Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1976

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (3,342 babies) and Michael for boys (4,155). Social Security records list 135,950 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1976

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: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maureen: 100 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Janine: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeannine: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gwen: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Megan: 467 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colleen: 217 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 234 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jayme: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 135 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 111 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamal: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kareem: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darnell: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,342	–	1
2	Amy	1,776	–	2
3	Heather	1,558	–	4
4	Melissa	1,465	–	3
5	Nicole	1,071	↑1	13
6	Michelle	1,064	↓1	6
7	Kimberly	983	↑1	7
8	Jessica	962	↑6	8
9	Lisa	957	↓2	9
10	Kelly	859	↓1	19
11	Angela	820	–	5
12	Rebecca	804	↓2	12
13	Shannon	757	↑19	17
14	Stephanie	747	↓1	11
15	Jamie	713	new	18
16	Christina	690	↓1	14
17	Danielle	684	↑5	33
18	Christine	675	↓6	26
19	Elizabeth	601	↑1	16
20	Amanda	595	↑6	10
21	Erin	583	↑7	24
22	Julie	530	↑1	21
23	Jaime	529	new	29
24	Karen	514	↓6	31
25	Mary	476	↓9	22
26	Lori	474	↓5	47
27	Megan	467	↑2	62
28	Laura	449	↑2	20
29	Sarah	448	↑18	15
30	Dawn	444	↓13	35
31	Tara	443	↓4	42
32	Jill	419	↓1	52
33	Rachel	417	↑5	23
34	Susan	417	↓15	40
35	Michele	406	↓10	63
36	Carrie	400	↑1	28
37	Stacey	377	↑5	51
38	Stacy	376	↓4	38
39	Tracy	369	↓15	37
40	Tammy	351	↓7	41
41	Wendy	342	↓5	39
42	Dana	335	↓2	64
43	Andrea	329	↓4	25
44	Holly	308	↑2	56
45	Tina	305	↓4	48
46	Kristen	298	↓11	73
47	Melanie	296	↓2	53
48	Kathleen	288	new	82
49	April	287	↓6	30
50	Tiffany	285	↓1	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	4,155	–	1
2	Jason	2,687	–	2
3	David	2,151	–	4
4	Christopher	2,146	–	3
5	John	2,114	–	6
6	James	1,950	↑2	5
7	Robert	1,946	–	7
8	Matthew	1,943	↑1	9
9	Brian	1,931	↓3	8
10	Joseph	1,590	–	12
11	William	1,456	–	11
12	Daniel	1,308	–	10
13	Thomas	1,156	↑2	23
14	Eric	1,115	↓1	13
15	Kevin	1,065	↑4	15
16	Jeffrey	1,037	↓2	17
17	Scott	1,005	↑1	24
18	Mark	990	↓2	25
19	Richard	976	↓2	19
20	Timothy	945	–	21
21	Steven	868	–	20
22	Ryan	848	↑5	16
23	Andrew	840	↑1	27
24	Jeremy	814	↑9	14
25	Anthony	805	↓2	22
26	Shawn	763	↓4	34
27	Charles	735	↓2	26
28	Joshua	683	↑7	18
29	Chad	650	↓1	29
30	Stephen	632	↓4	37
31	Jonathan	619	↑1	31
32	Paul	612	↓3	28
33	Gregory	584	↓3	35
34	Benjamin	530	↑5	32
35	Justin	511	↑10	33
36	Adam	493	↑10	36
37	Kenneth	483	–	38
38	Edward	481	↓7	45
39	Ronald	468	↓3	49
40	Keith	455	↓2	48
41	Sean	455	↓1	42
42	Todd	447	↓8	50
43	Aaron	417	↓2	30
44	Patrick	410	↓2	41
45	Nathan	392	new	39
46	George	369	↓2	53
47	Donald	366	↓4	47
48	Douglas	362	↓1	56
49	Bryan	331	↓1	43
50	Gary	299	–	52

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