Pennsylvania ★ 1917

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1917

Mary led for girls with 7,988 babies ; John for boys with 6,620. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,988
2	Helen	4,921
3	Anna	3,533
4	Margaret	3,461
5	Dorothy	3,084
6	Ruth	2,387
7	Elizabeth	2,227
8	Catherine	1,600
9	Mildred	1,523
10	Rose	1,356
11	Marie	1,314
12	Frances	1,260
13	Florence	1,209
14	Josephine	1,148
15	Eleanor	1,004
16	Virginia	964
17	Betty	953
18	Alice	937
19	Evelyn	916
20	Ann	876
21	Grace	858
22	Martha	825
23	Irene	819
24	Lillian	783
25	Kathryn	781
26	Ethel	766
27	Jean	765
28	Anne	719
29	Pauline	717
30	Julia	688
31	Edith	671
32	Esther	655
33	Edna	646
34	Gertrude	642
35	Agnes	640
36	Louise	634
37	Stella	629
38	Emma	597
39	Rita	578
40	Marion	573
41	Thelma	571
42	Gladys	559
43	Jane	532
44	Doris	523
45	Sarah	495
46	Beatrice	478
47	Katherine	476
48	Clara	475
49	Jennie	462
50	Bertha	454
51	Sara	436
52	Sophie	434
53	Elsie	423
54	Marian	412
55	Hazel	402
56	Pearl	392
57	Ida	364
58	Genevieve	361
59	Theresa	355
60	Marjorie	354
61	Laura	345
62	Violet	344
63	Sylvia	320
64	Lois	314
65	Nellie	311
66	Charlotte	294
66	Eva	294
68	Blanche	287
69	Geraldine	280
69	Viola	280
71	Olga	269
72	Lucille	265
72	Miriam	265
74	Mabel	263
75	June	259
76	Bernice	257
77	Lucy	256
78	Verna	253
79	Mae	247
80	Ellen	246
81	Leona	241
82	Marguerite	239
83	Barbara	235
84	Alma	232
85	Emily	230
86	Veronica	229
87	Naomi	228
88	Lena	227
89	Alberta	226
90	Vera	218
91	Harriet	215
91	Nancy	215
93	Hilda	210
94	Myrtle	205
95	Janet	200
96	Loretta	197
96	Madeline	197
98	Regina	192
98	Victoria	192
100	Ella	190

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,620
2	William	4,462
3	Joseph	4,223
4	Robert	3,112
5	Charles	2,766
6	George	2,632
7	James	2,568
8	Edward	2,039
9	Frank	1,985
10	Paul	1,566
11	Thomas	1,409
12	Harry	1,309
12	Walter	1,309
14	Michael	1,099
15	Albert	1,087
16	Richard	967
17	Anthony	898
18	Raymond	887
19	Harold	878
20	Stanley	793
21	Francis	776
22	Henry	737
23	Donald	735
24	Samuel	683
25	Andrew	682
26	Louis	670
27	Ralph	668
28	Arthur	618
29	Carl	582
30	David	573
31	Howard	523
32	Earl	495
33	Kenneth	493
34	Peter	483
35	Daniel	439
36	Stephen	435
37	Clarence	420
38	Bernard	419
39	Jack	415
40	Russell	388
41	Fred	374
42	Leonard	371
43	Norman	364
44	Alfred	355
44	Eugene	355
46	Steve	351
47	Frederick	329
48	Vincent	326
49	Chester	325
50	Theodore	319
51	Martin	317
52	Lawrence	315
53	Herbert	310
54	Elmer	308
55	Mike	305
56	Leo	291
57	Nicholas	284
58	Roy	276
59	Ernest	268
60	Leroy	249
61	Lester	246
62	Philip	238
63	Edwin	237
64	Benjamin	230
65	Alexander	226
66	Victor	203
67	Melvin	202
68	Herman	194
69	Lewis	193
70	Leon	192
71	Joe	191
72	Gerald	188
72	Lloyd	188
74	Clyde	184
75	Jacob	177
76	Glenn	173
77	Clifford	169
78	Ray	167
79	Warren	158
80	Edgar	156
81	Nick	149
82	Wilbur	144
83	Floyd	142
83	Franklin	142
85	Willard	137
86	Milton	136
87	Alex	133
88	Rudolph	130
89	Wayne	126
90	Clair	125
91	Sidney	124
92	Elwood	123
93	Angelo	121
94	Tony	118
95	Matthew	117
96	Harvey	116
97	Sam	115
98	Morris	112
99	Edmund	111
100	Maurice	110