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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 215,308 Pennsylvania births in 1962 across 1,620 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#56Francis#148 nationally
#57Harry#134 nationally
#84Nicholas#155 nationally
#97Bernard#161 nationally
#85Eileen#139 nationally
#61Joanne#114 nationally
#95Theodore#146 nationally
#98Lorraine#147 nationally
#65Eugene#112 nationally
#66Maureen#108 nationally
#66Louis#107 nationally
#82Tracey#123 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,187US #1
#2Mary2,631US #2
#3Susan2,567US #3
#4Karen2,402US #4
#5Linda2,112US #5
#6Donna1,768US #7
#7Patricia1,721US #6
#8Lori1,550US #11
#9Deborah1,512US #9
#10Barbara1,497US #14
#11Kimberly1,462US #16
#12Kathleen1,315US #29
#13Diane1,296US #26
#14Sharon1,283US #17
#15Cynthia1,219US #8
#16Sandra1,148US #10
#17Denise1,141US #30
#18Pamela1,081US #13
#19Debra1,079US #15
#20Brenda1,068US #12
#21Nancy1,064US #19
#22Carol1,063US #28
#23Christine993US #39
#24Cheryl972US #24
#25Robin964US #25
#26Elizabeth925US #20
#27Michele853US #59
#28Tammy851US #23
#29Michelle782US #31
#30Theresa781US #40
#31Tina733US #33
#32Margaret715US #43
#33Kathy705US #27
#34Janet682US #35
#35Beth678US #66
#36Kim660US #37
#37Cindy635US #34
#38Jacqueline629US #44
#39Amy619US #61
#40Kelly617US #38
#41Laura592US #21
#42Wendy569US #64
#43Teresa566US #18
#44Laurie554US #42
#45Catherine545US #53
#46Maria535US #49
#47Debbie527US #32
#48Ann516US #56
#49Suzanne506US #65
#50Tracy499US #55
#51Dawn494US #50
#52Carolyn481US #46
#53Jennifer470US #41
#54Bonnie466US #79
#55Judith465US #86
#56Julie455US #22
#57Sherry452US #48
#58Lynn442US #71
#59Joan439US #94
#60Terri430US #54
#61Joanne425US #114
#62Janice424US #58
#63Joyce419US #74
#64Renee416US #76
#65Colleen413US #101
#66Maureen409US #108
#67Rebecca409US #47
#68Jane403US #73
#69Cathy401US #62
#70Valerie395US #67
#71Darlene385US #88
#72Jean381US #95
#73Angela372US #36
#74Stephanie367US #70
#75Anne366US #83
#76Judy365US #63
#77Paula360US #60
#78Jill357US #72
#79Diana355US #57
#80Sheila355US #52
#81Connie346US #51
#82Tracey338US #123
#83Marie335US #113
#84Annette323US #75
#85Eileen322US #139
#86Leslie321US #80
#87Beverly314US #69
#88Sherri311US #82
#89Rhonda307US #45
#90Andrea304US #99
#91Melissa298US #68
#92Ruth298US #104
#93Ellen292US #109
#94Anna283US #100
#95Elaine282US #125
#96Gail279US #103
#97Kathryn277US #89
#98Lorraine274US #147
#99Carla266US #78
#100Joann264US #137

Boys

#1John5,686US #3
#2Michael5,359US #1
#3David4,988US #2
#4Robert4,887US #5
#5James4,376US #4
#6Mark3,329US #6
#7William3,203US #7
#8Joseph3,092US #13
#9Thomas2,895US #9
#10Jeffrey2,522US #10
#11Richard2,481US #8
#12Scott1,879US #11
#13Kevin1,793US #14
#14Daniel1,689US #17
#15Brian1,631US #20
#16Timothy1,608US #16
#17Charles1,578US #15
#18Steven1,439US #12
#19Ronald1,405US #25
#20Paul1,398US #19
#21Edward1,387US #29
#22Kenneth1,372US #18
#23Gregory1,297US #21
#24Donald1,267US #23
#25Stephen1,251US #28
#26Anthony1,247US #24
#27Gary1,133US #22
#28Christopher1,090US #26
#29Douglas991US #27
#30George917US #32
#31Eric778US #33
#32Keith730US #36
#33Frank718US #42
#34Todd681US #30
#35Raymond649US #48
#36Andrew639US #49
#37Patrick637US #40
#38Randy611US #35
#39Dennis609US #37
#40Bruce603US #41
#41Glenn533US #55
#42Barry512US #61
#43Craig511US #51
#44Peter493US #43
#45Matthew480US #56
#46Vincent477US #66
#47Terry440US #34
#48Gerald439US #65
#49Larry439US #31
#50Carl433US #58
#51Wayne415US #63
#52Alan409US #53
#53Lawrence384US #70
#54Dale366US #62
#55Walter366US #79
#56Francis365US #148
#57Harry352US #134
#58Russell343US #57
#59Jeff340US #44
#60Samuel336US #88
#61Roger329US #47
#62Chris323US #60
#63Martin309US #74
#64Philip306US #81
#65Eugene293US #112
#66Louis293US #107
#67Jay288US #80
#68Mike284US #39
#69Troy282US #67
#70Albert281US #101
#71Dean279US #86
#72Jonathan279US #94
#73Bryan273US #82
#74Jeffery267US #45
#75Ralph256US #97
#76Steve256US #46
#77Frederick242US #116
#78Jerry237US #38
#79Darryl236US #83
#80Leonard236US #117
#81Rodney227US #76
#82Randall226US #64
#83Arthur225US #91
#84Nicholas224US #155
#85Ricky223US #50
#86Howard213US #114
#87Shawn213US #124
#88Curtis210US #73
#89Stanley208US #106
#90Harold207US #95
#91Bradley205US #87
#92Jack197US #99
#93Allen196US #93
#94Kurt196US #121
#95Theodore195US #146
#96Greg193US #77
#97Bernard187US #161
#98Jon185US #84
#99Fred183US #126
#100Tim180US #72

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑28Maria#46
↑28Troy#69
↑24Sherry#57
↑14Jennifer#53
↑13Renee#64
↑12Kelly#40
↑11Rhonda#89
↑10Julie#56

Falling

↓16Tim#100
↓14Eileen#85
↓12Ruth#92
↓10Joanne#61
↓9Judith#55
↓9Darryl#79
↓8Lynn#58
↓8Colleen#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.