Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1972

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (3,973 babies) and Michael for boys (4,182). Social Security records list 151,274 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1972

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: 122 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tameka: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beth: 347 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 313 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Megan: 196 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bobbi: 85 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janine: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maureen: 127 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maryann: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanine: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 166 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 169 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamal: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,973	–	1
2	Michelle	1,654	↑1	2
3	Amy	1,640	↑1	5
4	Lisa	1,571	↓2	3
5	Melissa	1,501	↑1	7
6	Kimberly	1,456	↓1	4
7	Heather	1,162	↑1	9
8	Nicole	1,130	↑11	10
9	Christine	979	↓2	16
10	Kelly	852	↓1	23
11	Stephanie	813	↑9	8
12	Lori	790	↓1	28
13	Dawn	765	↓1	20
14	Tammy	757	↓1	11
15	Mary	739	↑3	13
16	Karen	732	↓2	21
17	Susan	729	↓7	24
18	Angela	697	↓2	6
19	Michele	690	↓4	36
20	Rebecca	687	↑2	14
21	Tracy	642	↓4	19
22	Tina	570	↓1	18
23	Julie	561	↑3	12
24	Denise	560	↓1	35
25	Tara	558	↑9	38
26	Christina	547	↑4	26
27	Wendy	537	–	29
28	Elizabeth	520	↓3	15
29	Patricia	500	↓5	27
30	Laura	456	↓2	17
31	Kathleen	438	↑1	57
32	Dana	431	↑4	52
33	Stacy	417	↑2	33
34	Stacey	416	↓3	41
35	Pamela	404	↓6	34
36	Shannon	398	↓3	22
37	Cynthia	380	↑6	25
38	Sharon	374	↑6	50
39	Donna	367	↑8	45
40	Melanie	364	new	42
41	Brenda	362	↑5	44
42	Andrea	356	↓2	30
43	Deborah	351	↓6	43
44	Linda	348	↓5	51
45	Beth	347	↓4	>100
46	Danielle	347	new	73
47	Jill	337	↑1	62
48	Sandra	331	↓6	31
49	Jessica	327	new	46
50	Kristin	325	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	4,182	–	1
2	John	2,796	–	5
3	Christopher	2,768	↑3	2
4	David	2,733	↓1	4
5	Robert	2,666	↓1	6
6	Brian	2,650	↑1	8
7	James	2,417	↓2	3
8	William	1,927	–	9
9	Joseph	1,794	↑1	12
10	Jason	1,770	↑5	7
11	Matthew	1,565	↑6	10
12	Thomas	1,428	↓1	20
13	Scott	1,410	↓4	11
14	Richard	1,373	↓2	14
15	Mark	1,344	↓1	18
16	Jeffrey	1,328	↓3	17
17	Daniel	1,312	↑1	15
18	Eric	1,290	↓2	16
19	Kevin	1,219	–	13
20	Timothy	1,037	↑1	21
21	Steven	998	↓1	19
22	Shawn	909	–	28
23	Charles	905	–	23
24	Stephen	825	↑1	29
25	Anthony	816	↓1	22
26	Paul	744	–	24
27	Gregory	733	↑2	26
28	Edward	728	↓1	34
29	Todd	707	↑1	31
30	Andrew	658	↑2	30
31	Ronald	657	↓3	32
32	Sean	644	↑1	33
33	Keith	639	↑2	38
34	Kenneth	611	↓3	27
35	Chad	569	↑3	25
36	Donald	524	↓2	36
37	George	517	–	44
38	Patrick	501	↑1	35
39	Douglas	493	↓3	43
40	Jonathan	440	↑4	37
41	Ryan	406	new	39
42	Gary	388	↓1	41
43	Craig	383	↓3	46
44	Dennis	370	↓1	52
45	Raymond	369	–	54
46	Frank	359	↓4	56
47	Troy	340	–	49
48	Bryan	335	new	45
49	Aaron	325	↓3	40
50	Peter	320	↓2	48

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