Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,455
2	Patricia	3,671
3	Barbara	3,526
4	Carol	3,311
5	Linda	2,953
6	Sandra	2,436
7	Nancy	2,300
8	Susan	1,995
9	Judith	1,969
10	Kathleen	1,808
11	Donna	1,672
12	Margaret	1,628
13	Karen	1,516
14	Sharon	1,346
15	Diane	1,229
16	Janet	1,111
17	Joan	1,087
18	Joyce	1,015
19	Elizabeth	938
20	Shirley	917
21	Dorothy	910
22	Ruth	870
23	Bonnie	863
24	Betty	845
25	Judy	830
26	Carolyn	786
27	Jane	769
28	Beverly	767
29	Cheryl	731
30	Janice	729
31	Jean	712
32	Joanne	711
33	Gloria	674
34	Helen	670
35	Eileen	668
36	Elaine	656
37	Virginia	652
38	Ann	643
39	Catherine	625
40	Marie	608
41	Marilyn	580
42	Suzanne	561
43	Frances	548
44	Darlene	546
45	Lois	511
46	Carole	496
47	Christine	485
48	Phyllis	483
49	Cynthia	482
50	Rosemary	459

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,202
2	Robert	6,907
3	James	5,861
4	William	5,403
5	Richard	4,645
6	Thomas	3,695
7	David	3,436
8	Joseph	3,365
9	Charles	2,750
10	Ronald	2,684
11	Michael	2,586
12	Edward	2,004
13	George	1,899
14	Donald	1,862
15	Paul	1,717
16	Dennis	1,671
17	Kenneth	1,505
18	Gary	1,460
19	Larry	1,250
20	Frank	1,133
21	Daniel	1,106
22	Raymond	953
23	Stephen	848
24	Barry	839
25	Harry	825
26	Gerald	779
27	Anthony	759
28	Francis	752
29	Walter	720
30	Terry	704
31	Lawrence	674
32	Wayne	604
33	Carl	602
34	Bruce	533
35	Albert	522
36	Eugene	519
37	Harold	503
38	Jack	480
39	Samuel	478
40	Alan	468
41	Arthur	462
42	Peter	449
43	Howard	448
44	Frederick	442
44	Ralph	442
46	Stanley	431
47	Louis	404
48	Timothy	400
49	Gregory	394
50	Fred	384