Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1917

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1917 were Mary for girls (7,988 babies) and John for boys (6,620). Social Security records list 171,024 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1917

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: 95 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Philomena: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 3,533 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 229 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carmella: 94 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sophia: 153 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sara: 436 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 781 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yolanda: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Regina: 192 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 82 babies, 10× the national rate
Clair: 125 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marlin: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Andy: 89 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Michael: 1,099 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mike: 305 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carmen: 66 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Steve: 351 babies, 3× the national rate
Elwood: 123 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 435 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	7,988	–	1
2	Helen	4,921	–	2
3	Anna	3,533	–	7
4	Margaret	3,461	–	4
5	Dorothy	3,084	–	3
6	Ruth	2,387	–	5
7	Elizabeth	2,227	–	8
8	Catherine	1,600	–	18
9	Mildred	1,523	–	6
10	Rose	1,356	↑1	16
11	Marie	1,314	↓1	12
12	Frances	1,260	–	9
13	Florence	1,209	–	14
14	Josephine	1,148	–	21
15	Eleanor	1,004	–	26
16	Virginia	964	↑3	10
17	Betty	953	↑14	34
18	Alice	937	↑2	13
19	Evelyn	916	↓3	11
20	Ann	876	↓3	44
21	Grace	858	↓3	30
22	Martha	825	–	22
23	Irene	819	↑4	17
24	Lillian	783	↓1	15
25	Kathryn	781	↓4	60
26	Ethel	766	↑2	24
27	Jean	765	↓1	40
28	Anne	719	↓4	53
29	Pauline	717	↑3	33
30	Julia	688	↓5	47
31	Edith	671	↓1	28
32	Esther	655	↓3	38
33	Edna	646	–	20
34	Gertrude	642	↑4	37
35	Agnes	640	↑2	48
36	Louise	634	↓1	19
37	Stella	629	↓3	62
38	Emma	597	↓2	46
39	Rita	578	–	63
40	Marion	573	↑3	45
41	Thelma	571	↓1	32
42	Gladys	559	↑2	23
43	Jane	532	↓2	55
44	Doris	523	new	25
45	Sarah	495	↓3	52
46	Beatrice	478	↓1	39
47	Katherine	476	–	49
48	Clara	475	–	41
49	Jennie	462	↑1	81
50	Bertha	454	↓4	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	6,620	–	1
2	William	4,462	↑1	2
3	Joseph	4,223	↓1	5
4	Robert	3,112	↑1	4
5	Charles	2,766	↓1	7
6	George	2,632	–	6
7	James	2,568	–	3
8	Edward	2,039	–	8
9	Frank	1,985	–	9
10	Paul	1,566	–	13
11	Thomas	1,409	↑2	10
12	Harry	1,309	↓1	19
13	Walter	1,309	↓1	11
14	Michael	1,099	–	44
15	Albert	1,087	–	18
16	Richard	967	–	14
17	Anthony	898	–	38
18	Raymond	887	–	16
19	Harold	878	–	12
20	Stanley	793	–	34
21	Francis	776	–	30
22	Henry	737	–	15
23	Donald	735	↑3	20
24	Samuel	683	↑1	42
25	Andrew	682	↓1	48
26	Louis	670	↓3	23
27	Ralph	668	–	21
28	Arthur	618	↑1	17
29	Carl	582	↓1	24
30	David	573	–	28
31	Howard	523	↑1	26
32	Earl	495	↑2	32
33	Kenneth	493	–	27
34	Peter	483	↓3	50
35	Daniel	439	↑9	54
36	Stephen	435	↓1	89
37	Clarence	420	↓1	25
38	Bernard	419	–	49
39	Jack	415	↑4	22
40	Russell	388	↑8	52
41	Fred	374	–	29
42	Leonard	371	new	41
43	Norman	364	↑7	46
44	Alfred	355	↓2	43
45	Eugene	355	↓5	39
46	Steve	351	↓9	>100
47	Frederick	329	↓8	51
48	Vincent	326	↓1	65
49	Chester	325	–	56
50	Theodore	319	new	63

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