Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1960

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1960 were Mary for girls (3,299 babies) and John for boys (5,831). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 231,529 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1960

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: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 231 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roseann: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryanne: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 200 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 63 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eileen: 416 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 213 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Luann: 88 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 437 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominic: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 401 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	3,299	–	1
2	Susan	2,801	–	2
3	Donna	2,648	–	5
4	Karen	2,573	–	4
5	Linda	2,387	–	3
6	Lisa	2,174	↑7	6
7	Patricia	2,139	↓1	7
8	Barbara	1,877	↑1	12
9	Deborah	1,718	↓2	10
10	Kathleen	1,547	↑2	27
11	Diane	1,533	–	22
12	Debra	1,444	↓4	8
13	Cynthia	1,436	↓3	9
14	Carol	1,398	↑2	23
15	Sharon	1,372	↓1	16
16	Nancy	1,361	↓1	15
17	Kimberly	1,284	↑6	26
18	Sandra	1,276	↑2	11
19	Brenda	1,220	↑6	13
20	Pamela	1,178	↓1	14
21	Denise	1,167	–	29
22	Cheryl	1,155	↓5	17
23	Lori	1,128	↑6	20
24	Kathy	1,026	↓6	21
25	Elizabeth	1,011	↓1	18
26	Cindy	957	↓4	30
27	Margaret	926	↑1	36
28	Theresa	880	↓2	35
29	Christine	872	↑2	40
30	Robin	868	–	33
31	Kim	807	↑2	34
32	Janet	780	–	32
33	Debbie	755	↓6	24
34	Beth	706	–	72
35	Tammy	672	–	31
36	Michele	638	↑2	89
37	Michelle	629	↑5	39
38	Tina	618	↑10	45
39	Catherine	584	↓3	42
40	Teresa	583	↑7	19
41	Laura	580	new	25
42	Judith	563	↑3	74
43	Ann	555	↓4	51
44	Wendy	553	new	63
45	Joan	546	↓4	80
46	Bonnie	544	↑3	71
47	Joanne	544	↓10	99
48	Janice	540	↓2	41
49	Joyce	529	↓5	58
50	Cathy	518	↓10	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	John	5,831	–	4
2	David	5,527	↑1	1
3	Michael	5,420	↑1	2
4	Robert	5,315	↓2	5
5	James	4,911	–	3
6	Mark	3,775	↑1	6
7	William	3,770	↓1	7
8	Joseph	3,329	↑2	12
9	Thomas	3,166	↓1	9
10	Richard	3,037	↓1	8
11	Jeffrey	2,409	–	14
12	Daniel	1,861	↑2	17
13	Timothy	1,847	↓1	11
14	Charles	1,840	↓1	13
15	Kevin	1,776	–	15
16	Brian	1,609	↑6	20
17	Edward	1,605	–	26
18	Steven	1,581	↑1	10
19	Paul	1,575	↓3	18
20	Kenneth	1,551	↑1	16
21	Ronald	1,509	↓3	21
22	Donald	1,498	↓2	19
23	Scott	1,440	↑2	23
24	Stephen	1,365	–	27
25	Anthony	1,299	↑1	25
26	Gary	1,252	↓3	22
27	Gregory	1,147	–	24
28	George	1,122	–	33
29	Christopher	997	↑3	29
30	Douglas	885	↑1	30
31	Frank	861	↓1	40
32	Dennis	833	↓3	31
33	Keith	819	–	35
34	Randy	767	–	32
35	Eric	735	↑2	44
36	Raymond	712	↓1	46
37	Bruce	697	↓1	39
38	Craig	676	↑2	41
39	Patrick	655	–	45
40	Andrew	624	↑1	51
41	Peter	572	↑1	42
42	Larry	555	↓4	28
43	Terry	535	–	34
44	Carl	510	↑3	53
45	Barry	509	↓1	72
46	Matthew	490	↑2	61
47	Alan	474	↑2	50
48	Wayne	470	↓2	58
49	Dale	468	↓4	54
50	Gerald	455	new	62

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