Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1916

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1916 were Mary for girls (7,730 babies) and John for boys (6,543). Social Security records list 162,637 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1916

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

Girls

Catharine: 91 babies, 4× the national rate
Anna: 3,582 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sophia: 162 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carmella: 95 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Philomena: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sara: 429 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Susan: 177 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Veronica: 203 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Regina: 190 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 778 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 55 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Clair: 106 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marlin: 51 babies, 4× the national rate
Andy: 91 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Steve: 386 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michael: 1,110 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mike: 284 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carmen: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Elwood: 125 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 435 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	7,730	–	1
2	Helen	4,656	–	2
3	Anna	3,582	–	7
4	Margaret	3,301	–	4
5	Dorothy	2,933	–	3
6	Ruth	2,249	–	5
7	Elizabeth	2,188	–	8
8	Catherine	1,489	–	20
9	Mildred	1,466	–	6
10	Marie	1,298	–	12
11	Rose	1,250	–	15
12	Frances	1,224	↑1	9
13	Florence	1,184	↓1	14
14	Josephine	1,040	–	21
15	Eleanor	992	–	27
16	Evelyn	930	–	11
17	Ann	894	↑2	40
18	Grace	889	–	26
19	Virginia	853	↑2	10
20	Alice	844	↓3	13
21	Kathryn	778	↓1	60
22	Martha	755	–	24
23	Lillian	746	–	16
24	Anne	735	–	53
25	Julia	734	↑3	46
26	Jean	731	↓1	45
27	Irene	715	↑4	17
28	Ethel	686	↓2	25
29	Esther	668	↓2	34
30	Edith	657	↓1	28
31	Betty	651	↑7	44
32	Pauline	649	↑1	33
33	Edna	633	↓3	19
34	Stella	618	↓2	63
35	Louise	614	↑2	18
36	Emma	590	↓2	41
37	Agnes	564	↓1	50
38	Gertrude	561	↓3	35
39	Rita	551	↑8	67
40	Thelma	547	↓1	29
41	Jane	523	↑2	62
42	Sarah	520	↑2	52
43	Marion	494	↑2	47
44	Gladys	489	↓4	22
45	Beatrice	464	↑1	38
46	Bertha	456	↓5	49
47	Katherine	438	↓5	51
48	Clara	435	↑1	39
49	Sara	429	↑1	>100
50	Jennie	426	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	6,543	–	1
2	Joseph	4,004	↑1	5
3	William	3,985	↓1	2
4	Charles	2,754	–	6
5	Robert	2,626	↑1	4
6	George	2,558	↓1	7
7	James	2,453	–	3
8	Edward	1,891	↑1	8
9	Frank	1,876	↓1	9
10	Paul	1,482	–	12
11	Harry	1,217	–	19
12	Walter	1,170	↑1	11
13	Thomas	1,165	↓1	10
14	Michael	1,110	–	44
15	Albert	1,032	–	17
16	Richard	915	↑1	15
17	Anthony	873	↓1	37
18	Raymond	816	↑2	16
19	Harold	788	–	13
20	Stanley	754	↓2	34
21	Francis	723	–	31
22	Henry	681	–	14
23	Louis	669	–	22
24	Andrew	656	–	46
25	Samuel	634	–	41
26	Donald	613	↑1	20
27	Ralph	603	↑1	21
28	Carl	596	↑2	23
29	Arthur	579	↑3	18
30	David	532	↓1	28
31	Peter	530	↓5	50
32	Howard	516	↓1	25
33	Kenneth	497	–	27
34	Earl	476	↑2	32
35	Stephen	435	–	87
36	Clarence	398	↓2	24
37	Steve	386	↑2	>100
38	Bernard	376	–	49
39	Frederick	374	↑7	52
40	Eugene	365	↑4	39
41	Fred	361	↑2	29
42	Alfred	360	↓2	43
43	Jack	344	↓2	26
44	Daniel	341	↓7	55
45	Lawrence	335	new	38
46	Elmer	331	↑3	45
47	Vincent	326	↓5	67
48	Russell	325	↓3	51
49	Chester	311	↓2	54
50	Norman	305	–	48

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