Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1982

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (2,798 babies) and Michael for boys (3,979). Social Security records list 147,963 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1982

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

Girls

Maureen: 123 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maura: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Justine: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 248 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leanne: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janine: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beth: 202 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aisha: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gretchen: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lauren: 1,008 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 163 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harry: 91 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamal: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,798	–	1
2	Jessica	2,271	–	2
3	Amanda	1,654	–	3
4	Melissa	1,366	–	5
5	Nicole	1,337	–	6
6	Sarah	1,157	–	4
7	Amy	1,064	–	10
8	Heather	1,012	–	12
9	Lauren	1,008	↑7	26
10	Stephanie	977	–	7
11	Elizabeth	945	–	8
12	Erin	884	↑2	20
13	Rebecca	852	↓4	15
14	Michelle	838	↓2	11
15	Kelly	773	↓2	25
16	Lisa	757	↓1	23
17	Kimberly	725	–	14
18	Tiffany	696	↑6	13
19	Laura	695	↓1	22
20	Christina	688	↓1	19
21	Rachel	672	↑4	21
22	Megan	663	–	34
23	Angela	645	–	16
24	Danielle	645	↓4	31
25	Kristen	635	↑2	33
26	Jamie	632	↓5	29
27	Emily	594	↑5	24
28	Ashley	588	↑14	17
29	Amber	569	↑2	18
30	Crystal	556	↑5	9
31	Kristin	526	↓5	37
32	Mary	498	↓2	30
33	Andrea	489	–	27
34	Tara	489	↑4	47
35	Lindsay	468	↑15	39
36	Sara	465	↓2	28
37	Shannon	463	↓9	38
38	Julie	449	↓9	41
39	Christine	447	↓3	46
40	Erica	427	↓1	35
41	Katie	412	↓1	45
42	Katherine	365	↑7	36
43	April	361	↓6	32
44	Kathryn	336	↑1	48
45	Dana	333	↓4	67
46	Courtney	318	↓3	43
47	Samantha	307	new	44
48	Lindsey	290	new	40
49	Kathleen	284	↓2	77
50	Carrie	270	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	3,979	–	1
2	Matthew	2,953	–	3
3	Christopher	2,432	↑1	2
4	Jason	2,182	↓1	4
5	David	2,144	–	5
6	John	1,970	–	8
7	James	1,859	↑1	6
8	Robert	1,853	↑1	9
9	Joseph	1,769	↓2	11
10	Daniel	1,670	↑1	10
11	Joshua	1,655	↓1	7
12	Ryan	1,531	↑2	13
13	Justin	1,501	↓1	12
14	William	1,430	↑1	15
15	Brian	1,417	↓2	14
16	Andrew	1,314	–	17
17	Thomas	1,113	–	23
18	Jonathan	1,061	↑1	16
19	Timothy	1,008	↓1	24
20	Anthony	989	↑6	21
21	Eric	960	↓1	20
22	Kevin	952	–	25
23	Adam	946	↓2	19
24	Mark	926	↑3	32
25	Jeffrey	910	↓2	29
26	Richard	872	↓2	27
27	Nicholas	832	↓2	22
28	Steven	813	↑3	26
29	Stephen	744	–	38
30	Brandon	727	↑2	18
31	Scott	715	↓1	34
32	Jeremy	666	↓4	28
33	Gregory	638	↑5	40
34	Benjamin	622	↑2	33
35	Charles	615	↓2	31
36	Sean	576	↑6	44
37	Nathan	569	↑3	36
38	Aaron	564	↓3	30
39	Patrick	563	↓5	37
40	Paul	560	↓3	35
41	Shawn	491	↓2	52
42	Jesse	452	↓1	43
43	Kenneth	451	↑2	45
44	Edward	419	–	53
45	Chad	415	↓2	48
46	Keith	381	↑3	59
47	Jared	366	new	54
48	Travis	364	new	39
49	Bradley	353	↓2	51
50	Bryan	351	↓2	49

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