State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 233,234 Pennsylvania births in 1955 across 1,574 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#179 nationally
#53Eileen#120 nationally
#36Francis#100 nationally
#80Nicholas#141 nationally
#69Lorraine#126 nationally
#77Beth#133 nationally
#36Joanne#88 nationally
#87Joann#136 nationally
#45Michele#93 nationally
#81Bernard#127 nationally
#56Maureen#100 nationally
#47Harry#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,073US #1
#2Deborah3,816US #2
#3Susan3,353US #5
#4Linda3,299US #3
#5Patricia3,105US #6
#6Debra2,977US #4
#7Karen2,483US #8
#8Barbara2,367US #7
#9Donna2,324US #10
#10Diane2,185US #14
#11Kathleen2,104US #17
#12Nancy1,849US #9
#13Carol1,758US #15
#14Cynthia1,751US #11
#15Sharon1,469US #16
#16Sandra1,440US #13
#17Denise1,330US #23
#18Pamela1,252US #12
#19Cheryl1,251US #19
#20Margaret1,151US #24
#21Janet1,112US #20
#22Elizabeth1,040US #21
#23Judith998US #31
#24Kathy916US #22
#25Theresa770US #38
#26Joan753US #46
#27Christine748US #40
#28Catherine731US #28
#29Janice731US #25
#30Robin725US #33
#31Joyce713US #29
#32Bonnie663US #45
#33Brenda651US #18
#34Beverly650US #34
#35Jane602US #50
#36Joanne598US #88
#37Ann573US #43
#38Lynn547US #62
#39Ruth537US #70
#40Gail536US #42
#41Paula524US #39
#42Lisa523US #48
#43Jean515US #60
#44Elaine513US #77
#45Michele510US #93
#46Rose506US #54
#47Rebecca504US #27
#48Darlene502US #76
#49Cindy475US #79
#50Kathryn467US #59
#51Dorothy462US #64
#52Cathy459US #44
#53Eileen438US #120
#54Jo438US #58
#55Anne435US #84
#56Maureen425US #100
#57Marie421US #92
#58Suzanne420US #86
#59Kim417US #75
#60Helen416US #78
#61Judy408US #32
#62Teresa408US #26
#63Carolyn392US #30
#64Shirley392US #37
#65Jacqueline390US #73
#66Valerie387US #80
#67Wendy383US #90
#68Diana381US #55
#69Lorraine372US #126
#70Virginia365US #66
#71Gloria360US #47
#72Sheila360US #57
#73Connie358US #35
#74Marilyn356US #49
#75Ellen354US #81
#76Betty349US #36
#77Beth346US #133
#78Michelle342US #97
#79Sally334US #95
#80Debbie325US #63
#81Rita319US #72
#82Sherry317US #56
#83Dawn313US #103
#84Victoria311US #82
#85Laura309US #41
#86Anna305US #105
#87Joann303US #136
#88Roberta302US #113
#89Lois300US #124
#90Constance297US #118
#91Maria296US #69
#92Kimberly292US #111
#93Leslie291US #99
#94Vicki289US #52
#95Phyllis287US #74
#96Frances285US #96
#97Renee283US #117
#98Regina271US #127
#99Colleen266US #110
#100Alice259US #87

Boys

#1John6,516US #5
#2Robert6,235US #4
#3David5,950US #2
#4Michael5,407US #1
#5James5,243US #3
#6William4,659US #6
#7Richard3,863US #7
#8Thomas3,806US #8
#9Joseph3,641US #13
#10Mark2,515US #9
#11Charles2,201US #11
#12Gary2,083US #12
#13Jeffrey2,059US #20
#14Donald1,896US #14
#15Edward1,843US #25
#16Daniel1,806US #17
#17Paul1,786US #16
#18Ronald1,715US #18
#19Stephen1,654US #21
#20Dennis1,572US #23
#21Kenneth1,544US #15
#22George1,479US #26
#23Steven1,359US #10
#24Timothy1,279US #22
#25Kevin1,158US #27
#26Gregory1,155US #24
#27Anthony1,093US #31
#28Bruce926US #32
#29Frank853US #34
#30Raymond840US #36
#31Keith831US #39
#32Douglas806US #29
#33Larry792US #19
#34Randy716US #30
#35Scott716US #38
#36Francis669US #100
#37Terry668US #28
#38Lawrence656US #42
#39Barry642US #70
#40Peter629US #35
#41Patrick620US #41
#42Wayne598US #44
#43Gerald570US #48
#44Brian566US #40
#45Walter550US #51
#46Carl542US #47
#47Harry533US #89
#48Alan513US #43
#49Andrew511US #66
#50Craig497US #50
#51Christopher483US #49
#52Samuel452US #71
#53Dale449US #52
#54Glenn448US #59
#55Philip429US #62
#56Ralph419US #67
#57Albert418US #76
#58Frederick412US #86
#59Roger391US #37
#60Eugene375US #81
#61Russell373US #57
#62Stanley364US #64
#63Arthur361US #56
#64Louis357US #82
#65Harold355US #63
#66Martin352US #77
#67Eric347US #85
#68Vincent343US #99
#69Jack324US #60
#70Jay319US #103
#71Rodney316US #65
#72Leonard307US #88
#73Howard295US #83
#74Jerry283US #33
#75Allen278US #84
#76Henry274US #61
#77Randall273US #53
#78Theodore272US #120
#79Roy259US #58
#80Nicholas249US #141
#81Bernard241US #127
#82Matthew236US #105
#83Jeffery230US #73
#84Kim221US #98
#85Lee217US #96
#86Earl216US #106
#87Ricky212US #46
#88Curtis204US #79
#89Bradley203US #107
#90Dean200US #111
#91Norman199US #102
#92Fred198US #97
#93Jerome194US #112
#94Jonathan193US #116
#95Ernest172US #90
#96Edwin171US #124
#97Marc169US #126
#98Steve169US #72
#99Gerard157US #179
#100Alfred155US #119

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑24Lisa#42
↑18Cindy#49
↑17Lynn#38
↑16Valerie#66
↑16Beth#77
↑16Jeffery#83
↑15Christopher#51
↑13Cathy#52

Falling

↓26Marilyn#74
↓20Frances#96
↓18Lois#89
↓13Vicki#94
↓12Shirley#64
↓12Virginia#70
↓12Betty#76
↓11Rita#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.