State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,581 Pennsylvania births in 1980 across 1,841 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#80Francisoutside the national top 200
#60Colleen#137 nationally
#100Jaclyn#168 nationally
#63Michele#126 nationally
#99Bruce#157 nationally
#95Louis#151 nationally
#52Beth#106 nationally
#74Brad#116 nationally
#72Vincent#111 nationally
#79Jaime#116 nationally
#47Kathleen#82 nationally
#81Meghan#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,036US #1
#2Jessica1,744US #3
#3Melissa1,730US #4
#4Nicole1,535US #7
#5Amanda1,527US #2
#6Heather1,147US #6
#7Amy1,136US #8
#8Michelle981US #10
#9Kelly954US #19
#10Sarah944US #5
#11Rebecca877US #17
#12Elizabeth857US #9
#13Stephanie854US #13
#14Lisa836US #16
#15Kimberly835US #11
#16Erin808US #20
#17Angela800US #12
#18Christina768US #15
#19Lauren677US #38
#20Jamie673US #24
#21Tiffany667US #14
#22Danielle633US #33
#23Megan628US #30
#24Laura595US #21
#25Rachel532US #23
#26Mary531US #25
#27Shannon519US #29
#28Christine479US #41
#29Julie475US #32
#30Tara472US #43
#31Kristen471US #39
#32Crystal461US #18
#33Kristin443US #37
#34Sara441US #27
#35Amber440US #22
#36Andrea440US #28
#37April410US #26
#38Emily393US #31
#39Erica388US #34
#40Dana356US #68
#41Katie336US #44
#42Jill318US #66
#43Carrie312US #46
#44Karen310US #54
#45Katherine309US #35
#46Dawn300US #67
#47Kathleen299US #82
#48Kathryn299US #50
#49Holly284US #52
#50Alicia277US #47
#51Susan276US #62
#52Beth269US #106
#53Lori268US #76
#54Allison262US #59
#55Stacey261US #74
#56Maria259US #36
#57Courtney249US #48
#58Brooke248US #57
#59Ashley246US #40
#60Colleen243US #137
#61Melanie241US #60
#62Stacy241US #53
#63Michele240US #126
#64Samantha235US #58
#65Tracy231US #56
#66Tina230US #72
#67Kristy228US #78
#68Heidi217US #79
#69Patricia215US #51
#70Brandy207US #42
#71Jacqueline204US #81
#72Lindsay196US #71
#73Valerie196US #85
#74Catherine190US #77
#75Gina188US #100
#76Natalie188US #65
#77Denise187US #95
#78Tammy187US #96
#79Jaime184US #116
#80Brandi183US #63
#81Meghan180US #114
#82Melinda178US #92
#83Anna177US #55
#84Monica177US #45
#85Pamela177US #86
#86Tanya177US #88
#87Nichole169US #102
#88Renee169US #107
#89Julia166US #98
#90Krista165US #121
#91Alison161US #101
#92Theresa160US #104
#93Kristina152US #73
#94Leah152US #84
#95Bethany151US #124
#96Erika148US #87
#97Leslie146US #61
#98Cynthia142US #64
#99Wendy142US #75
#100Jaclyn139US #168

Boys

#1Michael4,035US #1
#2Jason2,510US #3
#3Matthew2,411US #6
#4David2,177US #4
#5Christopher2,125US #2
#6John2,056US #8
#7Robert1,880US #9
#8James1,831US #5
#9Brian1,749US #12
#10Joseph1,700US #10
#11Joshua1,571US #7
#12Daniel1,471US #11
#13William1,437US #14
#14Justin1,418US #13
#15Ryan1,332US #15
#16Eric1,153US #16
#17Thomas1,146US #25
#18Andrew1,140US #19
#19Timothy1,087US #20
#20Adam963US #22
#21Jeffrey938US #27
#22Kevin928US #23
#23Nicholas915US #17
#24Richard890US #26
#25Anthony861US #24
#26Mark854US #30
#27Jonathan832US #21
#28Jeremy776US #18
#29Steven754US #28
#30Scott736US #33
#31Stephen698US #40
#32Charles697US #29
#33Gregory601US #42
#34Benjamin594US #32
#35Patrick573US #38
#36Paul565US #35
#37Shawn544US #47
#38Aaron541US #34
#39Chad524US #39
#40Nathan513US #36
#41Kenneth470US #41
#42Edward457US #52
#43Sean445US #48
#44Brandon408US #31
#45Bradley386US #51
#46Ronald374US #58
#47Bryan372US #49
#48Keith372US #56
#49Donald350US #53
#50Jesse348US #45
#51Peter321US #55
#52Douglas305US #62
#53Derek303US #50
#54George303US #60
#55Travis292US #37
#56Jared282US #61
#57Dennis281US #80
#58Samuel279US #54
#59Craig258US #73
#60Gary252US #63
#61Jacob252US #43
#62Raymond251US #66
#63Todd247US #75
#64Dustin246US #44
#65Frank233US #81
#66Kyle231US #57
#67Zachary215US #72
#68Erik214US #64
#69Shaun210US #79
#70Philip207US #82
#71Shane195US #69
#72Vincent192US #111
#73Seth186US #99
#74Brad174US #116
#75Brett174US #96
#76Luke174US #97
#77Corey172US #68
#78Joel171US #67
#79Ian166US #104
#80Francis159
#81Jeremiah157US #76
#82Phillip152US #65
#83Troy152US #106
#84Alan147US #112
#85Russell146US #92
#86Brent145US #84
#87Randy145US #87
#88Carl143US #103
#89Alexander138US #91
#90Larry138US #70
#91Nathaniel137US #86
#92Christian136US #118
#93Cory134US #83
#94Marc130US #119
#95Louis128US #151
#96Derrick120US #74
#97Lee118US #125
#98Jamie115US #105
#99Bruce113US #157
#100Curtis112US #89

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑24Lindsay#72
↑20Derek#53
↑19Kristin#33
↑19Katie#41
↑18Tiffany#21
↑15Dustin#64
↑13Alicia#50
↑13Brooke#58

Falling

↓25Kristy#67
↓23Theresa#92
↓20Jaime#79
↓20Jamie#98
↓17Carl#88
↓17Christian#92
↓16Todd#63
↓15Susan#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.