Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1931

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1931 were Mary for girls (4,915 babies) and John for boys (5,444). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 153,795 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1931

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

Girls

Regina: 177 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angeline: 91 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eleanore: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carmella: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 109 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dolores: 1,993 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 97 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sophie: 78 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clare: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 54 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Clair: 106 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Carmen: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlin: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominic: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 272 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elwood: 85 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Michael: 649 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Steve: 147 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 186 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	4,915	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,367	–	3
3	Betty	2,326	–	2
4	Joan	2,143	↑5	5
5	Margaret	1,998	↑1	7
6	Dolores	1,993	↓2	14
7	Helen	1,851	↓2	6
8	Shirley	1,560	↑4	9
9	Doris	1,361	↓1	10
10	Anna	1,359	↓3	25
11	Patricia	1,330	↑3	8
12	Jean	1,310	↓2	13
13	Ruth	1,305	↓2	11
14	Nancy	1,261	↑1	17
15	Elizabeth	1,163	↓2	16
16	Barbara	1,123	↑3	4
17	Lois	989	↓1	20
18	Marie	914	↓1	27
19	Gloria	853	↑14	23
20	Rose	835	–	30
21	Catherine	818	↓3	36
22	Eleanor	794	↓1	40
23	Virginia	779	↓1	12
24	Alice	695	↓1	21
25	Frances	682	↓1	18
26	Janet	664	↑6	45
27	Evelyn	640	↓1	24
28	Mildred	633	↑2	26
29	Florence	623	↓4	43
30	Theresa	610	↓3	59
31	Phyllis	598	–	29
32	Irene	587	↓3	37
33	Jane	568	↑1	50
34	Ann	557	↑1	35
35	Norma	549	↑2	22
36	Rita	547	↓8	48
37	Joyce	528	↑6	15
38	Martha	524	↑2	28
39	Geraldine	517	↓1	38
40	Lillian	472	↑2	47
41	Marilyn	471	↑4	19
42	June	465	↑2	44
43	Louise	463	↓4	33
44	Josephine	453	↓8	51
45	Grace	452	↓4	70
46	Marjorie	408	↑3	34
47	Anne	390	new	80
48	Joanne	388	new	68
49	Audrey	380	new	64
50	Marian	375	↓2	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	John	5,444	–	3
2	Robert	5,419	–	1
3	William	4,285	–	4
4	James	3,646	–	2
5	Joseph	3,119	–	9
6	Richard	2,869	–	5
7	Charles	2,592	–	6
8	Donald	2,481	–	7
9	George	2,139	–	8
10	Edward	1,867	–	11
11	Thomas	1,864	–	10
12	Paul	1,419	–	12
13	Frank	1,138	–	16
14	David	989	↑2	13
15	Raymond	969	↓1	17
16	Harry	933	↓1	30
17	Kenneth	837	↑3	14
18	Walter	826	↓1	20
19	Harold	775	–	18
20	Francis	741	↑2	42
21	Albert	722	↓3	24
22	Jack	714	↓1	15
23	Anthony	683	–	46
24	Eugene	681	–	21
25	Carl	657	–	28
26	Michael	649	–	55
27	Ronald	588	↑10	27
28	Ralph	573	↓1	25
29	Louis	510	–	37
30	Arthur	487	↓2	23
31	Gerald	486	↑3	26
32	Daniel	479	↑1	44
33	Henry	473	↓3	22
34	Howard	467	↓3	34
35	Stanley	439	↑3	49
36	Bernard	438	–	54
37	Samuel	418	↓5	56
38	Earl	404	↑1	40
39	Lawrence	396	↑4	38
40	Fred	387	↑2	33
41	Leonard	387	↓6	48
42	Norman	379	↓1	36
43	Andrew	347	↓3	65
44	Theodore	337	↑3	70
45	Herbert	329	↓1	41
46	Clarence	325	–	39
47	Peter	312	↑3	61
48	Glenn	311	–	72
49	Russell	307	new	63
50	Alfred	302	↓5	50

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