Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1922

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1922 were Mary for girls (7,303 babies) and John for boys (7,073). Social Security records list 182,346 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1922

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: 54 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Catharine: 76 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sophia: 100 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Regina: 281 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Philomena: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carmella: 123 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anna: 2,725 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Veronica: 211 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Isabella: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angeline: 184 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 66 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Clair: 144 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marlin: 69 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Michael: 1,030 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Steve: 310 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carmen: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 397 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Andy: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 201 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elwood: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	7,303	–	1
2	Helen	4,423	–	3
3	Dorothy	3,504	–	2
4	Margaret	3,431	–	4
5	Anna	2,725	–	12
6	Betty	2,627	↑1	6
7	Ruth	2,334	↓1	5
8	Elizabeth	2,301	–	9
9	Mildred	1,385	–	8
10	Catherine	1,348	–	24
11	Marie	1,329	–	14
12	Jean	1,267	↑3	20
13	Frances	1,235	↓1	10
14	Eleanor	1,179	↑3	28
15	Rose	1,177	↑1	23
16	Virginia	1,177	↓2	7
17	Florence	1,175	↓4	18
18	Josephine	1,043	↑1	27
19	Irene	1,014	↑1	17
20	Evelyn	991	↓2	13
21	Doris	968	–	11
22	Alice	916	↑1	15
23	Grace	831	↓1	38
24	Martha	799	↑1	21
25	Ann	796	↓1	49
26	Pauline	717	↑4	36
27	Jane	710	↓1	55
28	Ethel	693	↑1	32
29	Lillian	679	↓2	19
30	Kathryn	655	↓2	73
31	Rita	641	↑3	52
32	Louise	619	↑4	22
33	Anne	609	↑4	66
34	Esther	604	↓1	44
35	Agnes	592	–	62
36	Edith	585	↓5	34
37	Marion	576	↑6	42
38	Thelma	563	↑4	31
39	Julia	560	–	60
40	Marjorie	552	↓8	16
41	Edna	519	↓3	29
42	Gertrude	518	↓1	48
43	Gladys	516	↓3	25
44	Marian	513	↑5	67
45	June	510	↑3	45
46	Lois	505	new	35
47	Emma	489	↓1	50
48	Stella	487	↓3	88
49	Geraldine	440	new	58
50	Beatrice	424	↓6	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	John	7,073	–	1
2	William	5,161	–	3
3	Robert	4,624	–	2
4	Joseph	4,383	–	7
5	James	3,382	–	4
6	Charles	3,063	–	5
7	George	2,941	–	6
8	Edward	2,454	–	8
9	Frank	1,904	–	10
10	Paul	1,686	–	14
11	Richard	1,626	↑1	9
12	Thomas	1,595	↓1	11
13	Harry	1,358	–	22
14	Walter	1,302	–	15
15	Donald	1,223	↑1	12
16	Albert	1,205	↓1	20
17	Raymond	1,093	–	16
18	Harold	1,049	↑1	13
19	Michael	1,030	↓1	48
20	Anthony	917	–	39
21	Francis	875	–	34
22	Henry	755	↑2	17
23	Ralph	738	↓1	23
24	David	719	↓1	24
25	Stanley	716	–	41
26	Kenneth	695	↑1	21
27	Jack	678	↑2	18
28	Louis	674	↓2	27
29	Andrew	672	↓1	53
30	Arthur	651	–	19
31	Samuel	601	–	43
32	Carl	600	↑2	30
33	Earl	581	↑2	31
34	Eugene	557	↓2	25
35	Peter	544	↑2	57
36	Bernard	533	↑2	46
37	Howard	533	↓4	26
38	Daniel	483	↑3	47
39	Clarence	425	↑1	29
40	Leonard	415	↓1	38
41	Fred	411	↑2	33
42	Lawrence	399	–	36
43	Stephen	397	↑1	>100
44	Norman	381	↑1	44
45	Alfred	378	↑4	42
46	Russell	375	–	49
47	Frederick	371	new	60
48	Theodore	353	new	62
49	Vincent	345	new	71
50	Warren	345	↓14	45

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