State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 140,587 Pennsylvania births in 1977 across 1,784 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
#62Colleen#145 nationally
#99Eugene#170 nationally
#87Jaclyn#148 nationally
#79Wayne#138 nationally
#39Beth#97 nationally
#97Bruce#148 nationally
#96Louis#143 nationally
#85Gerald#131 nationally
#65Vincent#110 nationally
#74Ian#119 nationally
#36Michele#77 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,229US #1
#2Heather1,549US #5
#3Amy1,514US #3
#4Melissa1,444US #2
#5Jessica1,307US #4
#6Kelly1,280US #10
#7Nicole1,066US #15
#8Michelle1,011US #7
#9Lisa1,004US #12
#10Kimberly807US #8
#11Angela795US #6
#12Stephanie760US #14
#13Rebecca756US #17
#14Jamie749US #18
#15Elizabeth736US #13
#16Shannon718US #19
#17Christina703US #16
#18Amanda698US #9
#19Erin691US #23
#20Danielle627US #31
#21Christine605US #30
#22Sarah597US #11
#23Laura535US #20
#24Mary526US #21
#25Megan497US #54
#26Tara495US #35
#27Julie487US #22
#28Karen478US #32
#29Carrie444US #28
#30Jaime435US #46
#31Jill432US #41
#32Andrea415US #24
#33Susan392US #45
#34Dawn387US #43
#35Rachel377US #26
#36Michele374US #77
#37Lori363US #57
#38Stacy348US #42
#39Beth338US #97
#40Holly333US #52
#41Erica329US #38
#42Tammy327US #55
#43Stacey324US #56
#44Tracy323US #50
#45Kristen321US #72
#46Crystal317US #25
#47Dana314US #62
#48April302US #29
#49Emily302US #37
#50Kristy300US #68
#51Sara299US #27
#52Tiffany287US #34
#53Kathleen283US #80
#54Melanie283US #53
#55Denise257US #78
#56Tina252US #58
#57Wendy251US #49
#58Maria240US #36
#59Kristin233US #82
#60Renee232US #87
#61Patricia231US #47
#62Colleen222US #145
#63Allison219US #66
#64Katherine219US #44
#65Amber218US #33
#66Natalie213US #69
#67Courtney211US #76
#68Tanya211US #67
#69Alicia201US #60
#70Catherine200US #75
#71Jodi196US #105
#72Brandy194US #51
#73Cynthia191US #48
#74Kathryn189US #70
#75Theresa188US #98
#76Lauren187US #114
#77Mandy185US #94
#78Monica181US #39
#79Gina180US #88
#80Heidi179US #81
#81Valerie179US #86
#82Christy177US #59
#83Sharon169US #95
#84Leslie163US #65
#85Robin160US #84
#86Barbara159US #101
#87Jaclyn159US #148
#88Suzanne159US #121
#89Jacqueline157US #92
#90Brenda153US #91
#91Ann151US #118
#92Sabrina151US #63
#93Brandi150US #71
#94Linda149US #99
#95Pamela149US #102
#96Melinda144US #96
#97Nancy144US #89
#98Samantha144US #85
#99Margaret142US #111
#100Aimee137US #127

Boys

#1Michael4,204US #1
#2Jason3,020US #2
#3David2,227US #4
#4Christopher2,129US #3
#5James2,072US #5
#6John2,063US #7
#7Brian2,018US #8
#8Matthew2,007US #9
#9Robert1,935US #6
#10Joseph1,725US #10
#11William1,423US #12
#12Daniel1,389US #11
#13Kevin1,194US #13
#14Thomas1,147US #22
#15Eric1,130US #17
#16Timothy1,047US #18
#17Ryan1,042US #16
#18Jeffrey1,038US #19
#19Richard947US #20
#20Mark938US #25
#21Andrew904US #24
#22Joshua886US #14
#23Scott821US #27
#24Jeremy802US #15
#25Anthony797US #21
#26Steven780US #23
#27Shawn751US #37
#28Stephen749US #38
#29Charles703US #26
#30Jonathan648US #28
#31Gregory632US #35
#32Justin618US #30
#33Paul592US #31
#34Benjamin564US #29
#35Adam556US #33
#36Chad552US #34
#37Edward510US #47
#38Kenneth503US #39
#39Aaron480US #32
#40Patrick473US #40
#41Sean466US #43
#42Nathan457US #36
#43Donald454US #46
#44Keith413US #48
#45Todd399US #50
#46Ronald382US #53
#47George361US #57
#48Douglas353US #59
#49Bryan351US #42
#50Nicholas326US #51
#51Dennis323US #68
#52Peter321US #55
#53Bradley305US #49
#54Craig279US #64
#55Gary279US #58
#56Samuel273US #60
#57Raymond269US #65
#58Brandon256US #41
#59Jesse247US #54
#60Frank235US #71
#61Shane221US #61
#62Corey218US #52
#63Philip209US #90
#64Travis199US #44
#65Vincent180US #110
#66Brad179US #106
#67Jamie175US #82
#68Jared171US #76
#69Joel168US #73
#70Cory167US #67
#71Marc167US #101
#72Jeremiah166US #69
#73Jacob163US #56
#74Ian162US #119
#75Randy162US #86
#76Brett161US #109
#77Larry160US #62
#78Shaun159US #103
#79Wayne153US #138
#80Christian149US #116
#81Kyle148US #79
#82Derek147US #84
#83Francis142
#84Carl138US #99
#85Gerald138US #131
#86Wesley132US #66
#87Alexander131US #96
#88Erik131US #94
#89Troy131US #88
#90Lawrence127US #115
#91Terry127US #83
#92Brent123US #85
#93Damon122US #112
#94Jose121US #45
#95Russell120US #89
#96Louis113US #143
#97Bruce109US #148
#98Nathaniel109US #107
#99Eugene107US #170
#100Walter107US #123

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑19Beth#39
↑18Erica#41
↑18Jared#68
↑17Katherine#64
↑17Courtney#67
↑16Alicia#69
↑16Kathryn#74
↑15Brandy#72

Falling

↓22Sharon#83
↓20Barbara#86
↓20Terry#91
↓18Brenda#90
↓17Troy#89
↓16Wendy#57
↓16Linda#94
↓13Theresa#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.