Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1918

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1918 were Mary for girls (8,184 babies) and John for boys (7,557). Social Security records list 185,969 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1918

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: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Philomena: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sophia: 157 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 3,594 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sara: 501 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Veronica: 244 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kathryn: 833 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Regina: 227 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Miriam: 322 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 48 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Clair: 148 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Andy: 125 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marlin: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mike: 406 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Steve: 406 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carmen: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Michael: 1,110 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 441 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elwood: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	8,184	–	1
2	Helen	5,410	–	2
3	Margaret	3,606	↑1	4
4	Anna	3,594	↓1	10
5	Dorothy	3,422	–	3
6	Ruth	2,621	–	5
7	Elizabeth	2,424	–	9
8	Catherine	1,552	–	20
9	Mildred	1,542	–	6
10	Frances	1,405	↑2	8
11	Marie	1,387	–	12
12	Rose	1,289	↓2	17
13	Florence	1,287	–	14
14	Betty	1,212	↑3	21
15	Josephine	1,199	↓1	24
16	Eleanor	1,151	↓1	26
17	Virginia	1,096	↓1	7
18	Evelyn	1,030	↑1	11
19	Ann	941	↑1	44
20	Grace	937	↑1	31
21	Jean	891	↑6	37
22	Alice	888	↓4	13
23	Irene	871	–	16
24	Kathryn	833	↑1	63
25	Lillian	831	↓1	15
26	Martha	821	↓4	25
27	Ethel	764	↓1	28
28	Anne	761	–	54
29	Julia	761	↑1	48
30	Esther	749	↑2	38
31	Pauline	745	↓2	35
32	Agnes	711	↑3	47
33	Edna	677	–	23
34	Edith	675	↓3	30
35	Stella	662	↑2	67
36	Jane	656	↑7	53
37	Rita	651	↑2	58
38	Thelma	643	↑3	32
39	Louise	640	↓3	18
40	Gertrude	626	↓6	39
41	Gladys	608	↑1	22
42	Emma	602	↓4	46
43	Marion	597	↓3	45
44	Doris	583	–	19
45	Sara	501	new	>100
46	Beatrice	497	–	40
47	Marian	483	new	76
48	Katherine	479	↓1	50
49	Sarah	470	↓4	52
50	Clara	468	↓2	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	7,557	–	1
2	William	4,713	–	2
3	Joseph	4,485	–	7
4	Robert	3,393	–	4
5	James	3,034	↑2	3
6	Charles	2,995	↓1	5
7	George	2,985	↓1	6
8	Edward	2,377	–	8
9	Frank	2,119	–	9
10	Paul	1,676	–	14
11	Harry	1,618	↑1	20
12	Thomas	1,514	↓1	10
13	Walter	1,460	–	11
14	Albert	1,256	↑1	19
15	Richard	1,142	↑1	12
16	Michael	1,110	↓2	45
17	Raymond	1,002	↑1	15
18	Anthony	979	↓1	39
19	Harold	975	–	13
20	Francis	892	↑1	30
21	Donald	868	↑2	18
22	Stanley	849	↓2	36
23	Henry	771	↓1	16
24	Andrew	764	↑1	46
25	Ralph	726	↑2	22
26	Samuel	703	↓2	43
27	Louis	696	↓1	24
28	David	660	↑2	28
29	Arthur	651	↓1	17
30	Carl	607	↓1	25
31	Peter	602	↑3	53
32	Howard	595	↓1	26
33	Earl	589	↓1	31
34	Kenneth	585	↓1	27
35	Jack	584	↑4	21
36	Clarence	521	↑1	23
37	Bernard	470	↑1	47
38	Daniel	466	↓3	52
39	Stephen	441	↓3	96
40	Fred	420	↑1	33
41	Alfred	406	↑3	42
42	Mike	406	new	>100
43	Steve	406	↑3	>100
44	Eugene	398	↑1	35
45	Russell	391	↓5	50
46	Chester	382	↑3	54
47	Lawrence	377	new	38
48	Leonard	357	↓6	41
49	Herbert	352	new	40
50	Elmer	350	new	44

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