Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1969

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1969 were Lisa for girls (2,816 babies) and Michael for boys (5,116). Social Security records list 174,280 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1969

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

Girls

Megan: 132 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 563 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 401 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maureen: 241 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Michele: 1,077 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maryann: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 85 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 243 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 195 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	2,816	–	1
2	Jennifer	2,046	↑2	3
3	Michelle	1,882	–	2
4	Kimberly	1,851	↓2	4
5	Christine	1,456	↑1	14
6	Melissa	1,454	↑4	5
7	Amy	1,447	↑4	6
8	Susan	1,303	↓3	11
9	Kelly	1,207	↓2	15
10	Lori	1,163	↑3	20
11	Karen	1,152	↓3	13
12	Mary	1,142	↓3	8
13	Michele	1,077	↓1	30
14	Tammy	1,011	–	9
15	Patricia	883	–	18
16	Dawn	880	–	21
17	Tracy	871	↑5	17
18	Denise	859	↓1	35
19	Heather	753	new	34
20	Elizabeth	752	↑5	16
21	Kathleen	735	↓1	42
22	Pamela	708	↑6	24
23	Donna	707	↓5	26
24	Tina	689	↓5	22
25	Laura	673	↓2	10
26	Stephanie	658	↑4	19
27	Julie	652	↑9	12
28	Wendy	647	↓4	29
29	Linda	640	↓2	33
30	Barbara	633	↓4	39
31	Deborah	621	↓10	27
32	Sharon	621	↓3	36
33	Angela	570	↓1	7
34	Beth	563	↓3	82
35	Cynthia	555	↓1	23
36	Brenda	532	↑1	38
37	Rebecca	529	↑3	28
38	Sandra	527	↓5	25
39	Christina	518	↑5	37
40	Diane	500	↓5	61
41	Debra	491	↓3	43
42	Tracey	476	↑8	65
43	Nicole	472	new	47
44	Theresa	469	↑1	49
45	Jill	441	↓2	51
46	Renee	426	↑1	67
47	Cheryl	422	↓6	41
48	Stacey	418	–	52
49	Colleen	401	–	>100
50	Carol	400	↓8	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	5,116	–	1
2	John	3,924	–	4
3	David	3,819	–	2
4	Robert	3,594	–	5
5	James	3,279	–	3
6	William	2,528	–	6
7	Brian	2,239	↑2	9
8	Joseph	2,199	–	15
9	Mark	2,107	↓2	8
10	Thomas	1,950	↑1	13
11	Richard	1,915	↓1	10
12	Christopher	1,912	–	7
13	Jeffrey	1,811	–	11
14	Scott	1,766	–	12
15	Daniel	1,463	↑1	18
16	Eric	1,338	↑3	21
17	Matthew	1,282	↑4	24
18	Kevin	1,281	↓1	16
19	Steven	1,266	↓1	14
20	Timothy	1,264	↓5	17
21	Charles	1,169	↑1	19
22	Paul	1,142	↓2	22
23	Stephen	1,120	↑2	27
24	Anthony	1,080	–	20
25	Edward	1,010	↑1	32
26	Ronald	1,010	↓3	29
27	Kenneth	911	–	23
28	Todd	891	↑2	28
29	Gregory	872	↓1	26
30	Andrew	773	↑2	33
31	Donald	725	↓2	30
32	Douglas	721	↓1	34
33	George	679	↑1	38
34	Shawn	668	↑3	41
35	Patrick	661	↓2	31
36	Jason	617	new	25
37	Keith	579	↓1	36
38	Sean	579	↑1	37
39	Gary	578	↓4	35
40	Craig	532	–	39
41	Frank	510	↓3	47
42	Dennis	504	↓1	44
43	Raymond	467	↓1	50
44	Peter	394	↓1	43
45	Troy	383	↓1	42
46	Jonathan	361	↓1	46
47	Larry	314	↑2	40
48	Bradley	307	new	53
49	Gerald	302	new	65
50	Bryan	292	↓4	51

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