State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 185,059 Pennsylvania births in 1966 across 1,592 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#53Francis#164 nationally
#65Harry#144 nationally
#99Bernard#177 nationally
#78Nicholas#139 nationally
#84Crystal#145 nationally
#74Joanne#132 nationally
#96Theodore#149 nationally
#68Maureen#119 nationally
#88Joan#133 nationally
#54Colleen#93 nationally
#88Leonard#125 nationally
#73Frederick#109 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,649US #1
#2Kimberly1,964US #2
#3Karen1,846US #5
#4Susan1,737US #6
#5Mary1,695US #3
#6Michelle1,606US #4
#7Christine1,404US #20
#8Patricia1,279US #7
#9Lori1,255US #21
#10Michele1,149US #36
#11Donna1,131US #12
#12Denise1,080US #32
#13Amy1,009US #30
#14Jennifer1,007US #10
#15Deborah980US #14
#16Barbara978US #27
#17Tammy960US #8
#18Linda958US #18
#19Kathleen943US #37
#20Kelly908US #26
#21Sharon876US #28
#22Pamela869US #15
#23Dawn867US #24
#24Tracy856US #31
#25Brenda829US #25
#26Diane796US #45
#27Elizabeth792US #16
#28Tina773US #23
#29Melissa762US #22
#30Sandra738US #17
#31Nancy734US #33
#32Cynthia732US #11
#33Beth677US #65
#34Wendy651US #41
#35Cheryl632US #34
#36Theresa628US #46
#37Debra613US #35
#38Laura612US #19
#39Angela586US #9
#40Carol582US #48
#41Robin565US #42
#42Stephanie565US #38
#43Jill529US #49
#44Maria524US #44
#45Julie517US #13
#46Kim503US #43
#47Jacqueline500US #47
#48Margaret498US #55
#49Tracey489US #69
#50Rebecca438US #40
#51Renee435US #66
#52Ann432US #61
#53Teresa427US #29
#54Colleen417US #93
#55Catherine416US #54
#56Suzanne415US #62
#57Andrea406US #52
#58Paula401US #50
#59Sherry384US #53
#60Rhonda361US #39
#61Kathy356US #59
#62Stacey350US #76
#63Christina337US #67
#64Laurie331US #63
#65Dana329US #68
#66Lynn327US #81
#67Janet323US #57
#68Maureen317US #119
#69Cindy316US #56
#70Leslie309US #71
#71Gina307US #58
#72Sheila303US #51
#73Terri303US #72
#74Joanne302US #132
#75Judith302US #110
#76Bonnie294US #90
#77Carolyn287US #60
#78Valerie271US #74
#79Diana268US #64
#80Anne267US #83
#81Holly259US #101
#82Jodi256US #118
#83Darlene241US #94
#84Crystal236US #145
#85Janice235US #80
#86Jane230US #111
#87Jean227US #123
#88Joan225US #133
#89Marie224US #114
#90Monica222US #75
#91Annette219US #79
#92Carla219US #77
#93Sherri218US #92
#94Ellen203US #130
#95Regina202US #82
#96Ruth202US #128
#97Kathryn199US #86
#98Wanda197US #84
#99Joyce196US #100
#100Victoria196US #103

Boys

#1Michael5,245US #1
#2John4,516US #4
#3David4,239US #2
#4Robert4,082US #5
#5James3,893US #3
#6William2,722US #6
#7Joseph2,587US #15
#8Richard2,257US #8
#9Mark2,228US #7
#10Thomas2,140US #10
#11Brian2,101US #14
#12Jeffrey2,065US #9
#13Scott1,713US #16
#14Christopher1,695US #12
#15Timothy1,661US #11
#16Daniel1,546US #19
#17Paul1,405US #18
#18Kevin1,379US #17
#19Steven1,310US #13
#20Charles1,266US #20
#21Ronald1,199US #24
#22Edward1,157US #30
#23Kenneth1,153US #21
#24Stephen1,125US #26
#25Anthony1,113US #22
#26Eric1,097US #25
#27Gregory968US #23
#28Donald957US #27
#29Todd813US #29
#30Keith777US #32
#31Matthew771US #34
#32Gary752US #28
#33George726US #37
#34Douglas704US #33
#35Andrew700US #36
#36Patrick684US #31
#37Frank592US #43
#38Raymond507US #47
#39Craig475US #46
#40Peter469US #39
#41Dennis460US #44
#42Rodney447US #35
#43Shawn414US #54
#44Randy401US #45
#45Sean381US #50
#46Wayne368US #59
#47Larry366US #38
#48Vincent348US #58
#49Terry337US #40
#50Bruce335US #53
#51Lawrence331US #66
#52Troy320US #48
#53Francis317US #164
#54Bryan315US #52
#55Gerald306US #60
#56Barry305US #87
#57Carl296US #56
#58Walter290US #83
#59Alan275US #57
#60Dean266US #84
#61Samuel260US #81
#62Philip257US #86
#63Chris255US #55
#64Glenn254US #90
#65Harry244US #144
#66Jonathan242US #65
#67Martin241US #78
#68Roger237US #51
#69Albert234US #100
#70Russell233US #61
#71Louis228US #104
#72Jay227US #91
#73Frederick219US #109
#74Darryl214US #88
#75Marc210US #105
#76Dale207US #85
#77Jeffery206US #42
#78Nicholas202US #139
#79Bradley194US #68
#80Eugene192US #116
#81Darren190US #63
#82Arthur189US #96
#83Ralph181US #112
#84Howard177US #120
#85Randall177US #70
#86Jerry172US #41
#87Kurt170US #110
#88Leonard169US #125
#89Harold168US #99
#90Curtis160US #75
#91Jack160US #107
#92Henry158US #92
#93Allen155US #97
#94Jon152US #76
#95Jason144US #89
#96Theodore143US #149
#97Joel141US #102
#98Lee136US #106
#99Bernard133US #177
#100Ricky130US #64

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑27Dana#65
↑18Melissa#29
↑18Troy#52
↑16Crystal#84
↑15Howard#84
↑14Jennifer#14
↑14Renee#51
↑14Marc#75

Falling

↓15Theodore#96
↓14Bradley#79
↓13Janet#67
↓13Dale#76
↓12Darren#81
↓11Robin#41
↓11Kathy#61
↓11Joyce#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.