Pennsylvania ★ 1948

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1948

Linda led for girls with 6,217 babies ; John for boys with 7,300. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,217
2	Mary	4,441
3	Barbara	3,589
4	Patricia	3,354
5	Carol	2,832
6	Susan	2,598
7	Kathleen	2,185
8	Sandra	2,167
9	Nancy	2,156
10	Donna	1,816
11	Karen	1,767
12	Margaret	1,643
13	Judith	1,448
14	Sharon	1,434
15	Diane	1,304
16	Cheryl	1,036
17	Janet	1,031
18	Elizabeth	1,010
19	Deborah	954
20	Joyce	912
21	Bonnie	889
22	Shirley	837
23	Joan	833
24	Beverly	804
25	Cynthia	761
26	Dorothy	734
27	Christine	726
28	Carolyn	714
29	Ruth	704
30	Jane	700
31	Catherine	692
32	Joanne	690
33	Jean	670
34	Gloria	656
35	Betty	654
35	Janice	654
37	Elaine	649
38	Judy	637
39	Helen	617
40	Eileen	598
41	Ann	595
42	Pamela	593
43	Virginia	589
44	Marie	563
45	Darlene	538
46	Marilyn	535
47	Theresa	531
48	Frances	493
49	Suzanne	490
50	Brenda	486
51	Kathryn	484
52	Phyllis	453
53	Jacqueline	445
53	Lois	445
55	Rose	408
56	Connie	407
57	Gail	406
58	Diana	403
59	Marlene	394
60	Sally	387
61	Ellen	381
61	Rosemary	381
63	Anna	378
63	Martha	378
65	Lorraine	369
66	Rita	366
67	Paula	364
68	Dolores	362
69	Kathy	361
70	Alice	355
71	Anne	344
72	Maureen	342
73	Charlotte	340
73	Constance	340
75	Joann	335
76	Geraldine	330
77	Maryann	322
78	Carole	320
79	Doris	315
80	Rebecca	310
81	Jeanne	297
82	Louise	294
83	Peggy	291
84	Lynn	286
85	Arlene	282
86	Roberta	280
87	Sherry	278
88	Jo	269
89	Marsha	267
90	Marcia	266
91	Evelyn	257
91	Regina	257
93	Marjorie	250
94	Cathy	246
95	Dianne	241
95	Sheila	241
97	Katherine	222
98	Anita	219
98	Yvonne	219
100	Andrea	215

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	7,300
2	Robert	6,931
3	James	5,773
4	William	5,491
5	Thomas	4,099
6	David	4,091
7	Richard	3,891
8	Joseph	3,574
9	Michael	3,159
10	Charles	2,641
11	Ronald	2,586
12	Edward	2,008
13	George	1,952
14	Donald	1,818
15	Dennis	1,714
16	Gary	1,597
17	Paul	1,591
18	Kenneth	1,551
19	Larry	1,406
20	Daniel	1,348
21	Frank	1,080
22	Stephen	1,056
23	Raymond	1,004
24	Anthony	859
25	Gerald	819
26	Barry	778
27	Lawrence	769
28	Francis	760
29	Terry	742
30	Harry	734
31	Bruce	700
32	Walter	693
33	Gregory	661
34	Carl	582
35	Wayne	574
36	Albert	562
37	Timothy	541
38	Steven	529
39	Jeffrey	520
40	Mark	519
41	Ralph	490
42	Alan	477
43	Eugene	476
44	Peter	475
45	Harold	470
46	Stanley	468
47	Samuel	467
48	Philip	454
49	Frederick	453
50	Patrick	449
51	Louis	443
52	Arthur	432
53	Jack	427
54	Andrew	421
55	Dale	415
56	Howard	401
57	Glenn	393
58	Roger	381
59	Leonard	374
60	Henry	366
61	Russell	364
62	Douglas	351
63	Fred	338
64	Bernard	334
65	Vincent	322
66	Jerry	313
67	Martin	306
68	Allen	298
69	Earl	296
70	Norman	292
71	Roy	277
71	Theodore	277
73	Jay	270
74	Ernest	254
75	Craig	252
76	Nicholas	232
77	Keith	226
78	Alfred	220
79	Edwin	213
80	Christopher	208
81	Lee	207
82	Melvin	203
83	Leroy	200
84	Eric	199
85	Jerome	193
86	Warren	187
87	Clarence	181
88	Herbert	174
89	Brian	171
90	Rodney	169
91	Ray	162
92	Clifford	155
93	Harvey	153
94	Phillip	150
95	Lewis	145
96	Benjamin	138
97	Scott	134
98	Leo	131
99	Randall	129
99	Victor	129