The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1947
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| Rank | Name | How Unique? | Total births this year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 1 in 15 (6.8%) | 8,044 |
| 2 | Robert | 1 in 15 (6.5%) | 7,757 |
| 3 | James | 1 in 18 (5.4%) | 6,463 |
| 4 | William | 1 in 19 (5.2%) | 6,114 |
| 5 | Richard | 1 in 26 (3.8%) | 4,499 |
| 6 | David | 1 in 28 (3.6%) | 4,310 |
| 7 | Thomas | 1 in 28 (3.5%) | 4,208 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1 in 32 (3.2%) | 3,760 |
| 9 | Charles | 1 in 38 (2.6%) | 3,111 |
| 10 | Michael | 1 in 38 (2.6%) | 3,098 |
| 11 | Ronald | 1 in 44 (2.3%) | 2,707 |
| 12 | George | 1 in 53 (1.9%) | 2,254 |
| 13 | Edward | 1 in 53 (1.9%) | 2,238 |
| 14 | Donald | 1 in 58 (1.7%) | 2,059 |
| 15 | Dennis | 1 in 61 (1.6%) | 1,953 |
| 16 | Paul | 1 in 65 (1.5%) | 1,828 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1 in 71 (1.4%) | 1,664 |
| 18 | Gary | 1 in 75 (1.3%) | 1,585 |
| 19 | Larry | 1 in 79 (1.3%) | 1,507 |
| 20 | Daniel | 1 in 93 (1.1%) | 1,280 |
| 21 | Frank | 1 in 93 (1.1%) | 1,271 |
| 22 | Stephen | 1 in 113 (0.9%) | 1,051 |
| 23 | Raymond | 1 in 113 (0.9%) | 1,047 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1 in 121 (0.8%) | 981 |
| 25 | Barry | 1 in 132 (0.8%) | 901 |
| 26 | Gerald | 1 in 133 (0.8%) | 894 |
| 27 | Harry | 1 in 141 (0.7%) | 844 |
| 28 | Terry | 1 in 145 (0.7%) | 816 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 1 in 146 (0.7%) | 813 |
| 30 | Francis | 1 in 158 (0.6%) | 750 |
| 31 | Walter | 1 in 161 (0.6%) | 736 |
| 32 | Wayne | 1 in 178 (0.6%) | 668 |
| 33 | Gregory | 1 in 180 (0.6%) | 659 |
| 34 | Bruce | 1 in 181 (0.6%) | 656 |
| 35 | Carl | 1 in 197 (0.5%) | 601 |
| 36 | Albert | 1 in 199 (0.5%) | 596 |
| 37 | Eugene | 1 in 209 (0.5%) | 567 |
| 38 | Peter | 1 in 216 (0.5%) | 549 |
| 39 | Ralph | 1 in 221 (0.5%) | 538 |
| 40 | Louis | 1 in 221 (0.5%) | 536 |
| 41 | Jack | 1 in 223 (0.4%) | 531 |
| 42 | Harold | 1 in 225 (0.4%) | 527 |
| 43 | Frederick | 1 in 230 (0.4%) | 515 |
| 44 | Jeffrey | 1 in 230 (0.4%) | 515 |
| 45 | Samuel | 1 in 232 (0.4%) | 511 |
| 46 | Arthur | 1 in 236 (0.4%) | 502 |
| 47 | Alan | 1 in 243 (0.4%) | 488 |
| 48 | Mark | 1 in 245 (0.4%) | 484 |
| 49 | Stanley | 1 in 247 (0.4%) | 480 |
| 50 | Philip | 1 in 254 (0.4%) | 468 |
| 51 | Howard | 1 in 255 (0.4%) | 465 |
| 52 | Patrick | 1 in 262 (0.4%) | 453 |
| 53 | Henry | 1 in 266 (0.4%) | 446 |
| 54 | Andrew | 1 in 270 (0.4%) | 440 |
| 55 | Steven | 1 in 270 (0.4%) | 440 |
| 56 | Leonard | 1 in 270 (0.4%) | 439 |
| 57 | Timothy | 1 in 275 (0.4%) | 432 |
| 58 | Glenn | 1 in 281 (0.4%) | 422 |
| 59 | Fred | 1 in 284 (0.4%) | 418 |
| 60 | Dale | 1 in 286 (0.3%) | 415 |
| 61 | Russell | 1 in 289 (0.3%) | 410 |
| 62 | Roger | 1 in 299 (0.3%) | 397 |
| 63 | Douglas | 1 in 322 (0.3%) | 368 |
| 64 | Jerry | 1 in 330 (0.3%) | 359 |
| 65 | Bernard | 1 in 350 (0.3%) | 339 |
| 66 | Earl | 1 in 375 (0.3%) | 316 |
| 67 | Vincent | 1 in 378 (0.3%) | 314 |
| 68 | Theodore | 1 in 379 (0.3%) | 313 |
| 69 | Norman | 1 in 390 (0.3%) | 304 |
| 70 | Martin | 1 in 390 (0.3%) | 304 |
| 71 | Allen | 1 in 390 (0.3%) | 304 |
| 72 | Roy | 1 in 409 (0.2%) | 290 |
| 73 | Ernest | 1 in 427 (0.2%) | 278 |
| 74 | Craig | 1 in 469 (0.2%) | 253 |
| 75 | Jay | 1 in 480 (0.2%) | 247 |
| 76 | Lee | 1 in 492 (0.2%) | 241 |
| 77 | Nicholas | 1 in 514 (0.2%) | 231 |
| 78 | Clarence | 1 in 518 (0.2%) | 229 |
| 79 | Jerome | 1 in 542 (0.2%) | 219 |
| 80 | Alfred | 1 in 542 (0.2%) | 219 |
| 81 | Keith | 1 in 549 (0.2%) | 216 |
| 82 | Leroy | 1 in 565 (0.2%) | 210 |
| 83 | Melvin | 1 in 576 (0.2%) | 206 |
| 84 | Edwin | 1 in 587 (0.2%) | 202 |
| 85 | Herbert | 1 in 612 (0.2%) | 194 |
| 86 | Rodney | 1 in 615 (0.2%) | 193 |
| 87 | Eric | 1 in 628 (0.2%) | 189 |
| 88 | Steve | 1 in 686 (0.1%) | 173 |
| 89 | Clifford | 1 in 690 (0.1%) | 172 |
| 90 | Warren | 1 in 706 (0.1%) | 168 |
| 91 | Ray | 1 in 719 (0.1%) | 165 |
| 92 | Brian | 1 in 728 (0.1%) | 163 |
| 93 | Leon | 1 in 756 (0.1%) | 157 |
| 94 | Allan | 1 in 761 (0.1%) | 156 |
| 95 | Joel | 1 in 770 (0.1%) | 154 |
| 96 | Victor | 1 in 781 (0.1%) | 152 |
| 97 | Harvey | 1 in 791 (0.1%) | 150 |
| 98 | Phillip | 1 in 818 (0.1%) | 145 |
| 99 | Lester | 1 in 824 (0.1%) | 144 |
| 100 | Benjamin | 1 in 830 (0.1%) | 143 |





