Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,829
2	Amy	1,645
3	Melissa	1,432
4	Michelle	1,401
5	Heather	1,388
6	Lisa	1,359
7	Kimberly	1,162
8	Nicole	1,063
9	Christine	848
10	Rebecca	802
11	Stephanie	788
12	Kelly	761
13	Susan	692
14	Lori	689
15	Tammy	687
16	Karen	651
17	Dawn	642
18	Michele	619
19	Mary	611
20	Angela	587
21	Julie	560
22	Christina	552
23	Tracy	540
24	Tina	514
25	Elizabeth	497

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Denise	475
27	Tara	474
28	Danielle	467
29	Wendy	451
30	Stacey	434
31	Patricia	421
32	Shannon	400
33	Stacy	387
34	Kristen	386
35	Laura	383
36	Jessica	381
37	Brenda	355
38	Melanie	354
39	Andrea	348
40	Holly	344
41	Beth	340
42	Dana	334
43	Kathleen	328
44	Renee	314
45	Jill	309
46	Carrie	306
47	Cynthia	300
48	Barbara	299
48	Pamela	299
50	April	295
51	Deborah	291
52	Sharon	289
53	Heidi	288
54	Theresa	287
55	Donna	273
55	Rachel	273
57	Tiffany	270
58	Colleen	269
59	Kristin	265
60	Tanya	261
61	Megan	259
62	Crystal	258
63	Linda	255
64	Erin	245
65	Sherry	240
66	Sandra	238
67	Tracey	236
68	Robin	228
69	Maria	224
70	Diane	223
71	Gina	219
72	Sarah	215
73	Cheryl	214
74	Monica	212
75	Catherine	208
76	Bridget	207
77	Ann	204
78	Jodi	202
78	Suzanne	202
80	Valerie	196
81	Erica	195
82	Debra	194
83	Jamie	191
83	Nancy	191
85	Leslie	190
85	Tonya	190
87	Jacqueline	184
88	Margaret	180
89	Diana	179
90	Teresa	177
91	Melinda	176
92	Laurie	174
93	Paula	166
94	Victoria	161
95	Amanda	158
95	Tricia	158
97	Kathryn	157
98	Lynn	156
99	Rhonda	153
100	Allison	149