Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,680 |
| 2 | John | 3,420 |
| 3 | David | 3,257 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,163 |
| 5 | James | 2,910 |
| 6 | Christopher | 2,559 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,465 |
| 8 | William | 2,351 |
| 9 | Scott | 2,068 |
| 10 | Joseph | 2,043 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,716 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,641 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 1,612 |
| 14 | Mark | 1,525 |
| 15 | Jason | 1,456 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,430 |
| 17 | Matthew | 1,411 |
| 18 | Daniel | 1,353 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,319 |
| 20 | Steven | 1,161 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,104 |
| 22 | Shawn | 1,058 |
| 23 | Charles | 1,056 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1,002 |
| 25 | Stephen | 965 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 953 |
| 27 | Edward | 903 |
| 28 | Ronald | 892 |
| 29 | Gregory | 829 |
| 30 | Todd | 811 |
| 31 | Kenneth | 767 |
| 32 | Andrew | 739 |
| 33 | Sean | 726 |
| 34 | Donald | 683 |
| 35 | Keith | 670 |
| 36 | Douglas | 564 |
| 37 | George | 549 |
| 38 | Chad | 544 |
| 39 | Patrick | 540 |
| 40 | Craig | 485 |
| 41 | Gary | 477 |
| 42 | Frank | 459 |
| 43 | Dennis | 449 |
| 44 | Jonathan | 430 |
| 45 | Raymond | 404 |
| 46 | Aaron | 368 |
| 47 | Troy | 343 |
| 48 | Peter | 334 |
| 49 | Adam | 303 |
| 50 | Larry | 300 |
| 51 | Jeremy | 293 |
| 52 | Bryan | 292 |
| 53 | Ryan | 288 |
| 54 | Bradley | 281 |
| 55 | Samuel | 255 |
| 55 | Vincent | 255 |
| 57 | Terry | 250 |
| 58 | Marc | 244 |
| 59 | Carl | 242 |
| 60 | Wayne | 237 |
| 61 | Russell | 224 |
| 62 | Gerald | 219 |
| 63 | Derek | 214 |
| 64 | Lawrence | 213 |
| 65 | Shane | 208 |
| 66 | Walter | 207 |
| 67 | Christian | 206 |
| 68 | Randy | 204 |
| 69 | Benjamin | 195 |
| 70 | Barry | 194 |
| 71 | Francis | 193 |
| 72 | Jamie | 191 |
| 72 | Philip | 191 |
| 74 | Louis | 186 |
| 75 | Rodney | 180 |
| 76 | Brett | 179 |
| 77 | Corey | 177 |
| 78 | Harry | 174 |
| 79 | Erik | 172 |
| 80 | Curtis | 170 |
| 81 | Albert | 168 |
| 82 | Alan | 166 |
| 83 | Brent | 165 |
| 84 | Glenn | 164 |
| 85 | Bruce | 163 |
| 86 | Darren | 162 |
| 86 | Frederick | 162 |
| 88 | Jay | 159 |
| 89 | Joshua | 158 |
| 90 | Nicholas | 155 |
| 91 | Dean | 151 |
| 92 | Jon | 150 |
| 93 | Travis | 147 |
| 94 | Eugene | 146 |
| 95 | Joel | 145 |
| 96 | Kyle | 144 |
| 97 | Jeffery | 141 |
| 98 | Harold | 140 |
| 99 | Allen | 139 |
| 99 | Leonard | 139 |
| 99 | Martin | 139 |