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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 213,436 Pennsylvania births in 1948 across 1,415 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#77Maryann#170 nationally
#76Nicholas#142 nationally
#98Leo#151 nationally
#28Francis#80 nationally
#40Eileen#91 nationally
#68Dolores#119 nationally
#59Marlene#109 nationally
#73Jay#123 nationally
#26Barry#74 nationally
#93Harvey#138 nationally
#64Bernard#107 nationally
#96Benjamin#139 nationally

Girls

#1Linda6,216US #1
#2Mary4,441US #2
#3Barbara3,589US #3
#4Patricia3,354US #4
#5Carol2,832US #8
#6Susan2,599US #5
#7Kathleen2,185US #10
#8Sandra2,167US #6
#9Nancy2,156US #7
#10Donna1,816US #11
#11Karen1,767US #12
#12Margaret1,643US #13
#13Judith1,448US #15
#14Sharon1,434US #9
#15Diane1,304US #19
#16Cheryl1,036US #25
#17Janet1,031US #24
#18Elizabeth1,010US #26
#19Deborah954US #30
#20Joyce912US #21
#21Bonnie889US #34
#22Shirley837US #20
#23Joan833US #37
#24Beverly804US #31
#25Cynthia761US #27
#26Dorothy734US #29
#27Christine726US #35
#28Carolyn714US #14
#29Ruth704US #45
#30Jane700US #39
#31Catherine692US #41
#32Joanne690US #65
#33Jean670US #47
#34Gloria656US #28
#35Betty654US #18
#36Janice654US #23
#37Elaine649US #53
#38Judy637US #16
#39Helen617US #40
#40Eileen598US #91
#41Ann595US #44
#42Pamela593US #22
#43Virginia589US #36
#44Marie563US #60
#45Darlene538US #77
#46Marilyn535US #33
#47Theresa531US #63
#48Frances493US #42
#49Suzanne490US #66
#50Brenda486US #17
#51Kathryn484US #54
#52Phyllis453US #46
#53Jacqueline445US #58
#54Lois445US #70
#55Rose408US #62
#56Connie407US #43
#57Gail406US #51
#58Diana403US #48
#59Marlene394US #109
#60Sally387US #72
#61Ellen381US #67
#62Rosemary381US #90
#63Anna378US #89
#64Martha378US #32
#65Lorraine369US #96
#66Rita366US #59
#67Paula364US #52
#68Dolores362US #119
#69Kathy361US #55
#70Alice355US #49
#71Anne344US #87
#72Maureen342US #88
#73Charlotte340US #69
#74Constance340US #93
#75Joann335US #94
#76Geraldine330US #83
#77Maryann322US #170
#78Carole320US #106
#79Doris315US #64
#80Rebecca310US #50
#81Jeanne297US #95
#82Louise294US #99
#83Peggy291US #38
#84Lynn286US #80
#85Arlene282US #125
#86Roberta280US #101
#87Sherry278US #61
#88Jo269US #56
#89Marsha267US #76
#90Marcia266US #79
#91Evelyn257US #74
#92Regina257US #132
#93Marjorie250US #110
#94Cathy246US #104
#95Dianne241US #86
#96Sheila241US #71
#97Katherine222US #68
#98Anita219US #102
#99Yvonne219US #112
#100Andrea215US #128

Boys

#1John7,300US #3
#2Robert6,930US #2
#3James5,773US #1
#4William5,491US #4
#5Thomas4,098US #8
#6David4,092US #5
#7Richard3,891US #7
#8Joseph3,574US #13
#9Michael3,160US #6
#10Charles2,641US #9
#11Ronald2,586US #10
#12Edward2,008US #19
#13George1,952US #16
#14Donald1,818US #14
#15Dennis1,714US #17
#16Gary1,597US #12
#17Paul1,591US #18
#18Kenneth1,553US #15
#19Larry1,405US #11
#20Daniel1,348US #22
#21Frank1,080US #25
#22Stephen1,056US #20
#23Raymond1,004US #27
#24Anthony859US #41
#25Gerald819US #30
#26Barry778US #74
#27Lawrence769US #31
#28Francis760US #80
#29Terry742US #26
#30Harry734US #57
#31Bruce700US #28
#32Walter693US #35
#33Gregory661US #32
#34Carl582US #42
#35Wayne574US #34
#36Albert561US #55
#37Timothy541US #38
#38Steven529US #23
#39Jeffrey519US #58
#40Mark519US #29
#41Ralph490US #51
#42Alan477US #46
#43Eugene476US #61
#44Peter475US #37
#45Harold470US #36
#46Stanley468US #65
#47Samuel467US #70
#48Philip454US #54
#49Frederick453US #75
#50Patrick449US #48
#51Louis443US #64
#52Arthur432US #44
#53Jack427US #43
#54Andrew421US #77
#55Dale414US #56
#56Howard401US #63
#57Glenn393US #73
#58Roger381US #24
#59Leonard374US #71
#60Henry366US #45
#61Russell364US #67
#62Douglas351US #33
#63Fred338US #66
#64Bernard334US #107
#65Vincent322US #106
#66Jerry313US #21
#67Martin306US #88
#68Allen298US #72
#69Earl296US #83
#70Norman292US #85
#71Roy277US #49
#72Theodore277US #104
#73Jay270US #123
#74Ernest254US #76
#75Craig252US #82
#76Nicholas232US #142
#77Keith226US #89
#78Alfred220US #96
#79Edwin213US #116
#80Christopher208US #102
#81Lee207US #93
#82Melvin203US #81
#83Leroy200US #97
#84Eric199US #114
#85Jerome193US #110
#86Warren187US #109
#87Clarence181US #87
#88Herbert173US #103
#89Brian171US #95
#90Rodney169US #92
#91Ray162US #100
#92Clifford155US #105
#93Harvey153US #138
#94Phillip150US #69
#95Lewis145US #130
#96Benjamin138US #139
#97Scott134US #122
#98Leo131US #151
#99Randall129US #98
#100Victor129US #115

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑34Deborah#19
↑20Timothy#37
↑17Cynthia#25
↑16Marlene#59
↑16Steven#38
↑15Pamela#42
↑14Theresa#47
↑13Diana#58

Falling

↓12Geraldine#76
↓12Carole#78
↓12Jack#53
↓11Judy#38
↓11Rosemary#62
↓11Louis#51
↓10Alice#70
↓9Andrea#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.