Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1953

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1953 were Mary for girls (4,029 babies) and John for boys (6,796). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 228,166 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1953

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

Girls

Maryann: 218 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 149 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemarie: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roseann: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eileen: 502 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Adele: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 112 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Helene: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joanne: 705 babies, 2× the national rate
Dolores: 233 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Regis: 59 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Francis: 689 babies, 3× the national rate
Harry: 597 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Barry: 660 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	4,029	↑1	1
2	Linda	3,908	↓1	2
3	Patricia	3,674	–	4
4	Deborah	3,583	–	3
5	Susan	3,381	–	5
6	Barbara	2,763	–	6
7	Karen	2,377	↑2	9
8	Kathleen	2,263	↓1	14
9	Nancy	2,192	↓1	8
10	Donna	2,054	↑1	13
11	Debra	1,964	↑5	7
12	Diane	1,821	–	17
13	Carol	1,785	↓3	16
14	Cynthia	1,643	↑4	12
15	Sandra	1,586	↓2	11
16	Sharon	1,560	↓2	15
17	Margaret	1,334	↓2	20
18	Janet	1,259	↑2	19
19	Pamela	1,120	↑6	10
20	Elizabeth	1,074	↑2	21
21	Denise	1,067	–	31
22	Judith	1,034	↓3	30
23	Christine	966	↓6	32
24	Joan	865	↓1	37
25	Joyce	865	↓1	26
26	Kathy	806	↑7	23
27	Janice	803	↑1	22
28	Beverly	793	↑3	34
29	Cheryl	787	↓3	28
30	Bonnie	761	↓1	45
31	Catherine	741	↓4	35
32	Joanne	705	↑3	71
33	Brenda	653	↓1	18
34	Ann	641	–	46
35	Jane	613	↓5	43
36	Theresa	607	↑8	50
37	Darlene	599	↓1	75
38	Gail	593	↓1	39
39	Ruth	569	–	62
40	Rebecca	566	↑7	24
41	Jean	555	↑1	52
42	Shirley	540	↓4	29
43	Marilyn	527	↓3	36
44	Paula	524	new	40
45	Elaine	514	↓4	77
46	Rose	511	↑2	59
47	Jacqueline	504	new	58
48	Eileen	502	↑2	>100
49	Kathryn	498	↓6	48
50	Dorothy	496	↓4	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	John	6,796	–	4
2	Robert	6,726	–	1
3	James	5,635	–	2
4	David	5,248	↑1	5
5	William	4,857	↓1	6
6	Michael	4,850	–	3
7	Richard	4,269	–	7
8	Thomas	4,008	–	8
9	Joseph	3,331	–	13
10	Charles	2,393	–	9
11	Gary	2,300	–	10
12	Dennis	1,943	–	19
13	Donald	1,900	↑2	14
14	Edward	1,883	–	23
15	Ronald	1,872	↓2	15
16	Paul	1,791	–	16
17	Daniel	1,642	–	20
18	George	1,622	–	22
19	Mark	1,566	↑2	12
20	Kenneth	1,550	↓1	17
21	Jeffrey	1,488	↑2	25
22	Stephen	1,471	↓2	21
23	Steven	1,239	↓1	11
24	Anthony	1,023	↑2	32
25	Timothy	1,015	↑5	26
26	Gregory	969	↑2	24
27	Larry	957	↓3	18
28	Frank	928	↓3	33
29	Raymond	915	–	34
30	Bruce	891	↓3	28
31	Lawrence	698	–	37
32	Francis	689	↑1	90
33	Barry	660	↓1	73
34	Gerald	623	–	42
35	Terry	619	↑3	30
36	Douglas	613	↑1	27
37	Kevin	604	new	36
38	Harry	597	↓3	83
39	Patrick	597	↓3	39
40	Wayne	593	↑1	40
41	Walter	577	↓1	45
42	Keith	563	↓3	47
43	Peter	539	↓1	38
44	Carl	535	–	44
45	Alan	528	↓2	43
46	Dale	519	↑2	48
47	Andrew	516	–	68
48	Randy	507	new	35
49	Philip	470	new	61
50	Craig	465	new	60

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