Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1957
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 6,452 |
| 2 | Robert | 6,185 |
| 3 | Michael | 5,753 |
| 4 | David | 5,705 |
| 5 | James | 5,475 |
| 6 | William | 4,442 |
| 7 | Richard | 3,790 |
| 8 | Thomas | 3,756 |
| 9 | Joseph | 3,712 |
| 10 | Mark | 3,421 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 2,193 |
| 12 | Charles | 2,132 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,994 |
| 14 | Donald | 1,890 |
| 15 | Ronald | 1,883 |
| 16 | Edward | 1,844 |
| 17 | Gary | 1,815 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,764 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,715 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 1,687 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,630 |
| 22 | Steven | 1,587 |
| 23 | Stephen | 1,576 |
| 24 | George | 1,338 |
| 24 | Gregory | 1,338 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 1,229 |
| 27 | Brian | 1,177 |
| 28 | Dennis | 1,140 |
| 29 | Douglas | 1,024 |
| 30 | Scott | 993 |
| 31 | Keith | 970 |
| 32 | Bruce | 936 |
| 33 | Frank | 925 |
| 34 | Randy | 849 |
| 35 | Larry | 824 |
| 36 | Raymond | 817 |
| 37 | Terry | 661 |
| 38 | Patrick | 650 |
| 39 | Peter | 644 |
| 40 | Barry | 612 |
| 41 | Lawrence | 608 |
| 42 | Wayne | 602 |
| 43 | Andrew | 559 |
| 44 | Christopher | 544 |
| 45 | Dale | 541 |
| 46 | Carl | 533 |
| 47 | Gerald | 528 |
| 48 | Alan | 521 |
| 49 | Francis | 520 |
| 50 | Eric | 485 |
| 51 | Glenn | 480 |
| 52 | Harry | 478 |
| 53 | Craig | 475 |
| 54 | Walter | 464 |
| 55 | Samuel | 445 |
| 56 | Vincent | 435 |
| 57 | Philip | 416 |
| 58 | Eugene | 392 |
| 59 | Russell | 391 |
| 60 | Martin | 389 |
| 61 | Louis | 377 |
| 62 | Albert | 368 |
| 63 | Ralph | 367 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 345 |
| 65 | Frederick | 336 |
| 66 | Leonard | 332 |
| 67 | Roger | 331 |
| 68 | Matthew | 329 |
| 69 | Jay | 319 |
| 70 | Jerry | 317 |
| 71 | Harold | 315 |
| 72 | Steve | 307 |
| 73 | Jack | 306 |
| 73 | Ricky | 306 |
| 73 | Stanley | 306 |
| 76 | Arthur | 300 |
| 77 | Rodney | 299 |
| 78 | Howard | 281 |
| 79 | Henry | 279 |
| 79 | Randall | 279 |
| 81 | Bernard | 262 |
| 82 | Roy | 259 |
| 83 | Dean | 256 |
| 84 | Allen | 241 |
| 85 | Fred | 240 |
| 86 | Theodore | 237 |
| 87 | Nicholas | 231 |
| 88 | Mike | 226 |
| 89 | Curtis | 220 |
| 90 | Lee | 214 |
| 91 | Ernest | 208 |
| 92 | Norman | 202 |
| 93 | Joel | 200 |
| 94 | Bradley | 196 |
| 95 | Earl | 195 |
| 96 | Jonathan | 185 |
| 96 | Victor | 185 |
| 98 | Rick | 182 |
| 99 | Karl | 181 |
| 100 | Edwin | 178 |