State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 143,803 Pennsylvania births in 1984 across 1,764 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
#58Colleen#144 nationally
#82Michele#161 nationally
#99Gerald#176 nationally
#93Maurice#168 nationally
#97Beth#168 nationally
#79Jaclyn#134 nationally
#86Marc#131 nationally
#63Jillian#106 nationally
#67Gina#109 nationally
#78Caitlin#118 nationally
#69Renee#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,230US #1
#2Jessica2,002US #2
#3Ashley1,810US #3
#4Amanda1,658US #4
#5Nicole1,486US #7
#6Melissa1,114US #8
#7Sarah1,102US #5
#8Heather1,080US #9
#9Stephanie1,062US #6
#10Lauren1,059US #21
#11Megan1,035US #11
#12Danielle917US #16
#13Elizabeth908US #10
#14Amy806US #13
#15Laura804US #19
#16Rachel788US #15
#17Erin764US #25
#18Kelly742US #27
#19Rebecca711US #23
#20Michelle691US #17
#21Kimberly634US #22
#22Christina620US #20
#23Lisa598US #29
#24Tiffany591US #14
#25Emily578US #24
#26Amber572US #18
#27Jamie557US #31
#28Lindsay550US #36
#29Angela528US #26
#30Kristen509US #38
#31Crystal503US #12
#32Sara461US #32
#33Shannon457US #37
#34Christine445US #43
#35Mary431US #33
#36Andrea423US #28
#37Erica419US #34
#38Jenna399US #54
#39Katherine394US #30
#40Tara389US #49
#41Katie386US #44
#42Alicia385US #40
#43Samantha383US #39
#44Kristin368US #47
#45Kathryn363US #48
#46Lindsey349US #35
#47Dana339US #73
#48Julie331US #52
#49Allison324US #51
#50Courtney306US #46
#51Holly299US #53
#52Jacqueline287US #56
#53Kathleen276US #71
#54Meghan272US #65
#55April264US #42
#56Natalie234US #55
#57Stacy216US #67
#58Colleen215US #144
#59Brittany213US #41
#60Maria213US #50
#61Stacey208US #79
#62Victoria201US #59
#63Jillian196US #106
#64Julia191US #87
#65Carrie187US #78
#66Anna183US #57
#67Gina180US #109
#68Vanessa179US #45
#69Renee178US #108
#70Susan177US #90
#71Catherine176US #69
#72Sheena173US #80
#73Latoya172US #60
#74Leah172US #83
#75Alexis169US #89
#76Nichole168US #97
#77Bethany167US #93
#78Caitlin167US #118
#79Jaclyn167US #134
#80Kara166US #95
#81Rachael165US #103
#82Michele164US #161
#83Jill162US #120
#84Melanie161US #85
#85Kristina160US #68
#86Patricia160US #66
#87Valerie160US #76
#88Brandy156US #64
#89Brandi154US #61
#90Margaret152US #92
#91Casey151US #107
#92Diana151US #72
#93Monica151US #58
#94Karen150US #82
#95Pamela150US #104
#96Alison149US #110
#97Beth148US #168
#98Krista144US #133
#99Theresa144US #121
#100Cassandra138US #63

Boys

#1Michael3,733US #1
#2Matthew2,943US #3
#3Christopher2,457US #2
#4David1,932US #5
#5Joshua1,786US #4
#6Daniel1,780US #6
#7Joseph1,742US #10
#8John1,734US #8
#9Robert1,657US #9
#10Ryan1,633US #12
#11Jason1,617US #11
#12James1,592US #7
#13Andrew1,441US #14
#14Brian1,359US #17
#15Justin1,314US #13
#16William1,236US #16
#17Adam1,206US #18
#18Thomas1,086US #25
#19Anthony1,043US #21
#20Jonathan1,020US #19
#21Kevin1,012US #24
#22Eric1,005US #22
#23Timothy958US #26
#24Brandon945US #15
#25Nicholas906US #20
#26Steven870US #23
#27Mark839US #32
#28Stephen817US #35
#29Richard801US #27
#30Jeffrey775US #28
#31Scott627US #39
#32Patrick622US #36
#33Benjamin614US #30
#34Sean607US #43
#35Nathan598US #38
#36Gregory562US #44
#37Charles561US #33
#38Kyle540US #34
#39Zachary536US #45
#40Paul516US #40
#41Jeremy501US #31
#42Aaron486US #29
#43Shawn474US #56
#44Bryan410US #48
#45Edward410US #58
#46Kenneth384US #46
#47Chad369US #51
#48Travis358US #42
#49Dustin340US #41
#50Jesse334US #50
#51Jacob332US #37
#52Bradley323US #53
#53Tyler308US #47
#54Keith290US #61
#55Donald287US #63
#56Peter279US #60
#57Douglas278US #71
#58Alexander276US #54
#59Derek274US #52
#60Jared272US #59
#61Ronald253US #67
#62Samuel249US #55
#63Philip227US #81
#64Jordan221US #65
#65Brett218US #72
#66Craig217US #75
#67George217US #68
#68Ian216US #78
#69Gary209US #76
#70Todd208US #92
#71Frank207US #86
#72Raymond202US #73
#73Corey196US #69
#74Vincent184US #95
#75Cory172US #83
#76Dennis171US #97
#77Shane171US #85
#78Joel166US #66
#79Seth158US #99
#80Christian154US #104
#81Nathaniel154US #80
#82Marcus152US #57
#83Cody142US #62
#84Luke141US #110
#85Francis138
#86Marc138US #131
#87Curtis137US #96
#88Evan134US #98
#89Derrick133US #79
#90Phillip133US #70
#91Brent130US #89
#92Russell129US #106
#93Maurice127US #168
#94Erik123US #84
#95Randy118US #100
#96Alan115US #105
#97Shaun115US #121
#98Andre112US #119
#99Gerald109US #176
#100Troy108US #114

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑24Sheena#72
↑22Tyler#53
↑17Gina#67
↑15Marcus#82
↑12Alexander#58
↑11Danielle#12
↑11Anna#66
↑11Brett#65

Falling

↓34Karen#94
↓25Patricia#86
↓20Brandi#89
↓19Valerie#87
↓18Beth#97
↓16Jill#83
↓14Erik#94
↓13Kristina#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.