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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 179,899 Pennsylvania births in 1970 across 1,744 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#61Francis#192 nationally
#65Harry#169 nationally
#54Colleen#117 nationally
#83Eugene#146 nationally
#99Howard#156 nationally
#72Christian#127 nationally
#69Nicholas#123 nationally
#39Beth#92 nationally
#57Glenn#109 nationally
#63Danielle#114 nationally
#67Barry#117 nationally
#75Louis#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,959US #1
#2Lisa2,281US #2
#3Kimberly1,885US #3
#4Michelle1,810US #4
#5Amy1,655US #5
#6Melissa1,499US #7
#7Christine1,417US #14
#8Heather1,113US #19
#9Tracy1,108US #10
#10Karen1,097US #12
#11Kelly1,093US #20
#12Susan1,086US #15
#13Dawn1,076US #16
#14Tammy1,062US #8
#15Lori1,060US #23
#16Mary1,049US #9
#17Michele1,035US #31
#18Patricia790US #24
#19Nicole786US #30
#20Angela770US #6
#21Denise768US #36
#22Stephanie727US #17
#23Tina708US #21
#24Wendy691US #28
#25Elizabeth684US #18
#26Pamela667US #26
#27Julie644US #11
#28Laura630US #13
#29Donna622US #32
#30Sharon588US #37
#31Deborah583US #33
#32Barbara581US #41
#33Kathleen575US #45
#34Rebecca545US #29
#35Linda522US #38
#36Sandra519US #27
#37Tracey519US #55
#38Christina508US #35
#39Beth498US #92
#40Cynthia480US #25
#41Stacey469US #48
#42Diane451US #70
#43Brenda446US #40
#44Shannon442US #22
#45Jill441US #52
#46Stacy416US #42
#47Debra411US #47
#48Dana407US #54
#49Tara402US #69
#50Renee394US #68
#51Cheryl391US #44
#52Andrea377US #43
#53Theresa372US #53
#54Colleen367US #117
#55Kristin362US #63
#56Nancy359US #50
#57Sherry357US #60
#58Maria354US #39
#59Robin348US #51
#60Carol346US #71
#61Kristen335US #83
#62Holly332US #74
#63Danielle327US #114
#64Jodi320US #95
#65Jacqueline315US #66
#66Paula306US #57
#67Ann301US #62
#68Gina301US #61
#69Suzanne301US #87
#70Monica300US #56
#71Catherine299US #59
#72Teresa295US #34
#73Leslie287US #64
#74Margaret287US #80
#75Kathy283US #77
#76Tanya281US #76
#77Rachel268US #58
#78Rhonda266US #46
#79Crystal263US #101
#80Lynn260US #119
#81Carolyn252US #84
#82Heidi246US #81
#83Laurie245US #88
#84Jessica238US #98
#85Carrie236US #73
#86Erin236US #111
#87Victoria231US #85
#88Valerie225US #97
#89April224US #82
#90Cindy224US #72
#91Sherri217US #122
#92Sheila216US #75
#93Janet215US #96
#94Deanna214US #90
#95Melanie211US #91
#96Tonya209US #49
#97Tricia202US #124
#98Bonnie197US #130
#99Anne195US #112
#100Jamie192US #120

Boys

#1Michael5,156US #1
#2John3,780US #4
#3David3,663US #3
#4Robert3,663US #5
#5James3,454US #2
#6William2,643US #7
#7Brian2,339US #8
#8Joseph2,221US #16
#9Christopher2,210US #6
#10Mark1,945US #9
#11Thomas1,930US #17
#12Richard1,897US #10
#13Jeffrey1,895US #11
#14Scott1,806US #12
#15Daniel1,504US #19
#16Kevin1,447US #14
#17Eric1,434US #18
#18Steven1,385US #15
#19Matthew1,332US #24
#20Timothy1,182US #20
#21Charles1,162US #21
#22Jason1,146US #13
#23Stephen1,092US #27
#24Paul1,082US #23
#25Anthony1,051US #22
#26Ronald936US #29
#27Gregory921US #26
#28Edward914US #31
#29Todd899US #28
#30Kenneth878US #25
#31Shawn868US #34
#32Andrew848US #32
#33Donald766US #30
#34Douglas667US #36
#35George654US #40
#36Sean652US #37
#37Keith623US #38
#38Patrick611US #33
#39Craig605US #39
#40Gary545US #35
#41Frank504US #48
#42Dennis486US #46
#43Raymond486US #49
#44Jonathan442US #42
#45Troy419US #41
#46Peter416US #44
#47Bradley350US #47
#48Bryan345US #53
#49Marc312US #60
#50Larry301US #43
#51Gerald294US #67
#52Vincent289US #79
#53Samuel288US #62
#54Carl266US #66
#55Aaron264US #52
#56Randy262US #59
#57Glenn249US #109
#58Wayne246US #80
#59Russell241US #58
#60Rodney240US #55
#61Francis237US #192
#62Lawrence236US #83
#63Philip232US #92
#64Benjamin231US #81
#65Harry229US #169
#66Terry229US #54
#67Barry227US #117
#68Chad223US #51
#69Nicholas218US #123
#70Alan217US #91
#71Adam212US #72
#72Christian209US #127
#73Walter207US #89
#74Erik205US #101
#75Louis201US #124
#76Albert197US #107
#77Martin196US #93
#78Jeffery194US #50
#79Jon189US #68
#80Brett187US #99
#81Bruce187US #94
#82Dean185US #112
#83Eugene183US #146
#84Frederick177US #115
#85Chris175US #63
#86Dale175US #110
#87Darren174US #75
#88Arthur173US #111
#89Jay169US #97
#90Lance168US #76
#91Roger162US #61
#92Joel160US #82
#93Brent153US #74
#94Jerry152US #45
#95Lee150US #118
#96Jamie149US #125
#97Derek147US #77
#98Harold147US #122
#99Howard147US #156
#100Kyle146US #120

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑47Tara#49
↑24Nicole#19
↑20Adam#71
↑18Shannon#44
↑18Tanya#76
↑17Benjamin#64
↑16Rachel#77
↑15Kristen#61

Falling

↓21Eugene#83
↓18Dean#82
↓18Dale#86
↓17Margaret#74
↓14Bruce#81
↓12Kathleen#33
↓12Rhonda#78
↓12Barry#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.