Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1972

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,973
2	Michelle	1,654
3	Amy	1,640
4	Lisa	1,571
5	Melissa	1,501
6	Kimberly	1,456
7	Heather	1,162
8	Nicole	1,130
9	Christine	979
10	Kelly	852
11	Stephanie	813
12	Lori	790
13	Dawn	765
14	Tammy	757
15	Mary	739
16	Karen	732
17	Susan	729
18	Angela	697
19	Michele	690
20	Rebecca	687
21	Tracy	642
22	Tina	570
23	Julie	561
24	Denise	560
25	Tara	558

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christina	547
27	Wendy	537
28	Elizabeth	520
29	Patricia	500
30	Laura	456
31	Kathleen	438
32	Dana	431
33	Stacy	417
34	Stacey	416
35	Pamela	404
36	Shannon	398
37	Cynthia	380
38	Sharon	374
39	Donna	367
40	Melanie	364
41	Brenda	362
42	Andrea	356
43	Deborah	351
44	Linda	348
45	Beth	347
45	Danielle	347
47	Jill	337
48	Sandra	331
49	Jessica	327
50	Kristin	325
51	Barbara	322
52	Colleen	313
53	Renee	312
54	Tracey	289
55	Rachel	286
56	Theresa	284
57	Maria	278
58	Heidi	276
59	Holly	275
59	Robin	275
61	Diane	274
62	Catherine	273
63	Debra	271
64	Tanya	269
65	Kristen	258
66	Carrie	256
67	Crystal	255
68	April	254
69	Jodi	246
69	Sherry	246
71	Cheryl	241
72	Monica	232
73	Nancy	221
74	Rhonda	219
75	Gina	218
76	Leslie	208
77	Tonya	207
78	Suzanne	205
79	Laurie	203
80	Tiffany	200
81	Teresa	199
82	Paula	198
83	Megan	196
84	Jacqueline	194
84	Sarah	194
86	Margaret	193
87	Valerie	191
88	Jamie	188
89	Erin	183
90	Tricia	181
91	Carol	179
91	Erica	179
91	Lynn	179
94	Diana	176
95	Ann	174
96	Anna	170
96	Sherri	170
98	Carolyn	166
99	Kathy	164
100	Cindy	162