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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 233,556 Pennsylvania births in 1954 across 1,526 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#100Maryannoutside the national top 200
#95Gerard#177 nationally
#98Marianne#172 nationally
#39Marian#104 nationally
#54Eileen#115 nationally
#75Nicholas#134 nationally
#36Francis#94 nationally
#76Bernard#123 nationally
#43Michele#89 nationally
#83Joann#129 nationally
#92Andrea#136 nationally
#97Marlene#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,401US #1
#2Deborah3,900US #3
#3Linda3,588US #2
#4Susan3,449US #5
#5Patricia3,423US #4
#6Barbara2,609US #7
#7Karen2,586US #8
#8Debra2,547US #6
#9Donna2,276US #11
#10Nancy2,073US #9
#11Kathleen2,050US #14
#12Diane1,906US #17
#13Carol1,860US #15
#14Cynthia1,754US #10
#15Sandra1,504US #13
#16Sharon1,414US #16
#17Margaret1,265US #21
#18Janet1,214US #19
#19Denise1,179US #24
#20Pamela1,174US #12
#21Elizabeth1,051US #20
#22Cheryl994US #22
#23Judith989US #30
#24Kathy832US #23
#25Joan811US #40
#26Joyce784US #28
#27Beverly746US #31
#28Catherine736US #32
#29Janice733US #25
#30Brenda689US #18
#31Christine687US #43
#32Bonnie670US #52
#33Ann667US #44
#34Theresa666US #47
#35Robin656US #41
#36Gail621US #37
#37Joanne600US #78
#38Ruth585US #66
#39Marian573US #104
#40Darlene572US #76
#41Jane568US #49
#42Jean555US #56
#43Michele540US #89
#44Elaine523US #74
#45Rose512US #54
#46Rebecca511US #26
#47Marie498US #79
#48Marilyn486US #35
#49Dorothy485US #55
#50Kathryn479US #51
#51Jo478US #53
#52Shirley477US #33
#53Paula471US #38
#54Eileen468US #115
#55Lynn465US #63
#56Maureen453US #97
#57Judy448US #29
#58Virginia435US #61
#59Anne432US #80
#60Jacqueline406US #68
#61Carolyn403US #27
#62Helen398US #72
#63Suzanne398US #82
#64Betty397US #36
#65Cathy394US #59
#66Lisa392US #73
#67Cindy389US #91
#68Gloria385US #42
#69Diana368US #57
#70Rita358US #67
#71Lois356US #110
#72Wendy352US #95
#73Teresa346US #34
#74Connie342US #39
#75Ellen337US #77
#76Frances335US #83
#77Sally333US #84
#78Anna329US #105
#79Lorraine329US #120
#80Sheila327US #60
#81Vicki327US #50
#82Valerie325US #87
#83Joann324US #129
#84Michelle320US #94
#85Constance318US #111
#86Roberta315US #102
#87Martha304US #46
#88Victoria298US #85
#89Marcia291US #90
#90Maria288US #65
#91Alice286US #81
#92Andrea279US #136
#93Beth279US #130
#94Sherry277US #62
#95Phyllis274US #75
#96Laura273US #45
#97Marlene266US #141
#98Marianne264US #172
#99Leslie259US #99
#100Maryann257

Boys

#1John6,747US #4
#2Robert6,581US #2
#3David5,572US #5
#4James5,534US #3
#5Michael5,180US #1
#6William4,887US #6
#7Richard4,140US #7
#8Thomas3,881US #8
#9Joseph3,600US #13
#10Charles2,354US #10
#11Gary2,331US #9
#12Mark2,005US #12
#13Ronald1,919US #15
#14Donald1,909US #14
#15Edward1,881US #22
#16Daniel1,768US #18
#17Jeffrey1,759US #23
#18Paul1,709US #16
#19Dennis1,604US #21
#20Kenneth1,554US #17
#21Stephen1,547US #20
#22George1,511US #24
#23Steven1,376US #11
#24Kevin1,130US #28
#25Timothy1,101US #26
#26Anthony1,088US #32
#27Gregory1,049US #25
#28Bruce984US #30
#29Frank903US #36
#30Larry899US #19
#31Raymond861US #35
#32Terry748US #27
#33Keith694US #45
#34Barry676US #68
#35Lawrence676US #39
#36Francis664US #94
#37Douglas662US #29
#38Gerald661US #44
#39Scott623US #40
#40Alan608US #43
#41Randy608US #33
#42Walter593US #49
#43Patrick592US #38
#44Peter579US #37
#45Wayne569US #41
#46Harry543US #86
#47Carl524US #47
#48Glenn499US #63
#49Dale482US #50
#50Craig480US #51
#51Albert473US #73
#52Brian473US #48
#53Samuel465US #71
#54Philip434US #62
#55Andrew433US #70
#56Eugene427US #77
#57Ralph425US #61
#58Louis418US #81
#59Frederick394US #83
#60Roger392US #34
#61Arthur391US #52
#62Stanley374US #58
#63Leonard372US #85
#64Martin362US #79
#65Vincent357US #104
#66Christopher349US #64
#67Russell343US #69
#68Howard338US #80
#69Harold334US #60
#70Jack334US #57
#71Randall294US #55
#72Jerry291US #31
#73Jay289US #101
#74Eric282US #89
#75Nicholas279US #134
#76Bernard278US #123
#77Theodore276US #115
#78Roy272US #56
#79Allen270US #82
#80Ricky264US #46
#81Rodney263US #66
#82Henry260US #59
#83Earl251US #98
#84Norman214US #99
#85Fred213US #93
#86Lee211US #96
#87Dean201US #110
#88Ernest201US #87
#89Matthew195US #124
#90Curtis185US #84
#91Bradley184US #106
#92Kim179US #109
#93Alfred178US #116
#94Victor176US #103
#95Gerard172US #177
#96Benjamin168US #132
#97Jonathan168US #121
#98Jerome162US #114
#99Jeffery161US #90
#100Warren160US #126

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑19Robin#35
↑18Wendy#72
↑17Michele#43
↑16Cindy#67
↑13Jo#51
↑13Kevin#24
↑13Scott#39
↑12Brian#52

Falling

↓18Rodney#81
↓15Martha#87
↓13Jacqueline#60
↓11Gloria#68
↓10Shirley#52
↓10Suzanne#63
↓10Roberta#86
↓10Marcia#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.