Top 100 Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1950

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Pennsylvania, in 1950.

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1950


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 108,497 boys born sharing 592 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1950 . 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 16 (6.3%)6,863
2Robert1 in 17 (6%)6,558
3James1 in 20 (5.1%)5,548
4William1 in 22 (4.5%)4,889
5David1 in 25 (4%)4,313
6Thomas1 in 28 (3.6%)3,942
7Richard1 in 29 (3.5%)3,806
8Michael1 in 29 (3.4%)3,705
9Joseph1 in 32 (3.2%)3,423
10Charles1 in 42 (2.4%)2,558
11Ronald1 in 50 (2%)2,161
12Dennis1 in 54 (1.8%)1,995
13Gary1 in 57 (1.8%)1,904
14Edward1 in 58 (1.7%)1,882
15Donald1 in 61 (1.6%)1,784
16George1 in 63 (1.6%)1,735
17Paul1 in 67 (1.5%)1,608
18Kenneth1 in 76 (1.3%)1,434
19Daniel1 in 79 (1.3%)1,374
20Stephen1 in 81 (1.2%)1,341
21Larry1 in 89 (1.1%)1,223
22Raymond1 in 115 (0.9%)940
23Mark1 in 117 (0.9%)930
24Frank1 in 118 (0.8%)919
25Anthony1 in 129 (0.8%)843
26Bruce1 in 134 (0.7%)811
27Gregory1 in 135 (0.7%)806
28Gerald1 in 143 (0.7%)760
29Steven1 in 144 (0.7%)754
30Lawrence1 in 145 (0.7%)750
31Francis1 in 152 (0.7%)712
32Harry1 in 154 (0.6%)703
33Jeffrey1 in 156 (0.6%)695
34Barry1 in 157 (0.6%)692
35Timothy1 in 160 (0.6%)676
36Terry1 in 164 (0.6%)663
37Wayne1 in 164 (0.6%)660
38Walter1 in 173 (0.6%)627
39Douglas1 in 194 (0.5%)560
40Carl1 in 204 (0.5%)533
41Alan1 in 208 (0.5%)522
42Peter1 in 214 (0.5%)506
43Albert1 in 215 (0.5%)504
44Eugene1 in 219 (0.5%)496
45Patrick1 in 222 (0.5%)489
46Andrew1 in 228 (0.4%)475
47Frederick1 in 230 (0.4%)471
48Stanley1 in 231 (0.4%)470
49Samuel1 in 235 (0.4%)462
50Dale1 in 240 (0.4%)453
51Ralph1 in 241 (0.4%)451
52Louis1 in 265 (0.4%)410
53Harold1 in 266 (0.4%)408
54Arthur1 in 267 (0.4%)407
55Philip1 in 267 (0.4%)407
56Glenn1 in 271 (0.4%)401
57Jack1 in 275 (0.4%)395
58Roger1 in 277 (0.4%)392
59Howard1 in 289 (0.3%)375
60Leonard1 in 293 (0.3%)370
61Martin1 in 312 (0.3%)348
62Henry1 in 317 (0.3%)342
63Craig1 in 335 (0.3%)324
64Jerry1 in 339 (0.3%)320
65Vincent1 in 341 (0.3%)318
66Bernard1 in 341 (0.3%)318
67Russell1 in 352 (0.3%)308
68Keith1 in 364 (0.3%)298
69Christopher1 in 382 (0.3%)284
70Allen1 in 386 (0.3%)281
71Scott1 in 386 (0.3%)281
72Theodore1 in 389 (0.3%)279
73Nicholas1 in 397 (0.3%)273
74Earl1 in 432 (0.2%)251
75Brian1 in 446 (0.2%)243
76Roy1 in 458 (0.2%)237
77Jay1 in 468 (0.2%)232
78Kevin1 in 470 (0.2%)231
79Norman1 in 474 (0.2%)229
80Eric1 in 478 (0.2%)227
81Fred1 in 487 (0.2%)223
82Ernest1 in 507 (0.2%)214
83Lee1 in 517 (0.2%)210
84Rodney1 in 519 (0.2%)209
85Edwin1 in 524 (0.2%)207
86Alfred1 in 551 (0.2%)197
87Melvin1 in 583 (0.2%)186
88Randall1 in 583 (0.2%)186
89Jerome1 in 586 (0.2%)185
90Clifford1 in 627 (0.2%)173
91Phillip1 in 650 (0.2%)167
92Leroy1 in 666 (0.2%)163
93Warren1 in 687 (0.1%)158
94Dean1 in 705 (0.1%)154
95Victor1 in 728 (0.1%)149
96Lewis1 in 748 (0.1%)145
97Clarence1 in 753 (0.1%)144
98Herbert1 in 781 (0.1%)139
99Benjamin1 in 786 (0.1%)138
100Randy1 in 786 (0.1%)138


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