Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1945

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,657
2Carol2,879
3Barbara2,808
4Patricia2,646
5Linda2,156
6Sandra1,800
7Judith1,736
8Nancy1,692
9Susan1,315
10Margaret1,306
11Donna1,287
12Kathleen1,285
13Karen1,001
14Janet980
15Joyce945
16Joan938
17Elizabeth906
18Diane825
19Dorothy812
20Shirley806
21Betty755
22Sharon744
23Ruth723
24Judy665
25Carolyn652
26Jean631
27Bonnie620
28Jane600
29Gloria597
30Helen589
31Elaine588
32Joanne555
33Ann549
33Eileen549
35Beverly545
36Virginia543
37Frances529
38Marilyn526
39Janice501
40Catherine476
41Carole467
41Cheryl467
43Marie466
44Lois454
45Phyllis397
46Anna393
47Dolores389
48Rosemary385
49Darlene377
50Geraldine374

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John5,769
2Robert5,444
3James4,760
4William4,244
5Richard3,485
6Thomas2,849
7Joseph2,757
8David2,741
9Charles2,146
10Ronald2,041
11Michael1,826
12Edward1,629
13George1,618
14Donald1,557
15Paul1,294
16Kenneth1,140
17Dennis1,067
18Gary1,056
19Larry987
20Frank917
21Raymond773
22Daniel744
23Gerald690
24Harry679
25Anthony633
26Stephen592
27Walter580
28Francis563
29Lawrence525
30Barry515
31Carl473
32Albert455
33Eugene444
34Harold434
35Jack422
36Terry415
37Samuel406
38Louis405
39Wayne395
40Arthur384
41Bruce381
42Ralph374
43Stanley373
44Peter359
45Howard357
46Frederick354
47Henry346
48Roger344
49Leonard332
50Fred321