Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1923

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1923 were Mary for girls (7,034 babies) and John for boys (7,211). Social Security records list 184,602 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1923

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: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Philomena: 81 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Regina: 313 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clare: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Sophia: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 2,574 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Veronica: 187 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carmella: 91 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 149 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sophie: 273 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 53 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Clair: 167 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marlin: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carmen: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michael: 1,006 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Steve: 297 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 132 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 349 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mike: 212 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elwood: 119 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	7,034	–	1
2	Helen	4,281	–	3
3	Dorothy	3,820	–	2
4	Margaret	3,307	–	4
5	Betty	3,085	↑1	5
6	Anna	2,574	↓1	13
7	Ruth	2,348	–	6
8	Elizabeth	2,306	–	9
9	Catherine	1,407	↑1	24
10	Mildred	1,373	↓1	8
11	Jean	1,315	↑1	19
12	Marie	1,314	↓1	14
13	Frances	1,213	–	10
14	Florence	1,174	↑3	18
15	Virginia	1,146	↑1	7
16	Eleanor	1,133	↓2	28
17	Rose	1,114	↓2	23
18	Doris	1,101	↑3	11
19	Evelyn	1,066	↑1	12
20	Irene	1,051	↓1	17
21	Josephine	1,015	↓3	30
22	Alice	913	–	15
23	Martha	807	↑1	21
24	Ann	765	↑1	52
25	Jane	745	↑2	55
26	Grace	732	↓3	39
27	Lillian	721	↑2	20
28	Rita	703	↑3	50
29	Pauline	686	↓3	37
30	Louise	661	↑2	22
31	Kathryn	655	↓1	72
32	Anne	604	↑1	71
33	Lois	601	↑13	27
34	Marjorie	593	↑6	16
35	Marion	592	↑2	44
36	Esther	587	↓2	47
37	June	568	↑8	42
38	Gladys	564	↑5	29
39	Agnes	558	↓4	63
40	Edith	555	↓4	36
41	Thelma	550	↓3	31
42	Ethel	546	↓14	38
43	Marian	540	↑1	65
44	Julia	521	↓5	62
45	Edna	516	↓4	32
46	Gertrude	494	↓4	59
47	Emma	482	–	53
48	Geraldine	447	↑1	58
49	Shirley	444	new	26
50	Stella	432	↓2	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	7,211	–	1
2	William	5,374	–	3
3	Robert	4,839	–	2
4	Joseph	4,274	–	7
5	James	3,537	–	4
6	Charles	2,926	–	5
7	George	2,915	–	6
8	Edward	2,549	–	8
9	Frank	1,875	–	11
10	Richard	1,730	↑1	9
11	Thomas	1,716	↑1	12
12	Paul	1,698	↓2	14
13	Harry	1,502	–	22
14	Walter	1,325	–	16
15	Donald	1,319	–	10
16	Albert	1,180	–	20
17	Raymond	1,091	–	15
18	Michael	1,006	↑1	50
19	Harold	1,000	↓1	13
20	Anthony	898	–	39
21	Francis	896	–	34
22	Henry	809	–	18
23	David	756	↑1	24
24	Louis	720	↑4	27
25	Kenneth	718	↑1	21
26	Ralph	677	↓3	23
27	Jack	671	–	17
28	Arthur	654	↑2	19
29	Andrew	645	–	53
30	Stanley	644	↓5	41
31	Samuel	630	–	45
32	Carl	629	–	28
33	Eugene	625	↑1	25
34	Peter	541	↑1	58
35	Earl	534	↓2	31
36	Howard	517	↑1	26
37	Bernard	510	↓1	46
38	Leonard	492	↑2	37
39	Daniel	473	↓1	47
40	Clarence	445	↓1	29
41	Fred	426	–	33
42	Alfred	424	↑3	42
43	Lawrence	422	↓1	36
44	Norman	400	–	44
45	Vincent	399	↑4	72
46	Russell	395	–	52
47	Warren	365	↑3	43
48	Theodore	363	–	62
49	Frederick	350	↓2	60
50	Stephen	349	↓7	>100

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