Pennsylvania ★ 1928

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1928

Mary led for girls with 5,742 babies ; John for boys with 6,134. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,742
2	Dorothy	3,129
3	Betty	2,977
4	Helen	2,662
5	Margaret	2,574
6	Ruth	1,892
7	Anna	1,822
8	Jean	1,623
9	Elizabeth	1,589
10	Doris	1,583
11	Dolores	1,515
12	Shirley	1,255
13	Marie	1,146
14	Catherine	1,088
15	Eleanor	1,037
16	Lois	1,032
17	Rose	993
18	Mildred	971
19	Frances	917
20	Florence	911
21	Irene	907
22	Patricia	901
23	Virginia	891
24	Alice	858
25	Evelyn	819
26	Theresa	789
27	Barbara	768
28	Gloria	707
29	Rita	682
30	Josephine	673
31	Jane	652
32	Joan	651
33	Nancy	644
34	Ann	642
35	Phyllis	640
36	Martha	624
37	Grace	613
38	Pauline	559
39	Marjorie	544
40	Louise	537
41	June	532
41	Lillian	532
41	Marian	532
41	Marion	532
45	Geraldine	501
46	Norma	493
47	Esther	488
48	Lorraine	472
49	Thelma	470
50	Ethel	454
51	Agnes	433
52	Gladys	416
53	Audrey	414
54	Kathryn	410
55	Edith	384
56	Anne	361
57	Elaine	360
58	Janet	358
59	Edna	354
60	Sarah	344
61	Joyce	340
62	Emma	336
63	Charlotte	327
64	Gertrude	322
65	Arlene	320
66	Elsie	316
67	Beatrice	315
68	Jeanne	313
69	Bernice	311
70	Julia	310
71	Clara	288
72	Kathleen	279
73	Sara	271
74	Katherine	268
75	Marilyn	254
76	Regina	243
77	Ellen	242
78	Hazel	240
79	Rosemary	239
80	Lucille	238
81	Laura	237
82	Bertha	228
83	Loretta	226
83	Vivian	226
85	Violet	223
86	Ida	219
86	Pearl	219
88	Peggy	217
89	Jacqueline	210
90	Claire	209
90	Genevieve	209
92	Stella	208
93	Beverly	206
93	Carolyn	206
95	Miriam	200
96	Jennie	198
97	Eva	191
98	Delores	188
98	Eileen	188
100	Leona	187

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,134
2	Robert	5,177
3	William	5,008
4	James	3,785
5	Joseph	3,686
6	Charles	2,915
7	Richard	2,679
8	George	2,554
9	Edward	2,236
10	Donald	2,111
11	Thomas	1,844
12	Paul	1,652
13	Frank	1,421
14	Harry	1,118
15	Raymond	1,068
16	Walter	988
17	Albert	959
18	David	933
19	Harold	915
20	Francis	840
21	Eugene	780
22	Jack	772
23	Kenneth	746
24	Anthony	713
25	Carl	706
26	Ralph	678
27	Michael	667
28	Herbert	631
29	Louis	624
30	Henry	601
31	Arthur	571
32	Leonard	531
33	Howard	514
34	Stanley	513
35	Samuel	504
36	Daniel	497
37	Bernard	484
38	Earl	472
39	Andrew	470
40	Alfred	466
41	Norman	461
42	Fred	421
43	Lawrence	412
44	Gerald	409
45	Peter	407
46	Clarence	383
47	Russell	372
48	Vincent	365
49	Theodore	350
50	Ernest	329
51	Frederick	320
52	Roy	306
53	Ronald	296
54	Edwin	288
55	Glenn	285
56	Stephen	265
57	Elmer	262
58	Melvin	258
59	Martin	257
60	Leroy	250
61	Philip	245
62	Leo	242
63	Nicholas	224
64	Chester	201
65	Lewis	196
66	Clyde	191
67	Ray	189
68	Steve	188
69	Wayne	187
70	Leon	186
71	Floyd	184
72	Dale	180
73	Herman	176
73	Warren	176
75	Lester	175
76	Lloyd	174
77	Clifford	169
78	Benjamin	168
79	Victor	166
80	Alvin	161
81	Allen	148
82	Joe	145
82	Marvin	145
84	Gilbert	140
84	Harvey	140
86	Gene	137
87	Alexander	133
87	Milton	133
89	Bruce	131
90	Franklin	129
91	Clair	128
92	Calvin	125
92	Mike	125
92	Wilbur	125
95	Patrick	122
96	Angelo	121
97	Rudolph	119
98	Edgar	113
98	Lee	113
100	Willard	109