State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,612 Pennsylvania births in 1983 across 1,771 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#90Francisoutside the national top 200
#79Beth#169 nationally
#62Colleen#144 nationally
#96Maurice#162 nationally
#92Michele#155 nationally
#73Jillian#115 nationally
#86Jaclyn#126 nationally
#86Marc#125 nationally
#75Lori#113 nationally
#84Gina#121 nationally
#98Kristy#133 nationally
#90Rachael#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,572US #1
#2Jessica2,085US #2
#3Amanda1,608US #3
#4Ashley1,602US #4
#5Nicole1,491US #7
#6Melissa1,168US #6
#7Sarah1,129US #5
#8Heather1,059US #9
#9Stephanie1,040US #8
#10Lauren971US #24
#11Megan915US #21
#12Amy899US #12
#13Erin889US #18
#14Elizabeth879US #10
#15Michelle792US #13
#16Kelly784US #26
#17Rebecca775US #19
#18Laura760US #23
#19Rachel747US #20
#20Christina719US #16
#21Kimberly674US #15
#22Angela670US #22
#23Danielle670US #29
#24Jamie655US #28
#25Tiffany644US #14
#26Lisa604US #27
#27Emily570US #25
#28Amber555US #17
#29Kristen555US #37
#30Lindsay535US #36
#31Crystal511US #11
#32Shannon494US #38
#33Sara460US #31
#34Mary455US #32
#35Kristin422US #42
#36Erica420US #33
#37Christine401US #47
#38Andrea397US #30
#39Tara395US #51
#40Julie393US #46
#41Katie387US #45
#42Samantha374US #40
#43Alicia371US #41
#44Lindsey346US #35
#45Katherine345US #34
#46Kathryn327US #50
#47Dana326US #72
#48Holly316US #48
#49Kathleen305US #73
#50Courtney304US #44
#51April298US #39
#52Jacqueline287US #53
#53Natalie269US #52
#54Meghan261US #75
#55Allison260US #59
#56Stacey243US #76
#57Maria230US #43
#58Stacy229US #61
#59Carrie218US #65
#60Karen218US #77
#61Patricia215US #60
#62Colleen212US #144
#63Catherine210US #66
#64Julia208US #85
#65Renee206US #97
#66Leah205US #82
#67Jill204US #98
#68Valerie194US #74
#69Brandi191US #56
#70Alexis188US #83
#71Victoria178US #58
#72Kristina175US #63
#73Jillian174US #115
#74Melanie174US #79
#75Lori173US #113
#76Nichole173US #93
#77Anna172US #55
#78Susan172US #86
#79Beth170US #169
#80Bethany167US #99
#81Diana163US #69
#82Brandy160US #57
#83Natasha159US #71
#84Gina158US #121
#85Monica157US #54
#86Jaclyn154US #126
#87Pamela154US #91
#88Alison153US #116
#89Kara152US #101
#90Rachael152US #123
#91Theresa151US #122
#92Michele147US #155
#93Stefanie140US #105
#94Dawn137US #106
#95Kayla137US #81
#96Sheena137US #107
#97Margaret135US #92
#98Kristy132US #133
#99Tracy132US #89
#100Heidi129US #95

Boys

#1Michael3,804US #1
#2Matthew2,954US #3
#3Christopher2,464US #2
#4David2,007US #4
#5Jason1,934US #7
#6John1,861US #9
#7Joseph1,750US #11
#8Robert1,750US #10
#9Daniel1,722US #8
#10James1,717US #6
#11Joshua1,665US #5
#12Ryan1,636US #13
#13Brian1,526US #14
#14Justin1,511US #12
#15Andrew1,486US #15
#16William1,348US #16
#17Adam1,152US #18
#18Jonathan1,058US #19
#19Thomas1,046US #24
#20Kevin976US #25
#21Anthony975US #22
#22Eric972US #20
#23Timothy942US #26
#24Steven922US #23
#25Mark898US #31
#26Jeffrey895US #28
#27Nicholas832US #21
#28Richard804US #27
#29Brandon799US #17
#30Stephen788US #35
#31Gregory619US #42
#32Sean615US #44
#33Benjamin612US #32
#34Scott608US #38
#35Patrick601US #37
#36Charles579US #33
#37Jeremy561US #30
#38Aaron546US #29
#39Kyle526US #34
#40Nathan515US #40
#41Paul504US #39
#42Shawn486US #53
#43Edward484US #55
#44Chad426US #49
#45Kenneth410US #45
#46Bryan385US #47
#47Jesse385US #46
#48Zachary380US #50
#49Bradley346US #52
#50Jacob331US #36
#51Travis326US #41
#52Derek324US #51
#53Jared301US #56
#54Keith301US #61
#55Ronald297US #64
#56Dustin295US #43
#57Donald284US #60
#58Peter282US #59
#59George268US #65
#60Samuel262US #54
#61Douglas254US #69
#62Todd238US #87
#63Gary224US #68
#64Ian218US #77
#65Craig200US #70
#66Raymond197US #71
#67Frank196US #86
#68Dennis195US #92
#69Joel187US #67
#70Alexander185US #63
#71Jordan184US #72
#72Vincent183US #97
#73Philip182US #82
#74Corey177US #74
#75Tyler177US #57
#76Brett174US #73
#77Cory172US #83
#78Shane160US #84
#79Seth155US #98
#80Erik151US #80
#81Nathaniel151US #79
#82Luke145US #105
#83Evan139US #93
#84Christian138US #112
#85Carl137US #106
#86Marc135US #125
#87Phillip135US #66
#88Shaun134US #111
#89Brent126US #94
#90Francis125
#91Russell125US #104
#92Alan123US #102
#93Derrick120US #78
#94Curtis116US #100
#95Jose115US #48
#96Maurice114US #162
#97Marcus113US #58
#98Troy112US #113
#99Randy109US #96
#100Lawrence108US #132

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑24Ashley#4
↑22Meghan#54
↑19Stacy#58
↑18Anna#77
↑17Natasha#83
↑17Tyler#75
↑15Gina#84
↑14Cory#77

Falling

↓29Dawn#94
↓20Susan#78
↓19Brandy#82
↓19Michele#92
↓19Heidi#100
↓16Kristy#98
↓15Randy#99
↓13Melanie#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.