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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 236,097 Pennsylvania births in 1959 across 1,632 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#50Francis#136 nationally
#86Nicholas#156 nationally
#60Eileen#126 nationally
#56Harry#120 nationally
#85Theodore#146 nationally
#37Joanne#92 nationally
#99Bernard#152 nationally
#38Michele#89 nationally
#34Beth#80 nationally
#61Maureen#106 nationally
#93Lorraine#137 nationally
#60Vincent#102 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,574US #1
#2Susan3,186US #2
#3Donna2,896US #5
#4Karen2,709US #4
#5Linda2,562US #3
#6Patricia2,375US #6
#7Deborah2,074US #9
#8Debra1,865US #7
#9Barbara1,834US #11
#10Cynthia1,816US #8
#11Diane1,801US #19
#12Kathleen1,747US #23
#13Lisa1,701US #10
#14Sharon1,459US #17
#15Nancy1,435US #14
#16Carol1,418US #22
#17Cheryl1,344US #18
#18Kathy1,283US #15
#19Pamela1,253US #12
#20Sandra1,239US #13
#21Denise1,203US #29
#22Cindy1,129US #25
#23Kimberly1,036US #33
#24Elizabeth1,021US #21
#25Brenda1,018US #16
#26Theresa923US #34
#27Debbie915US #20
#28Margaret912US #36
#29Lori885US #27
#30Robin873US #32
#31Christine850US #43
#32Janet834US #28
#33Kim799US #35
#34Beth706US #80
#35Tammy681US #31
#36Catherine652US #40
#37Joanne646US #92
#38Michele611US #89
#39Ann602US #44
#40Cathy602US #39
#41Joan602US #76
#42Michelle596US #47
#43Darlene578US #66
#44Joyce577US #50
#45Judith564US #70
#46Janice563US #37
#47Teresa563US #24
#48Tina549US #53
#49Bonnie542US #71
#50Lynn533US #63
#51Judy506US #41
#52Valerie496US #60
#53Wendy496US #83
#54Jane488US #67
#55Laura488US #30
#56Rebecca482US #38
#57Terri465US #46
#58Dawn456US #54
#59Amy452US #85
#60Eileen451US #126
#61Maureen451US #106
#62Julie426US #26
#63Jean419US #77
#64Suzanne418US #96
#65Beverly416US #55
#66Ruth402US #97
#67Annette401US #64
#68Anne394US #82
#69Paula390US #51
#70Carolyn388US #42
#71Colleen388US #110
#72Kathryn388US #69
#73Marie380US #104
#74Leslie375US #84
#75Diana369US #49
#76Gail364US #75
#77Ellen363US #91
#78Dorothy362US #94
#79Elaine362US #105
#80Connie351US #48
#81Laurie350US #56
#82Sherry348US #58
#83Jill346US #86
#84Rose346US #88
#85Stephanie340US #101
#86Vicki339US #73
#87Maria337US #62
#88Renee337US #100
#89Anna330US #99
#90Peggy324US #57
#91Anita317US #87
#92Betty312US #59
#93Lorraine311US #137
#94Andrea304US #123
#95Sue300US #107
#96Joann297US #130
#97Kelly294US #74
#98Sally291US #114
#99Shirley285US #61
#100Angela279US #68

Boys

#1John6,048US #4
#2Robert5,592US #5
#3David5,515US #2
#4Michael5,483US #1
#5James5,180US #3
#6William4,013US #7
#7Mark3,811US #6
#8Thomas3,451US #9
#9Richard3,383US #8
#10Joseph3,302US #13
#11Jeffrey2,168US #16
#12Timothy1,931US #12
#13Charles1,894US #11
#14Daniel1,824US #18
#15Kevin1,745US #14
#16Paul1,603US #17
#17Edward1,583US #27
#18Ronald1,581US #21
#19Steven1,576US #10
#20Donald1,534US #19
#21Kenneth1,436US #15
#22Brian1,420US #22
#23Gary1,378US #20
#24Stephen1,314US #28
#25Scott1,275US #24
#26Anthony1,261US #26
#27Gregory1,185US #23
#28George1,178US #32
#29Dennis977US #29
#30Frank890US #42
#31Douglas878US #30
#32Christopher821US #35
#33Keith810US #39
#34Randy763US #31
#35Raymond718US #45
#36Bruce709US #38
#37Eric696US #46
#38Larry664US #25
#39Patrick645US #43
#40Craig632US #44
#41Andrew604US #58
#42Peter592US #40
#43Terry576US #33
#44Barry523US #73
#45Dale514US #49
#46Wayne513US #51
#47Carl498US #54
#48Matthew468US #63
#49Alan459US #50
#50Francis457US #136
#51Gerald447US #61
#52Philip440US #68
#53Lawrence435US #62
#54Walter433US #66
#55Glenn412US #80
#56Harry401US #120
#57Samuel391US #86
#58Russell379US #56
#59Steve370US #41
#60Vincent366US #102
#61Ricky363US #34
#62Albert351US #92
#63Ralph350US #84
#64Mike344US #37
#65Eugene343US #106
#66Jeff340US #52
#67Louis332US #100
#68Martin324US #79
#69Randall323US #59
#70Roger313US #47
#71Jay312US #88
#72Todd309US #99
#73Chris297US #72
#74Dean297US #95
#75Arthur296US #76
#76Rodney288US #67
#77Jerry287US #36
#78Leonard284US #109
#79Frederick279US #114
#80Jeffery274US #55
#81Tim274US #60
#82Howard270US #104
#83Harold264US #87
#84Henry255US #83
#85Theodore250US #146
#86Nicholas243US #156
#87Dave240US #119
#88Stanley239US #98
#89Bryan238US #94
#90Curtis235US #75
#91Tom229US #82
#92Jack226US #85
#93Fred219US #112
#94Rick218US #89
#95Allen216US #97
#96Bradley216US #103
#97Jonathan208US #124
#98Roy206US #81
#99Bernard202US #152
#100Jim198US #70

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑33Dawn#58
↑27Chris#73
↑19Wendy#53
↑18Tammy#35
↑18Suzanne#64
↑15Jeff#66
↑14Tina#48
↑14Eileen#60

Falling

↓23Peggy#90
↓21Shirley#99
↓19Jack#92
↓14Julie#62
↓14Bernard#99
↓13Leslie#74
↓13Joann#96
↓12Harold#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.