Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1933

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1933 were Mary for girls (4,122 babies) and John for boys (5,028). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 137,711 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1933

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: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Regina: 143 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sophie: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Dawn: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carmella: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dolores: 1,429 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angeline: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 148 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 51 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Clair: 94 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marlin: 79 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dominic: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Carmen: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elwood: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 678 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Steve: 122 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Barry: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 2,710 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	4,122	–	1
2	Joan	2,223	–	5
3	Dorothy	1,844	–	4
4	Betty	1,715	–	2
5	Margaret	1,661	–	7
6	Patricia	1,651	↑3	6
7	Shirley	1,630	↑1	9
8	Barbara	1,592	↑2	3
9	Dolores	1,429	↓3	21
10	Nancy	1,375	↑1	11
11	Helen	1,363	↓4	8
12	Jean	1,102	–	14
13	Ruth	1,086	↑1	13
14	Doris	1,041	↑1	10
15	Anna	1,039	↓2	29
16	Elizabeth	977	–	17
17	Janet	938	↑4	25
18	Lois	851	↓1	19
19	Eleanor	735	↑4	38
20	Marie	716	↓2	33
21	Rose	697	↓1	35
22	Catherine	656	↓3	44
23	Phyllis	589	↑3	28
24	Ann	576	↑4	34
25	Frances	576	↓1	18
26	Alice	569	↑1	22
27	Virginia	565	↓2	15
28	Gloria	563	↓6	31
29	Joyce	541	↑5	12
30	Florence	503	–	49
31	Jane	496	↑5	47
32	Evelyn	494	↓3	30
33	Mildred	487	↓1	32
34	Geraldine	486	↑4	42
35	Theresa	481	↓2	70
36	Rita	467	↑3	53
37	Marilyn	460	↓6	16
38	Donna	458	↑3	24
39	Martha	453	↑1	27
40	Norma	440	↓3	23
41	June	425	↑1	45
42	Irene	408	↓7	46
43	Grace	405	↑2	69
44	Joanne	402	–	56
45	Louise	388	↑1	39
46	Carol	380	new	20
47	Beverly	374	new	26
48	Audrey	371	new	59
49	Elaine	340	new	61
50	Marjorie	329	↓3	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	John	5,028	–	3
2	Robert	4,782	–	1
3	William	3,676	–	4
4	James	3,559	–	2
5	Richard	2,811	↑1	5
6	Joseph	2,710	↓1	9
7	Donald	2,578	–	7
8	Charles	2,186	–	6
9	George	1,721	–	8
10	Thomas	1,649	–	10
11	Edward	1,587	–	11
12	Paul	1,314	–	14
13	Ronald	1,150	↑1	12
14	Frank	1,018	↓1	16
15	David	944	–	13
16	Kenneth	852	↑1	15
17	Raymond	851	↓1	19
18	Harry	761	–	35
19	Walter	691	↑1	21
20	Francis	678	↓1	45
21	Eugene	643	↑1	23
22	Jack	633	↑4	17
23	Harold	625	↓2	18
24	Anthony	593	–	46
25	Albert	570	↓2	30
26	Carl	566	↓1	28
27	Gerald	554	↑1	22
28	Michael	535	↓1	53
29	Ralph	467	–	29
30	Daniel	444	↑1	42
31	Louis	421	↓1	40
32	Arthur	417	↑1	25
33	Henry	406	↓1	24
34	Fred	394	↑3	34
35	Stanley	393	↑3	55
36	Howard	373	–	36
37	Leonard	365	↑3	47
38	Bernard	358	↓4	63
39	Lawrence	357	–	38
40	Samuel	354	↓5	61
41	Norman	337	↑3	37
42	Franklin	322	new	33
43	Theodore	314	↑2	68
44	Earl	307	↓2	41
45	Andrew	299	↓4	76
46	Russell	283	↑1	67
47	Clarence	280	↑1	43
48	Peter	269	↓2	60
49	Glenn	259	↑1	74
50	Frederick	253	new	78

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