Pennsylvania ★ 1953

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1953

Mary led for girls with 4,029 babies ; John for boys with 6,796. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,029
2	Linda	3,908
3	Patricia	3,674
4	Deborah	3,583
5	Susan	3,381
6	Barbara	2,763
7	Karen	2,377
8	Kathleen	2,263
9	Nancy	2,192
10	Donna	2,054
11	Debra	1,964
12	Diane	1,821
13	Carol	1,785
14	Cynthia	1,643
15	Sandra	1,586
16	Sharon	1,560
17	Margaret	1,334
18	Janet	1,259
19	Pamela	1,120
20	Elizabeth	1,074
21	Denise	1,067
22	Judith	1,034
23	Christine	966
24	Joan	865
24	Joyce	865
26	Kathy	806
27	Janice	803
28	Beverly	793
29	Cheryl	787
30	Bonnie	761
31	Catherine	741
32	Joanne	705
33	Brenda	653
34	Ann	641
35	Jane	613
36	Theresa	607
37	Darlene	599
38	Gail	593
39	Ruth	569
40	Rebecca	566
41	Jean	555
42	Shirley	540
43	Marilyn	527
44	Paula	524
45	Elaine	514
46	Rose	511
47	Jacqueline	504
48	Eileen	502
49	Kathryn	498
50	Dorothy	496
51	Marie	490
52	Judy	481
53	Suzanne	465
54	Robin	457
55	Helen	451
56	Cathy	442
57	Gloria	436
58	Virginia	433
59	Lynn	414
60	Michele	410
61	Maureen	405
62	Betty	399
62	Carolyn	399
64	Jo	397
65	Anne	395
66	Ellen	378
66	Lois	378
68	Diana	376
69	Frances	356
70	Sally	355
71	Sheila	352
72	Martha	349
73	Lorraine	347
74	Valerie	344
75	Rita	339
76	Roberta	335
77	Constance	327
78	Connie	323
79	Marcia	317
80	Marsha	315
81	Teresa	314
82	Andrea	296
83	Cindy	293
83	Joann	293
85	Anna	286
86	Alice	281
87	Colleen	279
88	Victoria	278
89	Marlene	277
90	Wendy	276
91	Charlene	272
91	Louise	272
93	Maria	268
94	Sherry	263
95	Phyllis	262
96	Laura	261
97	Regina	258
98	Rosemary	254
99	Doris	251
100	Wanda	249

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,796
2	Robert	6,726
3	James	5,635
4	David	5,248
5	William	4,857
6	Michael	4,850
7	Richard	4,269
8	Thomas	4,008
9	Joseph	3,331
10	Charles	2,393
11	Gary	2,300
12	Dennis	1,943
13	Donald	1,900
14	Edward	1,883
15	Ronald	1,872
16	Paul	1,791
17	Daniel	1,642
18	George	1,622
19	Mark	1,566
20	Kenneth	1,550
21	Jeffrey	1,488
22	Stephen	1,471
23	Steven	1,239
24	Anthony	1,023
25	Timothy	1,015
26	Gregory	969
27	Larry	957
28	Frank	928
29	Raymond	915
30	Bruce	891
31	Lawrence	698
32	Francis	689
33	Barry	660
34	Gerald	623
35	Terry	619
36	Douglas	613
37	Kevin	604
38	Harry	597
38	Patrick	597
40	Wayne	593
41	Walter	577
42	Keith	563
43	Peter	539
44	Carl	535
45	Alan	528
46	Dale	519
47	Andrew	516
48	Randy	507
49	Philip	470
50	Craig	465
51	Eugene	444
51	Scott	444
53	Samuel	441
54	Albert	439
55	Frederick	438
55	Ralph	438
57	Glenn	434
58	Louis	405
59	Harold	396
60	Arthur	394
61	Roger	391
62	Howard	378
63	Rodney	362
64	Brian	359
64	Stanley	359
66	Jack	351
67	Martin	344
68	Russell	325
69	Jay	323
70	Vincent	322
71	Leonard	307
72	Allen	303
73	Christopher	300
73	Jerry	300
75	Henry	294
76	Roy	289
77	Theodore	284
78	Bernard	275
79	Eric	271
80	Nicholas	269
81	Randall	247
82	Ricky	244
83	Norman	234
84	Earl	230
85	Fred	228
86	Ernest	217
86	Lee	217
88	Dean	213
89	Jerome	203
90	Alfred	174
91	Matthew	171
92	Clifford	164
92	Victor	164
92	Warren	164
95	Edwin	163
96	Curtis	162
97	Clarence	158
98	Melvin	157
99	Gerard	154
100	Bradley	152