Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1970

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (2,960 babies) and Michael for boys (5,155). Social Security records list 179,902 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1970

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

Girls

Tamika: 67 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Megan: 163 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 498 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janine: 118 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 367 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maryann: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 1,035 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maureen: 183 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 237 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 229 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamont: 55 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,960	↑1	1
2	Lisa	2,282	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	1,885	↑1	3
4	Michelle	1,810	↓1	4
5	Amy	1,655	↑2	5
6	Melissa	1,499	–	7
7	Christine	1,417	↓2	14
8	Heather	1,113	↑11	19
9	Tracy	1,108	↑8	10
10	Karen	1,097	↑1	12
11	Kelly	1,093	↓2	20
12	Susan	1,086	↓4	15
13	Dawn	1,076	↑3	16
14	Tammy	1,062	–	8
15	Lori	1,060	↓5	23
16	Mary	1,050	↓4	9
17	Michele	1,035	↓4	31
18	Patricia	790	↓3	24
19	Nicole	786	↑24	30
20	Angela	770	↑13	6
21	Denise	768	↓3	36
22	Stephanie	727	↑4	17
23	Tina	708	↑1	21
24	Wendy	691	↑4	28
25	Elizabeth	684	↓5	18
26	Pamela	667	↓4	26
27	Julie	644	–	11
28	Laura	630	↓3	13
29	Donna	622	↓6	32
30	Sharon	588	↑2	37
31	Deborah	583	–	33
32	Barbara	581	↓2	41
33	Kathleen	575	↓12	45
34	Rebecca	545	↑3	29
35	Linda	522	↓6	38
36	Sandra	519	↑2	27
37	Tracey	519	↑5	55
38	Christina	508	↑1	35
39	Beth	498	↓5	92
40	Cynthia	480	↓5	25
41	Stacey	469	↑7	48
42	Diane	451	↓2	70
43	Brenda	446	↓7	40
44	Shannon	442	new	22
45	Jill	441	–	52
46	Stacy	416	new	42
47	Debra	411	↓6	47
48	Dana	407	new	54
49	Tara	402	new	69
50	Renee	394	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	5,155	–	1
2	John	3,779	–	4
3	David	3,664	–	3
4	Robert	3,663	–	5
5	James	3,454	–	2
6	William	2,644	–	7
7	Brian	2,339	–	8
8	Joseph	2,221	–	16
9	Christopher	2,210	↑3	6
10	Mark	1,945	↓1	9
11	Thomas	1,929	↓1	17
12	Richard	1,898	↓1	10
13	Jeffrey	1,895	–	11
14	Scott	1,806	–	12
15	Daniel	1,504	–	19
16	Kevin	1,448	↑2	14
17	Eric	1,433	↓1	18
18	Steven	1,385	↑1	15
19	Matthew	1,331	↓2	24
20	Timothy	1,181	–	20
21	Charles	1,162	–	21
22	Jason	1,146	↑14	13
23	Stephen	1,092	–	27
24	Paul	1,082	↓2	23
25	Anthony	1,051	↓1	22
26	Ronald	936	–	29
27	Gregory	921	↑2	26
28	Edward	914	↓3	31
29	Todd	899	↓1	28
30	Kenneth	878	↓3	25
31	Shawn	868	↑3	34
32	Andrew	848	↓2	32
33	Donald	766	↓2	30
34	Douglas	667	↓2	36
35	George	654	↓2	40
36	Sean	651	↑2	37
37	Keith	623	–	38
38	Patrick	611	↓3	33
39	Craig	604	↑1	39
40	Gary	545	↓1	35
41	Frank	504	–	48
42	Dennis	486	–	46
43	Raymond	486	–	49
44	Jonathan	442	↑2	42
45	Troy	419	–	41
46	Peter	416	↓2	44
47	Bradley	350	↑1	47
48	Bryan	345	↑2	53
49	Marc	312	new	60
50	Larry	301	↓3	43

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