Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1957

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1957 were Mary for girls (3,971 babies) and John for boys (6,452). John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 245,025 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1957

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: 73 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 170 babies, 3× the national rate
Marcy: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryann: 229 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemarie: 135 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marianne: 389 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 563 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eileen: 448 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Noreen: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 520 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 478 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	3,971	–	1
2	Susan	3,396	↑1	2
3	Karen	3,148	↑2	5
4	Linda	2,902	–	3
5	Deborah	2,871	↓3	6
6	Patricia	2,696	–	8
7	Cynthia	2,689	↑3	7
8	Debra	2,455	↓1	4
9	Donna	2,361	↓1	10
10	Barbara	2,257	↓1	9
11	Diane	2,017	↑1	17
12	Kathleen	1,920	↓1	21
13	Nancy	1,780	–	11
14	Carol	1,726	↑1	18
15	Sharon	1,705	↓1	14
16	Cindy	1,593	↑11	19
17	Cheryl	1,569	–	16
18	Denise	1,348	–	25
19	Pamela	1,302	–	12
20	Sandra	1,234	↓4	15
21	Kathy	1,220	↑1	20
22	Brenda	1,140	↑13	13
23	Elizabeth	1,046	↓2	22
24	Margaret	1,003	↓4	29
25	Janet	930	↓2	23
26	Lisa	892	↑7	26
27	Robin	880	↓2	30
28	Theresa	872	–	36
29	Christine	837	↓3	41
30	Kim	797	↑1	35
31	Kimberly	757	↑12	42
32	Judith	737	↓8	53
33	Debbie	726	new	27
34	Catherine	717	↓5	37
35	Joan	698	↓3	60
36	Joyce	692	↓6	40
37	Darlene	683	↑1	57
38	Janice	630	↓2	32
39	Ann	621	–	44
40	Joanne	589	↑4	94
41	Jane	583	↑1	56
42	Bonnie	575	↓8	64
43	Cathy	564	↓6	39
44	Michele	563	↑4	99
45	Beverly	541	↓5	48
46	Lynn	537	↓5	61
47	Rebecca	501	↑3	34
48	Gail	487	↓2	54
49	Beth	486	new	>100
50	Judy	480	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	John	6,452	–	5
2	Robert	6,185	–	4
3	Michael	5,753	↑1	1
4	David	5,705	↓1	3
5	James	5,475	–	2
6	William	4,442	–	6
7	Richard	3,790	↑1	8
8	Thomas	3,756	↑1	9
9	Joseph	3,712	↓2	12
10	Mark	3,421	–	7
11	Jeffrey	2,193	↑1	21
12	Charles	2,132	↓1	11
13	Daniel	1,994	↑3	16
14	Donald	1,890	↑1	15
15	Ronald	1,883	↑2	17
16	Edward	1,844	↓2	25
17	Gary	1,815	↓4	13
18	Paul	1,764	–	18
19	Kevin	1,715	↑2	20
20	Kenneth	1,687	↓1	14
21	Timothy	1,630	↑2	19
22	Steven	1,587	↓2	10
23	Stephen	1,576	↓1	24
24	George	1,338	–	29
25	Gregory	1,338	↑1	23
26	Anthony	1,229	↑1	27
27	Brian	1,177	↑2	26
28	Dennis	1,140	↓3	28
29	Douglas	1,024	↑4	30
30	Scott	993	↑1	32
31	Keith	970	↑1	36
32	Bruce	936	↓4	34
33	Frank	925	↓3	38
34	Randy	849	↑1	31
35	Larry	824	↑1	22
36	Raymond	817	↓2	39
37	Terry	661	↑2	33
38	Patrick	650	↓1	41
39	Peter	644	↑2	37
40	Barry	612	↓2	72
41	Lawrence	608	↑1	46
42	Wayne	602	↑1	47
43	Andrew	559	↑6	56
44	Christopher	544	new	43
45	Dale	541	–	50
46	Carl	533	↑2	49
47	Gerald	528	↓7	51
48	Alan	521	↑2	48
49	Francis	520	↓5	>100
50	Eric	485	new	60

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