Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1961

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1961 were Mary for girls (3,039 babies) and John for boys (5,885). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 229,147 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1961

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

Girls

Marybeth: 89 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maryann: 194 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roseann: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 158 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marcy: 72 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Luann: 94 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eileen: 412 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Michele: 778 babies, 2× the national rate
Joanne: 512 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Francis: 400 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harry: 398 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	3,039	–	1
2	Lisa	2,865	↑4	2
3	Susan	2,646	↓1	3
4	Karen	2,389	–	5
5	Linda	2,323	–	4
6	Donna	2,110	↓3	7
7	Patricia	1,978	–	6
8	Barbara	1,726	–	12
9	Deborah	1,669	–	10
10	Kathleen	1,486	–	29
11	Diane	1,416	–	26
12	Lori	1,382	↑11	14
13	Kimberly	1,381	↑4	22
14	Sharon	1,372	↑1	17
15	Denise	1,344	↑6	30
16	Carol	1,305	↓2	24
17	Cynthia	1,299	↓4	8
18	Nancy	1,274	↓2	16
19	Brenda	1,261	–	11
20	Sandra	1,204	↓2	9
21	Debra	1,145	↓9	13
22	Pamela	1,127	↓2	15
23	Cheryl	1,035	↓1	20
24	Robin	1,015	↑6	27
25	Elizabeth	965	–	19
26	Christine	958	↑3	39
27	Theresa	908	↑1	35
28	Kathy	901	↓4	25
29	Janet	846	↑3	32
30	Michelle	827	↑7	34
31	Tammy	782	↑4	28
32	Michele	778	↑4	63
33	Jacqueline	776	new	37
34	Cindy	757	↓8	33
35	Margaret	754	↓8	40
36	Kim	722	↓5	36
37	Beth	717	↓3	65
38	Tina	677	–	41
39	Wendy	658	↑5	61
40	Laura	657	↑1	21
41	Laurie	593	new	43
42	Debbie	591	↓9	31
43	Teresa	577	↓3	18
44	Amy	566	new	69
45	Catherine	560	↓6	48
46	Judith	552	↓4	83
47	Dawn	551	new	49
48	Ann	540	↓5	54
49	Carolyn	526	new	42
50	Lynn	521	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	John	5,885	–	3
2	Michael	5,579	↑1	1
3	David	5,514	↓1	2
4	Robert	5,264	–	5
5	James	4,881	–	4
6	Mark	3,811	–	6
7	William	3,687	–	7
8	Joseph	3,211	–	12
9	Thomas	3,115	–	9
10	Richard	2,895	–	8
11	Jeffrey	2,502	–	11
12	Kevin	1,872	↑3	14
13	Timothy	1,792	–	15
14	Daniel	1,788	↓2	17
15	Charles	1,771	↓1	13
16	Paul	1,669	↑3	18
17	Brian	1,651	↓1	20
18	Scott	1,573	↑5	19
19	Steven	1,564	↓1	10
20	Edward	1,528	↓3	29
21	Kenneth	1,499	↓1	16
22	Ronald	1,444	↓1	24
23	Donald	1,376	↓1	22
24	Anthony	1,284	↑1	25
25	Stephen	1,272	↓1	27
26	Gregory	1,221	↑1	23
27	Gary	1,183	↓1	21
28	Christopher	1,105	↑1	26
29	George	1,102	↓1	31
30	Douglas	992	–	28
31	Keith	876	↑2	35
32	Frank	837	↓1	41
33	Dennis	739	↓1	34
34	Patrick	712	↑5	39
35	Craig	700	↑3	43
36	Randy	700	↓2	33
37	Eric	685	↓2	38
38	Raymond	681	↓2	48
39	Andrew	642	↑1	52
40	Bruce	625	↓3	40
41	Todd	542	new	46
42	Terry	528	↑1	32
43	Peter	509	↓2	42
44	Larry	508	↓2	30
45	Glenn	474	new	64
46	Matthew	473	–	59
47	Gerald	463	↑3	62
48	Barry	453	↓3	66
49	Alan	451	↓2	51
50	Carl	448	↓6	56

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