Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1984

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (2,231 babies) and Michael for boys (3,733). Social Security records list 143,809 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1984

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

Girls

Maura: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Malinda: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colleen: 215 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kaitlin: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 164 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Justine: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beth: 148 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maureen: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janine: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 138 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harry: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lamar: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamar: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,231	–	1
2	Jessica	2,002	–	2
3	Ashley	1,810	↑1	3
4	Amanda	1,658	↓1	4
5	Nicole	1,486	–	7
6	Melissa	1,114	–	8
7	Sarah	1,102	–	5
8	Heather	1,080	–	9
9	Stephanie	1,062	–	6
10	Lauren	1,059	–	21
11	Megan	1,035	–	11
12	Danielle	917	↑11	16
13	Elizabeth	908	↑1	10
14	Amy	806	↓2	13
15	Laura	804	↑3	19
16	Rachel	788	↑3	15
17	Erin	764	↓4	25
18	Kelly	742	↓2	27
19	Rebecca	711	↓2	23
20	Michelle	691	↓5	17
21	Kimberly	634	–	22
22	Christina	620	↓2	20
23	Lisa	599	↑3	29
24	Tiffany	591	↑1	14
25	Emily	578	↑2	24
26	Amber	572	↑2	18
27	Jamie	557	↓3	31
28	Lindsay	549	↑2	36
29	Angela	528	↓7	26
30	Kristen	509	↓1	38
31	Crystal	503	–	12
32	Sara	461	↑1	32
33	Shannon	457	↓1	37
34	Christine	445	↑3	43
35	Mary	431	↓1	33
36	Andrea	423	↑2	28
37	Erica	419	↓1	34
38	Jenna	399	new	54
39	Katherine	394	↑6	30
40	Tara	389	↓1	49
41	Katie	387	–	44
42	Alicia	385	↑1	40
43	Samantha	383	↓1	39
44	Kristin	368	↓9	47
45	Kathryn	363	↑1	48
46	Lindsey	349	↓2	35
47	Dana	339	–	73
48	Julie	330	↓8	52
49	Allison	324	new	51
50	Courtney	306	–	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	3,733	–	1
2	Matthew	2,943	–	3
3	Christopher	2,458	–	2
4	David	1,932	–	5
5	Joshua	1,786	↑6	4
6	Daniel	1,780	↑3	6
7	Joseph	1,742	–	10
8	John	1,735	↓2	8
9	Robert	1,657	↓1	9
10	Ryan	1,632	↑2	12
11	Jason	1,617	↓6	11
12	James	1,592	↓2	7
13	Andrew	1,441	↑2	14
14	Brian	1,359	↓1	17
15	Justin	1,314	↓1	13
16	William	1,236	–	16
17	Adam	1,206	–	18
18	Thomas	1,086	↑1	25
19	Anthony	1,044	↑2	21
20	Jonathan	1,021	↓2	19
21	Kevin	1,012	↓1	24
22	Eric	1,005	–	22
23	Timothy	958	–	26
24	Brandon	945	↑5	15
25	Nicholas	906	↑2	20
26	Steven	870	↓2	23
27	Mark	839	↓2	32
28	Stephen	818	↑2	35
29	Richard	802	↓1	27
30	Jeffrey	775	↓4	28
31	Scott	627	↑3	39
32	Patrick	622	↑3	36
33	Benjamin	614	–	30
34	Sean	607	↓2	43
35	Nathan	598	↑5	38
36	Gregory	562	↓5	44
37	Charles	561	↓1	33
38	Kyle	540	↑1	34
39	Zachary	536	↑9	45
40	Paul	516	↑1	40
41	Jeremy	501	↓4	31
42	Aaron	486	↓4	29
43	Shawn	474	↓1	56
44	Bryan	410	↑2	48
45	Edward	410	↓2	58
46	Kenneth	384	↓1	46
47	Chad	369	↓3	51
48	Travis	359	new	42
49	Dustin	340	new	41
50	Jesse	334	↓3	50

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