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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 239,167 Pennsylvania births in 1958 across 1,623 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#51Francis#135 nationally
#94Nicholas#153 nationally
#82Theodore#140 nationally
#85Bernard#143 nationally
#54Harry#111 nationally
#74Eileen#125 nationally
#43Michele#92 nationally
#46Beth#95 nationally
#65Maureen#110 nationally
#37Joanne#80 nationally
#55Vincent#98 nationally
#77Colleen#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,696US #1
#2Susan3,509US #2
#3Karen2,816US #4
#4Linda2,769US #3
#5Patricia2,709US #5
#6Deborah2,338US #7
#7Barbara2,184US #9
#8Donna2,155US #10
#9Debra2,047US #6
#10Cynthia1,974US #8
#11Diane1,859US #18
#12Kathleen1,809US #21
#13Nancy1,603US #12
#14Cheryl1,602US #13
#15Carol1,562US #20
#16Kathy1,506US #14
#17Sharon1,374US #17
#18Pamela1,360US #11
#19Lisa1,346US #19
#20Denise1,286US #27
#21Sandra1,229US #15
#22Cindy1,191US #25
#23Margaret1,007US #31
#24Elizabeth997US #22
#25Brenda975US #16
#26Kimberly913US #39
#27Debbie904US #24
#28Janet865US #28
#29Christine851US #43
#30Theresa822US #33
#31Robin803US #32
#32Kim764US #40
#33Lori711US #30
#34Catherine694US #38
#35Darlene689US #49
#36Judith676US #62
#37Joanne664US #80
#38Joan646US #68
#39Joyce642US #46
#40Ann641US #47
#41Bonnie620US #63
#42Cathy598US #34
#43Michele584US #92
#44Judy582US #36
#45Janice576US #35
#46Beth563US #95
#47Lynn541US #60
#48Julie522US #23
#49Jane502US #61
#50Michelle501US #56
#51Valerie499US #64
#52Laura477US #29
#53Tammy473US #44
#54Beverly470US #55
#55Rebecca465US #41
#56Teresa463US #26
#57Jean456US #73
#58Terri453US #51
#59Ruth449US #90
#60Amy442US #97
#61Leslie434US #79
#62Tina431US #71
#63Carolyn428US #37
#64Paula426US #53
#65Maureen420US #110
#66Gail417US #72
#67Peggy413US #42
#68Kathryn411US #58
#69Anne402US #87
#70Diana399US #45
#71Elaine397US #101
#72Wendy397US #107
#73Annette395US #76
#74Eileen391US #125
#75Marie378US #106
#76Rose378US #78
#77Colleen371US #116
#78Shirley362US #52
#79Dorothy359US #86
#80Ellen359US #93
#81Renee349US #105
#82Suzanne339US #104
#83Joann337US #122
#84Sherry337US #67
#85Helen333US #100
#86Betty326US #54
#87Vicki323US #57
#88Laurie322US #70
#89Anna321US #103
#90Sue320US #102
#91Dawn316US #84
#92Virginia313US #85
#93Stephanie311US #113
#94Anita309US #82
#95Maria307US #65
#96Jill302US #98
#97Victoria300US #109
#98Jacqueline298US #99
#99Lorraine296US #136
#100Jo294US #91

Boys

#1John6,028US #5
#2Robert5,950US #4
#3Michael5,725US #1
#4David5,518US #2
#5James4,981US #3
#6William4,204US #6
#7Richard3,649US #8
#8Thomas3,570US #9
#9Mark3,446US #7
#10Joseph3,436US #12
#11Jeffrey2,224US #21
#12Charles1,984US #11
#13Timothy1,911US #13
#14Kevin1,827US #20
#15Edward1,770US #28
#16Daniel1,758US #16
#17Paul1,751US #15
#18Ronald1,727US #19
#19Donald1,672US #18
#20Kenneth1,559US #14
#21Stephen1,514US #26
#22Gary1,482US #17
#23Steven1,445US #10
#24George1,322US #31
#25Brian1,303US #24
#26Gregory1,284US #23
#27Scott1,279US #25
#28Anthony1,139US #27
#29Dennis1,054US #29
#30Douglas966US #30
#31Frank940US #38
#32Keith925US #37
#33Raymond818US #43
#34Bruce786US #36
#35Randy780US #32
#36Larry751US #22
#37Patrick643US #42
#38Eric613US #50
#39Christopher606US #39
#40Terry599US #33
#41Peter588US #41
#42Andrew579US #55
#43Wayne574US #48
#44Dale560US #46
#45Barry543US #79
#46Lawrence538US #52
#47Craig533US #53
#48Carl500US #51
#49Gerald487US #58
#50Alan480US #49
#51Francis467US #135
#52Walter466US #63
#53Matthew455US #60
#54Harry443US #111
#55Vincent418US #98
#56Ricky407US #34
#57Samuel403US #85
#58Steve389US #44
#59Glenn388US #76
#60Martin385US #71
#61Louis377US #94
#62Philip373US #67
#63Russell360US #54
#64Albert351US #89
#65Eugene346US #103
#66Ralph340US #78
#67Jay335US #86
#68Leonard320US #102
#69Roger301US #47
#70Arthur298US #72
#71Harold295US #84
#72Howard294US #95
#73Jack293US #80
#74Dean291US #97
#75Rodney290US #65
#76Mike287US #40
#77Randall287US #62
#78Stanley285US #88
#79Jerry283US #35
#80Frederick277US #110
#81Jeff277US #68
#82Theodore252US #140
#83Fred250US #115
#84Jeffery248US #59
#85Bernard239US #143
#86Todd238US #116
#87Allen236US #92
#88Henry229US #83
#89Bryan228US #101
#90Tim225US #74
#91Curtis219US #82
#92Rick217US #77
#93Roy217US #75
#94Nicholas209US #153
#95Jonathan204US #124
#96Lee194US #114
#97Bill191US #99
#98Dave191US #126
#99Bradley187US #108
#100Chris186US #93

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑34Julie#48
↑30Amy#60
↑28Lori#33
↑23Terri#58
↑18Valerie#51
↑16Ricky#56
↑15Matthew#53
↑15Steve#58

Falling

↓20Jeffery#84
↓19Eileen#74
↓18Gail#66
↓18Rose#76
↓17Victoria#97
↓15Anna#89
↓15Lorraine#99
↓15Frederick#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.