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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 245,014 Pennsylvania births in 1957 across 1,625 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#49Francis#128 nationally
#71Marianne#139 nationally
#55Eileen#120 nationally
#87Nicholas#152 nationally
#49Beth#108 nationally
#81Bernard#137 nationally
#44Michele#99 nationally
#40Joanne#94 nationally
#52Harry#100 nationally
#56Maureen#103 nationally
#99Karl#146 nationally
#86Theodore#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,971US #1
#2Susan3,396US #2
#3Karen3,148US #5
#4Linda2,901US #3
#5Deborah2,871US #6
#6Patricia2,696US #8
#7Cynthia2,689US #7
#8Debra2,456US #4
#9Donna2,361US #10
#10Barbara2,258US #9
#11Diane2,017US #17
#12Kathleen1,919US #21
#13Nancy1,780US #11
#14Carol1,726US #18
#15Sharon1,705US #14
#16Cindy1,593US #19
#17Cheryl1,569US #16
#18Denise1,348US #25
#19Pamela1,302US #12
#20Sandra1,234US #15
#21Kathy1,220US #20
#22Brenda1,139US #13
#23Elizabeth1,045US #22
#24Margaret1,003US #29
#25Janet930US #23
#26Lisa892US #26
#27Robin880US #30
#28Theresa872US #36
#29Christine837US #41
#30Kim797US #35
#31Kimberly757US #42
#32Judith737US #53
#33Debbie726US #27
#34Catherine717US #37
#35Joan698US #60
#36Joyce692US #40
#37Darlene683US #57
#38Janice630US #32
#39Ann621US #44
#40Joanne589US #94
#41Jane583US #56
#42Bonnie575US #64
#43Cathy564US #39
#44Michele563US #99
#45Beverly541US #48
#46Lynn537US #61
#47Rebecca501US #34
#48Gail487US #54
#49Beth486US #108
#50Judy480US #38
#51Jean478US #67
#52Teresa478US #24
#53Ruth461US #84
#54Michelle457US #79
#55Eileen448US #120
#56Maureen445US #103
#57Paula434US #49
#58Rose431US #69
#59Laura427US #31
#60Carolyn421US #33
#61Lori421US #45
#62Marie419US #98
#63Anne414US #86
#64Tina413US #80
#65Kathryn411US #65
#66Leslie411US #77
#67Dorothy408US #74
#68Diana403US #43
#69Valerie400US #76
#70Elaine396US #96
#71Marianne389US #139
#72Shirley386US #46
#73Wendy381US #101
#74Anna365US #105
#75Suzanne363US #102
#76Helen353US #95
#77Sherry351US #55
#78Vicki351US #51
#79Betty350US #50
#80Victoria348US #88
#81Terri346US #68
#82Julie335US #28
#83Dawn334US #93
#84Lorraine332US #129
#85Ellen328US #85
#86Virginia327US #75
#87Wanda327US #59
#88Colleen323US #118
#89Connie321US #47
#90Amy320US #114
#91Maria317US #71
#92Sheila317US #58
#93Renee311US #111
#94Joann310US #137
#95Regina307US #123
#96Anita304US #81
#97Terry298US #92
#98Jacqueline296US #91
#99Jo294US #83
#100Sally288US #115

Boys

#1John6,450US #5
#2Robert6,185US #4
#3Michael5,754US #1
#4David5,705US #3
#5James5,474US #2
#6William4,442US #6
#7Richard3,790US #8
#8Thomas3,757US #9
#9Joseph3,713US #12
#10Mark3,421US #7
#11Jeffrey2,193US #21
#12Charles2,134US #11
#13Daniel1,994US #16
#14Donald1,890US #15
#15Ronald1,883US #17
#16Edward1,844US #25
#17Gary1,815US #13
#18Paul1,764US #18
#19Kevin1,714US #20
#20Kenneth1,686US #14
#21Timothy1,629US #19
#22Steven1,587US #10
#23Stephen1,576US #24
#24George1,338US #29
#25Gregory1,338US #23
#26Anthony1,229US #27
#27Brian1,176US #26
#28Dennis1,138US #28
#29Douglas1,025US #30
#30Scott993US #32
#31Keith970US #36
#32Bruce935US #34
#33Frank925US #38
#34Randy849US #31
#35Larry824US #22
#36Raymond817US #39
#37Terry660US #33
#38Patrick650US #41
#39Peter644US #37
#40Barry612US #72
#41Lawrence608US #46
#42Wayne602US #47
#43Andrew559US #56
#44Christopher544US #43
#45Dale541US #50
#46Carl533US #49
#47Gerald528US #51
#48Alan521US #48
#49Francis520US #128
#50Eric485US #60
#51Glenn480US #62
#52Harry478US #100
#53Craig475US #55
#54Walter464US #58
#55Samuel445US #82
#56Vincent435US #97
#57Philip416US #68
#58Eugene392US #92
#59Russell391US #54
#60Martin389US #69
#61Louis377US #86
#62Albert367US #84
#63Ralph367US #76
#64Jeffery345US #52
#65Frederick336US #99
#66Leonard332US #94
#67Roger331US #42
#68Matthew329US #83
#69Jay319US #88
#70Jerry318US #35
#71Harold315US #74
#72Ricky307US #40
#73Steve307US #44
#74Jack306US #67
#75Stanley306US #81
#76Arthur300US #66
#77Rodney299US #70
#78Howard281US #89
#79Henry279US #75
#80Randall279US #59
#81Bernard262US #137
#82Roy259US #65
#83Dean256US #93
#84Allen241US #91
#85Fred240US #103
#86Theodore237US #132
#87Nicholas231US #152
#88Mike226US #53
#89Curtis220US #80
#90Lee214US #105
#91Ernest208US #101
#92Norman202US #118
#93Joel200US #104
#94Bradley196US #107
#95Earl195US #122
#96Jonathan185US #124
#97Victor185US #98
#98Rick182US #87
#99Karl181US #146
#100Edwin178US #134

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑34Lori#61
↑27Michelle#54
↑24Steve#73
↑19Beth#49
↑18Debbie#33
↑17Eric#50
↑15Judy#50
↑15Carolyn#60

Falling

↓21Jo#99
↓19Ellen#85
↓19Renee#93
↓19Jacqueline#98
↓18Maria#91
↓17Sally#100
↓15Virginia#86
↓13Kathryn#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.