State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,757 Pennsylvania births in 1981 across 1,804 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#85Francisoutside the national top 200
#44Colleen#138 nationally
#89Wayne#156 nationally
#97Bruce#164 nationally
#77Brad#143 nationally
#61Beth#125 nationally
#71Michele#127 nationally
#93Marc#134 nationally
#71Vincent#107 nationally
#47Kathleen#82 nationally
#92Jaime#124 nationally
#85Meghan#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,820US #1
#2Jessica2,286US #2
#3Amanda1,536US #3
#4Melissa1,493US #5
#5Nicole1,359US #7
#6Sarah1,130US #4
#7Amy1,124US #6
#8Heather1,061US #10
#9Rebecca984US #12
#10Stephanie935US #8
#11Elizabeth904US #9
#12Michelle834US #11
#13Kelly819US #23
#14Erin818US #19
#15Lisa810US #18
#16Lauren761US #35
#17Kimberly715US #13
#18Laura698US #21
#19Christina691US #17
#20Danielle684US #30
#21Jamie683US #28
#22Megan678US #33
#23Angela650US #15
#24Tiffany633US #14
#25Rachel622US #22
#26Kristin607US #31
#27Kristen574US #38
#28Shannon532US #32
#29Julie506US #37
#30Mary503US #27
#31Amber489US #20
#32Emily488US #29
#33Andrea470US #24
#34Sara470US #26
#35Crystal468US #16
#36Christine450US #42
#37April442US #25
#38Tara436US #45
#39Erica417US #36
#40Katie402US #44
#41Dana346US #70
#42Ashley340US #34
#43Courtney312US #43
#44Colleen291US #138
#45Kathryn290US #48
#46Brooke285US #52
#47Kathleen284US #82
#48Alicia283US #46
#49Katherine283US #39
#50Lindsay269US #47
#51Susan267US #71
#52Carrie266US #55
#53Samantha260US #51
#54Jill255US #78
#55Melanie252US #66
#56Dawn251US #79
#57Allison248US #57
#58Holly246US #63
#59Karen246US #64
#60Patricia240US #53
#61Beth238US #125
#62Lori236US #91
#63Maria235US #40
#64Stacey235US #83
#65Julia228US #88
#66Natalie225US #60
#67Jacqueline222US #67
#68Catherine212US #73
#69Kristy211US #94
#70Brandy209US #41
#71Michele208US #127
#72Pamela206US #76
#73Heidi200US #84
#74Renee195US #98
#75Stacy194US #65
#76Theresa193US #100
#77Brandi191US #50
#78Gina191US #106
#79Tina189US #80
#80Leah187US #81
#81Nichole186US #109
#82Monica181US #49
#83Tracy181US #77
#84Victoria176US #87
#85Meghan172US #116
#86Cynthia162US #59
#87Alison158US #113
#88Diana158US #75
#89Tanya157US #92
#90Natasha155US #85
#91Leslie154US #56
#92Jaime153US #124
#93Valerie152US #89
#94Kara151US #121
#95Denise150US #96
#96Kristina149US #72
#97Anna147US #54
#98Lindsey142US #58
#99Margaret141US #107
#100Sandra141US #74

Boys

#1Michael4,033US #1
#2Matthew2,764US #3
#3Jason2,285US #4
#4Christopher2,148US #2
#5David2,068US #5
#6John1,969US #8
#7Joseph1,899US #11
#8James1,891US #7
#9Robert1,869US #9
#10Joshua1,726US #6
#11Daniel1,560US #10
#12Justin1,542US #12
#13Brian1,525US #14
#14Ryan1,495US #13
#15William1,391US #15
#16Andrew1,118US #18
#17Thomas1,098US #26
#18Timothy1,074US #24
#19Jonathan1,071US #16
#20Eric1,056US #17
#21Adam1,033US #20
#22Kevin938US #25
#23Jeffrey930US #29
#24Richard916US #27
#25Nicholas899US #21
#26Anthony878US #23
#27Mark845US #33
#28Jeremy779US #22
#29Stephen775US #39
#30Scott738US #34
#31Steven721US #28
#32Brandon669US #19
#33Charles620US #31
#34Patrick602US #38
#35Aaron585US #30
#36Benjamin578US #32
#37Paul551US #35
#38Gregory541US #46
#39Shawn538US #49
#40Nathan537US #36
#41Jesse529US #37
#42Sean518US #44
#43Chad458US #47
#44Edward420US #51
#45Kenneth406US #41
#46Ronald372US #59
#47Bradley370US #50
#48Bryan367US #48
#49Keith359US #58
#50Peter332US #55
#51George321US #61
#52Douglas317US #64
#53Donald316US #56
#54Jared308US #57
#55Todd304US #74
#56Travis302US #40
#57Kyle279US #52
#58Jacob277US #43
#59Dustin269US #42
#60Raymond265US #68
#61Gary259US #62
#62Samuel258US #54
#63Derek255US #53
#64Dennis240US #83
#65Zachary226US #63
#66Craig223US #72
#67Frank221US #82
#68Joel218US #65
#69Philip216US #84
#70Brett211US #79
#71Vincent202US #107
#72Ian196US #101
#73Nathaniel176US #80
#74Shaun169US #86
#75Alexander165US #70
#76Seth164US #95
#77Brad160US #143
#78Corey158US #69
#79Jeremiah154US #77
#80Erik149US #76
#81Brent148US #88
#82Luke145US #100
#83Shane144US #81
#84Carl143US #106
#85Francis142
#86Jordan139US #102
#87Randy138US #91
#88Russell137US #98
#89Wayne136US #156
#90Cory130US #90
#91Lucas127US #89
#92Phillip126US #66
#93Marc125US #134
#94Curtis124US #94
#95Christian122US #121
#96Lawrence121US #125
#97Bruce116US #164
#98Alan115US #112
#99Derrick115US #78
#100Lee112US #123

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑24Julia#65
↑22Lindsay#50
↑18Nathaniel#73
↑17Ashley#42
↑16Colleen#44
↑16Theresa#76
↑14Courtney#43
↑14Renee#74

Falling

↓20Valerie#93
↓18Tracy#83
↓18Denise#95
↓15Karen#59
↓14Anna#97
↓14Alan#98
↓13Stacy#75
↓13Tina#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.