Pennsylvania ★ 1947

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1947

Linda led for girls with 6,768 babies ; John for boys with 8,049. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,768
2	Mary	4,848
3	Patricia	3,962
4	Barbara	3,818
5	Carol	3,278
6	Sandra	2,540
7	Nancy	2,475
8	Susan	2,357
9	Donna	2,154
10	Kathleen	2,146
11	Judith	2,019
12	Karen	1,765
13	Margaret	1,758
14	Sharon	1,460
15	Diane	1,343
16	Janet	1,220
17	Elizabeth	1,100
18	Joan	1,065
18	Joyce	1,065
20	Cheryl	1,022
21	Shirley	956
22	Bonnie	903
23	Dorothy	897
24	Beverly	880
25	Jane	832
26	Carolyn	822
27	Judy	816
28	Ruth	807
29	Jean	801
30	Janice	789
31	Joanne	776
32	Gloria	756
33	Catherine	753
34	Elaine	745
35	Betty	743
36	Virginia	713
37	Christine	702
38	Eileen	671
39	Ann	663
40	Marilyn	658
41	Helen	655
42	Cynthia	651
43	Darlene	634
44	Frances	630
45	Marie	615
46	Suzanne	611
47	Jacqueline	562
48	Phyllis	545
49	Lois	526
50	Rose	517
51	Rosemary	512
52	Gail	494
53	Deborah	491
54	Kathryn	484
55	Sally	472
56	Anna	471
56	Pamela	471
58	Connie	470
58	Lorraine	470
60	Alice	457
60	Theresa	457
62	Brenda	443
63	Martha	442
64	Geraldine	440
65	Rita	420
66	Carole	417
67	Ellen	416
68	Joann	403
69	Anne	392
70	Constance	385
70	Diana	385
72	Doris	382
73	Dolores	380
74	Charlotte	364
75	Marlene	362
76	Kathy	344
77	Jeanne	342
78	Maryann	341
79	Rebecca	340
80	Paula	334
81	Roberta	330
82	Maureen	325
83	Louise	319
84	Lynn	317
85	Peggy	316
86	Jo	315
86	Marjorie	315
88	Arlene	314
88	Evelyn	314
90	Sherry	307
91	Andrea	290
92	Marcia	280
93	Loretta	262
94	Marsha	261
95	Sheila	260
96	Sarah	255
97	Eleanor	248
98	Anita	247
99	Dianne	245
100	Bernadette	239

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	8,049
2	Robert	7,755
3	James	6,460
4	William	6,118
5	Richard	4,503
6	David	4,307
7	Thomas	4,209
8	Joseph	3,759
9	Charles	3,115
10	Michael	3,101
11	Ronald	2,706
12	George	2,253
13	Edward	2,234
14	Donald	2,062
15	Dennis	1,953
16	Paul	1,827
17	Kenneth	1,663
18	Gary	1,582
19	Larry	1,506
20	Daniel	1,278
21	Frank	1,269
22	Stephen	1,051
23	Raymond	1,047
24	Anthony	982
25	Barry	901
26	Gerald	891
27	Harry	845
28	Terry	816
29	Lawrence	814
30	Francis	751
31	Walter	735
32	Wayne	667
33	Gregory	658
34	Bruce	656
35	Carl	601
36	Albert	596
37	Eugene	570
38	Peter	548
39	Ralph	538
40	Louis	536
41	Jack	529
42	Harold	528
43	Frederick	515
43	Jeffrey	515
45	Samuel	511
46	Arthur	502
47	Alan	488
48	Mark	483
49	Stanley	480
50	Philip	468
51	Howard	463
52	Patrick	453
53	Henry	446
54	Steven	440
55	Andrew	439
56	Leonard	438
57	Timothy	432
58	Glenn	422
59	Fred	418
60	Dale	416
61	Russell	410
62	Roger	398
63	Douglas	368
64	Jerry	358
65	Bernard	339
66	Earl	316
67	Theodore	313
68	Vincent	312
69	Allen	304
69	Martin	304
71	Norman	303
72	Roy	289
73	Ernest	278
74	Craig	254
75	Jay	246
76	Lee	240
77	Nicholas	231
78	Clarence	229
79	Jerome	220
80	Alfred	217
81	Keith	215
82	Leroy	210
83	Melvin	204
84	Edwin	201
85	Herbert	194
86	Rodney	193
87	Eric	189
88	Steve	173
89	Clifford	172
90	Warren	169
91	Ray	165
92	Brian	163
93	Leon	157
94	Allan	155
95	Joel	154
96	Victor	152
97	Harvey	149
98	Lester	144
98	Phillip	144
100	Benjamin	143