#2Robert6,907US #2
#3James5,861US #1
#4William5,403US #4
#5Richard4,645US #5
#6Thomas3,695US #8
#7David3,435US #6
#8Joseph3,365US #14
#9Charles2,749US #9
#10Ronald2,684US #10
#11Michael2,586US #7
#12Edward2,004US #19
#13George1,898US #16
#14Donald1,862US #13
#15Paul1,717US #18
#16Dennis1,671US #17
#17Kenneth1,504US #15
#18Gary1,460US #12
#19Larry1,251US #11
#20Frank1,133US #22
#21Daniel1,106US #21
#22Raymond953US #25
#23Stephen848US #24
#24Barry839US #68
#25Harry825US #50
#26Gerald779US #27
#27Anthony759US #44
#28Francis752US #80
#29Walter720US #30
#30Terry704US #26
#31Lawrence674US #31
#32Wayne604US #29
#33Carl602US #39
#34Bruce533US #32
#35Albert523US #52
#36Eugene519US #57
#37Harold503US #33
#38Jack480US #35
#39Samuel478US #70
#40Alan468US #49
#41Arthur462US #36
#42Peter449US #38
#43Howard448US #55
#44Frederick442US #75
#45Ralph441US #48
#46Stanley431US #65
#47Louis404US #63
#48Timothy400US #60
#49Gregory394US #56
#50Fred384US #51
#51Philip384US #61
#52Henry382US #41
#53Roger379US #23
#54Dale378US #62
#55Jerry374US #20
#56Mark374US #58
#57Jeffrey369US #78
#58Leonard362US #67
#59Glenn347US #81
#60Andrew346US #84
#61Russell337US #66
#62Patrick334US #59
#63Steven310US #28
#64Douglas309US #34
#65Bernard307US #102
#66Norman292US #76
#67Martin282US #92
#68Vincent273US #110
#69Roy267US #43
#70Earl260US #82
#71Theodore254US #101
#72Ernest244US #71
#73Jay244US #115
#74Allen242US #74
#75Nicholas226US #144
#76Alfred207US #94
#77Leroy204US #90
#78Edwin199US #112
#79Lee195US #91
#80Clarence194US #89
#81Jerome194US #114
#82Warren184US #105
#83Rodney180US #93
#84Ray178US #95
#85Herbert174US #97
#86Keith160US #96
#87Melvin159US #86
#88Craig150US #108
#89Leon142US #113
#90Clifford140US #100
#91Lewis140US #118
#92Franklin136US #140
#93Leslie135US #119
#94Lester130US #145
#95Benjamin128US #146
#96Eric126US #134
#97Brian124US #103
#98Harvey124US #125
#99Marvin124US #88
#100Allan121US #124

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑39Cynthia#49
↑34Gregory#49
↑24Christine#47
↑22Timothy#48
↑17Pamela#67
↑14Bernadette#86
↑13Cheryl#29
↑12Alan#40

Falling

↓22Charlotte#78
↓18Marjorie#97
↓16Doris#70
↓15Geraldine#65
↓14Dolores#61
↓13Loretta#91
↓12Martha#64
↓12Earl#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.