Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1974

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (3,721 babies) and Michael for boys (4,116). Social Security records list 140,173 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1974

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

Girls

Syreeta: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Coleen: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tamika: 157 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aisha: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 128 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobbi: 90 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Megan: 336 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 280 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 273 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Faith: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 155 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harry: 139 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Drew: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,721	–	1
2	Amy	1,751	–	2
3	Heather	1,606	↑2	4
4	Michelle	1,370	–	3
5	Melissa	1,357	↓2	7
6	Kimberly	1,131	↑1	6
7	Lisa	1,104	↓1	8
8	Nicole	1,036	–	11
9	Kelly	857	↑3	15
10	Rebecca	836	–	10
11	Stephanie	809	–	9
12	Angela	789	↑8	5
13	Christine	784	↓4	19
14	Lori	610	–	30
15	Dawn	609	↑2	22
16	Mary	592	↑3	13
17	Jessica	589	↑19	17
18	Susan	576	↓5	27
19	Karen	573	↓3	26
20	Tammy	556	↓5	24
21	Elizabeth	543	↑4	12
22	Danielle	538	↑6	40
23	Michele	536	↓5	50
24	Christina	527	↓2	16
25	Tracy	513	↓2	23
26	Kristen	496	↑8	45
27	Julie	495	↓6	14
28	Tina	474	↓4	25
29	Shannon	438	↑3	18
30	Tara	434	↓3	39
31	Wendy	413	↓2	32
32	Patricia	404	↓1	29
33	Erin	394	new	47
34	Rachel	394	new	36
35	Laura	385	–	21
36	Stacey	381	↓6	48
37	Holly	379	↑3	56
38	Dana	364	↑4	55
39	Denise	359	↓13	53
40	Jill	359	↑5	58
41	April	352	↑9	28
42	Stacy	352	↓9	38
43	Andrea	345	↓4	35
44	Megan	336	new	>100
45	Kathleen	324	↓2	76
46	Melanie	315	↓8	51
47	Kristin	305	new	72
48	Sarah	305	new	20
49	Carrie	302	↓3	42
50	Heidi	287	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	4,116	–	1
2	Jason	2,830	↑6	2
3	John	2,420	↑1	6
4	Christopher	2,348	↓1	3
5	David	2,312	↑2	4
6	Brian	2,275	↓4	8
7	Robert	2,230	↓2	7
8	James	2,167	↓2	5
9	Matthew	1,762	↑2	9
10	William	1,673	↓1	10
11	Joseph	1,590	↓1	12
12	Daniel	1,290	–	11
13	Thomas	1,193	–	20
14	Jeffrey	1,175	↑4	15
15	Kevin	1,163	↑4	14
16	Mark	1,154	↓1	16
17	Scott	1,142	–	18
18	Richard	1,118	↓2	17
19	Eric	1,107	↓5	13
20	Timothy	895	–	22
21	Shawn	894	–	30
22	Steven	868	–	19
23	Charles	758	–	23
24	Anthony	756	–	21
25	Stephen	728	–	35
26	Andrew	708	–	28
27	Paul	660	–	27
28	Chad	628	↑2	26
29	Gregory	624	↓1	31
30	Ryan	623	↑6	25
31	Edward	584	↓2	40
32	Todd	536	↓1	39
33	Sean	529	↑1	37
34	Kenneth	520	↓2	34
35	Jonathan	507	↑2	33
36	Ronald	499	↓3	42
37	Keith	483	↓2	44
38	Joshua	455	↑12	29
39	Donald	454	↓1	41
40	Patrick	450	↓1	38
41	Jeremy	438	new	24
42	Aaron	427	↑3	32
43	Adam	424	↑1	36
44	Douglas	411	↓4	53
45	George	387	↓4	49
46	Bryan	356	↓3	45
47	Craig	339	↓5	57
48	Dennis	331	–	59
49	Peter	329	↓2	50
50	Gary	315	↓4	48

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