Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1959

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1959 were Mary for girls (3,574 babies) and John for boys (6,047). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 236,097 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1959

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

Girls

Annmarie: 64 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryanne: 67 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryann: 209 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roseann: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 182 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eileen: 451 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 237 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 121 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Beth: 706 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joanne: 646 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 456 babies, 3× the national rate
Drew: 68 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Harry: 401 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	3,574	–	1
2	Susan	3,186	–	2
3	Donna	2,896	↑5	5
4	Karen	2,709	↓1	4
5	Linda	2,561	↓1	3
6	Patricia	2,377	↓1	6
7	Deborah	2,073	↓1	9
8	Debra	1,865	↑1	7
9	Barbara	1,834	↓2	11
10	Cynthia	1,816	–	8
11	Diane	1,801	–	19
12	Kathleen	1,747	–	23
13	Lisa	1,701	↑6	10
14	Sharon	1,460	↑3	17
15	Nancy	1,435	↓2	14
16	Carol	1,418	↓1	22
17	Cheryl	1,344	↓3	18
18	Kathy	1,283	↓2	15
19	Pamela	1,254	↓1	12
20	Sandra	1,240	↑1	13
21	Denise	1,202	↓1	29
22	Cindy	1,130	–	25
23	Kimberly	1,036	↑3	33
24	Elizabeth	1,021	–	21
25	Brenda	1,018	–	16
26	Theresa	923	↑4	34
27	Debbie	915	–	20
28	Margaret	912	↓5	36
29	Lori	885	↑4	27
30	Robin	873	↑1	32
31	Christine	850	↓2	43
32	Janet	834	↓4	28
33	Kim	799	↓1	35
34	Beth	706	↑12	80
35	Tammy	681	new	31
36	Catherine	653	↓2	40
37	Joanne	646	–	92
38	Michele	611	↑5	89
39	Ann	602	↑1	44
40	Cathy	602	↑2	39
41	Joan	602	↓3	76
42	Michelle	596	↑8	47
43	Darlene	578	↓8	66
44	Joyce	577	↓5	50
45	Judith	564	↓9	70
46	Janice	563	↓1	37
47	Teresa	563	new	24
48	Tina	549	new	53
49	Bonnie	542	↓8	71
50	Lynn	533	↓3	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	6,047	–	4
2	Robert	5,592	–	5
3	David	5,516	↑1	2
4	Michael	5,482	↓1	1
5	James	5,180	–	3
6	William	4,011	–	7
7	Mark	3,813	↑2	6
8	Thomas	3,451	–	9
9	Richard	3,382	↓2	8
10	Joseph	3,302	–	13
11	Jeffrey	2,168	–	16
12	Timothy	1,932	↑1	12
13	Charles	1,895	↓1	11
14	Daniel	1,824	↑2	18
15	Kevin	1,744	↓1	14
16	Paul	1,602	↑1	17
17	Edward	1,583	↓2	27
18	Ronald	1,582	–	21
19	Steven	1,576	↑4	10
20	Donald	1,533	↓1	19
21	Kenneth	1,436	↓1	15
22	Brian	1,421	↑3	22
23	Gary	1,380	↓1	20
24	Stephen	1,314	↓3	28
25	Scott	1,275	↑2	24
26	Anthony	1,261	↑2	26
27	Gregory	1,185	↓1	23
28	George	1,178	↓4	32
29	Dennis	979	–	29
30	Frank	891	↑1	42
31	Douglas	878	↓1	30
32	Christopher	820	↑7	35
33	Keith	810	↓1	39
34	Randy	763	↑1	31
35	Raymond	718	↓2	45
36	Bruce	709	↓2	38
37	Eric	696	↑1	46
38	Larry	664	↓2	25
39	Patrick	645	↓2	43
40	Craig	632	↑7	44
41	Andrew	604	↑1	58
42	Peter	592	↓1	40
43	Terry	576	↓3	33
44	Barry	523	↑1	73
45	Dale	514	↓1	49
46	Wayne	513	↓3	51
47	Carl	498	↑1	54
48	Matthew	468	new	63
49	Alan	459	↑1	50
50	Francis	456	new	>100

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