Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1973

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (3,829 babies) and Michael for boys (4,065). Social Security records list 141,623 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1973

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

Girls

Kia: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tamika: 131 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobbi: 99 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beth: 340 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Megan: 259 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Janine: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Justine: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colleen: 269 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maureen: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janel: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 149 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamal: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Drew: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 134 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gregg: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,829	–	1
2	Amy	1,645	↑1	2
3	Melissa	1,432	↑2	6
4	Michelle	1,401	↓2	3
5	Heather	1,388	↑2	8
6	Lisa	1,359	↓2	5
7	Kimberly	1,162	↓1	4
8	Nicole	1,063	–	11
9	Christine	848	–	17
10	Rebecca	802	↑10	10
11	Stephanie	788	–	9
12	Kelly	761	↓2	18
13	Susan	692	↑4	25
14	Lori	689	↓2	28
15	Tammy	687	↓1	15
16	Karen	651	–	23
17	Dawn	642	↓4	21
18	Michele	619	↑1	44
19	Mary	611	↓4	14
20	Angela	587	↓2	7
21	Julie	560	↑2	12
22	Christina	552	↑4	16
23	Tracy	540	↓2	20
24	Tina	514	↓2	24
25	Elizabeth	497	↑3	13
26	Denise	475	↓2	38
27	Tara	474	↓2	37
28	Danielle	467	↑18	49
29	Wendy	451	↓2	29
30	Stacey	434	↑4	41
31	Patricia	421	↓2	27
32	Shannon	400	↑4	22
33	Stacy	387	–	32
34	Kristen	386	new	58
35	Laura	383	↓5	19
36	Jessica	381	↑13	34
37	Brenda	355	↑4	53
38	Melanie	354	↑2	43
39	Andrea	348	↑3	30
40	Holly	344	new	54
41	Beth	340	↑4	>100
42	Dana	334	↓10	59
43	Kathleen	328	↓12	68
44	Renee	314	new	80
45	Jill	309	↑2	62
46	Carrie	306	new	46
47	Cynthia	300	↓10	26
48	Barbara	299	new	63
49	Pamela	299	↓14	47
50	April	295	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	4,065	–	1
2	Brian	2,505	↑4	8
3	Christopher	2,501	–	2
4	John	2,464	↓2	6
5	Robert	2,359	–	7
6	James	2,308	↑1	4
7	David	2,291	↓3	5
8	Jason	2,182	↑2	3
9	William	1,774	↓1	9
10	Joseph	1,643	↓1	12
11	Matthew	1,605	–	10
12	Daniel	1,354	↑5	11
13	Thomas	1,304	↓1	19
14	Eric	1,273	↑4	13
15	Mark	1,239	–	15
16	Richard	1,214	↓2	16
17	Scott	1,156	↓4	18
18	Jeffrey	1,138	↓2	17
19	Kevin	1,100	–	14
20	Timothy	864	–	22
21	Shawn	857	↑1	27
22	Steven	854	↓1	20
23	Charles	811	–	23
24	Anthony	746	↑1	21
25	Stephen	745	↓1	32
26	Andrew	703	↑4	29
27	Paul	702	↓1	24
28	Gregory	646	↓1	26
29	Edward	632	↓1	39
30	Chad	601	↑5	25
31	Todd	575	↓2	35
32	Kenneth	562	↑2	28
33	Ronald	562	↓2	40
34	Sean	554	↓2	36
35	Keith	526	↓2	41
36	Ryan	512	↑5	30
37	Jonathan	505	↑3	31
38	Donald	503	↓2	38
39	Patrick	461	↓1	37
40	Douglas	445	↓1	47
41	George	444	↓4	46
42	Craig	390	↑1	48
43	Bryan	378	↑5	43
44	Adam	376	new	45
45	Aaron	365	↑4	34
46	Gary	350	↓4	44
47	Peter	339	↑3	52
48	Dennis	337	↓4	56
49	Frank	333	↓3	61
50	Joshua	314	new	42

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