Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1926

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1926 were Mary for girls (6,007 babies) and John for boys (6,647). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 178,762 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1926

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Philomena: 76 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Regina: 257 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carmella: 106 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 154 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Matilda: 84 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anna: 2,253 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Angeline: 143 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clare: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Olga: 211 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gilda: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 53 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Clair: 149 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marlin: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Steve: 248 babies, 3× the national rate
Carmen: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Michael: 797 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 278 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elwood: 112 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 256 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mike: 161 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	6,007	–	1
2	Helen	3,426	↑1	4
3	Dorothy	3,403	↓1	2
4	Betty	3,386	–	3
5	Margaret	2,845	–	5
6	Anna	2,253	–	15
7	Ruth	2,074	–	6
8	Elizabeth	1,735	–	11
9	Jean	1,652	–	12
10	Doris	1,516	–	7
11	Marie	1,291	–	18
12	Catherine	1,205	↑2	31
13	Mildred	1,157	–	9
14	Eleanor	1,138	↓2	32
15	Irene	1,060	↑2	21
16	Frances	1,055	↓1	10
17	Florence	1,021	↑1	26
18	Rose	1,001	↑1	25
19	Virginia	998	↓3	8
20	Evelyn	970	–	13
21	Gloria	900	↑3	20
22	Alice	898	↓1	17
23	Shirley	874	↑8	14
24	Lois	857	↓1	19
25	Josephine	813	↓3	37
26	Dolores	720	↑12	49
27	Martha	686	–	24
28	Jane	684	↓3	56
29	Ann	665	↑3	55
30	Rita	661	↓1	50
31	Lillian	648	↓5	28
32	Grace	628	↓2	46
33	Theresa	628	new	64
34	June	620	↓1	40
35	Pauline	604	↓7	39
36	Louise	597	↓2	27
37	Marjorie	573	↓2	22
38	Ethel	552	↓2	41
39	Patricia	540	↑9	23
40	Phyllis	528	↑3	33
41	Marion	519	↓4	47
42	Nancy	515	↑7	57
43	Gladys	512	↑1	35
44	Marian	510	↑1	70
45	Barbara	509	new	16
46	Kathryn	506	↓7	87
47	Esther	505	–	62
48	Thelma	495	↓7	36
49	Edith	474	↓9	42
50	Norma	469	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	John	6,647	–	2
2	Robert	5,354	↑1	1
3	William	5,306	↓1	4
4	Joseph	4,108	–	8
5	James	3,741	–	3
6	Charles	2,900	–	5
7	George	2,844	–	6
8	Edward	2,403	–	10
9	Richard	2,361	–	7
10	Thomas	1,795	↑1	11
11	Paul	1,771	↓1	13
12	Frank	1,674	–	12
13	Donald	1,661	–	9
14	Harry	1,349	–	25
15	Walter	1,165	–	17
16	Raymond	1,141	↑1	15
17	Harold	1,067	↑1	14
18	Albert	1,001	↓2	21
19	Francis	933	–	35
20	David	861	↑2	22
21	Anthony	805	–	42
22	Michael	797	↓2	56
23	Jack	769	↑2	16
24	Eugene	748	↑5	23
25	Kenneth	735	↓1	18
26	Ralph	693	–	24
27	Henry	671	↓4	19
28	Arthur	638	–	20
29	Louis	637	↑2	30
30	Carl	630	↓3	26
31	Stanley	618	↓1	43
32	Howard	577	↑2	27
33	Samuel	573	↓1	48
34	Earl	571	↑1	32
35	Leonard	547	↑3	38
36	Bernard	506	↑1	49
37	Andrew	492	↓4	59
38	Daniel	492	↓2	46
39	Fred	458	↑1	31
40	Clarence	421	↑2	29
41	Norman	417	–	39
42	Peter	401	↓3	58
43	Lawrence	391	↑2	36
44	Gerald	387	↑4	41
45	Theodore	377	↑2	63
46	Russell	364	↓3	52
47	Alfred	352	↓1	45
48	Herbert	352	new	44
49	Ernest	349	↑1	37
50	Vincent	336	↓6	77

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