Pennsylvania ★ 1956

Top names in Pennsylvania, 1956

Mary led for girls with 3,869 babies ; John for boys with 6,534. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,869
2	Deborah	3,568
3	Susan	3,317
4	Linda	3,076
5	Karen	3,037
6	Patricia	3,017
7	Debra	2,899
8	Donna	2,418
9	Barbara	2,354
10	Cynthia	2,175
11	Kathleen	2,036
12	Diane	1,995
13	Nancy	1,890
14	Sharon	1,797
15	Carol	1,629
16	Sandra	1,424
17	Cheryl	1,364
18	Denise	1,265
19	Pamela	1,242
20	Margaret	1,130
21	Elizabeth	1,052
22	Kathy	967
23	Janet	956
24	Judith	849
25	Robin	843
26	Christine	830
27	Cindy	813
28	Theresa	811
29	Catherine	791
30	Joyce	738
31	Kim	722
32	Joan	713
33	Lisa	702
34	Bonnie	675
35	Brenda	674
36	Janice	669
37	Cathy	666
38	Darlene	644
39	Ann	622
40	Beverly	615
41	Lynn	598
42	Jane	585
43	Kimberly	559
44	Joanne	533
45	Ruth	507
46	Gail	506
47	Jean	490
48	Michele	487
49	Rose	474
50	Rebecca	471
51	Debbie	468
52	Kathryn	465
53	Anne	448
54	Eileen	445
55	Maureen	442
56	Dorothy	436
57	Elaine	432
58	Paula	428
59	Shirley	427
60	Marie	418
61	Teresa	414
62	Tina	412
63	Wendy	407
64	Valerie	403
65	Judy	399
66	Ellen	398
66	Laura	398
68	Beth	384
69	Suzanne	376
70	Dawn	366
71	Virginia	364
72	Diana	350
73	Maria	349
73	Renee	349
75	Carolyn	348
76	Sherry	344
77	Colleen	343
77	Jo	343
79	Jacqueline	341
80	Betty	340
81	Michelle	337
82	Anna	336
83	Sally	335
84	Sheila	334
85	Helen	324
86	Connie	323
87	Anita	319
87	Joann	319
87	Vicki	319
90	Victoria	316
91	Lorraine	313
92	Amy	312
92	Rita	312
94	Jill	309
94	Lori	309
96	Roberta	301
97	Gloria	293
98	Andrea	286
99	Terry	278
100	Phyllis	277

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,534
2	Robert	6,256
3	David	5,674
4	Michael	5,605
5	James	5,416
6	William	4,557
7	Joseph	3,727
8	Richard	3,717
9	Thomas	3,696
10	Mark	3,008
11	Charles	2,128
12	Jeffrey	2,095
13	Gary	1,962
14	Edward	1,895
15	Donald	1,818
16	Daniel	1,815
17	Ronald	1,799
18	Paul	1,700
19	Kenneth	1,579
20	Steven	1,571
21	Kevin	1,550
22	Stephen	1,523
23	Timothy	1,424
24	George	1,381
25	Dennis	1,306
26	Gregory	1,174
27	Anthony	1,160
28	Bruce	953
29	Brian	922
30	Frank	912
31	Scott	895
32	Keith	888
33	Douglas	884
34	Raymond	881
35	Randy	824
36	Larry	794
37	Patrick	659
38	Barry	653
39	Terry	632
40	Gerald	616
41	Peter	601
42	Lawrence	596
43	Wayne	589
44	Francis	577
45	Dale	554
46	Walter	527
47	Harry	514
48	Carl	501
49	Andrew	493
50	Alan	492
50	Craig	492
50	Glenn	492
53	Christopher	489
54	Samuel	460
55	Philip	432
56	Louis	416
57	Eugene	410
58	Martin	403
59	Vincent	401
60	Russell	398
61	Albert	386
62	Frederick	378
63	Leonard	377
64	Ralph	375
65	Arthur	352
66	Roger	349
67	Eric	348
68	Harold	345
69	Rodney	340
70	Stanley	338
71	Howard	322
72	Jack	318
73	Jay	303
74	Henry	300
75	Theodore	292
76	Randall	289
77	Matthew	288
78	Jerry	285
79	Jeffery	280
80	Nicholas	257
81	Allen	248
82	Ricky	243
83	Dean	240
84	Earl	239
85	Fred	238
86	Roy	237
87	Bernard	232
88	Norman	216
89	Lee	211
90	Jonathan	203
91	Ernest	196
92	Joel	194
93	Curtis	192
94	Bradley	186
95	Gerard	178
96	Jerome	177
97	Steve	162
98	Kurt	161
98	Victor	161
100	Tyrone	160