State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 174,816 Pennsylvania births in 1968 across 1,600 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#64Francis#175 nationally
#65Harry#153 nationally
#78Joanne#154 nationally
#88Theodore#149 nationally
#90Maureen#148 nationally
#49Colleen#101 nationally
#74Eugene#126 nationally
#96Duane#146 nationally
#84Danielle#133 nationally
#71Nicholas#118 nationally
#82Leonard#128 nationally
#94Judith#140 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,198US #1
#2Kimberly2,055US #3
#3Michelle1,897US #2
#4Jennifer1,630US #4
#5Susan1,589US #10
#6Christine1,457US #14
#7Kelly1,383US #12
#8Karen1,339US #9
#9Mary1,274US #6
#10Melissa1,272US #5
#11Amy1,225US #13
#12Michele1,139US #29
#13Lori1,079US #22
#14Tammy1,021US #8
#15Patricia971US #15
#16Dawn904US #21
#17Denise887US #35
#18Donna850US #24
#19Tina827US #18
#20Kathleen764US #40
#21Deborah751US #27
#22Tracy749US #25
#23Laura733US #11
#24Wendy730US #31
#25Elizabeth718US #17
#26Barbara706US #36
#27Linda698US #28
#28Pamela687US #20
#29Sharon655US #32
#30Stephanie653US #23
#31Beth641US #74
#32Angela638US #7
#33Sandra615US #26
#34Cynthia614US #19
#35Diane596US #51
#36Julie563US #16
#37Brenda550US #34
#38Debra549US #38
#39Nancy537US #39
#40Rebecca518US #33
#41Cheryl486US #37
#42Carol485US #49
#43Jill485US #46
#44Christina484US #44
#45Theresa469US #47
#46Robin462US #43
#47Renee456US #65
#48Stacey442US #55
#49Colleen436US #101
#50Tracey434US #72
#51Jacqueline432US #50
#52Maria394US #41
#53Heather383US #62
#54Paula380US #45
#55Ann362US #54
#56Margaret362US #63
#57Andrea361US #48
#58Sherry351US #52
#59Lynn346US #85
#60Suzanne344US #69
#61Catherine331US #56
#62Dana322US #70
#63Leslie315US #66
#64Jodi296US #97
#65Stacy283US #64
#66Teresa282US #30
#67Gina278US #58
#68Rhonda277US #42
#69Kim275US #57
#70Carolyn271US #61
#71Cindy269US #67
#72Valerie257US #77
#73Holly254US #103
#74Sherri250US #95
#75Victoria248US #82
#76Janet242US #73
#77Laurie241US #79
#78Joanne238US #154
#79Kathy238US #76
#80Bonnie237US #116
#81Heidi227US #89
#82Diana226US #71
#83Kristin223US #84
#84Danielle219US #133
#85Terri219US #83
#86Sheila218US #59
#87Monica217US #68
#88Crystal215US #118
#89Anne212US #88
#90Maureen212US #148
#91Kristen210US #107
#92Tanya207US #106
#93Regina206US #81
#94Judith200US #140
#95Kristine184US #105
#96Nicole183US #108
#97Melanie179US #94
#98April178US #96
#99Carla178US #91
#100Kathryn178US #100

Boys

#1Michael4,990US #1
#2John4,040US #3
#3David3,933US #2
#4Robert3,835US #5
#5James3,459US #4
#6William2,606US #6
#7Mark2,254US #7
#8Joseph2,210US #16
#9Brian2,114US #10
#10Richard2,070US #8
#11Thomas2,044US #12
#12Christopher1,863US #9
#13Jeffrey1,769US #11
#14Scott1,663US #14
#15Timothy1,505US #13
#16Daniel1,393US #18
#17Kevin1,340US #17
#18Steven1,282US #15
#19Eric1,215US #22
#20Paul1,155US #19
#21Matthew1,147US #24
#22Charles1,137US #20
#23Ronald1,117US #25
#24Anthony1,097US #21
#25Stephen1,087US #27
#26Edward994US #31
#27Kenneth950US #23
#28Gregory882US #26
#29Donald856US #29
#30Todd841US #28
#31Douglas748US #33
#32Andrew727US #34
#33Patrick683US #30
#34George669US #36
#35Gary641US #32
#36Keith639US #35
#37Shawn591US #43
#38Frank529US #49
#39Sean522US #37
#40Craig481US #41
#41Dennis452US #45
#42Raymond447US #50
#43Peter433US #39
#44Troy403US #40
#45Jonathan335US #53
#46Bryan319US #51
#47Samuel312US #66
#48Wayne305US #63
#49Larry304US #38
#50Rodney304US #42
#51Vincent303US #73
#52Gerald299US #62
#53Terry298US #48
#54Carl292US #59
#55Randy283US #54
#56Lawrence267US #67
#57Bruce264US #61
#58Jason264US #47
#59Walter263US #83
#60Russell254US #56
#61Dean251US #78
#62Marc249US #84
#63Barry242US #107
#64Francis238US #175
#65Harry238US #153
#66Martin232US #68
#67Philip226US #82
#68Darren219US #60
#69Jeffery217US #46
#70Glenn216US #92
#71Nicholas212US #118
#72Dale206US #91
#73Bradley202US #57
#74Eugene201US #126
#75Alan196US #74
#76Louis196US #109
#77Roger187US #55
#78Chris186US #64
#79Frederick182US #113
#80Albert176US #103
#81Jay175US #88
#82Leonard174US #128
#83Aaron171US #87
#84Arthur165US #98
#85Adam163US #119
#86Jon162US #65
#87Joel156US #80
#88Theodore156US #149
#89Curtis153US #75
#90Benjamin151US #99
#91Howard149US #133
#92Allen143US #100
#93Jerry141US #44
#94Lee140US #106
#95Ralph138US #127
#96Duane135US #146
#97Erik135US #125
#98Harold135US #108
#99Brett133US #105
#100Kurt127US #123

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑24Heather#53
↑22Marc#62
↑21Stacy#65
↑18Jonathan#45
↑15Stacey#48
↑15Victoria#75
↑14Laura#23
↑14Adam#85

Falling

↓24Maureen#90
↓17April#98
↓15Kurt#100
↓14Glenn#70
↓13Bonnie#80
↓13Alan#75
↓12Bruce#57
↓11Kim#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.