Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1920

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1920 were Mary for girls (7,650 babies) and John for boys (7,041). Social Security records list 182,332 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1920

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: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sophia: 139 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Philomena: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anna: 3,187 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clare: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Regina: 237 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Isabella: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Veronica: 213 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sara: 455 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Miriam: 334 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 67 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Clair: 149 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carmen: 85 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marlin: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 279 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elwood: 149 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Michael: 973 babies, 3× the national rate
Steve: 309 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 406 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Andy: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	7,650	–	1
2	Helen	4,969	–	3
3	Margaret	3,667	–	4
4	Dorothy	3,665	–	2
5	Anna	3,187	–	10
6	Ruth	2,649	–	5
7	Elizabeth	2,295	–	8
8	Betty	1,884	↑1	11
9	Mildred	1,562	↓1	6
10	Catherine	1,411	–	21
11	Marie	1,349	–	13
12	Florence	1,294	↑2	16
13	Rose	1,261	–	20
14	Frances	1,248	↓2	9
15	Eleanor	1,181	–	25
16	Virginia	1,100	–	7
17	Josephine	1,062	–	28
18	Jean	1,056	–	33
19	Evelyn	1,048	–	12
20	Irene	930	↑3	17
21	Alice	913	↓1	15
22	Grace	891	–	37
23	Martha	857	↑1	23
24	Ann	846	↓3	49
25	Doris	829	↑10	14
26	Lillian	788	↓1	18
27	Ethel	733	↑1	30
28	Jane	719	↑6	48
29	Pauline	713	↓2	36
30	Esther	710	↓1	39
31	Kathryn	706	↓5	67
32	Edith	686	–	32
33	Julia	653	↓3	55
34	Rita	644	↑4	52
35	Edna	639	↑5	27
36	Anne	633	↓5	65
37	Louise	632	↑4	19
38	Thelma	601	↓2	31
39	Agnes	596	↓6	54
40	Gladys	578	↑2	22
41	Marion	561	↑3	43
42	Emma	549	↑1	46
43	Gertrude	547	↓6	42
44	Stella	519	↓5	82
45	Marjorie	483	↑4	24
46	Marian	480	new	73
47	Beatrice	477	↓2	41
48	Elsie	473	↓1	51
49	Sara	455	↑1	>100
50	Clara	453	↓2	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	John	7,041	–	1
2	William	5,115	–	2
3	Robert	4,147	↑1	3
4	Joseph	4,089	↓1	7
5	James	3,120	↑1	4
6	Charles	3,114	↓1	5
7	George	2,851	–	6
8	Edward	2,363	–	8
9	Frank	1,953	–	9
10	Paul	1,725	–	14
11	Thomas	1,578	↑2	11
12	Walter	1,454	↓1	13
13	Harry	1,392	↓1	21
14	Richard	1,312	–	10
15	Albert	1,171	–	19
16	Harold	1,005	↑2	12
17	Michael	973	↓1	50
18	Donald	970	↑3	16
19	Raymond	945	↓2	15
20	Francis	931	–	34
21	Anthony	886	↓2	43
22	Ralph	791	↑5	22
23	Stanley	773	↓1	40
24	Henry	772	↓1	17
25	Andrew	720	–	49
26	Louis	709	↓2	28
27	David	680	↓1	25
28	Arthur	653	↑1	18
29	Samuel	618	↓1	44
30	Carl	617	↑1	27
31	Earl	617	↑1	31
32	Kenneth	597	↑2	23
33	Jack	593	–	20
34	Howard	580	↓4	24
35	Peter	507	–	57
36	Eugene	499	–	30
37	Daniel	486	↑2	52
38	Bernard	445	↓1	46
39	Leonard	445	↑2	38
40	Clarence	438	↓2	26
41	Stephen	406	↑1	96
42	Fred	398	↓2	33
43	Alfred	389	–	42
44	Russell	384	↑2	51
45	Elmer	372	↑4	45
46	Lawrence	371	↓1	36
47	Vincent	366	↓3	73
48	Ernest	363	new	37
49	Warren	355	new	39
50	Herbert	336	↓2	41

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