Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1954
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 6,747 |
| 2 | Robert | 6,580 |
| 3 | David | 5,572 |
| 4 | James | 5,534 |
| 5 | Michael | 5,180 |
| 6 | William | 4,888 |
| 7 | Richard | 4,140 |
| 8 | Thomas | 3,881 |
| 9 | Joseph | 3,600 |
| 10 | Charles | 2,354 |
| 11 | Gary | 2,330 |
| 12 | Mark | 2,005 |
| 13 | Ronald | 1,920 |
| 14 | Donald | 1,909 |
| 15 | Edward | 1,881 |
| 16 | Daniel | 1,768 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 1,759 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,709 |
| 19 | Dennis | 1,604 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 1,554 |
| 21 | Stephen | 1,547 |
| 22 | George | 1,511 |
| 23 | Steven | 1,373 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,130 |
| 25 | Timothy | 1,101 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 1,088 |
| 27 | Gregory | 1,049 |
| 28 | Bruce | 984 |
| 29 | Frank | 903 |
| 30 | Larry | 899 |
| 31 | Raymond | 861 |
| 32 | Terry | 748 |
| 33 | Keith | 694 |
| 34 | Barry | 676 |
| 34 | Lawrence | 676 |
| 36 | Francis | 664 |
| 37 | Douglas | 662 |
| 38 | Gerald | 661 |
| 39 | Scott | 623 |
| 40 | Alan | 608 |
| 40 | Randy | 608 |
| 42 | Walter | 593 |
| 43 | Patrick | 592 |
| 44 | Peter | 578 |
| 45 | Wayne | 569 |
| 46 | Harry | 543 |
| 47 | Carl | 524 |
| 48 | Glenn | 499 |
| 49 | Dale | 482 |
| 50 | Craig | 480 |
| 51 | Albert | 473 |
| 51 | Brian | 473 |
| 53 | Samuel | 465 |
| 54 | Philip | 434 |
| 55 | Andrew | 433 |
| 56 | Eugene | 427 |
| 57 | Ralph | 425 |
| 58 | Louis | 418 |
| 59 | Frederick | 394 |
| 60 | Roger | 393 |
| 61 | Arthur | 391 |
| 62 | Stanley | 374 |
| 63 | Leonard | 372 |
| 64 | Martin | 362 |
| 65 | Vincent | 357 |
| 66 | Christopher | 349 |
| 67 | Russell | 343 |
| 68 | Howard | 338 |
| 69 | Harold | 334 |
| 69 | Jack | 334 |
| 71 | Randall | 294 |
| 72 | Jerry | 291 |
| 73 | Jay | 289 |
| 74 | Eric | 282 |
| 75 | Nicholas | 279 |
| 76 | Bernard | 277 |
| 77 | Theodore | 276 |
| 78 | Roy | 272 |
| 79 | Allen | 270 |
| 80 | Ricky | 264 |
| 81 | Rodney | 263 |
| 82 | Henry | 260 |
| 83 | Earl | 251 |
| 84 | Norman | 214 |
| 85 | Fred | 213 |
| 86 | Lee | 211 |
| 87 | Dean | 201 |
| 87 | Ernest | 201 |
| 89 | Matthew | 195 |
| 90 | Curtis | 185 |
| 91 | Bradley | 184 |
| 92 | Kim | 179 |
| 93 | Alfred | 178 |
| 94 | Victor | 176 |
| 95 | Gerard | 172 |
| 96 | Benjamin | 168 |
| 96 | Jonathan | 168 |
| 98 | Jerome | 162 |
| 99 | Jeffery | 161 |
| 100 | Warren | 160 |