Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was Michael. In total there were 73,361 boys born sharing 744 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 18 (5.6%)	4,093
2	Jason	1 in 27 (3.7%)	2,694
3	Matthew	1 in 33 (3%)	2,236
4	David	1 in 34 (2.9%)	2,150
5	Christopher	1 in 35 (2.9%)	2,100
6	John	1 in 35 (2.8%)	2,084
7	James	1 in 36 (2.8%)	2,025
8	Robert	1 in 40 (2.5%)	1,839
9	Brian	1 in 41 (2.5%)	1,805
10	Joseph	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,611
11	Daniel	1 in 51 (1.9%)	1,427
12	William	1 in 52 (1.9%)	1,411
13	Thomas	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,155
14	Timothy	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,140
15	Kevin	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,082
16	Ryan	1 in 69 (1.5%)	1,067
17	Eric	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,018
18	Jeffrey	1 in 74 (1.4%)	993
19	Joshua	1 in 75 (1.3%)	972
20	Mark	1 in 79 (1.3%)	934
21	Andrew	1 in 79 (1.3%)	924
22	Richard	1 in 82 (1.2%)	894
23	Scott	1 in 92 (1.1%)	799
24	Anthony	1 in 92 (1.1%)	795
25	Steven	1 in 94 (1.1%)	784
26	Justin	1 in 96 (1%)	761
27	Jeremy	1 in 99 (1%)	742
28	Nicholas	1 in 100 (1%)	733
29	Stephen	1 in 101 (1%)	723
30	Shawn	1 in 106 (0.9%)	694
31	Charles	1 in 106 (0.9%)	694
32	Adam	1 in 109 (0.9%)	671
33	Jonathan	1 in 121 (0.8%)	605
34	Gregory	1 in 130 (0.8%)	564
35	Chad	1 in 131 (0.8%)	558
36	Paul	1 in 134 (0.7%)	549
37	Benjamin	1 in 144 (0.7%)	509
38	Edward	1 in 147 (0.7%)	500
39	Aaron	1 in 150 (0.7%)	490
40	Patrick	1 in 158 (0.6%)	465
41	Kenneth	1 in 159 (0.6%)	460
42	Nathan	1 in 160 (0.6%)	459
43	Keith	1 in 170 (0.6%)	431
44	Sean	1 in 176 (0.6%)	417
45	Todd	1 in 182 (0.5%)	402
46	Ronald	1 in 184 (0.5%)	399
47	George	1 in 198 (0.5%)	371
48	Donald	1 in 198 (0.5%)	371
49	Bryan	1 in 203 (0.5%)	361
50	Douglas	1 in 211 (0.5%)	348
51	Peter	1 in 224 (0.4%)	327
52	Shaun	1 in 231 (0.4%)	318
53	Bradley	1 in 244 (0.4%)	301
54	Brandon	1 in 247 (0.4%)	297
55	Craig	1 in 247 (0.4%)	297
56	Gary	1 in 255 (0.4%)	288
57	Dennis	1 in 257 (0.4%)	285
58	Samuel	1 in 267 (0.4%)	275
59	Raymond	1 in 302 (0.3%)	243
60	Jesse	1 in 306 (0.3%)	240
61	Frank	1 in 310 (0.3%)	237
62	Travis	1 in 329 (0.3%)	223
63	Corey	1 in 333 (0.3%)	220
64	Philip	1 in 348 (0.3%)	211
65	Kyle	1 in 376 (0.3%)	195
66	Jacob	1 in 376 (0.3%)	195
67	Marc	1 in 390 (0.3%)	188
68	Cory	1 in 394 (0.3%)	186
69	Jared	1 in 401 (0.2%)	183
70	Vincent	1 in 419 (0.2%)	175
71	Shane	1 in 424 (0.2%)	173
72	Francis	1 in 427 (0.2%)	172
73	Joel	1 in 437 (0.2%)	168
74	Brad	1 in 445 (0.2%)	165
75	Derek	1 in 467 (0.2%)	157
76	Lawrence	1 in 467 (0.2%)	157
77	Christian	1 in 470 (0.2%)	156
78	Seth	1 in 473 (0.2%)	155
79	Jamie	1 in 489 (0.2%)	150
80	Larry	1 in 489 (0.2%)	150
81	Troy	1 in 520 (0.2%)	141
82	Erik	1 in 532 (0.2%)	138
83	Dustin	1 in 535 (0.2%)	137
84	Carl	1 in 539 (0.2%)	136
85	Randy	1 in 552 (0.2%)	133
86	Russell	1 in 556 (0.2%)	132
87	Walter	1 in 564 (0.2%)	130
88	Phillip	1 in 569 (0.2%)	129
89	Ian	1 in 569 (0.2%)	129
90	Brent	1 in 569 (0.2%)	129
91	Zachary	1 in 606 (0.2%)	121
92	Louis	1 in 632 (0.2%)	116
93	Kristopher	1 in 638 (0.2%)	115
94	Jose	1 in 644 (0.2%)	114
95	Damon	1 in 644 (0.2%)	114
96	Brett	1 in 649 (0.2%)	113
97	Nathaniel	1 in 649 (0.2%)	113
98	Alexander	1 in 661 (0.2%)	111
99	Wesley	1 in 667 (0.1%)	110
100	Wayne	1 in 673 (0.1%)	109