State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,943 Pennsylvania births in 1986 across 1,908 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#87Francisoutside the national top 200
#97Brendan#185 nationally
#92Maurice#176 nationally
#70Colleen#152 nationally
#80Katelyn#149 nationally
#98Colin#158 nationally
#100Lawrence#151 nationally
#93Marc#137 nationally
#92Jaclyn#133 nationally
#56Dana#92 nationally
#93Renee#127 nationally
#88Gina#119 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,397US #2
#2Jessica2,340US #1
#3Amanda2,116US #3
#4Jennifer1,540US #4
#5Nicole1,407US #7
#6Sarah1,292US #5
#7Lauren1,127US #14
#8Megan1,019US #11
#9Stephanie1,019US #6
#10Heather901US #9
#11Elizabeth872US #10
#12Danielle844US #16
#13Brittany837US #8
#14Melissa837US #12
#15Laura800US #20
#16Amber756US #13
#17Kelly747US #29
#18Rachel718US #15
#19Samantha677US #21
#20Amy659US #22
#21Rebecca657US #26
#22Emily650US #24
#23Christina640US #19
#24Kimberly616US #18
#25Erin588US #30
#26Tiffany580US #17
#27Michelle574US #23
#28Sara567US #27
#29Jamie508US #34
#30Katie478US #38
#31Kristen473US #41
#32Christine467US #47
#33Angela443US #33
#34Erica438US #31
#35Lisa435US #40
#36Lindsay432US #46
#37Courtney408US #35
#38Shannon405US #44
#39Mary388US #37
#40Alicia380US #45
#41Allison376US #42
#42Crystal356US #25
#43Jenna356US #55
#44Katherine351US #28
#45Tara347US #56
#46Andrea337US #36
#47Kristin316US #50
#48Kathryn310US #48
#49Lindsey309US #39
#50Caitlin291US #69
#51Julie280US #58
#52Jacqueline269US #57
#53Kathleen268US #68
#54Holly254US #63
#55Meghan241US #71
#56Dana231US #92
#57Whitney226US #32
#58Natalie224US #52
#59Alyssa213US #85
#60Victoria213US #54
#61Kayla212US #64
#62Maria211US #49
#63Vanessa210US #43
#64April207US #53
#65Bethany200US #91
#66Anna199US #51
#67Catherine199US #67
#68Leah196US #78
#69Julia194US #88
#70Colleen184US #152
#71Alexandra179US #72
#72Krista175US #93
#73Cassandra172US #60
#74Kristina172US #62
#75Nichole172US #105
#76Alison171US #96
#77Jillian169US #107
#78Valerie166US #76
#79Natasha164US #70
#80Katelyn161US #149
#81Monica158US #59
#82Rachael158US #103
#83Mallory156US #83
#84Kara154US #102
#85Melanie154US #97
#86Casey153US #80
#87Patricia151US #66
#88Gina146US #119
#89Marissa146US #115
#90Margaret145US #90
#91Stacy144US #87
#92Jaclyn143US #133
#93Renee141US #127
#94Stacey140US #94
#95Hannah135US #82
#96Susan135US #118
#97Dominique134US #98
#98Felicia133US #89
#99Brooke132US #104
#100Chelsea131US #73

Boys

#1Michael3,634US #1
#2Matthew2,702US #3
#3Christopher2,337US #2
#4David1,825US #5
#5Daniel1,811US #6
#6Andrew1,808US #8
#7Joseph1,673US #12
#8Ryan1,638US #11
#9Joshua1,637US #4
#10John1,628US #10
#11Robert1,624US #9
#12James1,570US #7
#13Justin1,289US #14
#14Brian1,253US #20
#15William1,201US #15
#16Kevin1,116US #21
#17Jason1,109US #18
#18Anthony1,102US #19
#19Brandon1,062US #13
#20Jonathan1,049US #16
#21Thomas1,012US #26
#22Nicholas1,002US #17
#23Timothy971US #27
#24Adam970US #24
#25Eric936US #22
#26Kyle921US #23
#27Steven862US #25
#28Stephen838US #36
#29Mark814US #35
#30Sean750US #37
#31Zachary727US #38
#32Richard720US #29
#33Jeffrey709US #32
#34Patrick627US #39
#35Benjamin602US #30
#36Gregory599US #46
#37Scott595US #44
#38Jeremy585US #28
#39Nathan578US #43
#40Charles518US #34
#41Aaron495US #33
#42Shawn489US #55
#43Paul462US #45
#44Alexander448US #41
#45Tyler401US #40
#46Edward391US #61
#47Jesse388US #48
#48Jacob386US #31
#49Kenneth380US #50
#50Bryan378US #47
#51Shane378US #67
#52Jared344US #58
#53Bradley337US #54
#54Jordan330US #53
#55Derek329US #57
#56Samuel324US #52
#57Dustin317US #42
#58Keith309US #66
#59Travis302US #49
#60Chad301US #59
#61Peter298US #60
#62Corey286US #62
#63Ian244US #85
#64Brett243US #69
#65George241US #74
#66Philip239US #86
#67Donald237US #71
#68Cory233US #68
#69Douglas229US #82
#70Ronald228US #75
#71Craig225US #80
#72Evan215US #81
#73Raymond208US #77
#74Cody202US #56
#75Vincent194US #93
#76Gary188US #84
#77Joel174US #72
#78Alex172US #64
#79Christian172US #89
#80Nathaniel170US #78
#81Frank164US #91
#82Dennis163US #104
#83Seth159US #97
#84Todd154US #110
#85Luke151US #106
#86Marcus147US #63
#87Francis142
#88Phillip140US #70
#89Erik139US #92
#90Randy128US #103
#91Brent121US #94
#92Maurice120US #176
#93Marc118US #137
#94Carl116US #114
#95Curtis116US #100
#96Derrick112US #87
#97Brendan110US #185
#98Colin108US #158
#99Jose107US #51
#100Lawrence107US #151

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑25Krista#72
↑22Alexandra#71
↑20Alex#78
↑14Monica#81
↑14Marcus#86
↑13Courtney#37
↑12Brittany#13
↑12Samantha#19

Falling

↓34Stacey#94
↓29Stacy#91
↓27Jaclyn#92
↓19Patricia#87
↓19Gina#88
↓14Susan#96
↓13Chad#60
↓13Todd#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.