Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1977

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (3,229 babies) and Michael for boys (4,204). Social Security records list 140,578 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1977

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

Girls

Beth: 337 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 222 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maureen: 95 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Devon: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 374 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Megan: 497 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lynn: 101 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janine: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jamar: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 142 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 104 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Drew: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darnell: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kareem: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,229	–	1
2	Heather	1,549	↑1	5
3	Amy	1,514	↓1	3
4	Melissa	1,444	–	2
5	Jessica	1,307	↑3	4
6	Kelly	1,280	↑4	10
7	Nicole	1,066	↓2	15
8	Michelle	1,011	↓2	7
9	Lisa	1,004	–	12
10	Kimberly	807	↓3	8
11	Angela	795	–	6
12	Stephanie	760	↑2	14
13	Rebecca	756	↓1	17
14	Jamie	749	↑1	18
15	Elizabeth	736	↑4	13
16	Shannon	718	↓3	19
17	Christina	703	↓1	16
18	Amanda	697	↑2	9
19	Erin	691	↑2	23
20	Danielle	627	↓3	31
21	Christine	605	↓3	30
22	Sarah	597	↑7	11
23	Laura	534	↑5	20
24	Mary	525	↑1	21
25	Megan	497	↑2	54
26	Tara	495	↑5	35
27	Julie	486	↓5	22
28	Karen	478	↓4	32
29	Carrie	444	↑7	28
30	Jaime	435	↓7	46
31	Jill	432	↑1	41
32	Andrea	415	↑11	24
33	Susan	392	↑1	45
34	Dawn	387	↓4	43
35	Rachel	377	↓2	26
36	Michele	374	↓1	77
37	Lori	363	↓11	57
38	Stacy	348	–	42
39	Beth	337	new	97
40	Holly	333	↑4	52
41	Erica	329	new	38
42	Tammy	327	↓2	55
43	Stacey	324	↓6	56
44	Tracy	323	↓5	50
45	Kristen	321	↑1	72
46	Crystal	317	new	25
47	Dana	314	↓5	62
48	April	302	↑1	29
49	Emily	302	new	37
50	Kristy	300	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	4,204	–	1
2	Jason	3,019	–	2
3	David	2,227	–	4
4	Christopher	2,129	–	3
5	James	2,072	↑1	5
6	John	2,063	↓1	7
7	Brian	2,018	↑2	8
8	Matthew	2,007	–	9
9	Robert	1,935	↓2	6
10	Joseph	1,725	–	10
11	William	1,423	–	12
12	Daniel	1,388	–	11
13	Kevin	1,195	↑2	13
14	Thomas	1,147	↓1	22
15	Eric	1,130	↓1	17
16	Timothy	1,047	↑4	18
17	Ryan	1,041	↑5	16
18	Jeffrey	1,039	↓2	19
19	Richard	947	–	20
20	Mark	937	↓2	25
21	Andrew	904	↑2	24
22	Joshua	886	↑6	14
23	Scott	821	↓6	27
24	Jeremy	802	–	15
25	Anthony	798	–	21
26	Steven	779	↓5	23
27	Shawn	751	↓1	37
28	Stephen	749	↑2	38
29	Charles	703	↓2	26
30	Jonathan	647	↑1	28
31	Gregory	632	↑2	35
32	Justin	618	↑3	30
33	Paul	592	↓1	31
34	Benjamin	563	–	29
35	Adam	556	↑1	33
36	Chad	552	↓7	34
37	Edward	510	↑1	47
38	Kenneth	503	↓1	39
39	Aaron	480	↑4	32
40	Patrick	473	↑4	40
41	Sean	466	–	43
42	Nathan	457	↑3	36
43	Donald	454	↑4	46
44	Keith	413	↓4	48
45	Todd	399	↓3	50
46	Ronald	382	↓7	53
47	George	361	↓1	57
48	Douglas	353	–	59
49	Bryan	351	–	42
50	Nicholas	326	new	51

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