Pennsylvania ★ 1942

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1942

Mary led for girls with 4,475 babies ; John for boys with 6,575. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,475
2	Barbara	3,873
3	Patricia	3,707
4	Carol	3,016
5	Nancy	2,249
6	Judith	2,052
7	Sandra	2,042
8	Margaret	1,705
9	Linda	1,596
10	Joan	1,588
11	Janet	1,269
12	Donna	1,237
13	Joyce	1,188
14	Dorothy	1,179
15	Kathleen	1,062
16	Shirley	1,054
17	Elizabeth	1,006
18	Betty	987
19	Carolyn	938
20	Carole	937
21	Ruth	919
22	Susan	834
23	Helen	826
24	Beverly	765
25	Joanne	762
25	Virginia	762
27	Jean	757
28	Judy	719
29	Bonnie	717
30	Karen	703
31	Marie	686
32	Frances	685
33	Diane	661
34	Ann	638
35	Dolores	636
35	Elaine	636
37	Catherine	625
38	Gloria	606
39	Lois	572
40	Geraldine	556
41	Anna	552
42	Janice	549
43	Phyllis	534
44	Rose	525
45	Eileen	496
46	Doris	494
47	Marilyn	486
48	Jane	477
49	Alice	464
50	Sally	445
51	Rita	439
52	Charlotte	428
53	Martha	420
54	Marlene	419
55	Eleanor	416
56	Joann	391
57	Arlene	378
58	Sharon	369
59	Kathryn	359
60	Lorraine	354
61	Theresa	350
62	Roberta	346
63	Maryann	342
64	Gail	341
65	Jacqueline	339
66	Louise	334
67	Anne	327
67	Evelyn	327
69	Loretta	315
70	Irene	308
71	Florence	307
72	Constance	300
73	Connie	296
74	Darlene	291
75	Rosemary	284
76	Brenda	279
76	Marjorie	279
78	Ellen	276
79	Suzanne	273
80	Peggy	268
80	Sarah	268
82	Norma	258
83	Sylvia	255
84	Kay	245
85	Mildred	244
86	Diana	224
87	Josephine	223
88	Grace	219
89	Marian	218
90	June	217
91	Marion	210
92	Maureen	208
93	Audrey	206
94	Delores	202
94	Rosemarie	202
96	Rebecca	197
97	Anita	196
98	Sara	193
99	Christine	191
100	Cynthia	189

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,575
2	Robert	6,204
3	James	5,206
4	William	5,058
5	Richard	3,683
6	Joseph	3,298
7	Thomas	2,977
8	Charles	2,723
9	David	2,707
10	Ronald	2,496
11	George	2,020
12	Edward	1,984
13	Donald	1,854
14	Michael	1,554
15	Paul	1,444
16	Kenneth	1,262
17	Frank	1,140
18	Larry	1,059
19	Raymond	1,032
20	Gerald	897
21	Dennis	855
22	Gary	854
23	Harry	850
24	Anthony	808
25	Daniel	764
26	Walter	751
27	Francis	748
28	Stephen	660
29	Carl	632
30	Albert	627
31	Lawrence	586
32	Harold	585
33	Barry	577
34	Eugene	567
35	Ralph	539
36	Arthur	536
37	Louis	490
38	Samuel	474
39	Jack	452
40	Stanley	445
41	Peter	436
42	Henry	419
43	Fred	417
44	Wayne	411
45	Douglas	410
46	Howard	401
47	Frederick	387
48	Andrew	364
49	Leonard	356
50	Jerry	355
51	Philip	352
52	Bernard	342
53	Bruce	320
54	Terry	312
55	Roger	309
56	Norman	305
57	Russell	301
58	Earl	298
59	Patrick	296
60	Martin	294
61	Theodore	291
62	Glenn	286
63	Vincent	280
64	Dale	266
65	Roy	256
66	Alfred	244
67	Leroy	242
68	Melvin	239
69	Ernest	234
70	Clarence	214
71	Nicholas	211
72	Jay	210
73	Alan	205
74	Edwin	202
75	Allen	191
76	Victor	190
77	Herbert	180
78	Jerome	174
79	Ray	172
80	Timothy	169
81	Franklin	164
82	Warren	163
83	Lee	161
84	Mark	153
85	Steven	152
86	Jeffrey	150
87	Lewis	148
88	Clifford	143
89	Marvin	142
90	Chester	140
91	Gordon	139
91	Leo	139
93	Gene	138
94	Harvey	137
95	Clyde	136
96	Leon	129
97	Benjamin	125
98	Allan	124
99	Lloyd	118
100	Alvin	113