Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1944

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1944 were Mary for girls (3,954 babies) and John for boys (5,967). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 163,565 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1944

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: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roseann: 77 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Regina: 168 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryann: 300 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 159 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dorothea: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eileen: 533 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlene: 370 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 149 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 102 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 60 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Clair: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carmen: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marlin: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elwood: 59 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Barry: 571 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominic: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 613 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Irvin: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 2,963 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	3,954	–	1
2	Barbara	2,915	–	2
3	Patricia	2,853	–	4
4	Carol	2,807	–	5
5	Nancy	1,902	–	7
6	Sandra	1,880	–	6
7	Judith	1,858	–	9
8	Linda	1,772	–	3
9	Margaret	1,415	–	14
10	Donna	1,293	–	17
11	Kathleen	1,177	↑2	20
12	Susan	1,148	↑4	13
13	Joan	1,100	↓2	22
14	Janet	1,008	↓2	21
15	Karen	972	↑4	16
16	Dorothy	926	↓2	19
17	Elizabeth	920	↑3	23
18	Joyce	913	↓3	18
19	Shirley	857	↓2	15
20	Ruth	851	↑1	32
21	Betty	813	↓3	10
22	Sharon	746	↑7	8
23	Carolyn	741	↓1	11
24	Diane	712	↑7	24
25	Carole	686	↑7	43
26	Helen	678	↓3	31
27	Judy	676	↓3	12
28	Virginia	639	↓2	26
29	Beverly	633	↑1	35
30	Bonnie	621	↓5	34
31	Jean	616	↓4	37
32	Gloria	561	↑2	25
33	Marie	545	↑5	48
34	Joanne	536	↓6	55
35	Elaine	534	↑1	46
36	Eileen	533	↑1	73
37	Frances	530	↓4	33
38	Catherine	525	↑1	49
39	Jane	512	↑7	41
40	Ann	505	↓5	39
41	Janice	489	↑1	28
42	Lois	488	↓2	47
43	Marilyn	484	–	27
44	Cheryl	455	new	36
45	Phyllis	420	↑3	40
46	Alice	413	↑4	38
47	Dolores	413	↓6	92
48	Doris	399	↑1	42
49	Geraldine	393	↓5	53
50	Anna	387	↓5	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	John	5,967	–	3
2	Robert	5,624	–	2
3	James	4,849	–	1
4	William	4,305	–	4
5	Richard	3,338	–	5
6	Joseph	2,963	–	13
7	Thomas	2,856	–	8
8	David	2,671	–	6
9	Charles	2,395	–	7
10	Ronald	2,132	–	10
11	Edward	1,726	↑1	18
12	Michael	1,726	↑2	9
13	Donald	1,698	–	11
14	George	1,689	↓3	14
15	Paul	1,337	–	17
16	Kenneth	1,183	–	16
17	Gary	974	↑3	15
18	Larry	937	–	12
19	Frank	936	↓2	21
20	Dennis	858	↑1	20
21	Raymond	835	↓2	22
22	Daniel	793	↑3	25
23	Harry	770	–	49
24	Gerald	752	↓2	24
25	Walter	640	↓1	26
26	Anthony	622	–	46
27	Francis	613	–	71
28	Barry	571	↑2	84
29	Lawrence	562	↑2	32
30	Stephen	554	↓2	28
31	Carl	531	↓2	36
32	Harold	498	↑1	27
33	Albert	497	↓1	44
34	Eugene	462	–	48
35	Arthur	457	↑1	29
36	Ralph	442	↓1	42
37	Wayne	418	↑6	37
38	Louis	396	↓1	54
39	Samuel	383	↑1	62
40	Frederick	382	↑5	73
41	Jack	378	–	30
42	Terry	375	↑2	43
43	Peter	360	↓4	40
44	Leonard	357	↑3	56
45	Henry	345	↓3	35
46	Stanley	342	↓8	57
47	Bruce	332	↑3	51
48	Howard	331	↓2	53
49	Roger	329	new	23
50	Fred	325	↓2	47

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