State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 135,955 Pennsylvania births in 1976 across 1,723 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#83Francisoutside the national top 200
#96Harryoutside the national top 200
#63Colleen#136 nationally
#87Eugene#159 nationally
#96Diane#155 nationally
#58Beth#114 nationally
#76Wayne#131 nationally
#74Lauren#125 nationally
#98Bruce#148 nationally
#93Louis#142 nationally
#88Ian#135 nationally
#64Brad#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,342US #1
#2Amy1,776US #2
#3Heather1,558US #4
#4Melissa1,465US #3
#5Nicole1,071US #13
#6Michelle1,064US #6
#7Kimberly983US #7
#8Jessica962US #8
#9Lisa957US #9
#10Kelly859US #19
#11Angela820US #5
#12Rebecca804US #12
#13Shannon757US #17
#14Stephanie747US #11
#15Jamie712US #18
#16Christina690US #14
#17Danielle684US #33
#18Christine675US #26
#19Elizabeth601US #16
#20Amanda595US #10
#21Erin583US #24
#22Julie530US #21
#23Jaime529US #29
#24Karen514US #31
#25Mary476US #22
#26Lori474US #47
#27Megan467US #62
#28Sarah450US #15
#29Laura449US #20
#30Dawn444US #35
#31Tara443US #42
#32Jill419US #52
#33Susan418US #40
#34Rachel417US #23
#35Michele406US #63
#36Carrie400US #28
#37Stacey377US #51
#38Stacy376US #38
#39Tracy369US #37
#40Tammy351US #41
#41Wendy342US #39
#42Dana335US #64
#43Andrea329US #25
#44Holly308US #56
#45Tina305US #48
#46Kristen298US #73
#47Melanie296US #53
#48Kathleen288US #82
#49April287US #30
#50Tiffany285US #32
#51Crystal278US #36
#52Denise278US #69
#53Kristin262US #74
#54Patricia259US #43
#55Sara253US #27
#56Emily242US #50
#57Renee239US #86
#58Beth234US #114
#59Erica229US #54
#60Tanya227US #61
#61Sharon221US #81
#62Theresa219US #89
#63Colleen217US #136
#64Allison214US #67
#65Cynthia212US #44
#66Barbara208US #98
#67Heidi199US #70
#68Maria198US #34
#69Catherine194US #72
#70Christy194US #60
#71Gina193US #94
#72Brenda184US #77
#73Sandra181US #59
#74Lauren179US #125
#75Valerie176US #83
#76Amber175US #49
#77Monica175US #45
#78Linda174US #90
#79Natalie173US #80
#80Donna172US #93
#81Katherine170US #57
#82Jodi169US #102
#83Robin169US #75
#84Courtney165US #76
#85Alicia163US #71
#86Leslie162US #65
#87Brandy160US #55
#88Tonya160US #58
#89Pamela154US #84
#90Kathryn151US #88
#91Jacqueline148US #99
#92Margaret148US #103
#93Melinda146US #95
#94Nancy145US #87
#95Deborah142US #96
#96Diane141US #155
#97Ann135US #108
#98Teresa135US #66
#99Sherry132US #111
#100Suzanne129US #126

Boys

#1Michael4,156US #1
#2Jason2,687US #2
#3David2,151US #4
#4Christopher2,146US #3
#5John2,114US #6
#6James1,950US #5
#7Robert1,946US #7
#8Matthew1,943US #9
#9Brian1,933US #8
#10Joseph1,590US #12
#11William1,456US #11
#12Daniel1,308US #10
#13Thomas1,156US #23
#14Eric1,116US #13
#15Kevin1,065US #15
#16Jeffrey1,037US #17
#17Scott1,005US #24
#18Mark990US #25
#19Richard976US #19
#20Timothy945US #21
#21Steven868US #20
#22Ryan848US #16
#23Andrew840US #27
#24Jeremy814US #14
#25Anthony805US #22
#26Shawn763US #34
#27Charles735US #26
#28Joshua683US #18
#29Chad650US #29
#30Stephen632US #37
#31Jonathan619US #31
#32Paul612US #28
#33Gregory584US #35
#34Benjamin530US #32
#35Justin511US #33
#36Adam493US #36
#37Kenneth483US #38
#38Edward481US #45
#39Ronald468US #49
#40Keith455US #48
#41Sean455US #42
#42Todd447US #50
#43Aaron416US #30
#44Patrick410US #41
#45Nathan392US #39
#46George369US #53
#47Donald366US #47
#48Douglas362US #56
#49Bryan331US #43
#50Gary299US #52
#51Peter294US #54
#52Bradley289US #51
#53Dennis282US #66
#54Craig281US #61
#55Raymond278US #65
#56Frank272US #68
#57Samuel253US #59
#58Brandon222US #40
#59Nicholas218US #77
#60Jamie212US #62
#61Jesse212US #55
#62Shane206US #57
#63Philip198US #89
#64Brad187US #108
#65Corey185US #64
#66Travis183US #46
#67Vincent181US #106
#68Joel174US #72
#69Marc169US #99
#70Jacob160US #63
#71Terry159US #75
#72Troy158US #73
#73Randy157US #79
#74Larry153US #60
#75Brett146US #109
#76Wayne144US #131
#77Kyle143US #80
#78Derek142US #84
#79Carl141US #95
#80Christian139US #112
#81Gerald139US #120
#82Damon138US #104
#83Francis135
#84Lawrence135US #113
#85Brent130US #78
#86Jared130US #90
#87Eugene129US #159
#88Ian129US #135
#89Seth125US #128
#90Russell121US #87
#91Erik120US #94
#92Jose120US #44
#93Louis120US #142
#94Allen113US #134
#95Alan112US #115
#96Harry110
#97Walter110US #127
#98Bruce109US #148
#99Andre108US #125
#100Jay108US #126

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑38Sara#55
↑37Jamie#15
↑24Jacob#70
↑20Erica#59
↑19Shannon#13
↑19Sarah#28
↑14Christy#70
↑14Monica#77

Falling

↓26Pamela#89
↓26Deborah#95
↓21Jacqueline#91
↓21Sherry#99
↓19Robin#83
↓15Tracy#39
↓15Walter#97
↓14Christian#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.