Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1968

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1968 were Lisa for girls (3,199 babies) and Michael for boys (4,990). Social Security records list 174,819 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bethann: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Coleen: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Beth: 641 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Megan: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marcy: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 436 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bobbi: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joanne: 238 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nadine: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maryann: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 238 babies, 3× the national rate
Harry: 238 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	3,199	–	1
2	Kimberly	2,055	–	3
3	Michelle	1,897	–	2
4	Jennifer	1,630	↑8	4
5	Susan	1,589	↓1	10
6	Christine	1,457	↓1	14
7	Kelly	1,383	↑7	12
8	Karen	1,338	↓1	9
9	Mary	1,274	↓3	6
10	Melissa	1,272	–	5
11	Amy	1,225	↓3	13
12	Michele	1,139	↑4	29
13	Lori	1,079	↓4	22
14	Tammy	1,021	↓1	8
15	Patricia	971	↓4	15
16	Dawn	904	↑3	21
17	Denise	887	–	35
18	Donna	850	↓3	24
19	Tina	827	↑5	18
20	Kathleen	764	–	40
21	Deborah	751	↓3	27
22	Tracy	749	↑5	25
23	Laura	733	↑14	11
24	Wendy	730	↑1	31
25	Elizabeth	718	↑1	17
26	Barbara	706	↓5	36
27	Linda	698	↓5	28
28	Pamela	687	↓5	20
29	Sharon	655	–	32
30	Stephanie	653	↑4	23
31	Beth	641	↓1	74
32	Angela	638	↑8	7
33	Sandra	615	↓2	26
34	Cynthia	614	↑1	19
35	Diane	596	↓7	51
36	Julie	563	↑6	16
37	Brenda	550	↓4	34
38	Debra	549	↓2	38
39	Nancy	536	↓7	39
40	Rebecca	518	↑4	33
41	Cheryl	486	↓3	37
42	Carol	485	↓3	49
43	Jill	485	–	46
44	Christina	483	new	44
45	Theresa	469	↓4	47
46	Robin	462	↑2	43
47	Renee	457	↓2	65
48	Stacey	442	new	55
49	Colleen	436	new	>100
50	Tracey	434	↓1	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	4,990	–	1
2	John	4,040	↑1	3
3	David	3,931	↓1	2
4	Robert	3,834	–	5
5	James	3,459	–	4
6	William	2,607	–	6
7	Mark	2,254	↑1	7
8	Joseph	2,210	↓1	16
9	Brian	2,114	↑2	10
10	Richard	2,069	–	8
11	Thomas	2,044	↓2	12
12	Christopher	1,863	↑1	9
13	Jeffrey	1,770	↓1	11
14	Scott	1,662	↑1	14
15	Timothy	1,504	↓1	13
16	Daniel	1,393	–	18
17	Kevin	1,340	–	17
18	Steven	1,282	–	15
19	Eric	1,216	↑4	22
20	Paul	1,154	↓1	19
21	Matthew	1,148	↑6	24
22	Charles	1,138	↓2	20
23	Ronald	1,117	↓1	25
24	Anthony	1,097	↑2	21
25	Stephen	1,086	↓4	27
26	Edward	994	↓2	31
27	Kenneth	950	↓2	23
28	Gregory	882	↑1	26
29	Donald	856	↓1	29
30	Todd	841	↑2	28
31	Douglas	748	–	33
32	Andrew	727	↑3	34
33	Patrick	684	↑1	30
34	George	670	↓4	36
35	Gary	642	↑1	32
36	Keith	638	↓3	35
37	Shawn	592	↑4	43
38	Frank	530	↓1	49
39	Sean	520	↑1	37
40	Craig	481	↓2	41
41	Dennis	452	↑1	45
42	Raymond	447	↓3	50
43	Peter	433	–	39
44	Troy	403	–	40
45	Jonathan	336	new	53
46	Bryan	319	new	51
47	Samuel	313	new	66
48	Wayne	305	new	63
49	Larry	304	new	38
50	Rodney	304	↓3	42

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