Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1982
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,979 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,953 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,432 |
| 4 | Jason | 2,182 |
| 5 | David | 2,144 |
| 6 | John | 1,970 |
| 7 | James | 1,859 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,853 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,769 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,670 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,655 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,531 |
| 13 | Justin | 1,501 |
| 14 | William | 1,430 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,417 |
| 16 | Andrew | 1,314 |
| 17 | Thomas | 1,113 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 1,061 |
| 19 | Timothy | 1,008 |
| 20 | Anthony | 989 |
| 21 | Eric | 960 |
| 22 | Kevin | 952 |
| 23 | Adam | 946 |
| 24 | Mark | 926 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 910 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Richard | 872 |
| 27 | Nicholas | 832 |
| 28 | Steven | 813 |
| 29 | Stephen | 744 |
| 30 | Brandon | 727 |
| 31 | Scott | 715 |
| 32 | Jeremy | 666 |
| 33 | Gregory | 638 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 622 |
| 35 | Charles | 615 |
| 36 | Sean | 576 |
| 37 | Nathan | 569 |
| 38 | Aaron | 564 |
| 39 | Patrick | 563 |
| 40 | Paul | 560 |
| 41 | Shawn | 491 |
| 42 | Jesse | 452 |
| 43 | Kenneth | 451 |
| 44 | Edward | 419 |
| 45 | Chad | 415 |
| 46 | Keith | 381 |
| 47 | Jared | 366 |
| 48 | Travis | 364 |
| 49 | Bradley | 353 |
| 50 | Bryan | 351 |
| 51 | Kyle | 340 |
| 51 | Zachary | 340 |
| 53 | Jacob | 336 |
| 54 | Ronald | 335 |
| 55 | Derek | 311 |
| 56 | Donald | 294 |
| 57 | Peter | 288 |
| 58 | Dustin | 285 |
| 59 | Douglas | 278 |
| 60 | George | 268 |
| 61 | Samuel | 265 |
| 62 | Todd | 263 |
| 63 | Raymond | 255 |
| 64 | Craig | 236 |
| 64 | Gary | 236 |
| 66 | Philip | 228 |
| 67 | Frank | 225 |
| 68 | Ian | 224 |
| 69 | Joel | 213 |
| 70 | Alexander | 208 |
| 71 | Dennis | 203 |
| 72 | Brett | 201 |
| 73 | Vincent | 197 |
| 74 | Seth | 183 |
| 75 | Corey | 180 |
| 76 | Nathaniel | 170 |
| 76 | Shaun | 170 |
| 78 | Francis | 163 |
| 79 | Erik | 161 |
| 80 | Jordan | 152 |
| 81 | Carl | 150 |
| 82 | Shane | 144 |
| 83 | Brent | 140 |
| 84 | Randy | 136 |
| 85 | Luke | 135 |
| 86 | Russell | 132 |
| 87 | Alan | 130 |
| 87 | Brad | 130 |
| 87 | Christian | 130 |
| 90 | Cory | 126 |
| 90 | Evan | 126 |
| 90 | Tyler | 126 |
| 93 | Lawrence | 125 |
| 93 | Troy | 125 |
| 95 | Derrick | 120 |
| 96 | Jeremiah | 118 |
| 97 | Curtis | 117 |
| 97 | Phillip | 117 |
| 99 | Larry | 115 |
| 100 | Albert | 111 |