Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1944

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,954
2Barbara2,915
3Patricia2,853
4Carol2,807
5Nancy1,902
6Sandra1,880
7Judith1,858
8Linda1,772
9Margaret1,415
10Donna1,293
11Kathleen1,177
12Susan1,148
13Joan1,100
14Janet1,008
15Karen972
16Dorothy926
17Elizabeth920
18Joyce913
19Shirley857
20Ruth851
21Betty813
22Sharon746
23Carolyn741
24Diane712
25Carole686
26Helen678
27Judy676
28Virginia639
29Beverly633
30Bonnie621
31Jean616
32Gloria561
33Marie545
34Joanne536
35Elaine534
36Eileen533
37Frances530
38Catherine525
39Jane512
40Ann505
41Janice489
42Lois488
43Marilyn484
44Cheryl455
45Phyllis420
46Alice413
46Dolores413
48Doris399
49Geraldine393
50Anna387

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John5,967
2Robert5,624
3James4,849
4William4,305
5Richard3,338
6Joseph2,963
7Thomas2,856
8David2,671
9Charles2,395
10Ronald2,132
11Edward1,726
11Michael1,726
13Donald1,698
14George1,689
15Paul1,337
16Kenneth1,183
17Gary974
18Larry937
19Frank936
20Dennis858
21Raymond835
22Daniel793
23Harry770
24Gerald752
25Walter640
26Anthony622
27Francis613
28Barry571
29Lawrence562
30Stephen554
31Carl531
32Harold498
33Albert497
34Eugene462
35Arthur457
36Ralph442
37Wayne418
38Louis396
39Samuel383
40Frederick382
41Jack378
42Terry375
43Peter360
44Leonard357
45Henry345
46Stanley342
47Bruce332
48Howard331
49Roger329
50Fred325