Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1975

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (3,427 babies) and Michael for boys (4,024). Social Security records list 136,774 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1975

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: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Syreeta: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Justine: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 289 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 110 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beth: 269 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gwen: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janine: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Megan: 436 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 67 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 168 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamal: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 127 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Drew: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,427	–	1
2	Amy	1,868	–	2
3	Heather	1,594	–	3
4	Melissa	1,415	↑1	4
5	Michelle	1,190	↓1	6
6	Nicole	1,153	↑2	10
7	Lisa	1,050	–	8
8	Kimberly	1,015	↓2	7
9	Kelly	849	–	16
10	Rebecca	800	–	11
11	Angela	784	↑1	5
12	Christine	731	↑1	22
13	Stephanie	709	↓2	9
14	Jessica	644	↑3	13
15	Christina	630	↑9	12
16	Mary	581	–	19
17	Dawn	575	↓2	23
18	Karen	534	↑1	27
19	Susan	517	↓1	32
20	Elizabeth	516	↑1	15
21	Lori	516	↓7	39
22	Danielle	514	–	42
23	Julie	504	↑4	18
24	Tracy	500	↑1	24
25	Michele	495	↓2	56
26	Amanda	465	new	14
27	Tara	465	↑3	41
28	Erin	437	↑5	38
29	Megan	436	↑15	69
30	Laura	426	↑5	20
31	Jill	420	↑9	46
32	Shannon	418	↓3	21
33	Tammy	418	↓13	31
34	Stacy	400	↑8	34
35	Kristen	382	↓9	60
36	Wendy	381	↓5	33
37	Carrie	377	↑12	29
38	Rachel	375	↓4	26
39	Andrea	360	↑4	28
40	Dana	358	↓2	62
41	Tina	348	↓13	35
42	Stacey	343	↓6	44
43	April	341	↓2	25
44	Patricia	335	↓12	36
45	Melanie	332	↑1	52
46	Holly	317	↓9	55
47	Sarah	314	↑1	17
48	Denise	307	↓9	64
49	Tiffany	302	new	37
50	Colleen	289	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	4,024	–	1
2	Jason	2,767	–	2
3	David	2,245	↑2	5
4	Christopher	2,196	–	3
5	John	2,170	↓2	7
6	Brian	2,049	–	8
7	Robert	2,047	–	6
8	James	1,972	–	4
9	Matthew	1,763	–	9
10	Joseph	1,538	↑1	12
11	William	1,486	↓1	10
12	Daniel	1,306	–	11
13	Eric	1,144	↑6	13
14	Jeffrey	1,128	–	14
15	Thomas	1,119	↓2	20
16	Mark	1,091	–	19
17	Richard	1,058	↑1	16
18	Scott	1,025	↓1	17
19	Kevin	983	↓4	15
20	Timothy	943	–	22
21	Steven	864	↑1	18
22	Shawn	828	↓1	31
23	Anthony	766	↑1	21
24	Andrew	763	↑2	28
25	Charles	753	↓2	25
26	Stephen	718	↓1	34
27	Ryan	700	↑3	23
28	Chad	635	–	27
29	Paul	633	↓2	29
30	Gregory	624	↓1	33
31	Edward	560	–	41
32	Jonathan	554	↑3	30
33	Jeremy	533	↑8	24
34	Todd	533	↓2	43
35	Joshua	532	↑3	26
36	Ronald	514	–	46
37	Kenneth	510	↓3	35
38	Keith	495	↓1	49
39	Benjamin	468	new	36
40	Sean	454	↓7	40
41	Aaron	423	↑1	32
42	Patrick	416	↓2	39
43	Donald	415	↓4	42
44	George	414	↑1	53
45	Justin	405	new	37
46	Adam	398	↓3	38
47	Douglas	366	↓3	55
48	Bryan	361	↓2	47
49	Dennis	335	↓1	59
50	Gary	326	–	50

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