Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1941

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1941 were Mary for girls (4,088 babies) and John for boys (5,653). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 159,599 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1941

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

Girls

Maryanne: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Roseann: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Regina: 138 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 195 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Faith: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maryann: 252 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 109 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Johanna: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dolores: 629 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 71 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Clair: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmen: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Barry: 487 babies, 3× the national rate
Elwood: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlin: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 677 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 763 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joseph: 2,874 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	4,088	–	1
2	Patricia	3,489	–	3
3	Barbara	3,284	–	2
4	Carol	2,346	↑1	4
5	Nancy	2,013	↓1	8
6	Judith	1,799	–	6
7	Sandra	1,589	↑2	9
8	Margaret	1,575	–	12
9	Joan	1,481	↓2	17
10	Dorothy	1,171	–	14
11	Linda	1,153	↑7	5
12	Joyce	1,140	↑2	13
13	Shirley	1,080	↓2	10
14	Janet	1,060	↓2	18
15	Donna	953	↑2	20
16	Elizabeth	934	↓3	21
17	Betty	887	↓2	7
18	Ruth	867	↓2	28
19	Helen	846	–	24
20	Jean	698	–	32
21	Kathleen	695	↑13	36
22	Carolyn	687	↑19	11
23	Marie	680	↑6	42
24	Virginia	653	↑2	23
25	Gloria	646	↓1	26
26	Beverly	637	↓3	29
27	Joanne	634	↑1	54
28	Susan	632	↑16	27
29	Bonnie	629	new	33
30	Dolores	629	↓5	57
31	Judy	612	↑2	16
32	Elaine	602	↑4	44
33	Catherine	579	↓3	51
34	Frances	576	↓7	31
35	Ann	573	↓13	37
36	Carole	568	↑1	48
37	Lois	555	↓16	43
38	Anna	523	↓7	56
39	Janice	506	↓4	22
40	Phyllis	494	↑2	35
41	Geraldine	476	↑2	45
42	Rose	471	↓10	49
43	Jane	456	↓3	46
44	Doris	446	↓6	38
45	Alice	436	↓6	34
46	Marilyn	409	–	30
47	Martha	396	↑1	25
48	Marlene	394	↓1	83
49	Eleanor	377	↓4	78
50	Joann	373	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	John	5,653	↑1	3
2	Robert	5,598	↓1	2
3	James	4,392	↑1	1
4	William	4,339	↓1	4
5	Richard	3,321	–	5
6	Joseph	2,874	–	12
7	Thomas	2,650	–	8
8	Ronald	2,418	↑1	9
9	Charles	2,347	↓1	6
10	David	2,224	–	7
11	Edward	1,793	↑2	17
12	George	1,761	–	13
13	Donald	1,748	↓2	10
14	Paul	1,342	–	18
15	Michael	1,240	–	16
16	Kenneth	1,081	–	15
17	Frank	958	–	21
18	Larry	956	↑1	11
19	Raymond	889	↓1	22
20	Gerald	829	–	20
21	Harry	763	–	48
22	Gary	702	↑1	19
23	Walter	682	↑1	26
24	Francis	677	↓2	60
25	Daniel	660	↑1	31
26	Anthony	629	↓1	46
27	Carl	604	–	29
28	Albert	559	↑2	40
29	Dennis	547	↑6	23
30	Eugene	526	↓2	42
31	Harold	506	↓2	24
32	Barry	487	↑8	91
33	Lawrence	486	↓2	34
34	Stephen	475	↑2	41
35	Ralph	441	↓3	38
36	Arthur	440	↓2	33
37	Jack	420	↓4	32
38	Louis	414	↑1	50
39	Howard	413	↑2	47
40	Henry	409	↑3	28
41	Samuel	397	↓4	65
42	Fred	394	↓4	43
43	Stanley	383	↓1	57
44	Peter	363	↑1	44
45	Wayne	340	↓1	37
46	Frederick	333	↑1	69
47	Bernard	320	↓1	87
48	Leonard	320	–	54
49	Andrew	308	↑1	82
50	Philip	293	new	52

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