State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 168,771 Pennsylvania births in 1971 across 1,763 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#71Francisoutside the national top 200
#96Megan#199 nationally
#78Harry#175 nationally
#51Colleen#121 nationally
#70Barry#133 nationally
#41Beth#100 nationally
#67Christian#122 nationally
#74Louis#126 nationally
#94Eugene#145 nationally
#91Dean#137 nationally
#100Leonard#146 nationally
#55Danielle#99 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,657US #1
#2Lisa1,990US #3
#3Michelle1,833US #2
#4Amy1,701US #5
#5Kimberly1,608US #4
#6Melissa1,513US #7
#7Christine1,154US #18
#8Heather1,102US #12
#9Kelly1,014US #22
#10Susan1,008US #17
#11Lori992US #25
#12Dawn977US #14
#13Tammy972US #8
#14Karen932US #15
#15Michele831US #39
#16Angela813US #6
#17Tracy810US #13
#18Mary809US #9
#19Nicole748US #27
#20Stephanie736US #11
#21Tina693US #20
#22Rebecca665US #23
#23Denise644US #36
#24Patricia635US #26
#25Elizabeth625US #19
#26Julie594US #10
#27Wendy590US #29
#28Laura550US #16
#29Pamela545US #28
#30Christina517US #30
#31Stacey514US #41
#32Kathleen512US #53
#33Shannon501US #21
#34Tara498US #49
#35Stacy490US #32
#36Dana487US #44
#37Deborah485US #33
#38Barbara456US #47
#39Linda455US #42
#40Andrea444US #35
#41Beth441US #100
#42Sandra433US #31
#43Cynthia431US #24
#44Sharon429US #40
#45Tracey417US #74
#46Brenda414US #43
#47Donna408US #38
#48Jill401US #59
#49Diane378US #83
#50Renee372US #73
#51Colleen350US #121
#52Robin347US #51
#53Theresa337US #61
#54Debra336US #57
#55Danielle334US #99
#56Holly334US #76
#57Kristin333US #71
#58Cheryl326US #50
#59Maria308US #37
#60Sherry308US #60
#61Nancy297US #52
#62Jessica293US #64
#63Kristen289US #87
#64Jodi284US #94
#65Rachel280US #54
#66Paula274US #63
#67Jacqueline270US #75
#68Rhonda270US #46
#69Carrie262US #55
#70Crystal261US #79
#71Teresa260US #34
#72Tanya259US #72
#73Carol258US #92
#74Melanie258US #66
#75Catherine254US #65
#76Heidi252US #77
#77April250US #56
#78Ann249US #78
#79Gina249US #69
#80Leslie248US #68
#81Suzanne246US #88
#82Erin244US #93
#83Monica244US #48
#84Tricia230US #109
#85Tiffany225US #62
#86Cindy224US #70
#87Valerie216US #102
#88Margaret215US #86
#89Kathy214US #91
#90Lynn203US #128
#91Tonya200US #45
#92Laurie195US #96
#93Diana194US #82
#94Jamie193US #118
#95Sheila193US #81
#96Megan191US #199
#97Erica187US #108
#98Carolyn182US #104
#99Katherine182US #67
#100Sherri176US #123

Boys

#1Michael4,681US #1
#2John3,421US #4
#3David3,258US #3
#4Robert3,163US #5
#5James2,909US #2
#6Christopher2,559US #6
#7Brian2,465US #9
#8William2,352US #7
#9Scott2,068US #10
#10Joseph2,043US #15
#11Thomas1,717US #17
#12Richard1,643US #11
#13Jeffrey1,612US #12
#14Mark1,524US #13
#15Jason1,456US #8
#16Eric1,430US #18
#17Matthew1,411US #19
#18Daniel1,353US #20
#19Kevin1,319US #14
#20Steven1,161US #16
#21Timothy1,104US #21
#22Shawn1,058US #28
#23Charles1,056US #22
#24Anthony1,002US #23
#25Stephen965US #27
#26Paul953US #24
#27Edward903US #32
#28Ronald892US #31
#29Gregory829US #26
#30Todd811US #30
#31Kenneth767US #25
#32Andrew740US #33
#33Sean726US #36
#34Donald683US #34
#35Keith671US #37
#36Douglas564US #39
#37George549US #42
#38Chad544US #29
#39Patrick540US #35
#40Craig485US #43
#41Gary476US #38
#42Frank459US #54
#43Dennis449US #49
#44Jonathan430US #40
#45Raymond404US #52
#46Aaron368US #41
#47Troy343US #46
#48Peter333US #47
#49Adam303US #57
#50Larry300US #44
#51Jeremy293US #45
#52Bryan292US #48
#53Ryan288US #51
#54Bradley282US #58
#55Samuel255US #66
#56Vincent255US #87
#57Terry250US #56
#58Marc244US #70
#59Carl242US #72
#60Wayne237US #92
#61Russell224US #64
#62Gerald219US #83
#63Derek214US #63
#64Lawrence213US #85
#65Shane208US #60
#66Walter207US #91
#67Christian206US #122
#68Randy204US #67
#69Benjamin195US #69
#70Barry194US #133
#71Francis193
#72Jamie191US #96
#73Philip191US #94
#74Louis186US #126
#75Rodney180US #59
#76Brett179US #90
#77Corey177US #77
#78Harry174US #175
#79Erik172US #97
#80Curtis170US #89
#81Albert169US #119
#82Alan166US #99
#83Brent165US #73
#84Glenn164US #127
#85Bruce163US #108
#86Darren162US #100
#87Frederick162US #109
#88Jay159US #114
#89Joshua158US #80
#90Nicholas155US #123
#91Dean151US #137
#92Jon150US #78
#93Travis147US #61
#94Eugene146US #145
#95Joel145US #86
#96Kyle144US #116
#97Jeffery141US #53
#98Harold140US #130
#99Allen139US #120
#100Leonard139US #146

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑34Derek#63
↑30Chad#38
↑24Jamie#72
↑22Jessica#62
↑22Adam#49
↑21Melanie#74
↑16Carrie#69
↑15Tara#34

Falling

↓27Glenn#84
↓21Nicholas#90
↓19Jeffery#97
↓18Donna#47
↓17Carolyn#98
↓15Rodney#75
↓14Sharon#44
↓14Margaret#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.