Pennsylvania ★ 1940

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1940

Mary led for girls with 3,942 babies ; Robert for boys with 5,351. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,942
2	Patricia	3,061
3	Barbara	2,922
4	Nancy	2,048
5	Carol	1,846
6	Judith	1,810
7	Joan	1,567
8	Margaret	1,495
9	Sandra	1,294
10	Dorothy	1,167
11	Shirley	1,095
12	Janet	1,027
13	Elizabeth	977
14	Joyce	973
15	Betty	936
16	Ruth	890
17	Donna	845
17	Linda	845
19	Helen	812
20	Jean	747
21	Lois	622
22	Ann	617
23	Beverly	612
24	Gloria	607
25	Dolores	596
26	Virginia	595
27	Frances	591
28	Joanne	590
29	Marie	569
30	Catherine	563
31	Anna	561
32	Rose	554
33	Judy	552
34	Kathleen	539
35	Janice	532
36	Elaine	526
37	Carole	524
37	Doris	524
39	Alice	514
40	Jane	500
41	Carolyn	496
42	Phyllis	490
43	Geraldine	489
43	Susan	489
45	Eleanor	450
46	Marilyn	421
47	Marlene	408
47	Martha	408
49	Sally	371
50	Evelyn	365
51	Rita	362
52	Brenda	356
53	Loretta	347
54	Bonnie	346
55	Charlotte	337
56	Arlene	336
57	Joann	321
58	Diane	320
59	Florence	310
60	Theresa	304
61	Kathryn	295
62	Louise	293
63	Norma	286
64	Roberta	284
65	Sylvia	281
66	Irene	277
67	Jacqueline	274
68	Eileen	271
69	Marjorie	269
70	Peggy	265
71	Lorraine	261
72	Sarah	256
73	Constance	255
74	Anne	254
75	Audrey	253
76	Darlene	251
76	Rosemary	251
78	Mildred	247
79	Maryann	244
80	Ellen	235
81	Grace	230
82	Connie	229
83	Kay	225
84	Josephine	224
85	Gail	223
86	June	222
87	Suzanne	218
88	Karen	216
89	Marion	212
90	Marian	208
91	Pauline	198
92	Esther	197
93	Edith	194
94	Rosemarie	183
95	Ethel	177
95	Yvonne	177
97	Delores	175
98	Lillian	172
99	Jeanne	171
100	Sara	170

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,351
2	John	5,253
3	William	4,124
4	James	4,109
5	Richard	3,218
6	Joseph	2,658
7	Thomas	2,370
8	Charles	2,348
9	Ronald	2,207
10	David	2,000
11	Donald	1,822
12	George	1,707
13	Edward	1,606
14	Paul	1,271
15	Michael	1,075
16	Kenneth	1,059
17	Frank	930
18	Raymond	825
19	Larry	796
20	Gerald	766
21	Harry	739
22	Francis	690
23	Gary	643
24	Walter	624
25	Anthony	584
26	Daniel	579
27	Carl	552
28	Eugene	522
29	Harold	503
30	Albert	485
31	Lawrence	451
32	Ralph	445
33	Jack	438
34	Arthur	429
35	Dennis	428
36	Stephen	405
37	Samuel	387
38	Fred	381
39	Louis	367
40	Barry	366
41	Howard	363
41	Stanley	363
43	Henry	353
44	Wayne	349
45	Peter	343
46	Bernard	341
47	Frederick	323
48	Leonard	310
49	Dale	307
50	Andrew	294
51	Jerry	293
52	Norman	292
53	Philip	290
54	Earl	276
55	Russell	266
56	Glenn	254
57	Vincent	245
58	Bruce	243
59	Theodore	242
60	Roger	232
61	Melvin	230
62	Roy	229
63	Martin	226
64	Patrick	216
65	Alfred	215
66	Ernest	198
67	Terry	192
68	Clarence	191
69	Allen	189
70	Herbert	184
71	Ray	173
72	Leroy	171
73	Alan	169
74	Edwin	168
75	Nicholas	166
76	Franklin	164
77	Jerome	157
78	Lee	151
79	Jay	149
79	Warren	149
81	Leon	141
81	Lewis	141
83	Harvey	136
84	Gene	135
85	Clyde	131
86	Lester	126
87	Leo	120
87	Marvin	120
89	Chester	117
90	Clifford	115
91	Lloyd	109
91	Steve	109
93	Victor	108
94	Allan	107
95	Timothy	105
96	Douglas	100
97	Gordon	99
98	Mark	98
99	Alvin	97
100	Bill	93