State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 139,376 Pennsylvania births in 1978 across 1,801 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#71Francisoutside the national top 200
#64Colleen#133 nationally
#47Beth#107 nationally
#92Louis#149 nationally
#74Brad#123 nationally
#79Jodi#128 nationally
#39Michele#86 nationally
#85Jaclyn#131 nationally
#87Walter#131 nationally
#67Marc#107 nationally
#77Christian#116 nationally
#94Damon#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,072US #1
#2Melissa1,499US #2
#3Amy1,376US #4
#4Heather1,337US #5
#5Jessica1,333US #3
#6Nicole1,251US #10
#7Kelly1,208US #12
#8Michelle992US #9
#9Lisa961US #11
#10Christina855US #15
#11Amanda800US #6
#12Angela797US #7
#13Kimberly780US #13
#14Stephanie759US #16
#15Rebecca756US #17
#16Elizabeth725US #14
#17Erin693US #21
#18Danielle666US #31
#19Sarah647US #8
#20Jamie640US #20
#21Christine623US #29
#22Shannon614US #22
#23Megan556US #41
#24Laura501US #19
#25Rachel497US #25
#26Julie485US #26
#27Tara478US #40
#28Mary466US #24
#29Andrea434US #23
#30Crystal401US #18
#31Jill387US #46
#32Karen386US #39
#33Lori380US #60
#34Carrie375US #35
#35Kristy375US #51
#36Erica365US #34
#37Susan352US #49
#38Kristen334US #62
#39Michele333US #86
#40April332US #27
#41Sara331US #28
#42Tiffany322US #32
#43Dawn321US #52
#44Dana315US #71
#45Stacy308US #44
#46Holly307US #55
#47Beth304US #107
#48Emily302US #33
#49Kathleen295US #79
#50Amber292US #30
#51Stacey287US #53
#52Tracy280US #47
#53Jaime271US #70
#54Kristin269US #78
#55Kathryn265US #57
#56Melanie259US #54
#57Patricia257US #48
#58Lauren256US #80
#59Tina251US #45
#60Maria246US #36
#61Tammy240US #67
#62Katherine227US #38
#63Denise222US #85
#64Colleen221US #133
#65Brandy216US #37
#66Courtney215US #68
#67Catherine213US #72
#68Renee211US #99
#69Wendy209US #56
#70Alicia208US #58
#71Heidi205US #83
#72Natalie200US #66
#73Allison194US #75
#74Mandy189US #96
#75Gina188US #93
#76Jacqueline186US #81
#77Theresa186US #101
#78Cynthia178US #50
#79Jodi178US #128
#80Tanya177US #82
#81Robin175US #89
#82Melinda172US #84
#83Christy171US #59
#84Donna169US #120
#85Jaclyn168US #131
#86Sharon168US #106
#87Valerie167US #92
#88Julia158US #112
#89Kristina158US #64
#90Suzanne158US #117
#91Brandi156US #61
#92Cheryl156US #94
#93Nichole155US #116
#94Samantha155US #74
#95Katie149US #90
#96Lindsay147US #95
#97Monica146US #42
#98Leslie145US #63
#99Barbara144US #113
#100Kristi144US #98

Boys

#1Michael4,092US #1
#2Jason2,694US #2
#3Matthew2,231US #6
#4David2,151US #4
#5Christopher2,100US #3
#6John2,086US #7
#7James2,024US #5
#8Robert1,839US #8
#9Brian1,806US #9
#10Joseph1,611US #10
#11Daniel1,426US #11
#12William1,411US #13
#13Thomas1,156US #23
#14Timothy1,141US #17
#15Kevin1,082US #15
#16Ryan1,065US #14
#17Eric1,016US #16
#18Jeffrey995US #19
#19Joshua971US #12
#20Mark931US #26
#21Andrew924US #22
#22Richard896US #21
#23Scott802US #30
#24Anthony795US #20
#25Steven784US #24
#26Justin761US #28
#27Jeremy743US #18
#28Nicholas734US #25
#29Stephen724US #37
#30Shawn694US #39
#31Charles692US #27
#32Adam670US #29
#33Jonathan606US #31
#34Gregory564US #38
#35Chad557US #35
#36Paul547US #33
#37Benjamin509US #34
#38Edward500US #47
#39Aaron491US #32
#40Patrick464US #42
#41Kenneth461US #41
#42Nathan461US #36
#43Keith432US #49
#44Sean420US #45
#45Todd401US #56
#46Ronald400US #55
#47Donald371US #48
#48George371US #58
#49Bryan361US #43
#50Douglas348US #59
#51Peter327US #54
#52Shaun318US #52
#53Bradley301US #53
#54Brandon297US #40
#55Craig297US #66
#56Gary288US #60
#57Dennis285US #71
#58Samuel274US #57
#59Raymond243US #69
#60Jesse240US #51
#61Frank237US #77
#62Travis223US #46
#63Corey220US #61
#64Philip211US #84
#65Kyle196US #63
#66Jacob195US #50
#67Marc188US #107
#68Cory185US #73
#69Jared183US #72
#70Vincent176US #105
#71Francis172
#72Shane172US #65
#73Joel169US #74
#74Brad165US #123
#75Derek157US #75
#76Lawrence157US #113
#77Christian155US #116
#78Seth155US #106
#79Jamie150US #95
#80Larry150US #64
#81Troy142US #88
#82Erik138US #85
#83Dustin137US #68
#84Carl136US #100
#85Randy133US #86
#86Russell132US #93
#87Walter130US #131
#88Brent129US #87
#89Ian129US #117
#90Phillip129US #67
#91Zachary120US #89
#92Louis116US #149
#93Kristopher115US #104
#94Damon114US #132
#95Jose114US #44
#96Brett113US #112
#97Nathaniel112US #94
#98Alexander111US #98
#99Wesley110US #83
#100Wayne109US #138

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑26Shaun#52
↑22Nicholas#28
↑19Kathryn#55
↑18Lauren#58
↑16Crystal#30
↑16Kyle#65
↑15Kristy#35
↑15Amber#50

Falling

↓23Jaime#53
↓21Wayne#100
↓20Brett#96
↓19Tammy#61
↓19Monica#97
↓15Ian#89
↓14Leslie#98
↓13Barbara#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.