Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,032 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,764 |
| 3 | Jason | 2,285 |
| 4 | Christopher | 2,147 |
| 5 | David | 2,068 |
| 6 | John | 1,969 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,899 |
| 8 | James | 1,890 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,870 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,726 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,559 |
| 12 | Justin | 1,542 |
| 13 | Brian | 1,525 |
| 14 | Ryan | 1,495 |
| 15 | William | 1,390 |
| 16 | Andrew | 1,117 |
| 17 | Thomas | 1,098 |
| 18 | Timothy | 1,074 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 1,071 |
| 20 | Eric | 1,057 |
| 21 | Adam | 1,033 |
| 22 | Kevin | 938 |
| 23 | Jeffrey | 930 |
| 24 | Richard | 916 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 899 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 878 |
| 27 | Mark | 845 |
| 28 | Jeremy | 779 |
| 29 | Stephen | 775 |
| 30 | Scott | 738 |
| 31 | Steven | 721 |
| 32 | Brandon | 669 |
| 33 | Charles | 620 |
| 34 | Patrick | 602 |
| 35 | Aaron | 586 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 578 |
| 37 | Paul | 551 |
| 38 | Gregory | 541 |
| 39 | Shawn | 538 |
| 40 | Nathan | 537 |
| 41 | Jesse | 529 |
| 42 | Sean | 518 |
| 43 | Chad | 458 |
| 44 | Edward | 420 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 406 |
| 46 | Ronald | 372 |
| 47 | Bradley | 370 |
| 48 | Bryan | 367 |
| 49 | Keith | 359 |
| 50 | Peter | 332 |
| 51 | George | 319 |
| 52 | Douglas | 317 |
| 53 | Donald | 316 |
| 54 | Jared | 308 |
| 55 | Todd | 304 |
| 56 | Travis | 302 |
| 57 | Kyle | 279 |
| 58 | Jacob | 277 |
| 59 | Dustin | 269 |
| 60 | Raymond | 265 |
| 61 | Gary | 259 |
| 62 | Samuel | 258 |
| 63 | Derek | 255 |
| 64 | Dennis | 240 |
| 65 | Zachary | 226 |
| 66 | Craig | 224 |
| 67 | Frank | 221 |
| 68 | Joel | 218 |
| 69 | Philip | 216 |
| 70 | Brett | 211 |
| 71 | Vincent | 202 |
| 72 | Ian | 196 |
| 73 | Nathaniel | 176 |
| 74 | Shaun | 169 |
| 75 | Alexander | 165 |
| 76 | Seth | 164 |
| 77 | Brad | 160 |
| 78 | Corey | 158 |
| 79 | Jeremiah | 154 |
| 80 | Erik | 149 |
| 81 | Brent | 148 |
| 82 | Luke | 145 |
| 83 | Shane | 144 |
| 84 | Carl | 143 |
| 85 | Francis | 142 |
| 86 | Jordan | 139 |
| 87 | Randy | 138 |
| 88 | Russell | 137 |
| 89 | Wayne | 136 |
| 90 | Cory | 129 |
| 91 | Lucas | 127 |
| 92 | Phillip | 126 |
| 93 | Marc | 125 |
| 94 | Curtis | 124 |
| 95 | Christian | 122 |
| 96 | Lawrence | 121 |
| 97 | Bruce | 116 |
| 98 | Alan | 115 |
| 98 | Derrick | 115 |
| 100 | Lee | 112 |