Top 100 Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1920

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Pennsylvania, in 1920.

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1920


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 84,857 boys born sharing 596 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1920 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1John1 in 12 (8.3%)7,042
2William1 in 17 (6%)5,115
3Robert1 in 20 (4.9%)4,148
4Joseph1 in 21 (4.8%)4,087
5James1 in 27 (3.7%)3,119
6Charles1 in 27 (3.7%)3,111
7George1 in 30 (3.4%)2,850
8Edward1 in 36 (2.8%)2,362
9Frank1 in 43 (2.3%)1,954
10Paul1 in 49 (2%)1,726
11Thomas1 in 54 (1.9%)1,579
12Walter1 in 58 (1.7%)1,454
13Harry1 in 61 (1.6%)1,392
14Richard1 in 65 (1.5%)1,312
15Albert1 in 72 (1.4%)1,173
16Harold1 in 84 (1.2%)1,007
17Michael1 in 87 (1.1%)973
18Donald1 in 88 (1.1%)969
19Raymond1 in 90 (1.1%)946
20Francis1 in 91 (1.1%)931
21Anthony1 in 96 (1%)885
22Ralph1 in 107 (0.9%)791
23Henry1 in 110 (0.9%)773
24Stanley1 in 110 (0.9%)772
25Andrew1 in 118 (0.8%)719
26Louis1 in 120 (0.8%)709
27David1 in 125 (0.8%)680
28Arthur1 in 130 (0.8%)653
29Samuel1 in 137 (0.7%)618
30Carl1 in 138 (0.7%)617
31Earl1 in 138 (0.7%)617
32Kenneth1 in 142 (0.7%)596
33Jack1 in 144 (0.7%)591
34Howard1 in 147 (0.7%)579
35Peter1 in 167 (0.6%)507
36Eugene1 in 170 (0.6%)499
37Daniel1 in 174 (0.6%)487
38Bernard1 in 190 (0.5%)446
39Leonard1 in 191 (0.5%)444
40Clarence1 in 194 (0.5%)437
41Stephen1 in 209 (0.5%)406
42Fred1 in 213 (0.5%)398
43Alfred1 in 218 (0.5%)389
44Russell1 in 220 (0.5%)385
45Elmer1 in 228 (0.4%)372
46Lawrence1 in 229 (0.4%)371
47Vincent1 in 232 (0.4%)365
48Ernest1 in 234 (0.4%)363
49Warren1 in 239 (0.4%)355
50Herbert1 in 252 (0.4%)337
51Norman1 in 253 (0.4%)335
52Chester1 in 257 (0.4%)330
53Frederick1 in 261 (0.4%)325
54Leo1 in 269 (0.4%)316
55Theodore1 in 269 (0.4%)316
56Steve1 in 272 (0.4%)312
57Edwin1 in 273 (0.4%)311
58Gerald1 in 304 (0.3%)279
59Mike1 in 304 (0.3%)279
60Leroy1 in 305 (0.3%)278
61Roy1 in 309 (0.3%)275
62Philip1 in 311 (0.3%)273
63Martin1 in 313 (0.3%)271
64Lester1 in 323 (0.3%)263
65Nicholas1 in 341 (0.3%)249
66Glenn1 in 374 (0.3%)227
67Melvin1 in 382 (0.3%)222
68Leon1 in 395 (0.3%)215
69Benjamin1 in 402 (0.2%)211
70Clyde1 in 406 (0.2%)209
71Victor1 in 418 (0.2%)203
72Alexander1 in 424 (0.2%)200
73Lewis1 in 440 (0.2%)193
74Clifford1 in 444 (0.2%)191
75Ray1 in 456 (0.2%)186
76Joe1 in 456 (0.2%)186
77Herman1 in 459 (0.2%)185
78Lloyd1 in 461 (0.2%)184
79Jacob1 in 493 (0.2%)172
80Alvin1 in 514 (0.2%)165
81Franklin1 in 517 (0.2%)164
82Matthew1 in 527 (0.2%)161
83Clair1 in 570 (0.2%)149
84Elwood1 in 570 (0.2%)149
85Floyd1 in 577 (0.2%)147
86Milton1 in 585 (0.2%)145
87Wayne1 in 593 (0.2%)143
88Willard1 in 593 (0.2%)143
89Nick1 in 598 (0.2%)142
90Angelo1 in 606 (0.2%)140
91Sidney1 in 615 (0.2%)138
92Wilbur1 in 638 (0.2%)133
93Harvey1 in 663 (0.2%)128
94Allen1 in 684 (0.1%)124
95Tony1 in 707 (0.1%)120
96Edmund1 in 707 (0.1%)120
97Edgar1 in 725 (0.1%)117
98Merle1 in 725 (0.1%)117
99Alex1 in 738 (0.1%)115
100Morris1 in 744 (0.1%)114


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