Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1932

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1932 were Mary for girls (4,536 babies) and John for boys (5,241). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 147,892 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1932

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: 167 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carmella: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eleanore: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clare: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dolores: 1,743 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Veronica: 101 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anna: 1,262 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 57 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Clair: 88 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carmen: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marlin: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Elwood: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dominic: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Steve: 137 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 748 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 2,960 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michael: 589 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	4,536	–	1
2	Joan	2,436	↑2	5
3	Dorothy	2,028	↓1	4
4	Betty	1,905	↓1	2
5	Margaret	1,852	–	7
6	Dolores	1,743	–	18
7	Helen	1,668	–	8
8	Shirley	1,652	–	9
9	Patricia	1,509	↑2	6
10	Barbara	1,468	↑6	3
11	Nancy	1,393	↑3	13
12	Jean	1,269	–	15
13	Anna	1,262	↓3	24
14	Ruth	1,165	↓1	11
15	Doris	1,128	↓6	10
16	Elizabeth	1,097	↓1	17
17	Lois	912	–	20
18	Marie	824	–	31
19	Catherine	807	↑2	39
20	Rose	762	–	33
21	Janet	730	↑5	35
22	Gloria	698	↓3	25
23	Eleanor	695	↓1	45
24	Frances	683	↑1	19
25	Virginia	635	↓2	14
26	Phyllis	630	↑5	30
27	Alice	626	↓3	21
28	Ann	599	↑6	34
29	Evelyn	578	↓2	23
30	Florence	572	↓1	47
31	Marilyn	566	↑10	16
32	Mildred	562	↓4	26
33	Theresa	554	↓3	60
34	Joyce	539	↑3	12
35	Irene	533	↓3	43
36	Jane	528	↓3	49
37	Norma	524	↓2	22
38	Geraldine	505	↑1	42
39	Rita	499	↓3	53
40	Martha	491	↓2	27
41	Donna	443	new	29
42	June	431	–	44
43	Josephine	426	↑1	57
44	Joanne	413	↑4	62
45	Grace	403	–	72
46	Louise	398	↓3	36
47	Marjorie	391	↓1	37
48	Lorraine	375	new	55
49	Marian	367	↑1	86
50	Marion	361	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	John	5,241	–	3
2	Robert	5,029	–	1
3	William	4,071	–	4
4	James	3,486	–	2
5	Joseph	2,960	–	9
6	Richard	2,833	–	5
7	Donald	2,658	↑1	7
8	Charles	2,434	↓1	6
9	George	1,924	–	8
10	Thomas	1,803	↑1	10
11	Edward	1,802	↓1	11
12	Paul	1,270	–	13
13	Frank	1,117	–	15
14	Ronald	1,092	↑13	16
15	David	978	↓1	12
16	Raymond	959	↓1	19
17	Kenneth	872	–	14
18	Harry	864	↓2	32
19	Francis	748	↑1	43
20	Walter	738	↓2	21
21	Harold	736	↓2	18
22	Eugene	723	↑2	22
23	Albert	677	↓2	26
24	Anthony	658	↓1	45
25	Carl	657	–	28
26	Jack	621	↓4	17
27	Michael	589	↓1	54
28	Gerald	582	↑3	24
29	Ralph	553	↓1	27
30	Louis	518	↓1	39
31	Daniel	480	↑1	42
32	Henry	445	↑1	23
33	Arthur	435	↓3	25
34	Bernard	427	↑2	60
35	Samuel	407	↑2	56
36	Howard	394	↓2	36
37	Fred	392	↑3	33
38	Stanley	383	↓3	52
39	Lawrence	377	–	35
40	Leonard	359	↑1	48
41	Andrew	354	↑2	69
42	Earl	340	↓4	41
43	Alfred	336	↑7	49
44	Norman	334	↓2	37
45	Theodore	326	↓1	67
46	Peter	311	↑1	62
47	Russell	311	↑2	63
48	Clarence	304	↓2	40
49	Vincent	284	new	93
50	Glenn	278	↓2	77

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