Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1936

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1936 were Mary for girls (3,933 babies) and Robert for boys (5,286). Social Security records list 142,653 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1936

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

Girls

Carmella: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Regina: 165 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 77 babies, 3× the national rate
Eleanore: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Veronica: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Miriam: 130 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 86 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dolores: 1,069 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maryann: 160 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 66 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Clair: 91 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Elwood: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlin: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carmen: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barry: 130 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 804 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 643 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 2,731 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jay: 173 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	3,933	–	1
2	Shirley	2,742	–	2
3	Patricia	2,284	–	5
4	Barbara	2,196	↑1	3
5	Joan	2,067	↓1	7
6	Nancy	1,985	–	8
7	Margaret	1,571	–	9
8	Dorothy	1,465	–	6
9	Betty	1,274	–	4
10	Helen	1,133	↑1	11
11	Dolores	1,069	↓1	30
12	Janet	992	↑2	21
13	Ruth	955	–	16
14	Elizabeth	925	↓2	18
15	Carol	921	↑5	10
16	Jean	885	↓1	20
17	Anna	812	↓1	36
18	Doris	760	↓1	15
19	Marie	718	–	33
20	Lois	689	↓2	26
21	Rose	670	↑4	37
22	Donna	636	↑7	22
23	Ann	632	↓1	28
24	Virginia	615	–	14
25	Phyllis	607	↑6	25
26	Catherine	605	↓5	44
27	Marlene	601	↑8	39
28	Frances	594	–	19
29	Joyce	590	↓6	12
30	Eleanor	589	↓3	47
31	Alice	543	↓1	27
32	Beverly	543	↑2	17
33	Marilyn	542	↓1	13
34	Geraldine	494	↑4	41
35	Joanne	488	↓9	48
36	Jane	471	↑1	42
37	Gloria	467	↓1	32
38	Elaine	437	↑9	50
39	Martha	418	–	24
40	Sandra	417	new	38
41	Theresa	412	↑8	88
42	Norma	404	↑1	29
43	Evelyn	403	↓10	34
44	Arlene	393	–	54
45	Florence	393	↓4	80
46	Janice	388	new	31
47	Audrey	373	↓2	68
48	Carolyn	366	new	23
49	Rita	360	↓9	69
50	Eileen	353	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	5,286	–	1
2	John	4,910	–	3
3	James	3,908	↑1	2
4	William	3,682	↓1	4
5	Richard	3,116	–	5
6	Joseph	2,731	–	11
7	Donald	2,440	–	7
8	Charles	2,262	–	6
9	Thomas	1,959	–	8
10	George	1,749	–	9
11	Ronald	1,699	↑1	12
12	Edward	1,624	↓1	13
13	David	1,302	↑1	10
14	Paul	1,221	↓1	15
15	Frank	934	–	16
16	Kenneth	921	–	14
17	Raymond	816	–	17
18	Harry	804	–	39
19	Michael	665	↑1	33
20	Gerald	652	↑2	19
21	Francis	643	↓2	50
22	Walter	627	↓1	26
23	Carl	606	↑4	27
24	Albert	556	↑1	34
25	Anthony	551	↑3	48
26	Eugene	550	↓3	29
27	Jack	534	↓3	20
28	Harold	527	↓2	21
29	Daniel	472	↑1	41
30	Ralph	454	↓1	31
31	Arthur	436	–	30
32	Fred	423	↑1	36
33	Louis	413	↓1	44
34	Henry	385	↑1	28
35	Lawrence	380	↓1	37
36	Bernard	373	–	68
37	Larry	373	↑7	25
38	Howard	369	↑2	40
39	Leonard	360	↑2	54
40	Stanley	354	↓1	58
41	Samuel	342	↓3	67
42	Earl	336	↓5	47
43	Norman	322	–	43
44	Andrew	318	↑2	83
45	Frederick	310	↓3	70
46	Wayne	299	↑1	45
47	Theodore	283	↓2	87
48	Peter	277	↑2	56
49	Philip	262	↓1	63
50	Glenn	260	new	80

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