Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1986

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1986 were Ashley for girls (2,397 babies) and Michael for boys (3,634). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 145,942 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1986

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: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 184 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janine: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maureen: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Noelle: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kaitlin: 128 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julianne: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Caitlyn: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Devon: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyree: 44 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Francis: 142 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harry: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lamar: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jarrett: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	2,397	–	2
2	Jessica	2,340	–	1
3	Amanda	2,116	–	3
4	Jennifer	1,540	–	4
5	Nicole	1,407	–	7
6	Sarah	1,292	↑1	5
7	Lauren	1,127	↑1	14
8	Megan	1,019	↓2	11
9	Stephanie	1,019	–	6
10	Heather	901	–	9
11	Elizabeth	872	↑2	10
12	Danielle	844	↑2	16
13	Brittany	837	↑12	8
14	Melissa	837	↓3	12
15	Laura	800	↓3	20
16	Amber	756	↑7	13
17	Kelly	747	↓1	29
18	Rachel	718	↓3	15
19	Samantha	677	↑12	21
20	Amy	659	↓1	22
21	Rebecca	657	↓3	26
22	Emily	650	–	24
23	Christina	640	↓6	19
24	Kimberly	616	↓3	18
25	Erin	588	↓5	30
26	Tiffany	580	↑1	17
27	Michelle	574	↓1	23
28	Sara	567	↑9	27
29	Jamie	508	↓5	34
30	Katie	478	↑4	38
31	Kristen	473	↓1	41
32	Christine	467	↑4	47
33	Angela	443	↓1	33
34	Erica	438	↑5	31
35	Lisa	435	↓7	40
36	Lindsay	432	↓7	46
37	Courtney	408	↑13	35
38	Shannon	405	↓5	44
39	Mary	388	↑1	37
40	Alicia	380	↑2	45
41	Allison	376	–	42
42	Crystal	356	↓7	25
43	Jenna	356	↓5	55
44	Katherine	351	↑2	28
45	Tara	347	–	56
46	Andrea	337	↓3	36
47	Kristin	316	↓3	50
48	Kathryn	310	↓1	48
49	Lindsey	309	↓1	39
50	Caitlin	291	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	3,634	–	1
2	Matthew	2,703	–	3
3	Christopher	2,337	–	2
4	David	1,826	↑1	5
5	Daniel	1,810	↓1	6
6	Andrew	1,808	↑3	8
7	Joseph	1,673	↑3	12
8	Joshua	1,637	↓2	4
9	Ryan	1,637	↑3	11
10	John	1,628	↓2	10
11	Robert	1,624	–	9
12	James	1,571	↓5	7
13	Justin	1,289	↑3	14
14	Brian	1,253	↑1	20
15	William	1,201	↓1	15
16	Kevin	1,116	↑6	21
17	Jason	1,109	↓4	18
18	Anthony	1,103	–	19
19	Brandon	1,062	↓2	13
20	Jonathan	1,049	–	16
21	Thomas	1,012	↑2	26
22	Nicholas	1,002	↑3	17
23	Timothy	971	↑1	27
24	Adam	970	↓3	24
25	Eric	936	↓6	22
26	Kyle	921	↑4	23
27	Steven	862	–	25
28	Stephen	838	↓2	36
29	Mark	814	↓1	35
30	Sean	750	↑2	37
31	Zachary	727	↑3	38
32	Richard	721	↓1	29
33	Jeffrey	709	↓4	32
34	Patrick	627	↑3	39
35	Benjamin	602	↓2	30
36	Gregory	599	–	46
37	Scott	594	↑1	44
38	Jeremy	585	↑1	28
39	Nathan	578	↓4	43
40	Charles	518	↑3	34
41	Aaron	495	↓1	33
42	Shawn	489	–	55
43	Paul	462	↓2	45
44	Alexander	448	↑5	41
45	Tyler	401	new	40
46	Edward	391	–	61
47	Jesse	388	↑1	48
48	Jacob	386	↑2	31
49	Kenneth	380	↓5	50
50	Bryan	379	↓5	47

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