State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 140,177 Pennsylvania births in 1974 across 1,694 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#75Francisoutside the national top 200
#83Harryoutside the national top 200
#93Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#97Theodore#180 nationally
#52Colleen#123 nationally
#54Beth#117 nationally
#44Megan#105 nationally
#95Barry#156 nationally
#82Diane#129 nationally
#89Frederick#135 nationally
#94Bruce#136 nationally
#67Gerald#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,721US #1
#2Amy1,750US #2
#3Heather1,606US #4
#4Michelle1,370US #3
#5Melissa1,357US #7
#6Kimberly1,130US #6
#7Lisa1,104US #8
#8Nicole1,036US #11
#9Kelly857US #15
#10Rebecca836US #10
#11Stephanie809US #9
#12Angela789US #5
#13Christine784US #19
#14Lori610US #30
#15Dawn609US #22
#16Mary592US #13
#17Jessica589US #17
#18Susan576US #27
#19Karen572US #26
#20Tammy556US #24
#21Elizabeth543US #12
#22Danielle538US #40
#23Michele536US #50
#24Christina527US #16
#25Tracy513US #23
#26Kristen496US #45
#27Julie495US #14
#28Tina474US #25
#29Shannon438US #18
#30Tara434US #39
#31Wendy413US #32
#32Patricia404US #29
#33Erin394US #47
#34Rachel394US #36
#35Laura385US #21
#36Stacey381US #48
#37Holly379US #56
#38Dana364US #55
#39Denise359US #53
#40Jill359US #58
#41April352US #28
#42Stacy352US #38
#43Andrea345US #35
#44Megan336US #105
#45Kathleen324US #76
#46Melanie315US #51
#47Sarah305US #20
#48Kristin304US #72
#49Carrie302US #42
#50Heidi287US #60
#51Pamela287US #54
#52Colleen280US #123
#53Brenda278US #59
#54Beth273US #117
#55Tiffany268US #41
#56Renee267US #85
#57Crystal266US #49
#58Tanya266US #46
#59Barbara265US #77
#60Maria265US #31
#61Theresa265US #79
#62Cynthia254US #33
#63Donna253US #67
#64Sandra251US #44
#65Amanda249US #34
#66Deborah249US #68
#67Sharon246US #70
#68Robin243US #63
#69Catherine224US #73
#70Jodi218US #91
#71Jamie215US #97
#72Leslie215US #65
#73Tracey214US #108
#74Tonya206US #37
#75Linda204US #75
#76Emily194US #69
#77Jacqueline192US #83
#78Erica191US #74
#79Monica189US #43
#80Valerie186US #93
#81Ann183US #100
#82Diane181US #129
#83Sherry181US #89
#84Margaret180US #95
#85Gina178US #84
#86Suzanne177US #111
#87Debra176US #94
#88Melinda175US #81
#89Cheryl170US #88
#90Nancy163US #78
#91Christy159US #57
#92Tamara159US #64
#93Tamika157
#94Allison155US #99
#95Teresa154US #52
#96Paula152US #96
#97Alicia148US #90
#98Joy148US #109
#99Laurie147US #116
#100Sara147US #61

Boys

#1Michael4,116US #1
#2Jason2,831US #2
#3John2,420US #6
#4Christopher2,348US #3
#5David2,311US #4
#6Brian2,276US #8
#7Robert2,229US #7
#8James2,167US #5
#9Matthew1,762US #9
#10William1,673US #10
#11Joseph1,589US #12
#12Daniel1,290US #11
#13Thomas1,192US #20
#14Jeffrey1,175US #15
#15Kevin1,163US #14
#16Mark1,154US #16
#17Scott1,143US #18
#18Richard1,118US #17
#19Eric1,108US #13
#20Timothy895US #22
#21Shawn894US #30
#22Steven869US #19
#23Charles758US #23
#24Anthony756US #21
#25Stephen728US #35
#26Andrew708US #28
#27Paul660US #27
#28Chad630US #26
#29Gregory624US #31
#30Ryan623US #25
#31Edward584US #40
#32Todd536US #39
#33Sean529US #37
#34Kenneth520US #34
#35Jonathan507US #33
#36Ronald499US #42
#37Keith483US #44
#38Joshua455US #29
#39Donald454US #41
#40Patrick450US #38
#41Jeremy438US #24
#42Aaron427US #32
#43Adam424US #36
#44Douglas411US #53
#45George387US #49
#46Bryan357US #45
#47Craig339US #57
#48Dennis331US #59
#49Peter329US #50
#50Gary315US #48
#51Benjamin310US #46
#52Justin307US #43
#53Nathan281US #52
#54Frank272US #65
#55Samuel257US #60
#56Raymond253US #62
#57Bradley251US #58
#58Jamie227US #68
#59Shane220US #56
#60Troy213US #63
#61Larry191US #55
#62Marc191US #85
#63Christian188US #103
#64Brett184US #95
#65Brad177US #105
#66Jesse175US #67
#67Gerald170US #108
#68Nicholas169US #80
#69Philip165US #86
#70Carl163US #89
#71Travis161US #54
#72Joel160US #75
#73Terry157US #69
#74Brandon155US #51
#75Francis155
#76Derek153US #74
#77Vincent150US #107
#78Lawrence145US #100
#79Brent144US #76
#80Randy140US #79
#81Russell140US #84
#82Erik139US #90
#83Harry139
#84Wayne136US #120
#85Kyle134US #97
#86Walter133US #104
#87Damon131US #110
#88Corey129US #77
#89Frederick121US #135
#90Jose121US #47
#91Rodney119US #72
#92Allen117US #125
#93Martin117US #109
#94Bruce115US #136
#95Barry114US #156
#96Jeffery114US #66
#97Theodore114US #180
#98Albert111US #130
#99Jerry111US #61
#100Roger111US #93

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑31Erin#33
↑30Amanda#65
↑25Sarah#47
↑25Brad#65
↑22Rachel#34
↑19Jessica#17
↑17Megan#44
↑13Leslie#72

Falling

↓18Sherry#83
↓16Brenda#53
↓16Cheryl#89
↓16Albert#98
↓15Cynthia#62
↓15Deborah#66
↓15Sharon#67
↓14Gina#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.