Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1958

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1958 were Mary for girls (3,696 babies) and John for boys (6,030). John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 239,172 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1958

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

Girls

Helene: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 183 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 214 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marianne: 258 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 116 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Luann: 110 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 100 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 468 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harry: 444 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	3,696	–	1
2	Susan	3,510	–	2
3	Karen	2,816	–	4
4	Linda	2,769	–	3
5	Patricia	2,708	↑1	5
6	Deborah	2,338	↓1	7
7	Barbara	2,185	↑3	9
8	Donna	2,155	↑1	10
9	Debra	2,048	↓1	6
10	Cynthia	1,974	↓3	8
11	Diane	1,859	–	18
12	Kathleen	1,809	–	21
13	Nancy	1,604	–	12
14	Cheryl	1,602	↑3	13
15	Carol	1,562	↓1	20
16	Kathy	1,506	↑5	14
17	Sharon	1,374	↓2	17
18	Pamela	1,360	↑1	11
19	Lisa	1,346	↑7	19
20	Denise	1,286	↓2	27
21	Sandra	1,229	↓1	15
22	Cindy	1,191	↓6	25
23	Margaret	1,007	↑1	31
24	Elizabeth	997	↓1	22
25	Brenda	974	↓3	16
26	Kimberly	913	↑5	39
27	Debbie	904	↑6	24
28	Janet	865	↓3	28
29	Christine	851	–	43
30	Theresa	822	↓2	33
31	Robin	803	↓4	32
32	Kim	764	↓2	40
33	Lori	711	new	30
34	Catherine	694	–	38
35	Darlene	689	↑2	49
36	Judith	676	↓4	62
37	Joanne	664	↑3	80
38	Joan	646	↓3	68
39	Joyce	642	↓3	46
40	Ann	641	↓1	47
41	Bonnie	620	↑1	63
42	Cathy	598	↑1	34
43	Michele	584	↑1	92
44	Judy	582	↑6	36
45	Janice	576	↓7	35
46	Beth	563	↑3	95
47	Lynn	541	↓1	60
48	Julie	522	new	23
49	Jane	502	↓8	61
50	Michelle	501	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	John	6,030	–	5
2	Robert	5,950	–	4
3	Michael	5,727	–	1
4	David	5,517	–	2
5	James	4,982	–	3
6	William	4,204	–	6
7	Richard	3,649	–	8
8	Thomas	3,571	–	9
9	Mark	3,445	↑1	7
10	Joseph	3,437	↓1	12
11	Jeffrey	2,224	–	21
12	Charles	1,985	–	11
13	Timothy	1,911	↑8	13
14	Kevin	1,827	↑5	20
15	Edward	1,770	↑1	28
16	Daniel	1,758	↓3	16
17	Paul	1,751	↑1	15
18	Ronald	1,726	↓3	19
19	Donald	1,672	↓5	18
20	Kenneth	1,558	–	14
21	Stephen	1,514	↑2	26
22	Gary	1,482	↓5	17
23	Steven	1,445	↓1	10
24	George	1,322	–	31
25	Brian	1,303	↑2	24
26	Gregory	1,284	↓1	23
27	Scott	1,279	↑3	25
28	Anthony	1,138	↓2	27
29	Dennis	1,053	↓1	29
30	Douglas	966	↓1	30
31	Frank	940	↑2	38
32	Keith	926	↓1	37
33	Raymond	819	↑3	43
34	Bruce	786	↓2	36
35	Randy	780	↓1	32
36	Larry	751	↓1	22
37	Patrick	643	↑1	42
38	Eric	613	↑12	50
39	Christopher	606	↑5	39
40	Terry	599	↓3	33
41	Peter	587	↓2	41
42	Andrew	579	↑1	55
43	Wayne	574	↓1	48
44	Dale	560	↑1	46
45	Barry	543	↓5	79
46	Lawrence	538	↓5	52
47	Craig	533	new	53
48	Carl	500	↓2	51
49	Gerald	487	↓2	58
50	Alan	480	↓2	49

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