Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1955

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1955 were Mary for girls (4,073 babies) and John for boys (6,515). John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 233,238 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1955

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

Girls

Maryellen: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 250 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryanne: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roseann: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 144 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marianne: 253 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 106 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eileen: 438 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Helene: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joanne: 598 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 669 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dominic: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 533 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	4,073	–	1
2	Deborah	3,817	–	2
3	Susan	3,353	↑1	5
4	Linda	3,299	↓1	3
5	Patricia	3,104	–	6
6	Debra	2,978	↑2	4
7	Karen	2,483	–	8
8	Barbara	2,368	↓2	7
9	Donna	2,324	–	10
10	Diane	2,185	↑2	14
11	Kathleen	2,104	–	17
12	Nancy	1,849	↓2	9
13	Carol	1,758	–	15
14	Cynthia	1,751	–	11
15	Sharon	1,469	↑1	16
16	Sandra	1,440	↓1	13
17	Denise	1,330	↑2	23
18	Pamela	1,253	↑2	12
19	Cheryl	1,251	↑3	19
20	Margaret	1,151	↓3	24
21	Janet	1,112	↓3	20
22	Elizabeth	1,039	↓1	21
23	Judith	998	–	31
24	Kathy	916	–	22
25	Theresa	770	↑9	38
26	Joan	753	↓1	46
27	Christine	748	↑4	40
28	Catherine	731	–	28
29	Janice	731	–	25
30	Robin	725	↑5	33
31	Joyce	713	↓5	29
32	Bonnie	663	–	45
33	Brenda	651	↓3	18
34	Beverly	650	↓7	34
35	Jane	602	↑6	50
36	Joanne	598	↑1	88
37	Ann	573	↓4	43
38	Lynn	547	new	62
39	Ruth	537	↓1	70
40	Gail	536	↓4	42
41	Paula	524	new	39
42	Lisa	523	new	48
43	Jean	515	↓1	60
44	Elaine	513	–	77
45	Michele	510	↓2	93
46	Rose	506	↓1	54
47	Rebecca	504	↓1	27
48	Darlene	502	↓8	76
49	Cindy	475	new	79
50	Kathryn	467	–	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	John	6,515	–	5
2	Robert	6,237	–	4
3	David	5,951	–	2
4	Michael	5,407	↑1	1
5	James	5,243	↓1	3
6	William	4,659	–	6
7	Richard	3,861	–	7
8	Thomas	3,806	–	8
9	Joseph	3,641	–	13
10	Mark	2,515	↑2	9
11	Charles	2,200	↓1	11
12	Gary	2,084	↓1	12
13	Jeffrey	2,059	↑4	20
14	Donald	1,896	–	14
15	Edward	1,843	–	25
16	Daniel	1,806	–	17
17	Paul	1,786	↑1	16
18	Ronald	1,715	↓5	18
19	Stephen	1,654	↑2	21
20	Dennis	1,572	↓1	23
21	Kenneth	1,544	↓1	15
22	George	1,479	–	26
23	Steven	1,359	–	10
24	Timothy	1,279	↑1	22
25	Kevin	1,158	↓1	27
26	Gregory	1,155	↑1	24
27	Anthony	1,093	↓1	31
28	Bruce	926	–	32
29	Frank	853	–	34
30	Raymond	840	↑1	36
31	Keith	831	↑2	39
32	Douglas	806	↑5	29
33	Larry	792	↓3	19
34	Randy	716	↑7	30
35	Scott	716	↑4	38
36	Francis	669	–	100
37	Terry	668	↓5	28
38	Lawrence	656	↓3	42
39	Barry	642	↓5	70
40	Peter	630	↑4	35
41	Patrick	620	↑2	41
42	Wayne	598	↑3	44
43	Gerald	569	↓5	48
44	Brian	566	new	40
45	Walter	550	↓3	51
46	Carl	542	↑1	47
47	Harry	533	↓1	89
48	Alan	514	↓8	43
49	Andrew	511	new	66
50	Craig	497	–	50

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