Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1948

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1948 were Linda for girls (6,217 babies) and John for boys (7,300). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 213,440 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1948

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: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maryann: 322 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 85 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryellen: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 215 babies, 3× the national rate
Eileen: 598 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonita: 203 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sharyn: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 153 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 129 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 63 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Clair: 59 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carmen: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marlin: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 760 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barry: 778 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacob: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Merle: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 3,574 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	6,217	–	1
2	Mary	4,441	–	2
3	Barbara	3,589	↑1	3
4	Patricia	3,354	↓1	4
5	Carol	2,832	–	8
6	Susan	2,598	↑2	5
7	Kathleen	2,185	↑3	10
8	Sandra	2,167	↓2	6
9	Nancy	2,156	↓2	7
10	Donna	1,816	↓1	11
11	Karen	1,767	↑1	12
12	Margaret	1,643	↑1	13
13	Judith	1,448	↓2	15
14	Sharon	1,434	–	9
15	Diane	1,304	–	19
16	Cheryl	1,036	↑4	25
17	Janet	1,031	↓1	24
18	Elizabeth	1,010	↓1	26
19	Deborah	954	new	30
20	Joyce	912	↓1	21
21	Bonnie	889	↑1	34
22	Shirley	837	↓1	20
23	Joan	833	↓5	37
24	Beverly	804	–	31
25	Cynthia	761	↑17	27
26	Dorothy	734	↓3	29
27	Christine	726	↑10	35
28	Carolyn	714	↓2	14
29	Ruth	704	↓1	45
30	Jane	700	↓5	39
31	Catherine	692	↑2	41
32	Joanne	690	↓1	65
33	Jean	670	↓4	47
34	Gloria	656	↓2	28
35	Betty	654	–	18
36	Janice	654	↓6	23
37	Elaine	649	↓3	53
38	Judy	637	↓11	16
39	Helen	617	↑2	40
40	Eileen	598	↓2	91
41	Ann	595	↓2	44
42	Pamela	593	new	22
43	Virginia	589	↓7	36
44	Marie	563	↑1	60
45	Darlene	538	↓2	77
46	Marilyn	535	↓6	33
47	Theresa	531	new	63
48	Frances	493	↓4	42
49	Suzanne	490	↓3	66
50	Brenda	486	new	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	7,300	–	3
2	Robert	6,931	–	2
3	James	5,773	–	1
4	William	5,491	–	4
5	Thomas	4,099	↑2	8
6	David	4,091	–	5
7	Richard	3,891	↓2	7
8	Joseph	3,574	–	13
9	Michael	3,159	↑1	6
10	Charles	2,641	↓1	9
11	Ronald	2,586	–	10
12	Edward	2,008	↑1	19
13	George	1,952	↓1	16
14	Donald	1,818	–	14
15	Dennis	1,714	–	17
16	Gary	1,597	↑2	12
17	Paul	1,591	↓1	18
18	Kenneth	1,551	↓1	15
19	Larry	1,406	–	11
20	Daniel	1,348	–	22
21	Frank	1,080	–	25
22	Stephen	1,056	–	20
23	Raymond	1,004	–	27
24	Anthony	859	–	41
25	Gerald	819	↑1	30
26	Barry	778	↓1	74
27	Lawrence	769	↑2	31
28	Francis	760	↑2	80
29	Terry	742	↓1	26
30	Harry	734	↓3	57
31	Bruce	700	↑3	28
32	Walter	693	↓1	35
33	Gregory	661	–	32
34	Carl	582	↑1	42
35	Wayne	574	↓3	34
36	Albert	562	–	55
37	Timothy	541	new	38
38	Steven	529	new	23
39	Jeffrey	520	↑5	58
40	Mark	519	↑8	29
41	Ralph	490	↓2	51
42	Alan	477	↑5	46
43	Eugene	476	↓6	61
44	Peter	475	↓6	37
45	Harold	470	↓3	36
46	Stanley	468	↑3	65
47	Samuel	467	↓2	70
48	Philip	454	↑2	54
49	Frederick	453	↓6	75
50	Patrick	449	new	48

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