Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1951

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1951 were Linda for girls (4,905 babies) and John for boys (7,039). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 223,579 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1951

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: 72 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 66 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryann: 286 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 180 babies, 3× the national rate
Roseann: 79 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemarie: 135 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eileen: 544 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dolores: 301 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 126 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Helene: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 65 babies, 13× the national rate
Clair: 59 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Francis: 744 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Barry: 763 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 710 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 3,490 babies, 2× the national rate
Nicholas: 295 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	4,905	–	1
2	Mary	4,213	–	2
3	Patricia	4,195	–	3
4	Barbara	3,002	–	5
5	Deborah	2,963	↑4	4
6	Susan	2,921	↓1	6
7	Kathleen	2,497	↓1	10
8	Karen	2,191	↑2	8
9	Carol	2,161	↓2	11
10	Nancy	2,127	↓2	7
11	Donna	2,028	–	12
12	Sandra	1,727	–	9
13	Diane	1,605	↑2	15
14	Sharon	1,542	–	13
15	Margaret	1,454	↓2	17
16	Judith	1,351	–	25
17	Janet	1,211	–	19
18	Christine	1,154	↑1	24
19	Elizabeth	1,087	↓1	23
20	Debra	1,032	new	18
21	Cynthia	999	↓1	20
22	Joyce	901	–	28
23	Janice	853	↑1	21
24	Joan	816	↑3	39
25	Bonnie	805	↓4	37
26	Catherine	801	↑2	34
27	Cheryl	798	↓4	30
28	Beverly	795	↓2	33
29	Denise	758	new	48
30	Shirley	725	↓5	27
31	Pamela	711	↑1	16
32	Jane	689	↓2	43
33	Brenda	683	–	14
34	Ruth	652	↓3	53
35	Ann	648	↑2	46
36	Joanne	632	↓7	73
37	Gail	630	↑11	36
38	Kathy	620	↑4	35
39	Dorothy	606	↓5	42
40	Elaine	601	↓4	66
41	Kathryn	566	–	45
42	Jean	564	↓7	49
43	Darlene	551	↑1	79
44	Eileen	544	↓5	95
45	Theresa	543	–	64
46	Helen	540	↓3	54
47	Jacqueline	533	new	56
48	Marilyn	528	↓2	41
49	Gloria	515	↓9	31
50	Carolyn	510	↓12	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	John	7,039	–	3
2	Robert	6,895	–	2
3	James	5,716	–	1
4	William	5,290	–	6
5	David	4,603	–	5
6	Thomas	4,161	–	8
7	Richard	4,120	–	7
8	Michael	4,084	–	4
9	Joseph	3,490	–	14
10	Charles	2,591	–	9
11	Gary	2,294	↑2	10
12	Dennis	2,194	–	17
13	Ronald	2,103	↓2	12
14	Edward	2,043	–	23
15	Donald	1,901	–	15
16	George	1,711	–	22
17	Paul	1,695	–	18
18	Kenneth	1,640	–	16
19	Daniel	1,607	–	21
20	Stephen	1,466	–	19
21	Larry	1,162	–	11
22	Mark	1,109	↑1	20
23	Steven	1,011	↑6	13
24	Frank	982	–	31
25	Bruce	965	↑1	26
26	Anthony	940	↓1	34
27	Raymond	922	↓5	32
28	Jeffrey	875	↑5	35
29	Gregory	850	↓2	25
30	Lawrence	800	–	33
31	Timothy	778	↑4	28
32	Barry	763	↑2	71
33	Francis	744	↓2	85
34	Gerald	739	↓6	36
35	Harry	710	↓3	70
36	Wayne	658	↑1	37
37	Terry	620	↓1	30
38	Douglas	603	↑1	27
39	Walter	587	↓1	42
40	Carl	565	–	43
41	Patrick	555	↑4	39
42	Albert	531	–	60
43	Alan	524	↓2	40
44	Peter	509	↓1	38
45	Eugene	507	↓1	65
46	Samuel	506	↑3	67
47	Andrew	478	↓1	69
48	Frederick	469	–	78
49	Dale	465	↑1	49
50	Ralph	457	new	51

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