Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1946

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1946 were Mary for girls (4,455 babies) and John for boys (7,202). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 203,704 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1946

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, 3.3× the national rate
Maryann: 336 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadette: 249 babies, 3× the national rate
Regina: 217 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roseann: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eileen: 668 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marlene: 384 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Eleanor: 265 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 151 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dolores: 409 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 64 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Marlin: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 752 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Barry: 839 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jacob: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 3,365 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Harry: 825 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 226 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Merle: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	4,455	–	1
2	Patricia	3,671	↑2	3
3	Barbara	3,526	–	4
4	Carol	3,311	↓2	5
5	Linda	2,953	–	2
6	Sandra	2,436	–	6
7	Nancy	2,300	↑1	7
8	Susan	1,995	↑1	8
9	Judith	1,969	↓2	10
10	Kathleen	1,808	↑2	16
11	Donna	1,672	–	13
12	Margaret	1,628	↓2	17
13	Karen	1,516	–	15
14	Sharon	1,346	↑8	9
15	Diane	1,229	↑3	19
16	Janet	1,111	↓2	21
17	Joan	1,087	↓1	28
18	Joyce	1,015	↓3	20
19	Elizabeth	938	↓2	25
20	Shirley	917	–	18
21	Dorothy	910	↓2	23
22	Ruth	870	↑1	38
23	Bonnie	863	↑4	33
24	Betty	845	↓3	14
25	Judy	830	↓1	11
26	Carolyn	786	↓1	12
27	Jane	769	↑1	35
28	Beverly	767	↑7	30
29	Cheryl	731	↑13	27
30	Janice	729	↑9	22
31	Jean	712	↓5	37
32	Joanne	711	–	57
33	Gloria	674	↓4	26
34	Helen	670	↓4	36
35	Eileen	668	↓1	80
36	Elaine	656	↓5	47
37	Virginia	652	↓1	31
38	Ann	643	↓5	40
39	Catherine	625	↑1	48
40	Marie	608	↑3	54
41	Marilyn	580	↓3	29
42	Suzanne	561	new	52
43	Frances	548	↓6	39
44	Darlene	546	↑5	71
45	Lois	511	↓1	55
46	Carole	496	↓5	72
47	Christine	485	new	50
48	Phyllis	483	↓3	41
49	Cynthia	482	new	46
50	Rosemary	459	↓2	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	John	7,202	–	3
2	Robert	6,907	–	2
3	James	5,861	–	1
4	William	5,403	–	4
5	Richard	4,645	–	5
6	Thomas	3,695	–	8
7	David	3,436	↑1	6
8	Joseph	3,365	↓1	14
9	Charles	2,750	–	9
10	Ronald	2,684	–	10
11	Michael	2,586	–	7
12	Edward	2,004	–	19
13	George	1,899	–	16
14	Donald	1,862	–	13
15	Paul	1,717	–	18
16	Dennis	1,671	↑1	17
17	Kenneth	1,505	↓1	15
18	Gary	1,460	–	12
19	Larry	1,250	–	11
20	Frank	1,133	–	22
21	Daniel	1,106	↑1	21
22	Raymond	953	↓1	25
23	Stephen	848	↑3	24
24	Barry	839	↑6	68
25	Harry	825	↓1	50
26	Gerald	779	↓3	27
27	Anthony	759	↓2	44
28	Francis	752	–	80
29	Walter	720	↓2	30
30	Terry	704	↑6	26
31	Lawrence	674	↓2	31
32	Wayne	604	↑7	29
33	Carl	602	↓2	39
34	Bruce	533	↑7	32
35	Albert	522	↓3	52
36	Eugene	519	↓3	57
37	Harold	503	↓3	33
38	Jack	480	↓3	35
39	Samuel	478	↓2	70
40	Alan	468	new	49
41	Arthur	462	↓1	36
42	Peter	449	↑2	38
43	Howard	448	↑2	55
44	Frederick	442	↑2	75
45	Ralph	442	↓3	48
46	Stanley	431	↓3	65
47	Louis	404	↓9	63
48	Timothy	400	new	60
49	Gregory	394	new	56
50	Fred	384	–	51

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