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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 211,021 Pennsylvania births in 1949 across 1,410 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#98Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#84Maryann#184 nationally
#73Nicholas#136 nationally
#76Dolores#130 nationally
#99Leo#153 nationally
#27Francis#78 nationally
#88Regina#139 nationally
#47Eileen#95 nationally
#70Jay#118 nationally
#28Barry#73 nationally
#66Bernard#111 nationally
#95Arlene#133 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,849US #1
#2Mary4,350US #2
#3Patricia3,414US #3
#4Barbara3,168US #4
#5Susan2,759US #5
#6Kathleen2,478US #9
#7Carol2,439US #8
#8Nancy2,135US #7
#9Sandra1,969US #6
#10Donna1,864US #12
#11Karen1,806US #11
#12Margaret1,622US #14
#13Sharon1,540US #10
#14Judith1,492US #16
#15Deborah1,457US #15
#16Diane1,339US #19
#17Janet1,115US #23
#18Elizabeth1,039US #25
#19Christine961US #30
#20Joyce845US #26
#21Shirley843US #18
#22Joan840US #36
#23Cynthia821US #27
#24Bonnie803US #35
#25Beverly777US #31
#26Cheryl761US #28
#27Catherine705US #37
#28Janice703US #24
#29Jane691US #41
#30Ruth683US #47
#31Dorothy673US #32
#32Joanne663US #61
#33Pamela653US #21
#34Carolyn644US #17
#35Gloria635US #29
#36Jean630US #45
#37Brenda626US #13
#38Judy600US #20
#39Ann587US #44
#40Helen555US #46
#41Elaine551US #57
#42Virginia548US #39
#43Betty546US #22
#44Darlene538US #75
#45Kathryn524US #52
#46Marilyn519US #33
#47Eileen497US #95
#48Theresa494US #63
#49Suzanne482US #62
#50Marie478US #67
#51Frances474US #49
#52Kathy474US #42
#53Jacqueline459US #58
#54Rebecca449US #40
#55Phyllis441US #50
#56Rose437US #66
#57Gail428US #51
#58Lois423US #73
#59Rita404US #54
#60Ellen380US #64
#61Constance377US #83
#62Diana376US #48
#63Connie372US #43
#64Sally369US #77
#65Lorraine363US #102
#66Alice353US #53
#67Paula353US #55
#68Martha352US #34
#69Rosemary350US #98
#70Anna342US #91
#71Anne331US #86
#72Doris331US #69
#73Marlene329US #110
#74Geraldine320US #90
#75Maureen319US #89
#76Dolores317US #130
#77Charlotte316US #71
#78Joann316US #101
#79Jeanne304US #92
#80Louise294US #104
#81Roberta290US #97
#82Lynn289US #74
#83Peggy287US #38
#84Maryann277US #184
#85Sherry277US #68
#86Marsha276US #79
#87Carole273US #118
#88Regina269US #139
#89Victoria269US #96
#90Katherine265US #59
#91Jo261US #60
#92Marcia261US #78
#93Cathy257US #81
#94Dianne254US #85
#95Arlene249US #133
#96Marjorie246US #116
#97Evelyn238US #80
#98Bernadette237
#99Sarah230US #84
#100Laura221US #65

Boys

#1John7,029US #3
#2Robert6,673US #2
#3James5,624US #1
#4William5,204US #4
#5David4,351US #6
#6Richard3,863US #7
#7Thomas3,839US #8
#8Michael3,437US #5
#9Joseph3,339US #14
#10Charles2,540US #9
#11Ronald2,400US #11
#12Edward2,098US #21
#13George1,896US #18
#14Dennis1,825US #16
#15Donald1,762US #13
#16Gary1,636US #12
#17Paul1,576US #17
#18Kenneth1,452US #15
#19Daniel1,335US #22
#20Stephen1,311US #19
#21Larry1,308US #10
#22Frank1,048US #27
#23Raymond928US #30
#24Anthony838US #36
#25Bruce794US #26
#26Lawrence792US #32
#27Francis787US #78
#28Barry780US #73
#29Gerald776US #33
#30Mark771US #24
#31Harry733US #59
#32Gregory721US #31
#33Walter684US #37
#34Steven631US #20
#35Terry628US #28
#36Jeffrey626US #48
#37Timothy589US #34
#38Carl574US #43
#39Wayne571US #35
#40Albert508US #56
#41Alan500US #45
#42Patrick499US #39
#43Douglas493US #29
#44Eugene489US #58
#45Peter485US #38
#46Frederick484US #70
#47Samuel483US #62
#48Ralph477US #50
#49Andrew461US #75
#50Stanley456US #60
#51Philip450US #55
#52Harold446US #42
#53Glenn436US #61
#54Louis431US #64
#55Dale420US #54
#56Arthur411US #44
#57Jack376US #47
#58Russell375US #69
#59Henry371US #46
#60Howard361US #63
#61Leonard354US #74
#62Roger350US #25
#63Martin343US #83
#64Jerry322US #23
#65Vincent316US #102
#66Bernard311US #111
#67Theodore296US #100
#68Allen295US #71
#69Fred277US #72
#70Jay260US #118
#71Norman253US #90
#72Roy253US #51
#73Nicholas252US #136
#74Craig249US #77
#75Earl239US #91
#76Christopher228US #81
#77Ernest221US #76
#78Keith219US #85
#79Lee210US #93
#80Melvin199US #82
#81Alfred194US #96
#82Jerome191US #104
#83Brian189US #86
#84Rodney189US #87
#85Scott188US #99
#86Randall179US #79
#87Eric173US #105
#88Edwin163US #123
#89Leroy163US #101
#90Herbert161US #107
#91Clarence155US #94
#92Phillip155US #66
#93Clifford146US #103
#94Kevin145US #95
#95Warren144US #115
#96Ray142US #109
#97Lewis139US #132
#98Victor137US #116
#99Leo136US #153
#100Leon136US #121

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑26Rebecca#54
↑19Douglas#43
↑17Kathy#52
↑13Brenda#37
↑13Constance#61
↑13Randall#86
↑12Scott#85
↑10Mark#30

Falling

↓14Marlene#73
↓10Cheryl#26
↓10Arlene#95
↓9Carole#87
↓9Edwin#88
↓9Warren#95
↓8Betty#43
↓8Dolores#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.