State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 210,648 Pennsylvania births in 1950 across 1,418 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#100Maryann#200 nationally
#31Francis#86 nationally
#39Eileen#91 nationally
#87Dolores#139 nationally
#73Nicholas#124 nationally
#97Regina#143 nationally
#65Bernard#110 nationally
#96Andrea#141 nationally
#69Marlene#112 nationally
#99Carole#140 nationally
#34Barry#74 nationally
#29Joanne#67 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,278US #1
#2Mary4,073US #2
#3Patricia3,402US #3
#4Barbara3,050US #4
#5Susan2,896US #5
#6Kathleen2,419US #10
#7Carol2,342US #9
#8Nancy2,108US #6
#9Deborah2,011US #7
#10Karen1,932US #12
#11Donna1,851US #13
#12Sandra1,848US #8
#13Margaret1,623US #15
#14Sharon1,581US #11
#15Diane1,416US #16
#16Judith1,249US #21
#17Janet1,080US #18
#18Elizabeth1,026US #24
#19Christine921US #28
#20Cynthia914US #23
#21Bonnie840US #33
#22Joyce819US #27
#23Cheryl797US #29
#24Janice794US #22
#25Shirley790US #19
#26Beverly785US #31
#27Joan761US #40
#28Catherine691US #34
#29Joanne672US #67
#30Jane669US #39
#31Ruth653US #49
#32Pamela647US #17
#33Brenda634US #14
#34Dorothy627US #35
#35Jean597US #48
#36Elaine588US #60
#37Ann586US #45
#38Carolyn574US #20
#39Eileen556US #91
#40Gloria550US #30
#41Kathryn538US #46
#42Kathy533US #38
#43Helen525US #50
#44Darlene518US #79
#45Theresa508US #65
#46Marilyn505US #37
#47Betty488US #26
#48Gail484US #42
#49Judy482US #25
#50Marie482US #72
#51Virginia477US #43
#52Jacqueline470US #55
#53Suzanne461US #71
#54Frances432US #51
#55Ellen428US #66
#56Rebecca406US #36
#57Denise405US #82
#58Lois404US #83
#59Anne403US #84
#60Rita396US #56
#61Diana386US #47
#62Maureen382US #89
#63Constance378US #85
#64Rose371US #69
#65Debra369US #59
#66Paula363US #54
#67Phyllis361US #53
#68Sally359US #78
#69Marlene358US #112
#70Martha352US #32
#71Connie351US #44
#72Rosemary346US #101
#73Alice341US #57
#74Anna331US #93
#75Lorraine325US #105
#76Joann316US #98
#77Lynn304US #76
#78Cathy295US #75
#79Marsha290US #68
#80Roberta283US #96
#81Marcia282US #77
#82Sherry282US #62
#83Doris278US #74
#84Charlotte273US #80
#85Katherine271US #58
#86Jeanne270US #95
#87Dolores260US #139
#88Louise259US #109
#89Sheila255US #70
#90Irene254US #92
#91Geraldine252US #102
#92Dianne250US #90
#93Peggy248US #41
#94Arlene246US #132
#95Victoria245US #94
#96Andrea236US #141
#97Regina234US #143
#98Jo233US #64
#99Carole225US #140
#100Maryann222US #200

Boys

#1John6,855US #3
#2Robert6,563US #2
#3James5,550US #1
#4William4,883US #6
#5David4,308US #5
#6Thomas3,932US #8
#7Richard3,801US #7
#8Michael3,698US #4
#9Joseph3,423US #13
#10Charles2,554US #9
#11Ronald2,152US #12
#12Dennis1,999US #17
#13Gary1,906US #10
#14Edward1,886US #22
#15Donald1,784US #14
#16George1,738US #20
#17Paul1,602US #18
#18Kenneth1,435US #15
#19Daniel1,373US #21
#20Stephen1,342US #19
#21Larry1,222US #11
#22Raymond940US #31
#23Mark928US #23
#24Frank917US #29
#25Anthony843US #36
#26Bruce812US #26
#27Gregory807US #25
#28Gerald757US #34
#29Steven754US #16
#30Lawrence745US #33
#31Francis716US #86
#32Harry702US #61
#33Jeffrey695US #43
#34Barry691US #74
#35Timothy678US #32
#36Terry663US #30
#37Wayne659US #35
#38Walter629US #40
#39Douglas561US #28
#40Carl533US #44
#41Alan523US #41
#42Albert505US #56
#43Peter503US #37
#44Eugene493US #58
#45Patrick489US #38
#46Andrew476US #68
#47Stanley472US #60
#48Frederick468US #75
#49Samuel460US #62
#50Dale452US #49
#51Ralph451US #52
#52Louis410US #66
#53Arthur407US #46
#54Harold407US #45
#55Philip406US #53
#56Glenn400US #59
#57Jack394US #48
#58Roger391US #27
#59Howard374US #63
#60Leonard366US #77
#61Martin347US #85
#62Henry340US #47
#63Craig324US #69
#64Jerry318US #24
#65Bernard316US #110
#66Vincent316US #101
#67Russell306US #67
#68Keith298US #78
#69Christopher283US #72
#70Allen282US #71
#71Theodore281US #99
#72Scott280US #82
#73Nicholas271US #124
#74Earl249US #92
#75Brian241US #79
#76Roy237US #51
#77Jay232US #115
#78Kevin230US #73
#79Norman229US #90
#80Eric227US #98
#81Fred223US #84
#82Ernest214US #81
#83Lee210US #91
#84Rodney208US #88
#85Edwin207US #117
#86Alfred197US #96
#87Jerome186US #103
#88Melvin186US #87
#89Randall185US #70
#90Clifford174US #100
#91Phillip167US #64
#92Leroy161US #102
#93Warren158US #118
#94Dean153US #120
#95Victor148US #106
#96Clarence145US #95
#97Lewis144US #132
#98Herbert138US #112
#99Randy138US #80
#100Benjamin137US #123

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑16Kevin#78
↑15Cathy#78
↑13Maureen#62
↑13Scott#72
↑12Anne#59
↑11Marcia#81
↑11Craig#63
↑10Kathy#42

Falling

↓17Geraldine#91
↓16Maryann#100
↓12Phyllis#67
↓12Carole#99
↓12Fred#81
↓11Judy#49
↓11Doris#83
↓11Dolores#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.