Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1947

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1947 were Linda for girls (6,768 babies) and John for boys (8,049). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 232,309 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1947

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, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 239 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryann: 341 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eileen: 671 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roseann: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 172 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Helene: 84 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Regina: 206 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Antoinette: 142 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sharyn: 131 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 65 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Clair: 68 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Francis: 751 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barry: 901 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 3,759 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Harry: 845 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	6,768	↑4	1
2	Mary	4,848	↓1	2
3	Patricia	3,962	↓1	3
4	Barbara	3,818	↓1	4
5	Carol	3,278	↓1	6
6	Sandra	2,540	–	5
7	Nancy	2,475	–	7
8	Susan	2,357	–	8
9	Donna	2,154	↑2	10
10	Kathleen	2,146	–	11
11	Judith	2,019	↓2	12
12	Karen	1,765	↑1	13
13	Margaret	1,758	↓1	16
14	Sharon	1,460	–	9
15	Diane	1,343	–	18
16	Janet	1,220	–	23
17	Elizabeth	1,100	↑2	25
18	Joan	1,065	↓1	30
19	Joyce	1,065	↓1	20
20	Cheryl	1,022	↑9	24
21	Shirley	956	↓1	19
22	Bonnie	903	↑1	35
23	Dorothy	897	↓2	26
24	Beverly	880	↑4	31
25	Jane	832	↑2	36
26	Carolyn	822	–	15
27	Judy	816	↓2	14
28	Ruth	807	↓6	44
29	Jean	801	↑2	40
30	Janice	789	–	22
31	Joanne	776	↑1	56
32	Gloria	756	↑1	27
33	Catherine	753	↑6	46
34	Elaine	745	↑2	50
35	Betty	743	↓11	17
36	Virginia	713	↑1	34
37	Christine	702	↑10	45
38	Eileen	671	↓3	91
39	Ann	663	↓1	41
40	Marilyn	658	↑1	29
41	Helen	655	↓7	38
42	Cynthia	651	↑7	33
43	Darlene	634	↑1	71
44	Frances	630	↓1	39
45	Marie	615	↓5	57
46	Suzanne	611	↓4	53
47	Jacqueline	562	new	59
48	Phyllis	545	–	37
49	Lois	526	↓4	63
50	Rose	517	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	John	8,049	–	3
2	Robert	7,755	–	2
3	James	6,460	–	1
4	William	6,118	–	4
5	Richard	4,503	–	5
6	David	4,307	↑1	6
7	Thomas	4,209	↓1	8
8	Joseph	3,759	–	14
9	Charles	3,115	–	9
10	Michael	3,101	↑1	7
11	Ronald	2,706	↓1	11
12	George	2,253	↑1	16
13	Edward	2,234	↓1	19
14	Donald	2,062	–	13
15	Dennis	1,953	↑1	17
16	Paul	1,827	↓1	18
17	Kenneth	1,663	–	15
18	Gary	1,582	–	12
19	Larry	1,506	–	10
20	Daniel	1,278	↑1	22
21	Frank	1,269	↓1	23
22	Stephen	1,051	↑1	21
23	Raymond	1,047	↓1	27
24	Anthony	982	↑3	41
25	Barry	901	↓1	68
26	Gerald	891	–	28
27	Harry	845	↓2	54
28	Terry	816	↑2	26
29	Lawrence	814	↑2	32
30	Francis	751	↓2	84
31	Walter	735	↓2	34
32	Wayne	667	–	30
33	Gregory	658	↑16	33
34	Bruce	656	–	29
35	Carl	601	↓2	40
36	Albert	596	↓1	55
37	Eugene	570	↓1	59
38	Peter	548	↑4	36
39	Ralph	538	↑6	50
40	Louis	536	↑7	64
41	Jack	529	↓3	37
42	Harold	528	↓5	35
43	Frederick	515	↑1	78
44	Jeffrey	515	new	66
45	Samuel	511	↓6	72
46	Arthur	502	↓5	38
47	Alan	488	↓7	45
48	Mark	483	new	47
49	Stanley	480	↓3	67
50	Philip	468	new	57

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