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Names of Pennsylvania

17,935,365 births across 10,045 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Pennsylvania more than Regis.

Most concentrated in Pennsylvania

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Regis 3,059 17.0×
Nevin 1,696 10.1×
Clair 4,484 8.8×
Catharine 2,173 7.0×
Philomena 1,780 5.3×
Mervin 1,941 4.9×
Elwood 3,743 4.4×
Domenic 1,997 4.4×
Domenick 829 4.4×
Marlin 3,726 4.2×
Rasheed 728 4.2×
Ruthann 904 4.0×
Carmella 3,419 4.0×
Maryanne 2,040 3.8×
Roseanne 853 3.3×
Maryellen 1,705 3.3×
Marybeth 1,259 3.2×
Roseann 2,228 3.2×
Annamarie 1,335 3.1×
Carolann 615 3.1×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary292,817
2Margaret115,956
3Patricia113,649
4Elizabeth108,979
5Helen102,510
6Barbara102,121
7Dorothy93,705
8Linda89,088
9Anna85,876
10Susan82,276
11Nancy75,363
12Jennifer72,947
13Ruth69,817
14Betty66,290
15Karen65,917

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John422,027
2Robert353,383
3James305,924
4William303,784
5Michael272,409
6Joseph257,988
7David223,324
8Richard186,045
9Thomas184,004
10Charles161,296
11Edward121,795
12George119,344
13Daniel112,111
14Paul105,172
15Donald102,176

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.