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Baby names in Pennsylvania, 1960s

1960–1969 · 1,999,142 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Pennsylvania across the 1960s, with 52,565 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,999,142 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Pennsylvania in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Benuel4111×
Elam56
Regis234
Crystale21
Curvin21
Nevin132
Bethann287
Clair199

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael52,565
#2John50,632
#3David46,394
#4Robert44,941
#5James41,158
#6Lisa32,569
#7William30,670
#8Mark28,425
#9Joseph28,026
#10Thomas25,547
#11Richard24,412
#12Mary21,720
#13Jeffrey21,385
#14Susan20,957
#15Karen19,830
#16Brian18,971
#17Kimberly17,111
#18Scott17,091
#19Timothy16,362
#20Daniel16,197
#21Kevin16,186
#22Donna14,977
#23Patricia14,801
#24Charles14,504
#25Linda14,456

Other decades in Pennsylvania

All Pennsylvania names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org