Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1950

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1950 were Linda for girls (5,278 babies) and John for boys (6,855). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 210,644 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1950

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: 77 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 195 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryann: 222 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rosemarie: 129 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roseann: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eileen: 556 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bonita: 215 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eleanor: 188 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marianne: 188 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Antoinette: 114 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 716 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Barry: 692 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 702 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 3,423 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 271 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	5,278	–	1
2	Mary	4,073	–	2
3	Patricia	3,402	–	3
4	Barbara	3,050	–	4
5	Susan	2,896	–	5
6	Kathleen	2,419	–	10
7	Carol	2,342	–	9
8	Nancy	2,108	–	6
9	Deborah	2,011	↑6	7
10	Karen	1,932	↑1	12
11	Donna	1,851	↓1	13
12	Sandra	1,848	↓3	8
13	Margaret	1,623	↓1	15
14	Sharon	1,581	↓1	11
15	Diane	1,416	↑1	16
16	Judith	1,249	↓2	21
17	Janet	1,080	–	18
18	Elizabeth	1,026	–	24
19	Christine	921	–	28
20	Cynthia	914	↑3	23
21	Bonnie	840	↑3	33
22	Joyce	819	↓2	27
23	Cheryl	797	↑3	29
24	Janice	794	↑4	22
25	Shirley	790	↓4	19
26	Beverly	785	↓1	31
27	Joan	761	↓5	40
28	Catherine	691	↓1	34
29	Joanne	672	↑3	67
30	Jane	669	↓1	39
31	Ruth	653	↓1	49
32	Pamela	647	↑1	17
33	Brenda	634	↑4	14
34	Dorothy	627	↓3	35
35	Jean	597	↑1	48
36	Elaine	588	↑5	60
37	Ann	586	↑2	45
38	Carolyn	574	↓4	20
39	Eileen	556	↑8	91
40	Gloria	550	↓5	30
41	Kathryn	538	↑4	46
42	Kathy	533	new	38
43	Helen	525	↓3	50
44	Darlene	518	–	79
45	Theresa	508	↑3	65
46	Marilyn	505	–	37
47	Betty	488	↓4	26
48	Gail	484	new	42
49	Judy	482	↓11	25
50	Marie	482	–	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	John	6,855	–	3
2	Robert	6,562	–	2
3	James	5,550	–	1
4	William	4,883	–	6
5	David	4,309	–	5
6	Thomas	3,932	↑1	8
7	Richard	3,801	↓1	7
8	Michael	3,697	–	4
9	Joseph	3,423	–	13
10	Charles	2,553	–	9
11	Ronald	2,152	–	12
12	Dennis	1,999	↑2	17
13	Gary	1,906	↑3	10
14	Edward	1,885	↓2	22
15	Donald	1,784	–	14
16	George	1,737	↓3	20
17	Paul	1,602	–	18
18	Kenneth	1,435	–	15
19	Daniel	1,373	–	21
20	Stephen	1,342	–	19
21	Larry	1,222	–	11
22	Raymond	940	↑1	31
23	Mark	928	↑7	23
24	Frank	917	↓2	29
25	Anthony	843	↓1	36
26	Bruce	812	↓1	26
27	Gregory	807	↑5	25
28	Gerald	757	↑1	34
29	Steven	754	↑5	16
30	Lawrence	744	↓4	33
31	Francis	716	↓4	86
32	Harry	702	↓1	61
33	Jeffrey	695	↑3	43
34	Barry	692	↓6	74
35	Timothy	678	↑2	32
36	Terry	663	↓1	30
37	Wayne	659	↑2	35
38	Walter	629	↓5	40
39	Douglas	561	↑4	28
40	Carl	533	↓2	44
41	Alan	522	–	41
42	Albert	505	↓2	56
43	Peter	503	↑2	37
44	Eugene	493	–	58
45	Patrick	489	↓3	38
46	Andrew	476	↑3	68
47	Stanley	472	↑3	60
48	Frederick	468	↓2	75
49	Samuel	460	↓2	62
50	Dale	452	new	49

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