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Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1916

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary7,730
2Helen4,656
3Anna3,582
4Margaret3,301
5Dorothy2,933
6Ruth2,249
7Elizabeth2,188
8Catherine1,489
9Mildred1,466
10Marie1,298
11Rose1,250
12Frances1,224
13Florence1,184
14Josephine1,040
15Eleanor992
16Evelyn930
17Ann894
18Grace889
19Virginia853
20Alice844
21Kathryn778
22Martha755
23Lillian746
24Anne735
25Julia734
26Jean731
27Irene715
28Ethel686
29Esther668
30Edith657
31Betty651
32Pauline649
33Edna633
34Stella618
35Louise614
36Emma590
37Agnes564
38Gertrude561
39Rita551
40Thelma547
41Jane523
42Sarah520
43Marion494
44Gladys489
45Beatrice464
46Bertha456
47Katherine438
48Clara435
49Sara429
50Jennie426

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John6,543
2Joseph4,004
3William3,985
4Charles2,754
5Robert2,626
6George2,558
7James2,453
8Edward1,891
9Frank1,876
10Paul1,482
11Harry1,217
12Walter1,170
13Thomas1,165
14Michael1,110
15Albert1,032
16Richard915
17Anthony873
18Raymond816
19Harold788
20Stanley754
21Francis723
22Henry681
23Louis669
24Andrew656
25Samuel634
26Donald613
27Ralph603
28Carl596
29Arthur579
30David532
31Peter530
32Howard516
33Kenneth497
34Earl476
35Stephen435
36Clarence398
37Steve386
38Bernard376
39Frederick374
40Eugene365
41Fred361
42Alfred360
43Jack344
44Daniel341
45Lawrence335
46Elmer331
47Vincent326
48Russell325
49Chester311
50Norman305