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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 228,179 Pennsylvania births in 1953 across 1,518 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#186 nationally
#48Eileen#108 nationally
#32Francis#90 nationally
#80Nicholas#131 nationally
#82Andrea#131 nationally
#98Rosemary#147 nationally
#38Harry#83 nationally
#73Lorraine#118 nationally
#60Michele#102 nationally
#78Bernard#119 nationally
#33Barry#73 nationally
#32Joanne#71 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,029US #1
#2Linda3,908US #2
#3Patricia3,674US #4
#4Deborah3,583US #3
#5Susan3,381US #5
#6Barbara2,763US #6
#7Karen2,377US #9
#8Kathleen2,263US #14
#9Nancy2,192US #8
#10Donna2,054US #13
#11Debra1,964US #7
#12Diane1,821US #17
#13Carol1,786US #16
#14Cynthia1,643US #12
#15Sandra1,586US #11
#16Sharon1,560US #15
#17Margaret1,334US #20
#18Janet1,259US #19
#19Pamela1,120US #10
#20Elizabeth1,074US #21
#21Denise1,067US #31
#22Judith1,034US #30
#23Christine966US #32
#24Joan865US #37
#25Joyce865US #26
#26Kathy806US #23
#27Janice803US #22
#28Beverly793US #34
#29Cheryl787US #28
#30Bonnie761US #45
#31Catherine741US #35
#32Joanne705US #71
#33Brenda653US #18
#34Ann641US #46
#35Jane613US #43
#36Theresa607US #50
#37Darlene599US #75
#38Gail593US #39
#39Ruth569US #62
#40Rebecca567US #24
#41Jean555US #52
#42Shirley540US #29
#43Marilyn527US #36
#44Paula524US #40
#45Elaine514US #77
#46Rose511US #59
#47Jacqueline504US #58
#48Eileen502US #108
#49Kathryn498US #48
#50Dorothy496US #49
#51Marie490US #86
#52Judy481US #27
#53Suzanne465US #78
#54Robin458US #66
#55Helen451US #65
#56Cathy442US #56
#57Gloria436US #38
#58Virginia433US #53
#59Lynn414US #67
#60Michele410US #102
#61Maureen405US #92
#62Betty399US #33
#63Carolyn399US #25
#64Jo397US #54
#65Anne395US #80
#66Ellen378US #76
#67Lois378US #91
#68Diana376US #55
#69Frances356US #72
#70Sally355US #81
#71Sheila352US #60
#72Martha349US #41
#73Lorraine347US #118
#74Valerie344US #88
#75Rita339US #64
#76Roberta335US #90
#77Constance327US #95
#78Connie323US #47
#79Marcia317US #84
#80Marsha315US #83
#81Teresa314US #42
#82Andrea296US #131
#83Cindy293US #99
#84Joann293US #121
#85Anna286US #98
#86Alice281US #73
#87Colleen279US #115
#88Victoria278US #82
#89Marlene277US #128
#90Wendy276US #110
#91Charlene272US #113
#92Louise272US #125
#93Maria268US #68
#94Sherry263US #70
#95Phyllis262US #69
#96Laura261US #51
#97Regina258US #132
#98Rosemary254US #147
#99Doris251US #87
#100Wanda249US #57

Boys

#1John6,797US #4
#2Robert6,726US #1
#3James5,635US #2
#4David5,248US #5
#5William4,859US #6
#6Michael4,849US #3
#7Richard4,269US #7
#8Thomas4,008US #8
#9Joseph3,331US #13
#10Charles2,393US #9
#11Gary2,300US #10
#12Dennis1,942US #19
#13Donald1,900US #14
#14Edward1,883US #23
#15Ronald1,873US #15
#16Paul1,791US #16
#17Daniel1,642US #20
#18George1,622US #22
#19Mark1,566US #12
#20Kenneth1,550US #17
#21Jeffrey1,488US #25
#22Stephen1,471US #21
#23Steven1,239US #11
#24Anthony1,023US #32
#25Timothy1,015US #26
#26Gregory969US #24
#27Larry957US #18
#28Frank928US #33
#29Raymond916US #34
#30Bruce891US #28
#31Lawrence698US #37
#32Francis689US #90
#33Barry660US #73
#34Gerald623US #42
#35Terry619US #30
#36Douglas613US #27
#37Kevin604US #36
#38Harry597US #83
#39Patrick597US #39
#40Wayne593US #40
#41Walter577US #45
#42Keith563US #47
#43Peter539US #38
#44Carl535US #44
#45Alan528US #43
#46Dale519US #48
#47Andrew516US #68
#48Randy507US #35
#49Philip470US #61
#50Craig465US #60
#51Eugene444US #75
#52Scott444US #46
#53Samuel441US #70
#54Albert439US #69
#55Frederick438US #80
#56Ralph438US #59
#57Glenn434US #67
#58Louis406US #78
#59Harold396US #56
#60Arthur394US #50
#61Roger391US #31
#62Howard378US #77
#63Rodney362US #58
#64Brian359US #53
#65Stanley359US #62
#66Jack351US #57
#67Martin344US #82
#68Russell325US #71
#69Jay323US #99
#70Vincent322US #100
#71Leonard307US #85
#72Allen303US #81
#73Christopher300US #63
#74Jerry300US #29
#75Henry294US #54
#76Roy289US #55
#77Theodore284US #112
#78Bernard275US #119
#79Eric271US #89
#80Nicholas269US #131
#81Randall247US #64
#82Ricky244US #51
#83Norman234US #98
#84Earl230US #96
#85Fred228US #92
#86Ernest217US #87
#87Lee217US #93
#88Dean213US #105
#89Jerome203US #107
#90Alfred174US #104
#91Matthew171US #130
#92Clifford164US #102
#93Victor164US #106
#94Warren164US #124
#95Edwin163US #123
#96Curtis162US #86
#97Clarence159US #108
#98Melvin157US #91
#99Gerard154US #186
#100Bradley152US #118

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑23Rodney#63
↑19Teresa#81
↑15Kevin#37
↑13Valerie#74
↑11Michele#60
↑11Maureen#61
↑11Sheila#71
↑11Randy#48

Falling

↓23Victoria#88
↓14Rita#75
↓13Virginia#58
↓13Rosemary#98
↓12Alice#86
↓12Marlene#89
↓12Glenn#57
↓11Doris#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.