Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1912

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1912 were Mary for girls (4,106 babies) and John for boys (3,067). Social Security records list 81,138 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Romaine: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Catharine: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sophia: 101 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anna: 2,075 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Philomena: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathryn: 417 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Miriam: 150 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carmella: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sara: 198 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Clair: 57 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Andy: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christian: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlin: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 119 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Michael: 519 babies, 3× the national rate
Steve: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Elwood: 62 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Isadore: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	4,106	–	1
2	Helen	2,241	–	2
3	Anna	2,075	–	7
4	Margaret	1,876	–	4
5	Dorothy	1,407	–	3
6	Elizabeth	1,293	–	8
7	Ruth	1,046	–	5
8	Mildred	833	↑1	6
9	Catherine	826	↓1	21
10	Rose	707	–	15
11	Marie	683	–	10
12	Florence	645	–	12
13	Frances	627	–	9
14	Alice	530	–	11
15	Grace	517	–	24
16	Josephine	513	–	28
17	Ethel	432	↑1	18
18	Lillian	425	↑3	14
19	Edna	420	↓2	16
20	Martha	419	↑2	29
21	Kathryn	417	↓2	71
22	Eleanor	406	↑6	39
23	Evelyn	399	↓3	13
24	Agnes	382	↑3	40
25	Anne	375	↑12	58
26	Esther	369	↓3	33
27	Ann	363	↓3	47
28	Edith	357	↓2	31
29	Gertrude	345	–	30
30	Virginia	342	↑4	20
31	Julia	340	↓6	44
32	Emma	335	↓1	35
33	Irene	323	↓3	22
34	Gladys	319	↓1	19
35	Pauline	309	↑3	38
36	Sarah	302	↑4	41
37	Stella	290	↑2	73
38	Jean	284	↑4	64
39	Thelma	281	↑2	26
40	Louise	279	↓8	17
41	Marion	277	↑3	55
42	Bertha	275	↓7	36
43	Clara	260	↓7	34
44	Betty	249	↑5	66
45	Hazel	248	↑1	25
46	Mabel	243	↓1	46
47	Elsie	242	↑1	42
48	Beatrice	240	↓1	37
49	Jennie	233	new	81
50	Katherine	233	↓7	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	3,067	–	1
2	William	1,903	–	2
3	Joseph	1,862	–	5
4	Charles	1,342	–	7
5	James	1,309	–	3
6	George	1,226	–	6
7	Robert	1,023	–	4
8	Frank	926	–	9
9	Edward	924	–	8
10	Harry	699	↑1	16
11	Paul	665	↓1	14
12	Walter	608	↑1	11
13	Thomas	598	↓1	10
14	Michael	519	–	42
15	Albert	511	–	17
16	Anthony	425	–	37
17	Harold	398	↑1	13
18	Raymond	384	↑7	18
19	Samuel	384	↑2	30
20	Richard	371	↑3	19
21	Francis	368	↓2	35
22	Louis	346	–	20
23	Henry	332	↓3	12
24	Arthur	321	↑2	15
25	Ralph	318	↑2	23
26	Stanley	317	↓2	43
27	Andrew	308	↓10	44
28	David	296	↑1	29
29	Howard	291	↑1	25
30	Kenneth	280	↑3	33
31	Carl	278	↓3	24
32	Peter	253	↓1	48
33	Donald	243	↑1	27
34	Clarence	236	↓2	21
35	Earl	196	↑3	34
36	Daniel	190	↓1	53
37	Eugene	188	↑12	41
38	Lawrence	188	↑6	38
39	Russell	186	↑2	56
40	Jack	184	↑8	28
41	Alfred	174	↓5	40
42	Stephen	174	↓5	88
43	Elmer	167	↑3	47
44	Martin	167	↑3	75
45	Fred	166	↓6	26
46	Ernest	156	new	32
47	Frederick	155	↓5	51
48	Chester	147	new	55
49	Vincent	145	new	72
50	Herbert	144	–	39

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