Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,342
2	Amy	1,776
3	Heather	1,558
4	Melissa	1,465
5	Nicole	1,071
6	Michelle	1,064
7	Kimberly	983
8	Jessica	962
9	Lisa	957
10	Kelly	859
11	Angela	820
12	Rebecca	804
13	Shannon	757
14	Stephanie	747
15	Jamie	713
16	Christina	690
17	Danielle	684
18	Christine	675
19	Elizabeth	601
20	Amanda	595
21	Erin	583
22	Julie	530
23	Jaime	529
24	Karen	514
25	Mary	476

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lori	474
27	Megan	467
28	Laura	449
29	Sarah	448
30	Dawn	444
31	Tara	443
32	Jill	419
33	Rachel	417
33	Susan	417
35	Michele	406
36	Carrie	400
37	Stacey	377
38	Stacy	376
39	Tracy	369
40	Tammy	351
41	Wendy	342
42	Dana	335
43	Andrea	329
44	Holly	308
45	Tina	305
46	Kristen	298
47	Melanie	296
48	Kathleen	288
49	April	287
50	Tiffany	285
51	Crystal	278
51	Denise	278
53	Kristin	262
54	Patricia	259
55	Sara	253
56	Emily	242
57	Renee	239
58	Beth	234
59	Erica	229
60	Tanya	227
61	Sharon	221
62	Theresa	218
63	Colleen	217
64	Allison	214
65	Cynthia	212
66	Barbara	208
67	Heidi	199
68	Maria	198
69	Catherine	195
70	Christy	194
71	Gina	193
72	Brenda	184
73	Sandra	181
74	Lauren	179
75	Valerie	176
76	Amber	175
76	Monica	175
78	Linda	174
79	Natalie	173
80	Donna	172
81	Katherine	170
82	Jodi	169
82	Robin	169
84	Courtney	165
85	Alicia	163
86	Leslie	162
87	Brandy	160
87	Tonya	160
89	Pamela	154
90	Kathryn	151
91	Jacqueline	148
91	Margaret	148
93	Melinda	146
94	Nancy	145
95	Deborah	142
96	Diane	141
97	Ann	135
97	Teresa	135
99	Sherry	132
100	Suzanne	129