State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 207,215 Pennsylvania births in 1964 across 1,648 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#47Francis#159 nationally
#59Harry#136 nationally
#92Nicholas#158 nationally
#89Theodore#152 nationally
#98Eileen#153 nationally
#65Joanne#116 nationally
#99Joann#148 nationally
#70Eugene#114 nationally
#92Crystal#136 nationally
#61Louis#102 nationally
#66Maureen#107 nationally
#55Colleen#94 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,623US #1
#2Mary2,531US #2
#3Susan2,194US #3
#4Karen2,046US #4
#5Donna1,711US #7
#6Patricia1,620US #5
#7Kimberly1,612US #6
#8Linda1,503US #8
#9Lori1,468US #15
#10Denise1,293US #25
#11Christine1,275US #28
#12Barbara1,248US #19
#13Kathleen1,192US #30
#14Deborah1,191US #12
#15Diane1,142US #32
#16Sharon1,083US #20
#17Tammy1,044US #10
#18Pamela1,003US #11
#19Brenda964US #18
#20Nancy922US #26
#21Michelle917US #23
#22Cynthia911US #9
#23Carol908US #36
#24Sandra897US #13
#25Elizabeth896US #16
#26Robin886US #27
#27Debra883US #24
#28Michele877US #58
#29Dawn832US #33
#30Cheryl825US #29
#31Beth822US #65
#32Kelly782US #35
#33Amy766US #44
#34Jacqueline745US #37
#35Theresa743US #38
#36Tina737US #34
#37Laura718US #14
#38Tracy666US #40
#39Jennifer644US #31
#40Maria612US #41
#41Margaret606US #49
#42Wendy578US #55
#43Angela533US #22
#44Julie521US #17
#45Cindy520US #47
#46Janet518US #48
#47Teresa515US #21
#48Kathy509US #39
#49Kim495US #42
#50Paula495US #45
#51Catherine485US #54
#52Ann483US #60
#53Suzanne464US #67
#54Laurie463US #59
#55Colleen450US #94
#56Stephanie435US #57
#57Renee427US #71
#58Jill423US #61
#59Carolyn414US #56
#60Sherry408US #50
#61Terri394US #62
#62Judith385US #98
#63Darlene384US #80
#64Melissa381US #53
#65Joanne379US #116
#66Maureen379US #107
#67Lynn366US #72
#68Rebecca361US #46
#69Andrea359US #77
#70Bonnie357US #89
#71Valerie356US #66
#72Leslie350US #73
#73Joan349US #99
#74Dana345US #70
#75Janice338US #69
#76Anne332US #76
#77Tracey325US #111
#78Annette323US #68
#79Rhonda317US #43
#80Joyce316US #87
#81Debbie314US #52
#82Diana304US #63
#83Jane299US #93
#84Sheila299US #51
#85Jean296US #100
#86Christina289US #88
#87Ruth288US #114
#88Holly287US #121
#89Judy285US #74
#90Cathy279US #75
#91Marie278US #110
#92Crystal265US #136
#93Kathryn264US #84
#94Connie257US #64
#95Gina257US #79
#96Regina257US #83
#97Ellen252US #119
#98Eileen251US #153
#99Joann250US #148
#100Beverly246US #91

Boys

#1John5,657US #2
#2Michael5,130US #1
#3Robert4,838US #5
#4David4,758US #3
#5James4,228US #4
#6William3,231US #7
#7Joseph3,055US #11
#8Mark2,990US #6
#9Thomas2,673US #9
#10Richard2,605US #8
#11Jeffrey2,161US #10
#12Brian1,881US #20
#13Scott1,865US #14
#14Timothy1,752US #15
#15Kevin1,724US #13
#16Daniel1,630US #19
#17Paul1,597US #16
#18Charles1,555US #17
#19Steven1,437US #12
#20Ronald1,366US #24
#21Kenneth1,351US #18
#22Edward1,333US #27
#23Christopher1,206US #23
#24Stephen1,181US #29
#25Anthony1,139US #21
#26Donald1,129US #25
#27Gregory1,024US #22
#28Eric942US #32
#29George941US #33
#30Douglas938US #31
#31Gary926US #26
#32Todd887US #28
#33Patrick815US #30
#34Keith776US #34
#35Andrew723US #37
#36Frank700US #41
#37Matthew627US #43
#38Raymond558US #44
#39Randy545US #38
#40Dennis531US #42
#41Peter516US #39
#42Bruce492US #46
#43Craig464US #48
#44Vincent429US #64
#45Terry420US #35
#46Carl398US #55
#47Francis397US #159
#48Alan380US #53
#49Wayne377US #61
#50Barry375US #69
#51Gerald367US #60
#52Larry361US #36
#53Lawrence356US #68
#54Dale351US #72
#55Walter337US #80
#56Shawn329US #88
#57Philip327US #76
#58Glenn310US #81
#59Harry301US #136
#60Samuel297US #86
#61Louis296US #102
#62Bryan288US #70
#63Russell287US #58
#64Dean284US #85
#65Martin281US #63
#66Jonathan272US #83
#67Troy272US #57
#68Roger270US #49
#69Albert258US #100
#70Eugene256US #114
#71Jeffery251US #45
#72Rodney248US #59
#73Bradley240US #77
#74Randall239US #66
#75Darryl238US #87
#76Jay237US #84
#77Steve237US #51
#78Frederick232US #105
#79Curtis230US #75
#80Chris228US #65
#81Jerry224US #40
#82Jon217US #79
#83Leonard213US #115
#84Ralph211US #103
#85Allen210US #93
#86Jeff208US #52
#87Harold199US #98
#88Sean195US #118
#89Theodore194US #152
#90Marc192US #113
#91Jack188US #99
#92Nicholas186US #158
#93Arthur182US #91
#94Kurt181US #109
#95Howard175US #116
#96Stanley174US #111
#97Joel172US #110
#98Mike172US #47
#99Roy169US #89
#100Adam158US #122

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑25Dawn#29
↑23Shawn#56
↑20Stephanie#56
↑17Andrea#69
↑14Jill#58
↑13Angela#43
↑13Julie#44
↑13Melissa#64

Falling

↓22Jane#83
↓21Debbie#81
↓19Jeff#86
↓15Mike#98
↓14Ralph#84
↓13Maureen#66
↓12Jerry#81
↓11Margaret#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.