Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1987

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1987 were Ashley for girls (2,560 babies) and Michael for boys (3,471). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 146,814 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1987

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

Girls

Katlyn: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Devon: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Janelle: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janine: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 165 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elyse: 73 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jaclyn: 206 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Colleen: 153 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 117 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Malik: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Francis: 125 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donte: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dante: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brad: 99 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darnell: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 130 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Harry: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shane: 448 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	2,560	–	2
2	Amanda	2,270	↑1	3
3	Jessica	2,241	↓1	1
4	Jennifer	1,366	–	4
5	Nicole	1,329	–	8
6	Sarah	1,268	–	5
7	Lauren	1,060	–	16
8	Stephanie	1,003	↑1	6
9	Megan	973	↓1	12
10	Samantha	941	↑9	11
11	Brittany	938	↑2	7
12	Danielle	902	–	14
13	Melissa	855	↑1	13
14	Heather	834	↓4	9
15	Elizabeth	825	↓4	10
16	Rachel	780	↑2	17
17	Amber	768	↓1	15
18	Emily	707	↑4	19
19	Kelly	679	↓2	30
20	Laura	672	↓5	22
21	Christina	658	↑2	20
22	Rebecca	611	↓1	25
23	Amy	569	↓3	24
24	Tiffany	558	↑2	18
25	Kimberly	532	↓1	23
26	Kayla	521	new	27
27	Michelle	520	–	21
28	Erin	511	↓3	34
29	Sara	483	↓1	29
30	Angela	474	↑3	35
31	Kristen	437	–	42
32	Shannon	433	↑6	45
33	Katie	427	↓3	38
34	Courtney	426	↑3	33
35	Lindsay	410	↑1	49
36	Katherine	409	↑8	28
37	Christine	400	↓5	48
38	Allison	398	↑3	44
39	Erica	398	↓5	31
40	Lisa	381	↓5	40
41	Jamie	375	↓12	39
42	Mary	364	↓3	37
43	Alicia	349	↓3	46
44	Jenna	347	↓1	57
45	Caitlin	335	↑5	63
46	Alyssa	330	new	60
47	Andrea	313	↓1	36
48	Kristin	313	↓1	55
49	Kathryn	288	↓1	51
50	Lindsey	287	↓1	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	3,471	–	1
2	Matthew	2,690	–	3
3	Christopher	2,250	–	2
4	Andrew	2,045	↑2	6
5	David	1,826	↓1	5
6	Daniel	1,762	↓1	7
7	Joshua	1,735	↑1	4
8	John	1,656	↑2	11
9	Ryan	1,593	–	13
10	Robert	1,560	↑1	10
11	Joseph	1,549	↓4	12
12	James	1,527	–	8
13	Justin	1,441	–	9
14	William	1,273	↑1	15
15	Anthony	1,190	↑3	17
16	Brian	1,158	↓2	20
17	Kevin	1,097	↓1	19
18	Nicholas	1,036	↑4	16
19	Thomas	1,027	↑2	24
20	Brandon	1,013	↓1	14
21	Jonathan	984	↓1	18
22	Eric	969	↑3	21
23	Jason	962	↓6	23
24	Adam	943	–	27
25	Timothy	939	↓2	26
26	Kyle	923	–	22
27	Zachary	807	↑4	33
28	Steven	785	↓1	25
29	Stephen	767	↓1	38
30	Benjamin	732	↑5	28
31	Richard	722	↑1	30
32	Mark	713	↓3	36
33	Sean	707	↓3	40
34	Jeffrey	688	↓1	32
35	Patrick	602	↓1	41
36	Scott	572	↑1	43
37	Gregory	554	↓1	47
38	Charles	548	↑2	35
39	Jeremy	515	↓1	29
40	Alexander	511	↑4	37
41	Nathan	498	↓2	45
42	Paul	486	↑1	46
43	Shawn	475	↓1	59
44	Aaron	464	↓3	34
45	Jacob	464	↑3	31
46	Tyler	449	↓1	39
47	Shane	448	new	65
48	Travis	393	new	42
49	Bryan	389	↑1	51
50	Derek	386	new	54

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