State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 141,630 Pennsylvania births in 1973 across 1,666 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#79Francisoutside the national top 200
#84Harry#189 nationally
#61Megan#141 nationally
#41Beth#117 nationally
#58Colleen#125 nationally
#87Eugene#144 nationally
#90Brad#137 nationally
#98Lynn#145 nationally
#100Glenn#146 nationally
#70Diane#115 nationally
#89Bruce#134 nationally
#96Dale#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,829US #1
#2Amy1,644US #2
#3Melissa1,432US #6
#4Michelle1,401US #3
#5Heather1,388US #8
#6Lisa1,359US #5
#7Kimberly1,162US #4
#8Nicole1,063US #11
#9Christine848US #17
#10Rebecca802US #10
#11Stephanie788US #9
#12Kelly761US #18
#13Susan692US #25
#14Lori689US #28
#15Tammy687US #15
#16Karen652US #23
#17Dawn642US #21
#18Michele619US #44
#19Mary611US #14
#20Angela587US #7
#21Julie560US #12
#22Christina552US #16
#23Tracy540US #20
#24Tina514US #24
#25Elizabeth496US #13
#26Denise475US #38
#27Tara474US #37
#28Danielle467US #49
#29Wendy451US #29
#30Stacey434US #41
#31Patricia421US #27
#32Shannon400US #22
#33Stacy387US #32
#34Kristen386US #58
#35Laura383US #19
#36Jessica381US #34
#37Brenda355US #53
#38Melanie354US #43
#39Andrea348US #30
#40Holly344US #54
#41Beth340US #117
#42Dana334US #59
#43Kathleen328US #68
#44Renee314US #80
#45Jill309US #62
#46Carrie306US #46
#47Cynthia300US #26
#48Barbara299US #63
#49Pamela299US #47
#50April295US #33
#51Deborah291US #56
#52Sharon289US #57
#53Heidi288US #65
#54Theresa288US #69
#55Donna273US #55
#56Rachel273US #42
#57Tiffany270US #52
#58Colleen269US #125
#59Kristin265US #78
#60Tanya261US #50
#61Megan259US #141
#62Crystal258US #48
#63Linda255US #61
#64Erin245US #79
#65Sherry240US #76
#66Sandra238US #39
#67Tracey236US #102
#68Robin228US #60
#69Maria224US #31
#70Diane223US #115
#71Gina219US #83
#72Sarah215US #35
#73Cheryl214US #74
#74Monica212US #40
#75Catherine208US #67
#76Bridget207US #112
#77Ann204US #93
#78Jodi202US #100
#79Suzanne202US #98
#80Valerie196US #96
#81Erica195US #81
#82Debra194US #84
#83Jamie191US #103
#84Nancy191US #77
#85Leslie190US #75
#86Tonya190US #36
#87Jacqueline184US #88
#88Margaret180US #94
#89Diana179US #85
#90Teresa177US #45
#91Melinda176US #72
#92Laurie174US #106
#93Paula166US #87
#94Victoria161US #95
#95Amanda158US #51
#96Tricia158US #123
#97Kathryn157US #107
#98Lynn156US #145
#99Rhonda153US #70
#100Allison149US #105

Boys

#1Michael4,066US #1
#2Brian2,504US #8
#3Christopher2,501US #2
#4John2,464US #6
#5Robert2,360US #7
#6James2,309US #4
#7David2,291US #5
#8Jason2,182US #3
#9William1,773US #9
#10Joseph1,644US #12
#11Matthew1,604US #10
#12Daniel1,354US #11
#13Thomas1,305US #19
#14Eric1,273US #13
#15Mark1,239US #15
#16Richard1,214US #16
#17Scott1,156US #18
#18Jeffrey1,138US #17
#19Kevin1,101US #14
#20Timothy864US #22
#21Shawn857US #27
#22Steven854US #20
#23Charles811US #23
#24Anthony746US #21
#25Stephen745US #32
#26Andrew703US #29
#27Paul702US #24
#28Gregory646US #26
#29Edward632US #39
#30Chad600US #25
#31Todd575US #35
#32Kenneth562US #28
#33Ronald562US #40
#34Sean554US #36
#35Keith526US #41
#36Ryan512US #30
#37Jonathan505US #31
#38Donald503US #38
#39Patrick461US #37
#40Douglas445US #47
#41George444US #46
#42Craig390US #48
#43Bryan378US #43
#44Adam376US #45
#45Aaron365US #34
#46Gary350US #44
#47Peter339US #52
#48Dennis337US #56
#49Frank333US #61
#50Joshua314US #42
#51Raymond300US #60
#52Jeremy290US #33
#53Justin279US #51
#54Troy261US #59
#55Shane260US #54
#56Samuel245US #66
#57Christian240US #97
#58Bradley236US #62
#59Benjamin232US #55
#60Jamie210US #70
#61Marc210US #81
#62Nathan205US #63
#63Larry202US #50
#64Nicholas202US #85
#65Vincent193US #99
#66Terry189US #65
#67Derek178US #69
#68Gerald176US #102
#69Philip171US #91
#70Brett167US #88
#71Russell164US #77
#72Carl161US #90
#73Randy159US #79
#74Jesse158US #75
#75Lawrence156US #104
#76Wayne154US #107
#77Erik153US #86
#78Travis150US #53
#79Francis149
#80Walter147US #101
#81Brandon145US #58
#82Albert143US #112
#83Frederick138US #120
#84Harry135US #189
#85Joel134US #73
#86Kyle134US #110
#87Eugene127US #144
#88Brent125US #80
#89Bruce125US #134
#90Brad122US #137
#91Martin122US #108
#92Derrick121US #87
#93Louis121US #135
#94Alan115US #115
#95Jose115US #49
#96Dale114US #141
#97Phillip113US #71
#98Jon112US #94
#99Roger112US #84
#100Glenn111US #146

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑31Kristen#34
↑28Derek#67
↑25Erin#64
↑23Tiffany#57
↑22Megan#61
↑20Carrie#46
↑19Holly#40
↑18Danielle#28

Falling

↓25Rhonda#99
↓19Linda#63
↓19Debra#82
↓18Sandra#66
↓18Bruce#89
↓16Donna#55
↓15Eugene#87
↓14Pamela#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.