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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 223,581 Pennsylvania births in 1951 across 1,471 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#86Maryannoutside the national top 200
#99Karl#175 nationally
#82Dolores#149 nationally
#100Leo#156 nationally
#33Francis#85 nationally
#44Eileen#95 nationally
#73Nicholas#120 nationally
#75Marlene#118 nationally
#94Andrea#136 nationally
#76Jay#116 nationally
#32Barry#71 nationally
#95Arlene#134 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,905US #1
#2Mary4,213US #2
#3Patricia4,195US #3
#4Barbara3,002US #5
#5Deborah2,963US #4
#6Susan2,921US #6
#7Kathleen2,497US #10
#8Karen2,191US #8
#9Carol2,161US #11
#10Nancy2,127US #7
#11Donna2,028US #12
#12Sandra1,727US #9
#13Diane1,605US #15
#14Sharon1,542US #13
#15Margaret1,454US #17
#16Judith1,351US #25
#17Janet1,211US #19
#18Christine1,154US #24
#19Elizabeth1,087US #23
#20Debra1,032US #18
#21Cynthia999US #20
#22Joyce901US #28
#23Janice853US #21
#24Joan816US #39
#25Bonnie805US #37
#26Catherine801US #34
#27Cheryl798US #30
#28Beverly795US #33
#29Denise758US #48
#30Shirley725US #27
#31Pamela711US #16
#32Jane689US #43
#33Brenda683US #14
#34Ruth652US #53
#35Ann648US #46
#36Joanne632US #73
#37Gail630US #36
#38Kathy620US #35
#39Dorothy606US #42
#40Elaine601US #66
#41Kathryn566US #45
#42Jean564US #49
#43Darlene551US #79
#44Eileen544US #95
#45Theresa543US #64
#46Helen540US #54
#47Jacqueline534US #56
#48Marilyn528US #41
#49Gloria515US #31
#50Carolyn510US #22
#51Rebecca498US #32
#52Virginia498US #47
#53Marie485US #78
#54Judy475US #26
#55Rose471US #65
#56Frances462US #59
#57Suzanne444US #83
#58Betty423US #29
#59Sally408US #77
#60Anne406US #82
#61Ellen402US #68
#62Diana401US #50
#63Paula384US #51
#64Maureen380US #93
#65Lois379US #85
#66Phyllis378US #57
#67Connie373US #44
#68Constance371US #86
#69Anna365US #94
#70Martha357US #38
#71Rita357US #61
#72Cathy354US #71
#73Lorraine354US #102
#74Rosemary347US #109
#75Marlene335US #118
#76Victoria334US #81
#77Marcia328US #74
#78Alice324US #62
#79Roberta321US #92
#80Lynn319US #72
#81Jo302US #67
#82Dolores301US #149
#83Joann300US #104
#84Doris293US #80
#85Vicki287US #58
#86Maryann286
#87Marsha284US #76
#88Jeanne278US #98
#89Sherry275US #70
#90Sheila274US #69
#91Katherine273US #55
#92Peggy271US #40
#93Louise269US #117
#94Andrea264US #136
#95Arlene263US #134
#96Valerie263US #100
#97Geraldine261US #108
#98Regina261US #137
#99Michele251US #125
#100Charlotte244US #84

Boys

#1John7,039US #3
#2Robert6,895US #2
#3James5,716US #1
#4William5,290US #6
#5David4,603US #5
#6Thomas4,161US #8
#7Richard4,120US #7
#8Michael4,084US #4
#9Joseph3,490US #14
#10Charles2,591US #9
#11Gary2,294US #10
#12Dennis2,194US #17
#13Ronald2,103US #12
#14Edward2,043US #23
#15Donald1,901US #15
#16George1,711US #22
#17Paul1,695US #18
#18Kenneth1,640US #16
#19Daniel1,607US #21
#20Stephen1,465US #19
#21Larry1,163US #11
#22Mark1,109US #20
#23Steven1,011US #13
#24Frank982US #31
#25Bruce965US #26
#26Anthony940US #34
#27Raymond923US #32
#28Jeffrey877US #35
#29Gregory850US #25
#30Lawrence799US #33
#31Timothy778US #28
#32Barry763US #71
#33Francis744US #85
#34Gerald739US #36
#35Harry710US #70
#36Wayne658US #37
#37Terry620US #30
#38Douglas603US #27
#39Walter587US #42
#40Carl565US #43
#41Patrick555US #39
#42Albert531US #60
#43Alan524US #40
#44Peter509US #38
#45Eugene507US #65
#46Samuel506US #67
#47Andrew478US #69
#48Frederick469US #78
#49Dale465US #49
#50Ralph457US #51
#51Glenn455US #58
#52Louis425US #76
#53Philip420US #55
#54Harold419US #46
#55Stanley403US #54
#56Keith401US #59
#57Howard399US #74
#58Jack399US #48
#59Arthur389US #44
#60Roger375US #29
#61Leonard357US #80
#62Henry345US #47
#63Martin345US #81
#64Craig338US #63
#65Scott338US #68
#66Vincent334US #104
#67Russell330US #73
#68Kevin325US #53
#69Christopher312US #61
#70Theodore306US #99
#71Allen303US #72
#72Bernard296US #107
#73Nicholas295US #120
#74Jerry283US #24
#75Earl258US #95
#76Jay255US #116
#77Eric251US #93
#78Roy250US #52
#79Fred247US #87
#80Brian243US #75
#81Rodney233US #84
#82Randy229US #56
#83Jerome228US #103
#84Edwin204US #119
#85Ernest204US #83
#86Randall203US #66
#87Alfred201US #100
#88Lee199US #92
#89Norman189US #90
#90Dean183US #105
#91Clifford176US #101
#92Warren166US #118
#93Herbert157US #112
#94Benjamin156US #123
#95Melvin155US #88
#96Clarence152US #98
#97Phillip149US #79
#98Victor144US #110
#99Karl143US #175
#100Leo137US #156

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑45Debra#20
↑28Denise#29
↑19Victoria#76
↑17Jo#81
↑17Randy#82
↑14Maryann#86
↑12Keith#56
↑11Gail#37

Falling

↓16Charlotte#100
↓12Carolyn#50
↓11Betty#58
↓11Rita#71
↓10Jerry#74
↓10Norman#89
↓9Gloria#49
↓8Marsha#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.