State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,208 Pennsylvania births in 1985 across 1,861 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#85Francisoutside the national top 200
#58Colleen#150 nationally
#93Maurice#173 nationally
#97Colin#156 nationally
#65Jaclyn#123 nationally
#88Kristy#145 nationally
#94Jill#143 nationally
#69Gina#113 nationally
#73Jillian#115 nationally
#89Drew#126 nationally
#97Krista#134 nationally
#94Marc#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,181US #2
#2Jessica2,048US #1
#3Amanda1,952US #4
#4Jennifer1,944US #3
#5Nicole1,506US #7
#6Megan1,172US #10
#7Sarah1,149US #5
#8Lauren1,107US #15
#9Stephanie1,072US #6
#10Heather1,052US #8
#11Melissa1,021US #11
#12Laura892US #14
#13Elizabeth877US #9
#14Danielle860US #18
#15Rachel786US #13
#16Kelly783US #28
#17Christina723US #12
#18Rebecca711US #25
#19Amy706US #20
#20Erin677US #26
#21Kimberly662US #19
#22Emily647US #24
#23Amber639US #16
#24Jamie626US #27
#25Brittany616US #17
#26Michelle600US #22
#27Tiffany542US #23
#28Lisa497US #36
#29Lindsay488US #40
#30Kristen481US #38
#31Samantha473US #29
#32Angela468US #31
#33Shannon457US #41
#34Katie446US #39
#35Crystal444US #21
#36Christine439US #44
#37Sara439US #30
#38Jenna405US #50
#39Erica402US #34
#40Mary398US #35
#41Allison393US #46
#42Alicia378US #45
#43Andrea375US #33
#44Kristin373US #49
#45Tara364US #51
#46Katherine362US #32
#47Kathryn361US #48
#48Lindsey356US #37
#49Julie333US #55
#50Courtney321US #43
#51Meghan294US #63
#52Holly288US #56
#53Dana276US #82
#54Jacqueline276US #60
#55Caitlin266US #77
#56Kathleen253US #68
#57April244US #47
#58Colleen218US #150
#59Maria216US #52
#60Stacey209US #89
#61Victoria209US #59
#62Stacy206US #67
#63Anna199US #54
#64Natalie194US #58
#65Jaclyn190US #123
#66Vanessa188US #42
#67Kristina187US #57
#68Patricia183US #64
#69Gina182US #113
#70Julia182US #85
#71Catherine180US #65
#72Leah180US #78
#73Jillian179US #115
#74Alison174US #97
#75Bethany173US #94
#76Cassandra172US #62
#77Valerie170US #71
#78Krystal169US #53
#79Karen168US #87
#80Nichole157US #95
#81Kara155US #98
#82Susan152US #106
#83Carrie151US #96
#84Sheena151US #91
#85Rachael150US #100
#86Melanie147US #88
#87Margaret146US #90
#88Kristy144US #145
#89Renee144US #118
#90Dominique141US #83
#91Natasha141US #79
#92Chelsea140US #75
#93Alexandra137US #92
#94Jill137US #143
#95Monica137US #61
#96Katrina135US #93
#97Krista134US #134
#98Brandy133US #70
#99Erika133US #80
#100Diana128US #74

Boys

#1Michael3,582US #1
#2Matthew2,727US #3
#3Christopher2,445US #2
#4Daniel1,910US #5
#5David1,865US #6
#6Joshua1,810US #4
#7James1,691US #7
#8John1,681US #9
#9Andrew1,665US #11
#10Joseph1,663US #10
#11Robert1,652US #8
#12Ryan1,651US #12
#13Jason1,360US #14
#14William1,276US #16
#15Brian1,274US #18
#16Justin1,248US #15
#17Brandon1,199US #13
#18Anthony1,080US #20
#19Eric1,069US #21
#20Jonathan1,056US #17
#21Adam1,045US #22
#22Kevin1,036US #23
#23Thomas1,000US #25
#24Timothy956US #26
#25Nicholas922US #19
#26Stephen882US #36
#27Steven842US #24
#28Mark803US #32
#29Jeffrey796US #29
#30Kyle733US #27
#31Richard710US #28
#32Sean680US #38
#33Benjamin667US #31
#34Zachary664US #39
#35Nathan611US #40
#36Gregory577US #45
#37Patrick576US #37
#38Scott528US #44
#39Jeremy512US #30
#40Aaron494US #33
#41Paul494US #42
#42Shawn487US #55
#43Charles485US #34
#44Kenneth407US #47
#45Bryan397US #48
#46Edward390US #59
#47Chad376US #57
#48Jesse374US #51
#49Alexander370US #50
#50Jacob370US #35
#51Tyler362US #43
#52Jared350US #58
#53Dustin345US #41
#54Bradley342US #53
#55Peter303US #60
#56Travis302US #46
#57Keith297US #64
#58Shane294US #68
#59Derek278US #56
#60Douglas277US #76
#61Jordan274US #62
#62Donald273US #66
#63Ronald270US #71
#64Ian269US #78
#65Corey266US #63
#66Samuel253US #54
#67Philip242US #84
#68Raymond233US #75
#69George229US #72
#70Brett217US #70
#71Todd217US #99
#72Craig211US #79
#73Gary201US #82
#74Cody198US #52
#75Joel198US #67
#76Frank189US #90
#77Vincent188US #95
#78Nathaniel184US #77
#79Cory180US #81
#80Christian156US #101
#81Dennis155US #103
#82Evan151US #91
#83Seth146US #104
#84Derrick143US #83
#85Francis138
#86Luke138US #106
#87Erik137US #87
#88Phillip136US #69
#89Drew133US #126
#90Brent131US #89
#91Andre128US #124
#92Carl127US #112
#93Maurice126US #173
#94Marc125US #129
#95Curtis122US #98
#96Devin121US #121
#97Colin117US #156
#98Alex115US #80
#99Alan112US #109
#100Marcus112US #61

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑34Brittany#25
↑24Cassandra#76
↑23Caitlin#55
↑22Alison#74
↑19Shane#58
↑18Kristina#67
↑18Patricia#68
↑15Karen#79

Falling

↓20Renee#89
↓18Carrie#83
↓18Marcus#100
↓12Susan#82
↓12Sheena#84
↓11Jill#94
↓10Jillian#73
↓10Brandy#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.