Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1934

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1934 were Mary for girls (4,090 babies) and John for boys (5,005). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 141,799 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1934

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: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Regina: 168 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 145 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carmella: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 170 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dolores: 1,341 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maryann: 129 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eleanore: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 58 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Clair: 107 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmen: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marlin: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elwood: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 659 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 2,706 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicholas: 138 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dominic: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 769 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	4,090	–	1
2	Shirley	2,446	↑5	4
3	Joan	2,362	↓1	7
4	Patricia	1,961	↑2	6
5	Barbara	1,866	↑3	3
6	Dorothy	1,630	↓3	5
7	Betty	1,619	↓3	2
8	Nancy	1,616	↑2	10
9	Margaret	1,558	↓4	8
10	Helen	1,375	↑1	9
11	Dolores	1,341	↓2	26
12	Jean	1,056	–	16
13	Ruth	1,048	–	13
14	Janet	1,014	↑3	21
15	Elizabeth	1,009	↑1	18
16	Anna	999	↓1	31
17	Doris	967	↓3	11
18	Lois	816	–	20
19	Marie	714	↑1	34
20	Eleanor	673	↓1	44
21	Frances	670	↑4	19
22	Rose	667	↓1	37
23	Catherine	633	↓1	42
24	Alice	598	↑2	25
25	Ann	597	↓1	32
26	Gloria	556	↑2	30
27	Joanne	556	↑17	45
28	Virginia	554	↓1	15
29	Joyce	544	–	12
30	Phyllis	513	↓7	28
31	Donna	498	↑7	23
32	Florence	497	↓2	61
33	Evelyn	486	↓1	29
34	Rita	484	↑2	63
35	Jane	475	↓4	48
36	Carol	474	↑10	14
37	Beverly	465	↑10	22
38	Theresa	463	↓3	77
39	Martha	453	–	27
40	Mildred	453	↓7	35
41	Norma	451	↓1	24
42	Geraldine	448	↓8	43
43	Marilyn	445	↓6	17
44	Irene	397	↓2	49
45	June	380	↓4	46
46	Louise	380	↓1	40
47	Elaine	376	↑2	54
48	Grace	374	↓5	79
49	Arlene	366	new	53
50	Lorraine	358	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	John	5,005	–	3
2	Robert	4,882	–	1
3	William	3,840	–	4
4	James	3,638	–	2
5	Richard	2,849	–	5
6	Donald	2,709	↑1	6
7	Joseph	2,706	↓1	10
8	Charles	2,308	–	7
9	Thomas	1,829	↑1	9
10	George	1,780	↓1	8
11	Edward	1,572	–	13
12	Ronald	1,364	↑1	11
13	Paul	1,315	↓1	14
14	David	1,051	↑1	12
15	Frank	928	↓1	16
16	Raymond	871	↑1	19
17	Kenneth	798	↓1	15
18	Harry	769	–	36
19	Walter	715	–	21
20	Francis	659	–	49
21	Harold	653	↑2	18
22	Jack	632	–	17
23	Carl	622	↑3	28
24	Albert	602	↑1	32
25	Eugene	596	↓4	24
26	Gerald	590	↑1	22
27	Michael	581	↑1	47
28	Anthony	573	↓4	52
29	Ralph	508	–	31
30	Daniel	434	–	42
31	Arthur	410	↑1	29
32	Henry	402	↑1	27
33	Louis	392	↓2	40
34	Lawrence	391	↑5	34
35	Fred	389	↓1	33
36	Bernard	385	↑2	65
37	Earl	379	↑7	41
38	Leonard	360	↓1	53
39	Norman	360	↑2	38
40	Samuel	359	–	66
41	Howard	354	↓5	37
42	Stanley	346	↓7	58
43	Peter	304	↑5	61
44	Andrew	297	↑1	76
45	Theodore	296	↓2	74
46	Russell	271	–	70
47	Clarence	254	–	45
48	Wayne	253	new	48
49	Frederick	242	↑1	77
50	Dale	241	new	62

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