Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1927

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1927 were Mary for girls (6,227 babies) and John for boys (6,685). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 179,929 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1927

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: 46 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Regina: 265 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Philomena: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clare: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angeline: 136 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Olga: 208 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 102 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 147 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Veronica: 145 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carmella: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 52 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Clair: 133 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carmen: 87 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marlin: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Michael: 803 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Steve: 229 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mike: 166 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Andy: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 298 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dominic: 85 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	6,227	–	1
2	Dorothy	3,513	↑1	2
3	Betty	3,257	↑1	3
4	Helen	3,171	↓2	4
5	Margaret	2,758	–	5
6	Ruth	2,040	↑1	6
7	Anna	2,013	↓1	16
8	Jean	1,761	↑1	14
9	Elizabeth	1,741	↓1	13
10	Doris	1,528	–	7
11	Marie	1,256	–	20
12	Mildred	1,108	↑1	11
13	Eleanor	1,107	↑1	33
14	Catherine	1,086	↓2	31
15	Shirley	1,079	↑8	9
16	Lois	1,057	↑8	19
17	Rose	1,054	↑1	23
18	Florence	1,032	↓1	28
19	Irene	1,019	↓4	21
20	Dolores	1,015	↑6	34
21	Frances	976	↓5	12
22	Virginia	975	↓3	8
23	Evelyn	889	↓3	15
24	Alice	846	↓2	17
25	Gloria	772	↓4	22
26	Patricia	772	↑13	18
27	Josephine	757	↓2	39
28	Theresa	743	↑5	52
29	Jane	717	↓1	60
30	Rita	708	–	54
31	Grace	645	↑1	50
32	Lillian	639	↓1	32
33	Phyllis	635	↑7	29
34	Ann	631	↓5	59
35	Barbara	625	↑10	10
36	Martha	624	↓9	24
37	June	623	↓3	43
38	Pauline	619	↓3	42
39	Nancy	583	↑3	56
40	Louise	582	↓4	27
41	Marjorie	560	↓4	25
42	Norma	533	↑8	26
43	Ethel	522	↓5	47
44	Esther	520	↑3	65
45	Marion	518	↓4	51
46	Thelma	492	↑2	38
47	Joan	486	new	41
48	Gladys	477	↓5	37
49	Marian	477	↓5	74
50	Kathryn	470	↓4	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	John	6,685	–	2
2	Robert	5,518	–	1
3	William	5,277	–	4
4	James	3,875	↑1	3
5	Joseph	3,873	↓1	9
6	Charles	3,165	–	5
7	George	2,628	–	7
8	Richard	2,599	↑1	6
9	Edward	2,466	↓1	10
10	Donald	1,931	↑3	8
11	Thomas	1,852	↓1	11
12	Paul	1,770	↓1	13
13	Frank	1,512	↓1	12
14	Harry	1,287	–	25
15	Walter	1,107	–	17
16	Raymond	1,076	–	15
17	Albert	1,034	↑1	23
18	Harold	995	↓1	14
19	David	909	↑1	21
20	Francis	908	↓1	36
21	Jack	830	↑2	16
22	Eugene	822	↑2	20
23	Anthony	820	↓2	43
24	Michael	803	↓2	52
25	Kenneth	728	–	18
26	Carl	705	↑4	26
27	Henry	694	–	19
28	Ralph	692	↓2	24
29	Louis	642	–	29
30	Stanley	622	↑1	44
31	Arthur	586	↓3	22
32	Earl	567	↑2	33
33	Andrew	524	↑4	56
34	Leonard	520	↑1	40
35	Bernard	518	↑1	50
36	Samuel	513	↓3	49
37	Daniel	511	↑1	46
38	Howard	510	↓6	28
39	Fred	473	–	35
40	Clarence	450	–	32
41	Norman	429	–	39
42	Peter	417	–	59
43	Gerald	389	↑1	38
44	Theodore	376	↑1	62
45	Russell	374	↑1	54
46	Vincent	370	↑4	77
47	Alfred	361	–	45
48	Lawrence	360	↓5	37
49	Herbert	354	↓1	42
50	Ernest	352	↓1	41

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