Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1924

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1924 were Mary for girls (7,200 babies) and John for boys (7,262). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 190,310 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1924

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: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Philomena: 76 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Regina: 294 babies, 3× the national rate
Carmella: 107 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sophie: 268 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Veronica: 193 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Olga: 277 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Matilda: 100 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sophia: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anna: 2,445 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Clair: 127 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Michael: 987 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Steve: 314 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elwood: 155 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlin: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carmen: 84 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 362 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 220 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Andy: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dominic: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	7,200	–	1
2	Helen	4,194	–	3
3	Dorothy	3,875	–	2
4	Betty	3,599	↑1	4
5	Margaret	3,446	↓1	5
6	Anna	2,445	–	13
7	Ruth	2,420	–	6
8	Elizabeth	2,177	–	11
9	Jean	1,473	↑2	16
10	Marie	1,411	↑2	14
11	Doris	1,318	↑7	9
12	Eleanor	1,308	↑4	29
13	Catherine	1,299	↓4	27
14	Mildred	1,281	↓4	8
15	Frances	1,240	↓2	10
16	Virginia	1,207	↓1	7
17	Florence	1,203	↓3	20
18	Irene	1,162	↑2	18
19	Evelyn	1,084	–	12
20	Rose	1,081	↓3	25
21	Alice	961	↑1	15
22	Josephine	920	↓1	34
23	Martha	812	–	21
24	Lois	778	↑9	22
25	Rita	763	↑3	49
26	Ann	754	↓2	55
27	Grace	754	↓1	43
28	Jane	738	↓3	53
29	Lillian	733	↓2	23
30	Louise	706	–	24
31	Pauline	645	↓2	38
32	Ethel	623	↑10	39
33	Marjorie	623	↑1	17
34	Kathryn	599	↓3	81
35	Edith	591	↑5	36
36	June	589	↑1	45
37	Marion	577	↓2	46
38	Esther	569	↓2	51
39	Agnes	566	–	63
40	Thelma	558	↑1	33
41	Shirley	557	↑8	19
42	Anne	545	↓10	79
43	Gladys	544	↓5	30
44	Gloria	537	new	41
45	Marian	513	↓2	64
46	Julia	504	↓2	62
47	Edna	503	↓2	31
48	Dolores	497	new	75
49	Phyllis	489	new	44
50	Gertrude	463	↓4	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	John	7,262	–	2
2	William	5,504	–	3
3	Robert	5,274	–	1
4	Joseph	4,363	–	7
5	James	3,665	–	4
6	Charles	3,014	–	5
7	George	2,970	–	6
8	Edward	2,630	–	9
9	Richard	1,958	↑1	8
10	Frank	1,877	↓1	12
11	Thomas	1,847	–	11
12	Paul	1,786	–	14
13	Donald	1,449	↑2	10
14	Harry	1,383	↓1	22
15	Walter	1,331	↓1	16
16	Albert	1,148	–	21
17	Raymond	1,129	–	15
18	Harold	1,018	↑1	13
19	Michael	987	↓1	54
20	Francis	950	↑1	34
21	Anthony	898	↓1	39
22	David	856	↑1	24
23	Henry	773	↓1	18
24	Kenneth	734	↑1	19
25	Ralph	730	↑1	23
26	Jack	711	↑1	17
27	Stanley	709	↑3	40
28	Louis	673	↓4	28
29	Carl	672	↑3	27
30	Eugene	667	↑3	25
31	Arthur	644	↓3	20
32	Samuel	631	↓1	45
33	Howard	609	↑3	26
34	Andrew	580	↓5	56
35	Earl	577	–	33
36	Peter	551	↓2	59
37	Leonard	545	↑1	38
38	Bernard	528	↓1	46
39	Daniel	503	–	47
40	Clarence	426	–	29
41	Norman	415	↑3	42
42	Vincent	412	↑3	78
43	Fred	408	↓2	32
44	Alfred	400	↓2	43
45	Russell	381	↑1	52
46	Lawrence	379	↓3	36
47	Ernest	366	new	37
48	Stephen	362	↑2	>100
49	Theodore	360	↓1	65
50	Elmer	357	new	57

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