Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1929

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1929 were Mary for girls (5,303 babies) and John for boys (5,893). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 163,262 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1929

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: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Regina: 219 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carmella: 89 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 1,710 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Angeline: 108 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Miriam: 185 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Teresa: 173 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Veronica: 105 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dolores: 1,891 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sophie: 103 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 58 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Clair: 122 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marlin: 65 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carmen: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elwood: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michael: 700 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Steve: 174 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 253 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nick: 109 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	5,303	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,894	–	3
3	Betty	2,799	–	2
4	Helen	2,433	–	4
5	Margaret	2,270	–	5
6	Dolores	1,891	↑5	14
7	Anna	1,710	–	20
8	Ruth	1,645	↓2	8
9	Doris	1,602	↑1	6
10	Jean	1,527	↓2	12
11	Elizabeth	1,467	↓2	15
12	Shirley	1,430	–	9
13	Marie	1,103	–	22
14	Patricia	1,101	↑8	10
15	Lois	1,077	↑1	17
16	Joan	1,019	↑16	13
17	Catherine	956	↓3	34
18	Rose	916	↓1	26
19	Eleanor	893	↓4	38
20	Nancy	877	↑13	32
21	Irene	846	–	29
22	Virginia	822	↑1	11
23	Barbara	813	↑4	7
24	Frances	808	↓5	16
25	Florence	801	↓5	35
26	Mildred	793	↓8	18
27	Alice	792	↓3	21
28	Theresa	791	↓2	49
29	Evelyn	746	↓4	19
30	Phyllis	655	↑5	24
31	Gloria	641	↓3	28
32	Martha	597	↑4	27
33	Jane	594	↓2	62
34	Rita	593	↓5	52
35	Josephine	590	↓5	45
36	Ann	578	↓2	46
37	Grace	553	–	54
38	Louise	527	↑2	31
39	Norma	520	↑7	25
40	June	506	↑1	48
41	Geraldine	496	↑4	43
42	Lillian	490	–	40
43	Marjorie	461	↓4	30
44	Marion	458	–	53
45	Marian	440	↓2	75
46	Pauline	440	↓8	50
47	Audrey	418	new	58
48	Esther	418	↓1	71
49	Joyce	403	new	23
50	Janet	402	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	John	5,893	–	3
2	Robert	5,199	–	1
3	William	4,862	–	4
4	James	3,725	–	2
5	Joseph	3,423	–	9
6	Charles	2,714	–	5
7	Richard	2,711	–	6
8	George	2,358	–	8
9	Donald	2,256	↑1	7
10	Edward	2,031	↓1	10
11	Thomas	1,755	–	11
12	Paul	1,497	–	13
13	Frank	1,363	–	12
14	Harry	1,081	–	27
15	Raymond	1,079	–	15
16	David	954	↑2	17
17	Walter	925	↓1	19
18	Albert	894	↓1	24
19	Francis	878	↑1	39
20	Eugene	811	↑1	20
21	Jack	810	↑1	14
22	Harold	792	↓3	16
23	Anthony	715	↑1	44
24	Michael	700	↑3	54
25	Kenneth	698	↓2	18
26	Ralph	669	–	26
27	Carl	653	↓2	28
28	Louis	608	↑1	32
29	Arthur	561	↑2	22
30	Henry	521	–	21
31	Earl	505	↑7	36
32	Herbert	490	↓4	25
33	Leonard	486	↓1	42
34	Daniel	472	↑2	47
35	Bernard	461	↑2	52
36	Stanley	459	↓2	48
37	Andrew	458	↑2	59
38	Howard	457	↓5	31
39	Samuel	443	↓4	53
40	Gerald	428	↑4	33
41	Lawrence	400	↑2	38
42	Alfred	386	↓2	41
43	Fred	384	↓1	34
44	Norman	382	↓3	40
45	Clarence	363	↑1	37
46	Peter	350	↓1	55
47	Theodore	340	↑2	65
48	Russell	338	↓1	56
49	Ronald	333	new	45
50	Ernest	329	–	43

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