State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 136,779 Pennsylvania births in 1975 across 1,751 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#72Francisoutside the national top 200
#86Harryoutside the national top 200
#50Colleen#133 nationally
#87Barry#164 nationally
#53Beth#120 nationally
#90Diane#142 nationally
#74Wayne#120 nationally
#73Tracey#117 nationally
#95Louis#138 nationally
#88Tamika#130 nationally
#68Vincent#109 nationally
#29Megan#69 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,427US #1
#2Amy1,868US #2
#3Heather1,594US #3
#4Melissa1,415US #4
#5Michelle1,190US #6
#6Nicole1,153US #10
#7Lisa1,050US #8
#8Kimberly1,016US #7
#9Kelly849US #16
#10Rebecca800US #11
#11Angela784US #5
#12Christine731US #22
#13Stephanie709US #9
#14Jessica644US #13
#15Christina630US #12
#16Mary581US #19
#17Dawn575US #23
#18Karen534US #27
#19Elizabeth517US #15
#20Lori516US #39
#21Susan516US #32
#22Danielle514US #42
#23Julie504US #18
#24Tracy500US #24
#25Michele495US #56
#26Amanda465US #14
#27Tara465US #41
#28Erin437US #38
#29Megan436US #69
#30Laura426US #20
#31Jill420US #46
#32Shannon418US #21
#33Tammy418US #31
#34Stacy400US #34
#35Kristen382US #60
#36Wendy381US #33
#37Carrie377US #29
#38Rachel375US #26
#39Andrea360US #28
#40Dana358US #62
#41Tina348US #35
#42Stacey343US #44
#43April341US #25
#44Patricia335US #36
#45Melanie332US #52
#46Holly317US #55
#47Sarah314US #17
#48Denise307US #64
#49Tiffany302US #37
#50Colleen289US #133
#51Kathleen286US #80
#52Jamie273US #68
#53Beth269US #120
#54Kristin256US #74
#55Renee254US #87
#56Crystal250US #43
#57Tanya249US #50
#58Emily248US #48
#59Maria241US #30
#60Brenda240US #67
#61Heidi232US #66
#62Theresa224US #78
#63Pamela222US #70
#64Robin220US #65
#65Barbara217US #83
#66Sharon215US #75
#67Donna206US #85
#68Cynthia204US #40
#69Deborah204US #86
#70Jacqueline199US #90
#71Jodi197US #94
#72Sandra196US #51
#73Tracey194US #117
#74Valerie193US #92
#75Catherine185US #73
#76Gina184US #84
#77Allison183US #89
#78Sherry181US #95
#79Erica180US #63
#80Linda180US #81
#81Tonya176US #45
#82Katherine169US #58
#83Leslie169US #71
#84Christy168US #53
#85Ann163US #104
#86Margaret159US #98
#87Brandy155US #57
#88Tamika155US #130
#89Amber154US #59
#90Diane154US #142
#91Monica152US #49
#92Teresa150US #61
#93Sara149US #54
#94Alison148US #127
#95Suzanne148US #121
#96Anna147US #79
#97Kathryn147US #99
#98Joy146US #123
#99Melinda146US #91
#100Cheryl144US #97

Boys

#1Michael4,024US #1
#2Jason2,767US #2
#3David2,245US #5
#4Christopher2,195US #3
#5John2,170US #7
#6Brian2,051US #8
#7Robert2,048US #6
#8James1,972US #4
#9Matthew1,763US #9
#10Joseph1,538US #12
#11William1,486US #10
#12Daniel1,306US #11
#13Eric1,144US #13
#14Jeffrey1,128US #14
#15Thomas1,119US #20
#16Mark1,091US #19
#17Richard1,058US #16
#18Scott1,025US #17
#19Kevin983US #15
#20Timothy943US #22
#21Steven864US #18
#22Shawn828US #31
#23Anthony766US #21
#24Andrew763US #28
#25Charles754US #25
#26Stephen718US #34
#27Ryan700US #23
#28Chad635US #27
#29Paul633US #29
#30Gregory624US #33
#31Edward560US #41
#32Jonathan554US #30
#33Jeremy533US #24
#34Todd533US #43
#35Joshua532US #26
#36Ronald514US #46
#37Kenneth510US #35
#38Keith495US #49
#39Benjamin468US #36
#40Sean454US #40
#41Aaron423US #32
#42Patrick416US #39
#43Donald415US #42
#44George414US #53
#45Justin405US #37
#46Adam398US #38
#47Douglas366US #55
#48Bryan361US #47
#49Dennis336US #59
#50Gary326US #50
#51Peter325US #54
#52Nathan314US #45
#53Bradley310US #52
#54Craig296US #58
#55Frank284US #66
#56Raymond279US #63
#57Samuel231US #61
#58Jamie230US #62
#59Brandon209US #44
#60Troy204US #69
#61Shane200US #57
#62Joel199US #74
#63Larry191US #56
#64Nicholas190US #81
#65Brett185US #92
#66Christian182US #103
#67Marc181US #89
#68Vincent178US #109
#69Brad177US #98
#70Philip177US #85
#71Jesse175US #64
#72Francis168
#73Gerald164US #108
#74Wayne160US #120
#75Corey158US #71
#76Carl156US #91
#77Travis148US #51
#78Lawrence146US #110
#79Terry145US #67
#80Randy141US #78
#81Russell140US #82
#82Walter134US #112
#83Erik133US #87
#84Derek132US #83
#85Brent130US #79
#86Harry127
#87Barry126US #164
#88Jose124US #48
#89Kyle124US #88
#90Albert118US #129
#91Darren118US #126
#92Jeffery115US #70
#93Damon113US #114
#94Jacob113US #75
#95Louis109US #138
#96Phillip109US #72
#97Alexander108US #105
#98Rodney107US #76
#99Jon106US #102
#100Jay105US #117

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑39Amanda#26
↑19Jamie#52
↑18Emily#58
↑17Allison#77
↑15Megan#29
↑15Brandon#59
↑13Corey#75
↑12Carrie#37

Falling

↓13Tammy#33
↓13Tina#41
↓12Patricia#44
↓12Pamela#63
↓12Monica#91
↓11Heidi#61
↓11Leslie#83
↓11Melinda#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.