Top 100 Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1948

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Pennsylvania, in 1948.

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1948


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 109,537 boys born sharing 598 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1948 . 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 15 (6.7%)7,295
2Robert1 in 16 (6.3%)6,931
3James1 in 19 (5.3%)5,765
4William1 in 20 (5%)5,489
5Thomas1 in 27 (3.7%)4,100
6David1 in 27 (3.7%)4,083
7Richard1 in 28 (3.5%)3,885
8Joseph1 in 31 (3.3%)3,572
9Michael1 in 35 (2.9%)3,158
10Charles1 in 41 (2.4%)2,640
11Ronald1 in 42 (2.4%)2,584
12Edward1 in 55 (1.8%)2,004
13George1 in 56 (1.8%)1,952
14Donald1 in 60 (1.7%)1,820
15Dennis1 in 64 (1.6%)1,715
16Gary1 in 69 (1.5%)1,593
17Paul1 in 69 (1.5%)1,590
18Kenneth1 in 71 (1.4%)1,551
19Larry1 in 78 (1.3%)1,403
20Daniel1 in 81 (1.2%)1,346
21Frank1 in 102 (1%)1,078
22Stephen1 in 103 (1%)1,059
23Raymond1 in 109 (0.9%)1,003
24Anthony1 in 127 (0.8%)862
25Gerald1 in 134 (0.7%)817
26Barry1 in 141 (0.7%)778
27Lawrence1 in 143 (0.7%)767
28Francis1 in 144 (0.7%)759
29Terry1 in 148 (0.7%)742
30Harry1 in 149 (0.7%)735
31Bruce1 in 156 (0.6%)701
32Walter1 in 159 (0.6%)691
33Gregory1 in 167 (0.6%)657
34Carl1 in 188 (0.5%)583
35Wayne1 in 190 (0.5%)575
36Albert1 in 195 (0.5%)563
37Timothy1 in 202 (0.5%)541
38Steven1 in 207 (0.5%)528
39Jeffrey1 in 211 (0.5%)520
40Mark1 in 212 (0.5%)517
41Ralph1 in 225 (0.4%)486
42Eugene1 in 230 (0.4%)477
43Alan1 in 231 (0.4%)475
44Peter1 in 232 (0.4%)472
45Harold1 in 234 (0.4%)469
46Samuel1 in 235 (0.4%)467
47Stanley1 in 235 (0.4%)467
48Philip1 in 241 (0.4%)455
49Frederick1 in 242 (0.4%)452
50Patrick1 in 244 (0.4%)449
51Louis1 in 246 (0.4%)446
52Arthur1 in 253 (0.4%)433
53Jack1 in 256 (0.4%)428
54Andrew1 in 260 (0.4%)421
55Dale1 in 265 (0.4%)414
56Howard1 in 275 (0.4%)399
57Glenn1 in 279 (0.4%)393
58Roger1 in 287 (0.3%)381
59Leonard1 in 294 (0.3%)373
60Henry1 in 298 (0.3%)367
61Russell1 in 303 (0.3%)362
62Douglas1 in 311 (0.3%)352
63Fred1 in 324 (0.3%)338
64Bernard1 in 329 (0.3%)333
65Vincent1 in 342 (0.3%)320
66Jerry1 in 350 (0.3%)313
67Martin1 in 358 (0.3%)306
68Allen1 in 368 (0.3%)298
69Earl1 in 371 (0.3%)295
70Norman1 in 376 (0.3%)291
71Roy1 in 395 (0.3%)277
72Theodore1 in 397 (0.3%)276
73Jay1 in 407 (0.2%)269
74Craig1 in 433 (0.2%)253
75Ernest1 in 433 (0.2%)253
76Nicholas1 in 468 (0.2%)234
77Keith1 in 485 (0.2%)226
78Alfred1 in 502 (0.2%)218
79Edwin1 in 524 (0.2%)209
80Christopher1 in 527 (0.2%)208
81Lee1 in 532 (0.2%)206
82Melvin1 in 542 (0.2%)202
83Leroy1 in 548 (0.2%)200
84Eric1 in 550 (0.2%)199
85Jerome1 in 568 (0.2%)193
86Warren1 in 589 (0.2%)186
87Clarence1 in 609 (0.2%)180
88Herbert1 in 626 (0.2%)175
89Brian1 in 637 (0.2%)172
90Rodney1 in 648 (0.2%)169
91Ray1 in 680 (0.1%)161
92Clifford1 in 711 (0.1%)154
93Harvey1 in 725 (0.1%)151
94Phillip1 in 730 (0.1%)150
95Lewis1 in 755 (0.1%)145
96Benjamin1 in 794 (0.1%)138
97Scott1 in 811 (0.1%)135
98Leo1 in 843 (0.1%)130
99Randall1 in 849 (0.1%)129
100Victor1 in 849 (0.1%)129


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