Most popular girls’ 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	Jennifer	2,820
2	Jessica	2,286
3	Amanda	1,536
4	Melissa	1,493
5	Nicole	1,359
6	Sarah	1,130
7	Amy	1,124
8	Heather	1,061
9	Rebecca	984
10	Stephanie	935
11	Elizabeth	904
12	Michelle	834
13	Kelly	819
14	Erin	818
15	Lisa	810
16	Lauren	761
17	Kimberly	715
18	Laura	698
19	Christina	691
20	Danielle	684
21	Jamie	683
22	Megan	678
23	Angela	650
24	Tiffany	633
25	Rachel	622

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kristin	607
27	Kristen	574
28	Shannon	532
29	Julie	506
30	Mary	503
31	Amber	489
32	Emily	488
33	Andrea	470
33	Sara	470
35	Crystal	469
36	Christine	450
37	April	442
38	Tara	436
39	Erica	417
40	Katie	402
41	Dana	346
42	Ashley	340
43	Courtney	312
44	Colleen	291
45	Kathryn	290
46	Brooke	285
47	Kathleen	284
48	Alicia	283
48	Katherine	283
50	Lindsay	269
51	Susan	267
52	Carrie	266
53	Samantha	260
54	Jill	255
55	Melanie	252
56	Dawn	251
57	Allison	248
58	Holly	246
58	Karen	246
60	Patricia	240
61	Beth	238
62	Lori	236
63	Maria	235
63	Stacey	235
65	Julia	228
66	Natalie	225
67	Jacqueline	222
68	Catherine	212
69	Kristy	211
70	Brandy	209
71	Michele	208
72	Pamela	206
73	Heidi	200
74	Renee	195
75	Stacy	194
76	Theresa	193
77	Brandi	191
77	Gina	191
79	Tina	189
80	Leah	187
81	Nichole	186
82	Monica	181
82	Tracy	181
84	Victoria	176
85	Meghan	172
86	Cynthia	162
87	Alison	158
87	Diana	158
89	Tanya	157
90	Natasha	155
91	Leslie	154
92	Jaime	153
93	Valerie	152
94	Kara	151
95	Denise	150
96	Kristina	149
97	Anna	147
98	Lindsey	142
99	Margaret	141
99	Sandra	141