Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1937

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1937 were Mary for girls (4,038 babies) and Robert for boys (5,700). Social Security records list 145,190 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1937

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: 178 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carmella: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dolores: 935 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maryann: 206 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Miriam: 127 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Helene: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Veronica: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 63 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Clair: 77 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carmen: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dominic: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlin: 72 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 696 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elwood: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 161 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jacob: 91 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 801 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	4,038	–	1
2	Patricia	2,557	↑1	3
3	Barbara	2,508	↑1	2
4	Shirley	2,011	↓2	4
5	Nancy	1,945	↑1	7
6	Joan	1,762	↓1	9
7	Margaret	1,542	–	10
8	Dorothy	1,336	–	8
9	Betty	1,188	–	5
10	Carol	1,100	↑5	6
11	Janet	1,070	↑1	18
12	Helen	1,008	↓2	12
13	Ruth	1,006	–	15
14	Elizabeth	959	–	17
15	Dolores	935	↓4	37
16	Jean	864	–	23
17	Anna	787	–	39
18	Marie	755	↑1	35
19	Donna	730	↑3	21
20	Lois	696	–	29
21	Frances	683	↑7	19
22	Beverly	649	↑10	14
23	Doris	647	↓5	22
24	Joyce	620	↑5	11
25	Catherine	610	↑1	47
26	Virginia	604	↓2	16
27	Sandra	588	↑13	26
28	Ann	580	↓5	30
29	Eleanor	575	↑1	53
30	Marlene	562	↓3	40
31	Rose	555	↓10	38
32	Joanne	547	↑3	51
33	Phyllis	524	↓8	27
34	Alice	508	↓3	28
35	Geraldine	506	↓1	44
36	Marilyn	505	↓3	13
37	Jane	486	↓1	42
38	Janice	484	↑8	25
39	Gloria	461	↓2	32
40	Elaine	443	↓2	45
41	Evelyn	407	↑2	36
42	Sally	401	new	59
43	Loretta	382	new	63
44	Judith	380	new	34
45	Rita	380	↑4	69
46	Florence	379	↓1	81
47	Arlene	378	↓3	60
48	Carolyn	378	–	20
49	Martha	377	↓10	24
50	Theresa	375	↓9	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	5,700	–	1
2	John	4,998	–	3
3	William	3,962	↑1	4
4	James	3,888	↓1	2
5	Richard	2,936	–	5
6	Joseph	2,679	–	12
7	Charles	2,448	↑1	6
8	Donald	2,286	↓1	7
9	Thomas	2,142	–	9
10	Ronald	1,893	↑1	11
11	Edward	1,767	↑1	13
12	George	1,741	↓2	10
13	David	1,502	–	8
14	Paul	1,212	–	15
15	Frank	955	–	18
16	Kenneth	898	–	14
17	Raymond	881	–	19
18	Harry	801	–	41
19	Michael	794	–	27
20	Walter	700	↑2	26
21	Francis	696	–	55
22	Gerald	663	↓2	20
23	Anthony	611	↑2	47
24	Carl	600	↓1	28
25	Harold	552	↑3	21
26	Jack	542	↑1	23
27	Albert	538	↓3	37
28	Eugene	518	↓2	33
29	Larry	471	↑8	16
30	Daniel	462	↓1	39
31	Ralph	461	↓1	34
32	Fred	460	–	35
33	Arthur	415	↓2	31
34	Lawrence	406	↑1	38
35	Henry	367	↓1	30
36	Louis	357	↓3	46
37	Frederick	352	↑8	68
38	Bernard	351	↓2	73
39	Howard	350	↓1	42
40	Norman	349	↑3	43
41	Leonard	334	↓2	58
42	Samuel	327	↓1	66
43	Stanley	323	↓3	57
44	Andrew	305	–	79
45	Peter	297	↑3	52
46	Stephen	291	new	92
47	Earl	278	↓5	48
48	Gary	271	new	29
49	Wayne	268	↓3	44
50	Melvin	264	new	50

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