State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 151,289 Pennsylvania births in 1972 across 1,699 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#78Francisoutside the national top 200
#76Harry#183 nationally
#83Megan#180 nationally
#72Eugene#145 nationally
#52Colleen#123 nationally
#45Beth#113 nationally
#80Barry#148 nationally
#94Brad#149 nationally
#71Bruce#121 nationally
#87Glenn#134 nationally
#61Diane#105 nationally
#88Louis#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,973US #1
#2Michelle1,654US #2
#3Amy1,640US #5
#4Lisa1,571US #3
#5Melissa1,501US #7
#6Kimberly1,456US #4
#7Heather1,162US #9
#8Nicole1,130US #10
#9Christine979US #16
#10Kelly852US #23
#11Stephanie813US #8
#12Lori790US #28
#13Dawn765US #20
#14Tammy757US #11
#15Mary739US #13
#16Karen731US #21
#17Susan729US #24
#18Angela697US #6
#19Michele690US #36
#20Rebecca687US #14
#21Tracy642US #19
#22Tina570US #18
#23Julie561US #12
#24Denise560US #35
#25Tara558US #38
#26Christina547US #26
#27Wendy537US #29
#28Elizabeth521US #15
#29Patricia500US #27
#30Laura456US #17
#31Kathleen438US #57
#32Dana431US #52
#33Stacy417US #33
#34Stacey416US #41
#35Pamela404US #34
#36Shannon398US #22
#37Cynthia380US #25
#38Sharon374US #50
#39Donna367US #45
#40Melanie364US #42
#41Brenda362US #44
#42Andrea356US #30
#43Deborah351US #43
#44Linda348US #51
#45Beth347US #113
#46Danielle347US #73
#47Jill337US #62
#48Sandra331US #31
#49Jessica327US #46
#50Kristin325US #67
#51Barbara322US #58
#52Colleen313US #123
#53Renee312US #77
#54Tracey289US #88
#55Rachel286US #40
#56Theresa284US #68
#57Maria278US #32
#58Heidi276US #64
#59Holly275US #71
#60Robin275US #55
#61Diane274US #105
#62Catherine273US #65
#63Debra271US #66
#64Tanya269US #54
#65Kristen258US #85
#66Carrie256US #53
#67Crystal255US #59
#68April254US #48
#69Jodi246US #97
#70Sherry246US #70
#71Cheryl241US #56
#72Monica232US #47
#73Nancy221US #63
#74Rhonda219US #60
#75Gina218US #78
#76Leslie208US #75
#77Tonya207US #37
#78Suzanne205US #92
#79Laurie203US #98
#80Tiffany200US #61
#81Teresa199US #39
#82Paula198US #72
#83Megan196US #180
#84Jacqueline194US #79
#85Sarah194US #49
#86Margaret193US #95
#87Valerie191US #100
#88Jamie188US #114
#89Erin183US #93
#90Tricia181US #120
#91Carol179US #109
#92Erica179US #87
#93Lynn179US #135
#94Diana176US #83
#95Ann174US #91
#96Anna170US #86
#97Sherri170US #129
#98Carolyn166US #110
#99Kathy164US #108
#100Cindy162US #80

Boys

#1Michael4,182US #1
#2John2,796US #5
#3Christopher2,768US #2
#4David2,735US #4
#5Robert2,665US #6
#6Brian2,650US #8
#7James2,417US #3
#8William1,929US #9
#9Joseph1,794US #12
#10Jason1,771US #7
#11Matthew1,566US #10
#12Thomas1,428US #20
#13Scott1,411US #11
#14Richard1,374US #14
#15Mark1,346US #18
#16Jeffrey1,328US #17
#17Daniel1,312US #15
#18Eric1,290US #16
#19Kevin1,219US #13
#20Timothy1,037US #21
#21Steven998US #19
#22Shawn909US #28
#23Charles905US #23
#24Stephen826US #29
#25Anthony816US #22
#26Paul744US #24
#27Gregory734US #26
#28Edward728US #34
#29Todd707US #31
#30Andrew659US #30
#31Ronald657US #32
#32Sean644US #33
#33Keith639US #38
#34Kenneth611US #27
#35Chad569US #25
#36Donald524US #36
#37George517US #44
#38Patrick501US #35
#39Douglas493US #43
#40Jonathan440US #37
#41Ryan406US #39
#42Gary389US #41
#43Craig383US #46
#44Dennis370US #52
#45Raymond369US #54
#46Frank359US #56
#47Troy340US #49
#48Bryan335US #45
#49Aaron325US #40
#50Peter321US #48
#51Adam309US #51
#52Jeremy276US #42
#53Samuel263US #66
#54Bradley261US #61
#55Justin255US #60
#56Larry255US #47
#57Marc232US #83
#58Christian231US #96
#59Joshua227US #59
#60Brett224US #80
#61Shane221US #55
#62Carl209US #85
#63Benjamin205US #64
#64Jamie197US #72
#65Gerald196US #102
#66Wayne194US #103
#67Vincent193US #105
#68Erik191US #86
#69Nicholas189US #99
#70Terry189US #62
#71Bruce180US #121
#72Eugene174US #145
#73Randy172US #70
#74Russell171US #69
#75Philip170US #104
#76Harry169US #183
#77Walter169US #98
#78Francis166
#79Travis163US #57
#80Barry162US #148
#81Joel162US #78
#82Lawrence159US #101
#83Rodney159US #65
#84Martin155US #117
#85Jesse149US #88
#86Albert148US #112
#87Glenn148US #134
#88Louis144US #130
#89Brandon142US #63
#90Alan140US #110
#91Curtis140US #92
#92Brent136US #77
#93Frederick136US #116
#94Brad131US #149
#95Derek129US #67
#96Kyle126US #113
#97Corey125US #95
#98Jon123US #89
#99Dale120US #131
#100Jermaine120US #135

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑34Melanie#40
↑30Joshua#59
↑22Eugene#72
↑21Nicholas#69
↑18Heidi#58
↑16Brett#60
↑14Tonya#77
↑14Bruce#71

Falling

↓32Derek#95
↓20Corey#97
↓18Carol#91
↓18Lawrence#82
↓17Jacqueline#84
↓17Ann#95
↓16Paula#82
↓14Cindy#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.