Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1943

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1943 were Mary for girls (4,469 babies) and John for boys (6,444). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 183,517 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1943

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: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Regina: 202 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maryann: 323 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roseann: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eileen: 610 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dolores: 553 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eleanor: 398 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 177 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joanne: 733 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 61 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Clair: 57 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carmen: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marlin: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elwood: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominic: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barry: 620 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 694 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joseph: 3,334 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Harry: 806 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	4,469	–	1
2	Barbara	3,550	–	2
3	Patricia	3,323	–	3
4	Carol	3,117	–	5
5	Nancy	2,189	–	9
6	Sandra	2,125	↑1	6
7	Judith	2,114	↓1	7
8	Linda	1,916	↑1	4
9	Margaret	1,655	↓1	14
10	Donna	1,358	↑2	17
11	Joan	1,344	↓1	21
12	Janet	1,269	↓1	20
13	Kathleen	1,202	↑2	22
14	Dorothy	1,165	–	19
15	Joyce	1,152	↓2	16
16	Susan	1,065	↑6	18
17	Shirley	1,022	↓1	12
18	Betty	994	–	10
19	Karen	977	↑11	15
20	Elizabeth	975	↓3	23
21	Ruth	893	–	33
22	Carolyn	881	↓3	11
23	Helen	823	–	28
24	Judy	756	↑4	13
25	Bonnie	755	↑4	34
26	Virginia	752	–	25
27	Jean	733	–	36
28	Joanne	733	↓3	49
29	Sharon	731	new	8
30	Beverly	713	↓6	32
31	Diane	692	↑2	24
32	Carole	687	↓12	42
33	Frances	676	↓1	31
34	Gloria	655	↑4	30
35	Ann	624	↓1	37
36	Elaine	622	–	46
37	Eileen	610	↑8	68
38	Marie	607	↓7	45
39	Catherine	606	↓2	48
40	Lois	588	↓1	43
41	Dolores	553	↓6	74
42	Janice	548	–	26
43	Marilyn	546	↑4	27
44	Geraldine	515	↓4	51
45	Anna	489	↓4	64
46	Jane	481	↑2	44
47	Rose	481	↓3	50
48	Phyllis	469	↓5	39
49	Doris	441	↓3	40
50	Alice	434	↓1	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	John	6,444	–	3
2	Robert	6,245	–	2
3	James	5,264	–	1
4	William	4,940	–	4
5	Richard	3,742	–	5
6	Joseph	3,334	–	13
7	Thomas	3,146	–	8
8	David	2,649	↑1	6
9	Charles	2,633	↓1	7
10	Ronald	2,572	–	9
11	George	1,978	–	14
12	Edward	1,938	–	18
13	Donald	1,836	–	11
14	Michael	1,740	–	10
15	Paul	1,436	–	19
16	Kenneth	1,327	–	15
17	Frank	1,086	–	21
18	Larry	1,026	–	12
19	Raymond	1,000	–	22
20	Gary	954	↑2	16
21	Dennis	905	–	20
22	Gerald	847	↓2	23
23	Harry	806	–	50
24	Walter	805	↑2	26
25	Daniel	800	–	25
26	Anthony	744	↓2	44
27	Francis	694	–	64
28	Stephen	668	–	29
29	Carl	628	–	33
30	Barry	620	↑3	82
31	Lawrence	582	–	32
32	Albert	571	↓2	43
33	Harold	541	↓1	27
34	Eugene	536	–	47
35	Ralph	528	–	40
36	Arthur	468	–	30
37	Louis	467	–	53
38	Stanley	457	↑2	54
39	Peter	448	↑2	39
40	Samuel	446	↓2	62
41	Jack	435	↓2	34
42	Henry	417	–	31
43	Wayne	416	↑1	41
44	Terry	415	new	49
45	Frederick	411	↑2	70
46	Howard	400	–	48
47	Leonard	396	↑2	55
48	Fred	385	↓5	45
49	Andrew	373	↓1	79
50	Bruce	362	new	51

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