Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,035 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,510 |
| 3 | Matthew | 2,410 |
| 4 | David | 2,177 |
| 5 | Christopher | 2,125 |
| 6 | John | 2,056 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,880 |
| 8 | James | 1,833 |
| 9 | Brian | 1,749 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,700 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,571 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,471 |
| 13 | William | 1,437 |
| 14 | Justin | 1,418 |
| 15 | Ryan | 1,331 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,151 |
| 17 | Thomas | 1,146 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,140 |
| 19 | Timothy | 1,087 |
| 20 | Adam | 963 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 938 |
| 22 | Kevin | 928 |
| 23 | Nicholas | 915 |
| 24 | Richard | 890 |
| 25 | Anthony | 861 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Mark | 854 |
| 27 | Jonathan | 832 |
| 28 | Jeremy | 776 |
| 29 | Steven | 754 |
| 30 | Scott | 736 |
| 31 | Stephen | 698 |
| 32 | Charles | 697 |
| 33 | Gregory | 601 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 593 |
| 35 | Patrick | 573 |
| 36 | Paul | 565 |
| 37 | Shawn | 544 |
| 38 | Aaron | 541 |
| 39 | Chad | 524 |
| 40 | Nathan | 513 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 470 |
| 42 | Edward | 457 |
| 43 | Sean | 445 |
| 44 | Brandon | 408 |
| 45 | Bradley | 386 |
| 46 | Ronald | 374 |
| 47 | Bryan | 372 |
| 47 | Keith | 372 |
| 49 | Donald | 350 |
| 50 | Jesse | 348 |
| 51 | Peter | 321 |
| 52 | Douglas | 305 |
| 53 | Derek | 303 |
| 53 | George | 303 |
| 55 | Travis | 292 |
| 56 | Jared | 282 |
| 57 | Dennis | 281 |
| 58 | Samuel | 279 |
| 59 | Craig | 257 |
| 60 | Gary | 253 |
| 61 | Jacob | 252 |
| 62 | Raymond | 251 |
| 63 | Todd | 247 |
| 64 | Dustin | 246 |
| 65 | Frank | 233 |
| 66 | Kyle | 231 |
| 67 | Zachary | 215 |
| 68 | Erik | 214 |
| 69 | Shaun | 210 |
| 70 | Philip | 207 |
| 71 | Shane | 195 |
| 72 | Vincent | 192 |
| 73 | Seth | 186 |
| 74 | Brad | 174 |
| 74 | Brett | 174 |
| 74 | Luke | 174 |
| 77 | Corey | 172 |
| 78 | Joel | 171 |
| 79 | Ian | 166 |
| 80 | Francis | 159 |
| 81 | Jeremiah | 157 |
| 82 | Phillip | 152 |
| 82 | Troy | 152 |
| 84 | Alan | 147 |
| 85 | Russell | 146 |
| 86 | Brent | 145 |
| 86 | Randy | 145 |
| 88 | Carl | 143 |
| 89 | Alexander | 138 |
| 89 | Larry | 138 |
| 91 | Nathaniel | 137 |
| 92 | Christian | 136 |
| 93 | Cory | 134 |
| 94 | Marc | 130 |
| 95 | Louis | 128 |
| 96 | Derrick | 120 |
| 97 | Lee | 118 |
| 98 | Jamie | 115 |
| 99 | Bruce | 113 |
| 100 | Curtis | 112 |