State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,500 Pennsylvania births in 1979 across 1,832 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#82Francisoutside the national top 200
#46Beth#118 nationally
#64Colleen#133 nationally
#97Louis#148 nationally
#56Michele#105 nationally
#75Christian#120 nationally
#72Brad#115 nationally
#81Meghan#121 nationally
#59Jaime#97 nationally
#47Kathleen#84 nationally
#84Marc#119 nationally
#69Theresa#100 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,991US #1
#2Melissa1,919US #2
#3Nicole1,431US #9
#4Jessica1,412US #4
#5Amanda1,329US #3
#6Heather1,268US #7
#7Amy1,207US #5
#8Kelly1,137US #16
#9Lisa1,000US #13
#10Michelle912US #10
#11Rebecca868US #17
#12Elizabeth859US #11
#13Christina839US #14
#14Angela833US #8
#15Kimberly829US #12
#16Stephanie798US #15
#17Sarah749US #6
#18Jamie733US #19
#19Erin699US #21
#20Megan659US #31
#21Danielle586US #33
#22Laura577US #20
#23Christine545US #35
#24Shannon514US #25
#25Rachel507US #27
#26Lauren501US #45
#27Mary501US #24
#28Julie498US #29
#29Tara458US #38
#30Erica445US #32
#31Crystal441US #18
#32Andrea435US #26
#33Dana396US #54
#34Amber389US #22
#35April387US #23
#36Susan377US #51
#37Karen357US #46
#38Jill352US #52
#39Tiffany346US #28
#40Sara344US #30
#41Holly334US #48
#42Kristy334US #56
#43Kristen332US #62
#44Lori332US #69
#45Emily330US #34
#46Beth312US #118
#47Kathleen304US #84
#48Dawn301US #57
#49Stacey292US #60
#50Carrie285US #41
#51Kathryn283US #50
#52Kristin282US #73
#53Melanie276US #53
#54Stacy270US #43
#55Tracy270US #49
#56Michele264US #105
#57Katherine263US #36
#58Allison261US #70
#59Jaime252US #97
#60Katie249US #63
#61Brandy248US #39
#62Patricia243US #44
#63Alicia239US #47
#64Colleen239US #133
#65Maria223US #37
#66Tina223US #58
#67Tammy219US #79
#68Courtney208US #71
#69Theresa205US #100
#70Samantha204US #66
#71Brooke203US #85
#72Monica202US #40
#73Denise197US #92
#74Melinda194US #82
#75Natalie191US #68
#76Heidi189US #83
#77Jacqueline189US #80
#78Gina187US #96
#79Renee187US #101
#80Nichole185US #103
#81Meghan184US #121
#82Kristina183US #74
#83Brandi182US #61
#84Alison179US #102
#85Catherine175US #78
#86Wendy174US #64
#87Pamela173US #90
#88Christy166US #72
#89Robin161US #95
#90Mandy159US #116
#91Mindy159US #81
#92Anna158US #59
#93Jaclyn157US #124
#94Leslie157US #65
#95Cheryl154US #94
#96Lindsay151US #88
#97Cynthia147US #55
#98Leah146US #98
#99Krista144US #130
#100Julia143US #122

Boys

#1Michael4,073US #1
#2Jason2,618US #3
#3Christopher2,356US #2
#4Matthew2,298US #6
#5David2,262US #4
#6John2,042US #7
#7Robert1,920US #8
#8James1,901US #5
#9Joseph1,733US #11
#10Brian1,708US #10
#11Daniel1,537US #12
#12William1,380US #13
#13Joshua1,264US #9
#14Ryan1,203US #14
#15Timothy1,086US #18
#16Thomas1,078US #26
#17Andrew1,076US #20
#18Eric1,024US #17
#19Kevin990US #19
#20Richard976US #25
#21Jeffrey972US #24
#22Justin938US #22
#23Nicholas910US #15
#24Mark898US #30
#25Anthony893US #21
#26Scott872US #29
#27Adam846US #23
#28Jeremy829US #16
#29Steven809US #27
#30Stephen743US #40
#31Charles723US #28
#32Jonathan631US #31
#33Shawn607US #43
#34Benjamin591US #33
#35Gregory589US #42
#36Paul584US #34
#37Patrick569US #39
#38Chad545US #38
#39Aaron516US #32
#40Nathan507US #37
#41Edward489US #48
#42Kenneth433US #41
#43Sean430US #49
#44Ronald420US #54
#45Keith394US #52
#46Bryan390US #46
#47Todd374US #60
#48Donald370US #51
#49Brandon363US #35
#50Douglas358US #58
#51Bradley335US #47
#52Peter330US #53
#53Travis327US #36
#54George314US #57
#55Dennis283US #75
#56Raymond275US #70
#57Shaun265US #64
#58Jesse263US #50
#59Gary254US #59
#60Samuel253US #55
#61Craig241US #77
#62Frank240US #78
#63Jacob233US #45
#64Kyle225US #56
#65Philip215US #83
#66Corey214US #63
#67Jared210US #65
#68Joel203US #71
#69Erik200US #66
#70Shane188US #67
#71Carl181US #100
#72Brad180US #115
#73Derek179US #72
#74Randy172US #86
#75Christian170US #120
#76Seth161US #101
#77Brett160US #98
#78Jamie153US #88
#79Dustin149US #62
#80Zachary146US #74
#81Vincent145US #109
#82Francis141
#83Russell140US #92
#84Marc137US #119
#85Luke136US #110
#86Jeremiah135US #81
#87Cory134US #82
#88Ian132US #107
#89Phillip132US #68
#90Curtis129US #91
#91Larry128US #69
#92Lawrence128US #122
#93Alan124US #116
#94Brent124US #84
#95Troy123US #99
#96Nathaniel121US #95
#97Louis120US #148
#98Wesley119US #89
#99Alexander115US #94
#100Derrick114US #80

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑35Katie#60
↑32Lauren#26
↑25Monica#72
↑24Samantha#70
↑19Brett#77
↑16Amber#34
↑15Allison#58
↑13Nichole#80

Falling

↓19Cynthia#97
↓19Cory#87
↓18Catherine#85
↓17Michele#56
↓17Wendy#86
↓17Marc#84
↓16Carrie#50
↓16Mandy#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.