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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 228,882 Pennsylvania births in 1952 across 1,466 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#99Gerard#184 nationally
#96Dolores#160 nationally
#33Francis#89 nationally
#81Andrea#132 nationally
#50Eileen#100 nationally
#79Nicholas#127 nationally
#92Regina#139 nationally
#85Rosemary#130 nationally
#35Joanne#78 nationally
#36Darlene#77 nationally
#35Harry#75 nationally
#77Marlene#117 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,340US #1
#2Mary4,167US #2
#3Patricia3,977US #3
#4Deborah3,489US #4
#5Susan3,261US #5
#6Barbara2,884US #6
#7Kathleen2,384US #11
#8Nancy2,246US #7
#9Karen2,232US #8
#10Carol2,075US #12
#11Donna2,015US #13
#12Diane1,725US #16
#13Sandra1,666US #10
#14Sharon1,630US #14
#15Margaret1,460US #21
#16Debra1,429US #9
#17Christine1,396US #20
#18Cynthia1,336US #18
#19Judith1,207US #25
#20Janet1,193US #19
#21Denise1,185US #33
#22Elizabeth1,033US #22
#23Joan945US #37
#24Joyce859US #27
#25Pamela837US #17
#26Cheryl834US #31
#27Catherine816US #34
#28Janice815US #23
#29Bonnie801US #41
#30Jane728US #42
#31Beverly707US #35
#32Brenda704US #15
#33Kathy684US #29
#34Ann639US #45
#35Joanne636US #78
#36Darlene633US #77
#37Gail629US #39
#38Shirley618US #28
#39Ruth610US #57
#40Marilyn561US #38
#41Elaine556US #73
#42Jean549US #50
#43Kathryn548US #48
#44Theresa546US #60
#45Virginia538US #49
#46Dorothy536US #46
#47Rebecca531US #30
#48Rose531US #62
#49Judy525US #26
#50Eileen507US #100
#51Gloria504US #36
#52Jacqueline503US #58
#53Carolyn481US #24
#54Paula461US #47
#55Helen447US #63
#56Betty445US #32
#57Marie438US #82
#58Lynn419US #71
#59Ellen410US #70
#60Anne407US #79
#61Rita395US #66
#62Suzanne395US #84
#63Cathy394US #56
#64Frances387US #67
#65Victoria375US #74
#66Jo372US #55
#67Sally363US #81
#68Connie360US #44
#69Constance360US #92
#70Lois358US #86
#71Michele358US #110
#72Maureen355US #94
#73Diana345US #51
#74Alice341US #69
#75Martha341US #40
#76Lorraine339US #109
#77Marlene331US #117
#78Roberta329US #88
#79Anna315US #101
#80Joann312US #116
#81Andrea310US #132
#82Sheila305US #64
#83Colleen301US #108
#84Marcia299US #80
#85Rosemary299US #130
#86Marsha294US #75
#87Valerie294US #87
#88Doris290US #83
#89Phyllis288US #65
#90Vicki288US #61
#91Jeanne277US #98
#92Regina275US #139
#93Sherry275US #68
#94Katherine269US #59
#95Laura263US #53
#96Dolores260US #160
#97Peggy260US #43
#98Wendy252US #105
#99Stephanie245US #123
#100Teresa243US #52

Boys

#1John7,087US #3
#2Robert6,711US #2
#3James5,524US #1
#4William5,177US #6
#5David5,128US #5
#6Michael4,536US #4
#7Richard4,411US #7
#8Thomas4,130US #8
#9Joseph3,507US #12
#10Charles2,379US #9
#11Gary2,366US #10
#12Dennis2,319US #18
#13Ronald2,026US #15
#14Edward1,979US #23
#15Donald1,924US #13
#16Paul1,724US #19
#17Daniel1,702US #20
#18George1,690US #22
#19Kenneth1,526US #16
#20Stephen1,515US #21
#21Mark1,405US #17
#22Steven1,169US #11
#23Jeffrey1,154US #31
#24Larry1,049US #14
#25Frank969US #32
#26Anthony968US #34
#27Bruce964US #25
#28Gregory889US #24
#29Raymond887US #33
#30Timothy817US #27
#31Lawrence802US #35
#32Barry723US #69
#33Francis713US #89
#34Gerald709US #39
#35Harry636US #75
#36Patrick608US #37
#37Douglas603US #28
#38Terry599US #29
#39Keith594US #49
#40Walter590US #44
#41Wayne590US #38
#42Peter581US #36
#43Alan552US #42
#44Carl547US #45
#45Glenn495US #61
#46Albert492US #66
#47Andrew488US #68
#48Dale485US #46
#49Samuel482US #67
#50Ralph472US #56
#51Louis444US #79
#52Kevin442US #43
#53Frederick433US #76
#54Eugene430US #71
#55Craig408US #59
#56Philip403US #60
#57Stanley399US #58
#58Roger396US #30
#59Randy390US #41
#60Howard382US #73
#61Scott382US #54
#62Arthur380US #47
#63Christopher374US #57
#64Harold374US #51
#65Leonard360US #83
#66Martin354US #80
#67Vincent352US #101
#68Russell349US #70
#69Jack346US #52
#70Henry325US #50
#71Theodore308US #100
#72Jerry305US #26
#73Allen303US #78
#74Bernard298US #111
#75Brian289US #64
#76Eric289US #88
#77Jay274US #106
#78Roy262US #55
#79Nicholas260US #127
#80Randall251US #63
#81Lee234US #92
#82Fred232US #90
#83Dean231US #103
#84Norman231US #96
#85Ernest229US #87
#86Rodney229US #84
#87Earl219US #98
#88Jerome218US #105
#89Curtis193US #86
#90Warren181US #117
#91Melvin179US #91
#92Clifford178US #99
#93Alfred161US #104
#94Victor159US #107
#95Edwin157US #118
#96Clarence154US #102
#97Benjamin153US #122
#98Ray148US #113
#99Gerard146US #184
#100Leroy142US #116

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑28Michele#71
↑23Randy#59
↑22Lynn#58
↑17Keith#39
↑16Kevin#52
↑15Jo#66
↑13Andrea#81
↑11Victoria#65

Falling

↓23Phyllis#89
↓14Dolores#96
↓12Earl#87
↓11Diana#73
↓11Rosemary#85
↓11Jack#69
↓11Edwin#95
↓10Anna#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.