State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,979 Pennsylvania births in 1982 across 1,818 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#78Francisoutside the national top 200
#55Colleen#139 nationally
#66Beth#148 nationally
#88Brad#163 nationally
#73Michele#135 nationally
#86Jaclyn#141 nationally
#89Jaime#138 nationally
#100Albert#140 nationally
#93Lawrence#128 nationally
#76Meghan#110 nationally
#85Luke#119 nationally
#69Renee#101 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,798US #1
#2Jessica2,271US #2
#3Amanda1,654US #3
#4Melissa1,366US #5
#5Nicole1,337US #6
#6Sarah1,157US #4
#7Amy1,064US #10
#8Heather1,012US #12
#9Lauren1,008US #26
#10Stephanie977US #7
#11Elizabeth945US #8
#12Erin884US #20
#13Rebecca852US #15
#14Michelle838US #11
#15Kelly773US #25
#16Lisa757US #23
#17Kimberly725US #14
#18Tiffany696US #13
#19Laura695US #22
#20Christina688US #19
#21Rachel672US #21
#22Megan663US #34
#23Angela645US #16
#24Danielle645US #31
#25Kristen635US #33
#26Jamie633US #29
#27Emily595US #24
#28Ashley588US #17
#29Amber569US #18
#30Crystal556US #9
#31Kristin526US #37
#32Mary498US #30
#33Andrea489US #27
#34Tara489US #47
#35Lindsay468US #39
#36Sara465US #28
#37Shannon463US #38
#38Julie449US #41
#39Christine447US #46
#40Erica427US #35
#41Katie412US #45
#42Katherine365US #36
#43April361US #32
#44Kathryn336US #48
#45Dana333US #67
#46Courtney318US #43
#47Samantha307US #44
#48Lindsey290US #40
#49Kathleen284US #77
#50Carrie269US #57
#51Jacqueline264US #54
#52Alicia257US #53
#53Natalie254US #51
#54Maria253US #42
#55Colleen248US #139
#56Holly245US #61
#57Allison241US #58
#58Susan241US #76
#59Karen238US #68
#60Patricia224US #59
#61Melanie219US #65
#62Julia215US #84
#63Brandy207US #50
#64Stacey205US #85
#65Dawn203US #95
#66Beth202US #148
#67Brandi202US #55
#68Valerie201US #75
#69Renee200US #101
#70Catherine199US #73
#71Leah199US #79
#72Jill197US #89
#73Michele196US #135
#74Pamela193US #82
#75Jillian191US #96
#76Meghan191US #110
#77Stacy190US #72
#78Lori183US #98
#79Alexis182US #93
#80Theresa180US #109
#81Heidi177US #86
#82Kristy176US #104
#83Victoria172US #66
#84Bethany167US #112
#85Nichole167US #99
#86Jaclyn164US #141
#87Cassandra163US #62
#88Tina158US #90
#89Jaime153US #138
#90Leslie153US #60
#91Denise149US #100
#92Tracy149US #88
#93Brooke147US #92
#94Alison146US #111
#95Anna146US #56
#96Kara146US #113
#97Rachael146US #120
#98Barbara145US #130
#99Gina145US #124
#100Natasha145US #71

Boys

#1Michael3,979US #1
#2Matthew2,955US #3
#3Christopher2,432US #2
#4Jason2,182US #4
#5David2,144US #5
#6John1,971US #8
#7James1,859US #6
#8Robert1,854US #9
#9Joseph1,770US #11
#10Daniel1,670US #10
#11Joshua1,655US #7
#12Ryan1,531US #13
#13Justin1,501US #12
#14William1,430US #15
#15Brian1,417US #14
#16Andrew1,314US #17
#17Thomas1,113US #23
#18Jonathan1,061US #16
#19Timothy1,008US #24
#20Anthony989US #21
#21Eric962US #20
#22Kevin952US #25
#23Adam945US #19
#24Mark925US #32
#25Jeffrey911US #29
#26Richard872US #27
#27Nicholas832US #22
#28Steven813US #26
#29Stephen744US #38
#30Brandon727US #18
#31Scott716US #34
#32Jeremy666US #28
#33Gregory638US #40
#34Benjamin621US #33
#35Charles615US #31
#36Sean576US #44
#37Nathan569US #36
#38Aaron564US #30
#39Patrick563US #37
#40Paul559US #35
#41Shawn491US #52
#42Jesse452US #43
#43Kenneth451US #45
#44Edward419US #53
#45Chad415US #48
#46Keith381US #59
#47Jared366US #54
#48Travis364US #39
#49Bradley353US #51
#50Bryan352US #49
#51Kyle340US #47
#52Zachary340US #55
#53Jacob336US #41
#54Ronald335US #60
#55Derek311US #50
#56Donald294US #58
#57Peter288US #57
#58Dustin285US #42
#59Douglas278US #68
#60George268US #62
#61Samuel266US #56
#62Todd263US #82
#63Raymond255US #70
#64Craig236US #73
#65Gary236US #64
#66Philip228US #79
#67Frank225US #81
#68Ian224US #83
#69Joel213US #69
#70Alexander208US #65
#71Dennis203US #87
#72Brett201US #72
#73Vincent197US #103
#74Seth183US #102
#75Corey180US #74
#76Nathaniel170US #75
#77Shaun170US #96
#78Francis163
#79Erik161US #80
#80Jordan152US #85
#81Carl150US #104
#82Shane144US #84
#83Brent140US #91
#84Randy136US #94
#85Luke135US #119
#86Russell132US #97
#87Alan130US #107
#88Brad130US #163
#89Christian130US #114
#90Evan127US #108
#91Cory126US #93
#92Tyler126US #66
#93Lawrence125US #128
#94Troy125US #115
#95Derrick120US #78
#96Jeremiah118US #89
#97Curtis117US #101
#98Phillip117US #67
#99Larry115US #77
#100Albert111US #140

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑50Lindsey#48
↑25Valerie#68
↑16Jacqueline#51
↑15Lindsay#35
↑14Ashley#28
↑13Natalie#53
↑13Zachary#52
↑11Alan#87

Falling

↓47Brooke#93
↓21Gina#99
↓18Jill#72
↓17Jeremiah#96
↓16Lori#78
↓13Kristy#82
↓11Colleen#55
↓11Brad#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.