Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1954

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1954 were Mary for girls (4,401 babies) and John for boys (6,747). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 233,550 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1954

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, 4× the national rate
Maryann: 257 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryellen: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 187 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Helene: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marian: 573 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 108 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eileen: 468 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 264 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 664 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 543 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	4,401	–	1
2	Deborah	3,899	↑2	3
3	Linda	3,588	↓1	2
4	Susan	3,449	↑1	5
5	Patricia	3,423	↓2	4
6	Barbara	2,609	–	7
7	Karen	2,586	–	8
8	Debra	2,547	↑3	6
9	Donna	2,276	↑1	11
10	Nancy	2,073	↓1	9
11	Kathleen	2,050	↓3	14
12	Diane	1,906	–	17
13	Carol	1,861	–	15
14	Cynthia	1,754	–	10
15	Sandra	1,504	–	13
16	Sharon	1,414	–	16
17	Margaret	1,265	–	21
18	Janet	1,214	–	19
19	Denise	1,179	↑2	24
20	Pamela	1,174	↓1	12
21	Elizabeth	1,051	↓1	20
22	Cheryl	994	↑7	22
23	Judith	989	↓1	30
24	Kathy	832	↑2	23
25	Joan	811	↓1	40
26	Joyce	784	↓1	28
27	Beverly	746	↑1	31
28	Catherine	735	↑3	32
29	Janice	733	↓2	25
30	Brenda	689	↑3	18
31	Christine	687	↓8	43
32	Bonnie	670	↓2	52
33	Ann	667	↑1	44
34	Theresa	666	↑2	47
35	Robin	657	new	41
36	Gail	621	↑2	37
37	Joanne	600	↓5	78
38	Ruth	585	↑1	66
39	Marian	573	new	>100
40	Darlene	572	↓3	76
41	Jane	568	↓6	49
42	Jean	555	↓1	56
43	Michele	540	new	89
44	Elaine	523	↑1	74
45	Rose	512	↑1	54
46	Rebecca	511	↓6	26
47	Marie	498	new	79
48	Marilyn	486	↓5	35
49	Dorothy	485	↑1	55
50	Kathryn	479	↓1	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	John	6,747	–	4
2	Robert	6,580	–	2
3	David	5,572	↑1	5
4	James	5,534	↓1	3
5	Michael	5,180	↑1	1
6	William	4,888	↓1	6
7	Richard	4,140	–	7
8	Thomas	3,881	–	8
9	Joseph	3,600	–	13
10	Charles	2,354	–	10
11	Gary	2,330	–	9
12	Mark	2,005	↑7	12
13	Ronald	1,920	↑2	15
14	Donald	1,909	↓1	14
15	Edward	1,881	↓1	22
16	Daniel	1,768	↑1	18
17	Jeffrey	1,759	↑4	23
18	Paul	1,709	↓2	16
19	Dennis	1,604	↓7	21
20	Kenneth	1,554	–	17
21	Stephen	1,547	↑1	20
22	George	1,511	↓4	24
23	Steven	1,373	–	11
24	Kevin	1,130	↑13	28
25	Timothy	1,101	–	26
26	Anthony	1,088	↓2	32
27	Gregory	1,049	↓1	25
28	Bruce	984	↑2	30
29	Frank	903	↓1	36
30	Larry	899	↓3	19
31	Raymond	861	↓2	35
32	Terry	748	↑3	27
33	Keith	694	↑9	45
34	Barry	676	↓1	68
35	Lawrence	676	↓4	39
36	Francis	664	↓4	94
37	Douglas	662	↓1	29
38	Gerald	661	↓4	44
39	Scott	623	new	40
40	Alan	608	↑5	43
41	Randy	608	↑7	33
42	Walter	593	↓1	49
43	Patrick	592	↓4	38
44	Peter	578	↓1	37
45	Wayne	569	↓5	41
46	Harry	543	↓8	86
47	Carl	524	↓3	47
48	Glenn	499	new	63
49	Dale	482	↓3	50
50	Craig	480	–	51

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