State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 231,490 Pennsylvania births in 1960 across 1,639 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#51Francis#145 nationally
#54Harry#124 nationally
#86Bernard#152 nationally
#65Eileen#130 nationally
#95Nicholas#153 nationally
#36Michele#89 nationally
#96Theodore#149 nationally
#47Joanne#99 nationally
#60Maureen#106 nationally
#89Lorraine#135 nationally
#55Vincent#98 nationally
#67Louis#106 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,299US #1
#2Susan2,801US #2
#3Donna2,648US #5
#4Karen2,574US #4
#5Linda2,388US #3
#6Lisa2,174US #6
#7Patricia2,138US #7
#8Barbara1,878US #12
#9Deborah1,717US #10
#10Kathleen1,547US #27
#11Diane1,534US #22
#12Debra1,444US #8
#13Cynthia1,436US #9
#14Carol1,398US #23
#15Sharon1,372US #16
#16Nancy1,361US #15
#17Kimberly1,284US #26
#18Sandra1,276US #11
#19Brenda1,219US #13
#20Pamela1,178US #14
#21Denise1,166US #29
#22Cheryl1,155US #17
#23Lori1,128US #20
#24Kathy1,026US #21
#25Elizabeth1,012US #18
#26Cindy957US #30
#27Margaret926US #36
#28Theresa881US #35
#29Christine872US #40
#30Robin868US #33
#31Kim807US #34
#32Janet780US #32
#33Debbie755US #24
#34Beth706US #72
#35Tammy672US #31
#36Michele638US #89
#37Michelle629US #39
#38Tina618US #45
#39Catherine584US #42
#40Teresa583US #19
#41Laura580US #25
#42Judith563US #74
#43Ann555US #51
#44Wendy553US #63
#45Joan546US #80
#46Bonnie544US #71
#47Joanne544US #99
#48Janice540US #41
#49Joyce529US #58
#50Cathy518US #46
#51Lynn512US #64
#52Laurie488US #37
#53Amy484US #77
#54Darlene483US #75
#55Rebecca476US #38
#56Valerie472US #65
#57Judy471US #48
#58Jane457US #67
#59Terri451US #49
#60Maureen443US #106
#61Suzanne442US #78
#62Dawn435US #57
#63Beverly422US #60
#64Kelly421US #52
#65Eileen416US #130
#66Anne414US #88
#67Jean409US #86
#68Annette405US #62
#69Sherry405US #54
#70Marie397US #103
#71Julie396US #28
#72Renee388US #93
#73Diana385US #53
#74Paula383US #55
#75Colleen382US #107
#76Tracy373US #84
#77Carolyn365US #43
#78Ruth365US #97
#79Elaine357US #112
#80Rose351US #98
#81Jill349US #76
#82Maria343US #59
#83Connie339US #47
#84Ellen338US #94
#85Dorothy337US #95
#86Angela335US #50
#87Leslie334US #92
#88Jacqueline333US #85
#89Lorraine328US #135
#90Vicki327US #73
#91Jennifer325US #61
#92Gail324US #90
#93Regina323US #105
#94Stephanie322US #91
#95Rhonda317US #44
#96Andrea308US #115
#97Kathryn305US #82
#98Shirley303US #70
#99Anita302US #87
#100Helen302US #117

Boys

#1John5,828US #4
#2David5,529US #1
#3Michael5,418US #2
#4Robert5,315US #5
#5James4,911US #3
#6Mark3,775US #6
#7William3,770US #7
#8Joseph3,327US #12
#9Thomas3,166US #9
#10Richard3,034US #8
#11Jeffrey2,405US #14
#12Daniel1,861US #17
#13Timothy1,847US #11
#14Charles1,842US #13
#15Kevin1,775US #15
#16Brian1,608US #20
#17Edward1,605US #26
#18Steven1,579US #10
#19Paul1,572US #18
#20Kenneth1,550US #16
#21Ronald1,508US #21
#22Donald1,497US #19
#23Scott1,437US #23
#24Stephen1,365US #27
#25Anthony1,300US #25
#26Gary1,250US #22
#27Gregory1,149US #24
#28George1,122US #33
#29Christopher996US #29
#30Douglas885US #30
#31Frank862US #40
#32Dennis833US #31
#33Keith819US #35
#34Randy767US #32
#35Eric734US #44
#36Raymond713US #46
#37Bruce697US #39
#38Craig676US #41
#39Patrick655US #45
#40Andrew624US #51
#41Peter573US #42
#42Larry555US #28
#43Terry534US #34
#44Barry510US #72
#45Carl510US #53
#46Matthew490US #61
#47Alan472US #50
#48Wayne470US #58
#49Dale468US #54
#50Gerald454US #62
#51Francis437US #145
#52Lawrence422US #64
#53Walter403US #70
#54Harry401US #124
#55Vincent386US #98
#56Glenn383US #74
#57Todd382US #71
#58Steve367US #43
#59Philip364US #76
#60Samuel356US #91
#61Martin352US #77
#62Roger346US #47
#63Albert345US #93
#64Jay343US #78
#65Jeff339US #49
#66Russell336US #56
#67Louis335US #106
#68Ricky324US #38
#69Mike312US #36
#70Dean308US #94
#71Ralph308US #89
#72Jerry306US #37
#73Eugene304US #109
#74Darryl294US #96
#75Arthur283US #82
#76Frederick282US #114
#77Chris281US #63
#78Randall274US #59
#79Bryan271US #88
#80Jack266US #85
#81Leonard263US #113
#82Rodney258US #68
#83Harold257US #92
#84Howard252US #108
#85Stanley246US #100
#86Bernard245US #152
#87Curtis240US #79
#88Jonathan227US #118
#89Jeffery225US #55
#90Bradley221US #90
#91Allen217US #99
#92Tim217US #60
#93Tom217US #86
#94Jon215US #97
#95Nicholas215US #153
#96Theodore212US #149
#97Jim208US #75
#98Bill207US #95
#99Karl202US #135
#100Roy201US #80

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑33Kelly#64
↑29Laurie#52
↑16Renee#72
↑15Todd#57
↑14Laura#41
↑14Angela#86
↑13Sherry#69
↑13Bernard#86

Falling

↓25Kathryn#97
↓16Gail#92
↓13Leslie#87
↓12Ruth#78
↓11Darlene#54
↓11Tim#92
↓11Theodore#96
↓10Joanne#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.