Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1942

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1942 were Mary for girls (4,475 babies) and John for boys (6,575). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 183,270 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1942

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: 82 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 342 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roseann: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Regina: 164 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eileen: 496 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 202 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Helene: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dolores: 636 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joanne: 762 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 77 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Clair: 64 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carmen: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Elwood: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dominic: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlin: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Barry: 577 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 748 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacob: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 3,298 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	4,475	–	1
2	Barbara	3,873	↑1	2
3	Patricia	3,707	↓1	3
4	Carol	3,016	–	5
5	Nancy	2,249	–	8
6	Judith	2,052	–	7
7	Sandra	2,042	–	6
8	Margaret	1,705	–	14
9	Linda	1,596	↑2	4
10	Joan	1,588	↓1	18
11	Janet	1,269	↑3	19
12	Donna	1,237	↑3	20
13	Joyce	1,188	↓1	13
14	Dorothy	1,179	↓4	17
15	Kathleen	1,062	↑6	24
16	Shirley	1,054	↓3	12
17	Elizabeth	1,006	↓1	22
18	Betty	987	↓1	9
19	Carolyn	938	↑3	10
20	Carole	937	↑16	35
21	Ruth	919	↓3	33
22	Susan	834	↑6	21
23	Helen	826	↓4	26
24	Beverly	765	↑2	32
25	Joanne	762	↑2	48
26	Virginia	762	↓2	23
27	Jean	757	↓7	36
28	Judy	719	↑3	15
29	Bonnie	717	–	34
30	Karen	703	new	16
31	Marie	686	↓8	43
32	Frances	685	↑2	30
33	Diane	661	new	28
34	Ann	638	↑1	38
35	Dolores	636	↓5	63
36	Elaine	636	↓4	45
37	Catherine	625	↓4	49
38	Gloria	606	↓13	31
39	Lois	572	↓2	44
40	Geraldine	556	↑1	47
41	Anna	552	↓3	59
42	Janice	549	↓3	25
43	Phyllis	534	↓3	37
44	Rose	525	↓2	50
45	Eileen	496	new	88
46	Doris	494	↓2	41
47	Marilyn	486	↓1	27
48	Jane	477	↓5	46
49	Alice	464	↓4	39
50	Sally	445	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	John	6,575	–	3
2	Robert	6,204	–	2
3	James	5,206	–	1
4	William	5,058	–	4
5	Richard	3,683	–	5
6	Joseph	3,298	–	11
7	Thomas	2,977	–	8
8	Charles	2,723	↑1	7
9	David	2,707	↑1	6
10	Ronald	2,496	↓2	9
11	George	2,020	↑1	14
12	Edward	1,984	↓1	17
13	Donald	1,854	–	10
14	Michael	1,554	↑1	13
15	Paul	1,444	↓1	19
16	Kenneth	1,262	–	15
17	Frank	1,140	–	21
18	Larry	1,059	–	12
19	Raymond	1,032	–	24
20	Gerald	897	–	22
21	Dennis	855	↑8	20
22	Gary	854	–	18
23	Harry	850	↓2	48
24	Anthony	808	↑2	44
25	Daniel	764	–	28
26	Walter	751	↓3	26
27	Francis	748	↓3	58
28	Stephen	660	↑6	32
29	Carl	632	↓2	36
30	Albert	627	↓2	40
31	Lawrence	586	↑2	30
32	Harold	585	↓1	27
33	Barry	577	↓1	79
34	Eugene	567	↓4	45
35	Ralph	539	–	38
36	Arthur	536	–	29
37	Louis	490	↑1	51
38	Samuel	474	↑3	59
39	Jack	452	↓2	34
40	Stanley	445	↑3	56
41	Peter	436	↑3	39
42	Henry	419	↓2	31
43	Fred	417	↓1	46
44	Wayne	411	↑1	41
45	Douglas	410	new	23
46	Howard	401	↓7	49
47	Frederick	387	↓1	68
48	Andrew	364	↑1	80
49	Leonard	356	↓1	57
50	Jerry	355	new	16

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