Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1980

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (3,036 babies) and Michael for boys (4,035). Social Security records list 145,576 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1980

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

Girls

Colleen: 243 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maureen: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janine: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beth: 269 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michele: 240 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lauren: 677 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leanne: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 80 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Devon: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Corinne: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 159 babies, 4× the national rate
Kareem: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamar: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lamont: 42 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,036	–	1
2	Jessica	1,744	↑2	3
3	Melissa	1,730	↓1	4
4	Nicole	1,535	↓1	7
5	Amanda	1,527	–	2
6	Heather	1,147	–	6
7	Amy	1,136	–	8
8	Michelle	981	↑2	10
9	Kelly	954	↓1	19
10	Sarah	944	↑7	5
11	Rebecca	877	–	17
12	Elizabeth	857	–	9
13	Stephanie	854	↑3	13
14	Lisa	836	↓5	16
15	Kimberly	835	–	11
16	Erin	808	↑3	20
17	Angela	801	↓3	12
18	Christina	768	↓5	15
19	Lauren	677	↑7	38
20	Jamie	673	↓2	24
21	Tiffany	667	↑18	14
22	Danielle	633	↓1	33
23	Megan	628	↓3	30
24	Laura	595	↓2	21
25	Rachel	532	–	23
26	Mary	531	↑1	25
27	Shannon	519	↓3	29
28	Christine	479	↓5	41
29	Julie	475	↓1	32
30	Tara	472	↓1	43
31	Kristen	471	↑12	39
32	Crystal	460	↓1	18
33	Kristin	443	new	37
34	Sara	441	↑6	27
35	Amber	440	↓1	22
36	Andrea	440	↓4	28
37	April	410	↓2	26
38	Emily	393	↑7	31
39	Erica	388	↓9	34
40	Dana	356	↓7	68
41	Katie	336	new	44
42	Jill	318	↓4	66
43	Carrie	312	↑7	46
44	Karen	310	↓7	54
45	Katherine	309	new	35
46	Dawn	300	↑2	67
47	Kathleen	299	–	82
48	Kathryn	299	new	50
49	Holly	284	↓8	52
50	Alicia	277	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	4,035	–	1
2	Jason	2,510	–	3
3	Matthew	2,410	↑1	6
4	David	2,177	↑1	4
5	Christopher	2,125	↓2	2
6	John	2,056	–	8
7	Robert	1,880	–	9
8	James	1,833	–	5
9	Brian	1,749	↑1	12
10	Joseph	1,700	↓1	10
11	Joshua	1,571	↑2	7
12	Daniel	1,471	↓1	11
13	William	1,437	↓1	14
14	Justin	1,418	↑8	13
15	Ryan	1,331	↓1	15
16	Eric	1,151	↑2	16
17	Thomas	1,146	↓1	25
18	Andrew	1,140	↓1	19
19	Timothy	1,087	↓4	20
20	Adam	963	↑7	22
21	Jeffrey	938	–	27
22	Kevin	928	↓3	23
23	Nicholas	915	–	17
24	Richard	890	↓4	26
25	Anthony	861	–	24
26	Mark	854	↓2	30
27	Jonathan	832	↑5	21
28	Jeremy	776	–	18
29	Steven	754	–	28
30	Scott	736	↓4	33
31	Stephen	698	↓1	40
32	Charles	697	↓1	29
33	Gregory	601	↑2	42
34	Benjamin	593	–	32
35	Patrick	573	↑2	38
36	Paul	565	–	35
37	Shawn	544	↓4	47
38	Aaron	541	↑1	34
39	Chad	524	↓1	39
40	Nathan	513	–	36
41	Kenneth	470	↑1	41
42	Edward	457	↓1	52
43	Sean	445	–	48
44	Brandon	408	↑5	31
45	Bradley	386	new	51
46	Ronald	374	↓2	58
47	Bryan	372	↓1	49
48	Keith	372	↓3	56
49	Donald	350	↓1	53
50	Jesse	348	new	45

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