Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1935

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1935 were Mary for girls (3,930 babies) and Robert for boys (5,087). Social Security records list 143,778 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1935

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

Girls

Catharine: 36 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmella: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Regina: 156 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 92 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 179 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dolores: 1,197 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angeline: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 50 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Clair: 87 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmen: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlin: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rocco: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elwood: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 690 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Barry: 128 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 2,806 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	3,930	–	1
2	Shirley	3,877	–	2
3	Patricia	2,199	↑1	5
4	Joan	2,182	↓1	7
5	Barbara	1,952	–	3
6	Nancy	1,744	↑2	9
7	Margaret	1,612	↑2	8
8	Dorothy	1,595	↓2	6
9	Betty	1,474	↓2	4
10	Dolores	1,197	↑1	26
11	Helen	1,184	↓1	10
12	Elizabeth	976	↑3	17
13	Ruth	957	–	15
14	Janet	929	–	22
15	Jean	909	↓3	18
16	Anna	907	–	34
17	Doris	828	–	13
18	Lois	789	–	21
19	Marie	750	–	33
20	Carol	670	↑16	11
21	Catherine	643	↑2	42
22	Ann	637	↑3	30
23	Joyce	603	↑6	12
24	Virginia	602	↑4	16
25	Rose	600	↓3	37
26	Joanne	587	↑1	44
27	Eleanor	581	↓7	48
28	Frances	576	↓7	19
29	Donna	568	↑2	23
30	Alice	565	↓6	25
31	Phyllis	541	↓1	27
32	Marilyn	497	↑11	14
33	Evelyn	495	–	31
34	Beverly	483	↑3	20
35	Marlene	482	new	39
36	Gloria	475	↓10	32
37	Jane	474	↓2	43
38	Geraldine	444	↑4	40
39	Martha	442	–	24
40	Rita	410	↓6	63
41	Florence	403	↓9	74
42	Irene	397	↑2	52
43	Norma	397	↓2	29
44	Arlene	372	↑5	59
45	Audrey	367	new	64
46	Mildred	367	↓6	35
47	Elaine	364	–	51
48	Loretta	354	new	69
49	Theresa	353	↓11	86
50	Louise	347	↓4	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	5,087	↑1	1
2	John	4,954	↓1	3
3	William	3,925	–	4
4	James	3,871	–	2
5	Richard	2,961	–	5
6	Joseph	2,806	↑1	10
7	Donald	2,625	↓1	7
8	Charles	2,300	–	6
9	Thomas	1,913	–	9
10	George	1,746	–	8
11	Edward	1,646	–	13
12	Ronald	1,597	–	12
13	Paul	1,270	–	14
14	David	1,213	–	11
15	Frank	952	–	16
16	Kenneth	914	↑1	15
17	Raymond	827	↓1	17
18	Harry	791	–	37
19	Francis	690	↑1	53
20	Michael	671	↑7	41
21	Walter	660	↓2	23
22	Gerald	640	↑4	21
23	Eugene	596	↑2	26
24	Jack	593	↓2	18
25	Albert	585	↓1	31
26	Harold	577	↓5	20
27	Carl	569	↓4	28
28	Anthony	533	–	52
29	Ralph	506	–	32
30	Daniel	469	–	43
31	Arthur	430	–	29
32	Louis	427	↑1	42
33	Fred	410	↑2	34
34	Lawrence	397	–	35
35	Henry	384	↓3	27
36	Bernard	380	–	67
37	Earl	374	–	46
38	Samuel	373	↑2	62
39	Stanley	365	↑3	56
40	Howard	358	↑1	39
41	Leonard	344	↓3	54
42	Frederick	319	↑7	73
43	Norman	301	↓4	38
44	Larry	285	new	33
45	Theodore	279	–	79
46	Andrew	270	↓2	85
47	Wayne	268	↑1	49
48	Philip	261	new	65
49	Russell	261	↓3	68
50	Peter	259	↓7	59

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