Most popular girls’ 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	Jennifer	3,656
2	Lisa	1,990
3	Michelle	1,833
4	Amy	1,701
5	Kimberly	1,608
6	Melissa	1,513
7	Christine	1,154
8	Heather	1,102
9	Kelly	1,014
10	Susan	1,008
11	Lori	992
12	Dawn	977
13	Tammy	972
14	Karen	932
15	Michele	831
16	Angela	813
17	Tracy	810
18	Mary	809
19	Nicole	748
20	Stephanie	736
21	Tina	693
22	Rebecca	665
23	Denise	644
24	Patricia	635
25	Elizabeth	625

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Julie	594
27	Wendy	590
28	Laura	550
29	Pamela	545
30	Christina	517
31	Stacey	514
32	Kathleen	512
33	Shannon	501
34	Tara	498
35	Stacy	490
36	Dana	487
37	Deborah	485
38	Barbara	456
39	Linda	455
40	Andrea	444
41	Beth	441
42	Sandra	433
43	Cynthia	431
44	Sharon	429
45	Tracey	417
46	Brenda	414
47	Donna	408
48	Jill	401
49	Diane	378
50	Renee	372
51	Colleen	350
52	Robin	347
53	Theresa	337
54	Debra	336
55	Danielle	334
55	Holly	334
57	Kristin	333
58	Cheryl	326
59	Maria	308
59	Sherry	308
61	Nancy	297
62	Jessica	293
63	Kristen	289
64	Jodi	284
65	Rachel	280
66	Paula	274
67	Jacqueline	270
67	Rhonda	270
69	Carrie	262
70	Crystal	261
71	Teresa	260
72	Tanya	259
73	Carol	258
73	Melanie	258
75	Catherine	254
76	Heidi	252
77	April	250
78	Ann	249
78	Gina	249
80	Leslie	248
81	Suzanne	246
82	Erin	244
82	Monica	244
84	Tricia	230
85	Tiffany	225
86	Cindy	224
87	Valerie	216
88	Margaret	215
89	Kathy	214
90	Lynn	203
91	Tonya	200
92	Laurie	195
93	Diana	194
94	Jamie	193
94	Sheila	193
96	Megan	191
97	Erica	187
98	Carolyn	182
99	Katherine	181
100	Sherri	176