Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1952

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1952 were Linda for girls (4,340 babies) and John for boys (7,087). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 228,883 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1952

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, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 221 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roseann: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadette: 174 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 120 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eileen: 507 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Helene: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Faith: 78 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dolores: 260 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 122 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 713 babies, 3× the national rate
Barry: 723 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Harry: 636 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joseph: 3,507 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	4,340	–	1
2	Mary	4,167	–	2
3	Patricia	3,977	–	3
4	Deborah	3,489	↑1	4
5	Susan	3,261	↑1	5
6	Barbara	2,884	↓2	6
7	Kathleen	2,384	–	11
8	Nancy	2,246	↑2	7
9	Karen	2,232	↓1	8
10	Carol	2,075	↓1	12
11	Donna	2,016	–	13
12	Diane	1,725	↑1	16
13	Sandra	1,666	↓1	10
14	Sharon	1,630	–	14
15	Margaret	1,460	–	21
16	Debra	1,429	↑4	9
17	Christine	1,396	↑1	20
18	Cynthia	1,336	↑3	18
19	Judith	1,207	↓3	25
20	Janet	1,193	↓3	19
21	Denise	1,185	↑8	33
22	Elizabeth	1,033	↓3	22
23	Joan	945	↑1	37
24	Joyce	859	↓2	27
25	Pamela	837	↑6	17
26	Cheryl	834	↑1	31
27	Catherine	816	↓1	34
28	Janice	815	↓5	23
29	Bonnie	801	↓4	41
30	Jane	728	↑2	42
31	Beverly	707	↓3	35
32	Brenda	704	↑1	15
33	Kathy	684	↑5	29
34	Ann	639	↑1	45
35	Joanne	636	↑1	78
36	Darlene	633	↑7	77
37	Gail	629	–	39
38	Shirley	618	↓8	28
39	Ruth	610	↓5	57
40	Marilyn	561	↑8	38
41	Elaine	556	↓1	73
42	Jean	549	–	50
43	Kathryn	548	↓2	48
44	Theresa	546	↑1	60
45	Virginia	538	new	49
46	Dorothy	536	↓7	46
47	Rebecca	531	new	30
48	Rose	531	new	62
49	Judy	525	new	26
50	Eileen	507	↓6	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	John	7,087	–	3
2	Robert	6,712	–	2
3	James	5,524	–	1
4	William	5,177	–	6
5	David	5,128	–	5
6	Michael	4,536	↑2	4
7	Richard	4,411	–	7
8	Thomas	4,130	↓2	8
9	Joseph	3,507	–	12
10	Charles	2,379	–	9
11	Gary	2,366	–	10
12	Dennis	2,318	–	18
13	Ronald	2,026	–	15
14	Edward	1,976	–	23
15	Donald	1,924	–	13
16	Paul	1,724	↑1	19
17	Daniel	1,701	↑2	20
18	George	1,690	↓2	22
19	Kenneth	1,526	↓1	16
20	Stephen	1,515	–	21
21	Mark	1,405	↑1	17
22	Steven	1,169	↑1	11
23	Jeffrey	1,154	↑5	31
24	Larry	1,050	↓3	14
25	Frank	969	↓1	32
26	Anthony	968	–	34
27	Bruce	964	↓2	25
28	Gregory	889	↑1	24
29	Raymond	888	↓2	33
30	Timothy	817	↑1	27
31	Lawrence	802	↓1	35
32	Barry	723	–	69
33	Francis	713	–	89
34	Gerald	709	–	39
35	Harry	636	–	75
36	Patrick	608	↑5	37
37	Douglas	603	↑1	28
38	Terry	599	↓1	29
39	Keith	594	new	49
40	Walter	590	↓1	44
41	Wayne	589	↓5	38
42	Peter	581	↑2	36
43	Alan	552	–	42
44	Carl	547	↓4	45
45	Glenn	495	new	61
46	Albert	492	↓4	66
47	Andrew	488	–	68
48	Dale	485	↑1	46
49	Samuel	482	↓3	67
50	Ralph	472	–	56

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