Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1949

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1949 were Linda for girls (5,849 babies) and John for boys (7,028). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 211,019 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1949

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bernadette: 237 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryanne: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maryann: 277 babies, 3× the national rate
Roseann: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Sharyn: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 136 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bonita: 205 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eileen: 497 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darla: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dolores: 317 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 63 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Francis: 787 babies, 3× the national rate
Barry: 780 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Merle: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harry: 733 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 3,339 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 252 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	5,849	–	1
2	Mary	4,350	–	2
3	Patricia	3,414	↑1	3
4	Barbara	3,168	↓1	4
5	Susan	2,759	↑1	5
6	Kathleen	2,478	↑1	9
7	Carol	2,439	↓2	8
8	Nancy	2,135	↑1	7
9	Sandra	1,969	↓1	6
10	Donna	1,864	–	12
11	Karen	1,806	–	11
12	Margaret	1,622	–	14
13	Sharon	1,540	↑1	10
14	Judith	1,492	↓1	16
15	Deborah	1,457	↑4	15
16	Diane	1,339	↓1	19
17	Janet	1,115	–	23
18	Elizabeth	1,039	–	25
19	Christine	961	↑8	30
20	Joyce	845	–	26
21	Shirley	843	↑1	18
22	Joan	840	↑1	36
23	Cynthia	821	↑2	27
24	Bonnie	803	↓3	35
25	Beverly	777	↓1	31
26	Cheryl	761	↓10	28
27	Catherine	705	↑4	37
28	Janice	703	↑8	24
29	Jane	691	↑1	41
30	Ruth	683	↓1	47
31	Dorothy	673	↓5	32
32	Joanne	663	–	61
33	Pamela	653	↑9	21
34	Carolyn	644	↓6	17
35	Gloria	635	↓1	29
36	Jean	630	↓3	45
37	Brenda	626	↑13	13
38	Judy	600	–	20
39	Ann	587	↑2	44
40	Helen	555	↓1	46
41	Elaine	551	↓4	57
42	Virginia	548	↑1	39
43	Betty	546	↓8	22
44	Darlene	538	↑1	75
45	Kathryn	524	new	52
46	Marilyn	519	–	33
47	Eileen	497	↓7	95
48	Theresa	494	↓1	63
49	Suzanne	482	–	62
50	Marie	478	↓6	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	7,028	–	3
2	Robert	6,673	–	2
3	James	5,624	–	1
4	William	5,204	–	4
5	David	4,352	↑1	6
6	Richard	3,863	↑1	7
7	Thomas	3,836	↓2	8
8	Michael	3,437	↑1	5
9	Joseph	3,339	↓1	14
10	Charles	2,540	–	9
11	Ronald	2,400	–	11
12	Edward	2,099	–	21
13	George	1,896	–	18
14	Dennis	1,825	↑1	16
15	Donald	1,762	↓1	13
16	Gary	1,636	–	12
17	Paul	1,576	–	17
18	Kenneth	1,453	–	15
19	Daniel	1,335	↑1	22
20	Stephen	1,311	↑2	19
21	Larry	1,308	↓2	10
22	Frank	1,048	↓1	27
23	Raymond	928	–	30
24	Anthony	838	–	36
25	Bruce	794	↑6	26
26	Lawrence	792	↑1	32
27	Francis	787	↑1	78
28	Barry	780	↓2	73
29	Gerald	776	↓4	33
30	Mark	771	↑10	24
31	Harry	733	↓1	59
32	Gregory	721	↑1	31
33	Walter	684	↓1	37
34	Steven	631	↑4	20
35	Terry	628	↓6	28
36	Jeffrey	626	↑3	48
37	Timothy	589	–	34
38	Carl	574	↓4	43
39	Wayne	571	↓4	35
40	Albert	508	↓4	56
41	Alan	500	↑1	45
42	Patrick	499	↑8	39
43	Douglas	493	new	29
44	Eugene	489	↓1	58
45	Peter	485	↓1	38
46	Frederick	484	↑3	70
47	Samuel	483	–	62
48	Ralph	477	↓7	50
49	Andrew	461	new	75
50	Stanley	456	↓4	60

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