Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1945

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1945 were Mary for girls (3,657 babies) and John for boys (5,769). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 160,304 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1945

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: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carolann: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 256 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 165 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Regina: 157 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Helene: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eileen: 549 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 134 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dolores: 389 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 60 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Clair: 45 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marlin: 59 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dominic: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elwood: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 563 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Barry: 515 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacob: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joseph: 2,757 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 184 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	3,657	–	1
2	Carol	2,879	↑2	5
3	Barbara	2,808	↓1	3
4	Patricia	2,646	↓1	4
5	Linda	2,156	↑3	2
6	Sandra	1,800	–	6
7	Judith	1,736	–	9
8	Nancy	1,692	↓3	7
9	Susan	1,315	↑3	10
10	Margaret	1,306	↓1	15
11	Donna	1,287	↓1	17
12	Kathleen	1,285	↓1	19
13	Karen	1,001	↑2	16
14	Janet	980	–	20
15	Joyce	945	↑3	18
16	Joan	938	↓3	25
17	Elizabeth	906	–	26
18	Diane	825	↑6	22
19	Dorothy	812	↓3	21
20	Shirley	806	↓1	14
21	Betty	755	–	11
22	Sharon	744	–	8
23	Ruth	723	↓3	33
24	Judy	665	↑3	13
25	Carolyn	652	↓2	12
26	Jean	631	↑5	38
27	Bonnie	620	↑3	35
28	Jane	600	↑11	36
29	Gloria	597	↑3	23
30	Helen	589	↓4	31
31	Elaine	588	↑4	44
32	Joanne	555	↑2	53
33	Ann	549	↑7	39
34	Eileen	549	↑2	70
35	Beverly	545	↓6	37
36	Virginia	543	↓8	28
37	Frances	529	–	34
38	Marilyn	526	↑5	27
39	Janice	501	↑2	24
40	Catherine	476	↓2	50
41	Carole	467	↓16	51
42	Cheryl	467	↑2	32
43	Marie	466	↓10	49
44	Lois	454	↓2	48
45	Phyllis	397	–	40
46	Anna	393	↑4	73
47	Dolores	389	–	>100
48	Rosemary	385	new	79
49	Darlene	377	new	71
50	Geraldine	374	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	John	5,769	–	3
2	Robert	5,444	–	2
3	James	4,760	–	1
4	William	4,244	–	4
5	Richard	3,485	–	5
6	Thomas	2,849	↑1	8
7	Joseph	2,757	↓1	14
8	David	2,741	–	6
9	Charles	2,146	–	7
10	Ronald	2,041	–	10
11	Michael	1,826	↑1	9
12	Edward	1,629	↓1	18
13	George	1,618	↑1	15
14	Donald	1,557	↓1	12
15	Paul	1,294	–	17
16	Kenneth	1,140	–	16
17	Dennis	1,067	↑3	19
18	Gary	1,056	↓1	13
19	Larry	987	↓1	11
20	Frank	917	↓1	21
21	Raymond	773	–	23
22	Daniel	744	–	24
23	Gerald	690	↑1	25
24	Harry	679	↓1	47
25	Anthony	633	↑1	46
26	Stephen	592	↑4	26
27	Walter	580	↓2	27
28	Francis	563	↓1	76
29	Lawrence	525	–	30
30	Barry	515	↓2	84
31	Carl	473	–	39
32	Albert	455	↑1	49
33	Eugene	444	↑1	50
34	Harold	434	↓2	28
35	Jack	422	↑6	32
36	Terry	415	↑6	33
37	Samuel	406	↑2	62
38	Louis	405	–	55
39	Wayne	395	↓2	35
40	Arthur	384	↓5	34
41	Bruce	381	↑6	48
42	Ralph	374	↓6	44
43	Stanley	373	↑3	59
44	Peter	359	↓1	38
45	Howard	357	↑3	54
46	Frederick	354	↓6	77
47	Henry	346	↓2	37
48	Roger	344	↑1	22
49	Leonard	332	↓5	57
50	Fred	321	–	51

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