Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1946
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 7,202 |
| 2 | Robert | 6,907 |
| 3 | James | 5,861 |
| 4 | William | 5,403 |
| 5 | Richard | 4,645 |
| 6 | Thomas | 3,695 |
| 7 | David | 3,436 |
| 8 | Joseph | 3,365 |
| 9 | Charles | 2,750 |
| 10 | Ronald | 2,684 |
| 11 | Michael | 2,586 |
| 12 | Edward | 2,004 |
| 13 | George | 1,899 |
| 14 | Donald | 1,862 |
| 15 | Paul | 1,717 |
| 16 | Dennis | 1,671 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,505 |
| 18 | Gary | 1,460 |
| 19 | Larry | 1,250 |
| 20 | Frank | 1,133 |
| 21 | Daniel | 1,106 |
| 22 | Raymond | 953 |
| 23 | Stephen | 848 |
| 24 | Barry | 839 |
| 25 | Harry | 825 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gerald | 779 |
| 27 | Anthony | 759 |
| 28 | Francis | 752 |
| 29 | Walter | 720 |
| 30 | Terry | 704 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 674 |
| 32 | Wayne | 604 |
| 33 | Carl | 602 |
| 34 | Bruce | 533 |
| 35 | Albert | 522 |
| 36 | Eugene | 519 |
| 37 | Harold | 503 |
| 38 | Jack | 480 |
| 39 | Samuel | 478 |
| 40 | Alan | 468 |
| 41 | Arthur | 462 |
| 42 | Peter | 449 |
| 43 | Howard | 448 |
| 44 | Frederick | 442 |
| 44 | Ralph | 442 |
| 46 | Stanley | 431 |
| 47 | Louis | 404 |
| 48 | Timothy | 400 |
| 49 | Gregory | 394 |
| 50 | Fred | 384 |
| 50 | Philip | 384 |
| 52 | Henry | 382 |
| 53 | Roger | 379 |
| 54 | Dale | 378 |
| 55 | Jerry | 374 |
| 55 | Mark | 374 |
| 57 | Jeffrey | 369 |
| 58 | Leonard | 363 |
| 59 | Glenn | 347 |
| 60 | Andrew | 346 |
| 61 | Russell | 337 |
| 62 | Patrick | 334 |
| 63 | Steven | 310 |
| 64 | Douglas | 309 |
| 65 | Bernard | 307 |
| 66 | Norman | 292 |
| 67 | Martin | 282 |
| 68 | Vincent | 273 |
| 69 | Roy | 267 |
| 70 | Earl | 260 |
| 71 | Theodore | 254 |
| 72 | Ernest | 244 |
| 72 | Jay | 244 |
| 74 | Allen | 242 |
| 75 | Nicholas | 226 |
| 76 | Alfred | 207 |
| 77 | Leroy | 204 |
| 78 | Edwin | 199 |
| 79 | Lee | 195 |
| 80 | Clarence | 194 |
| 80 | Jerome | 194 |
| 82 | Warren | 184 |
| 83 | Rodney | 180 |
| 84 | Ray | 178 |
| 85 | Herbert | 174 |
| 86 | Keith | 160 |
| 87 | Melvin | 159 |
| 88 | Craig | 150 |
| 89 | Leon | 142 |
| 90 | Clifford | 140 |
| 90 | Lewis | 140 |
| 92 | Franklin | 136 |
| 93 | Leslie | 135 |
| 94 | Lester | 130 |
| 95 | Benjamin | 128 |
| 96 | Eric | 126 |
| 97 | Brian | 124 |
| 97 | Harvey | 124 |
| 97 | Marvin | 124 |
| 100 | Allan | 121 |