State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,821 Pennsylvania births in 1987 across 1,927 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#93Francisoutside the national top 200
#90Maurice#187 nationally
#82Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#88Colleen#158 nationally
#97Drew#160 nationally
#98Brendan#156 nationally
#64Jaclyn#116 nationally
#90Kaitlin#141 nationally
#94Marc#143 nationally
#80Katelyn#127 nationally
#78Gina#123 nationally
#91Colin#134 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,560US #2
#2Amanda2,270US #3
#3Jessica2,241US #1
#4Jennifer1,366US #4
#5Nicole1,329US #8
#6Sarah1,268US #5
#7Lauren1,060US #16
#8Stephanie1,003US #6
#9Megan973US #12
#10Samantha941US #11
#11Brittany938US #7
#12Danielle902US #14
#13Melissa855US #13
#14Heather834US #9
#15Elizabeth825US #10
#16Rachel780US #17
#17Amber768US #15
#18Emily707US #19
#19Kelly679US #30
#20Laura672US #22
#21Christina659US #20
#22Rebecca611US #25
#23Amy569US #24
#24Tiffany558US #18
#25Kimberly532US #23
#26Kayla521US #27
#27Michelle520US #21
#28Erin511US #34
#29Sara483US #29
#30Angela473US #35
#31Kristen437US #42
#32Shannon433US #45
#33Katie427US #38
#34Courtney426US #33
#35Lindsay410US #49
#36Katherine409US #28
#37Christine400US #48
#38Allison398US #44
#39Erica398US #31
#40Lisa381US #40
#41Jamie375US #39
#42Mary364US #37
#43Alicia349US #46
#44Jenna347US #57
#45Caitlin335US #63
#46Alyssa330US #60
#47Andrea313US #36
#48Kristin313US #55
#49Kathryn288US #51
#50Lindsey287US #41
#51Julie282US #65
#52Tara279US #69
#53Crystal278US #26
#54Jacqueline275US #54
#55Dana273US #83
#56Chelsea272US #47
#57Kathleen270US #72
#58Meghan256US #78
#59Victoria253US #50
#60Maria230US #53
#61Alexandra218US #59
#62Bethany212US #87
#63Anna207US #52
#64Jaclyn206US #116
#65Vanessa205US #43
#66Whitney199US #32
#67Natalie197US #56
#68Cassandra194US #68
#69Catherine191US #74
#70Holly191US #71
#71Leah190US #82
#72Jillian188US #99
#73Julia186US #86
#74Rachael183US #98
#75Casey180US #81
#76Kristina178US #62
#77April176US #58
#78Gina172US #123
#79Alison170US #100
#80Katelyn170US #127
#81Kelsey170US #67
#82Kaitlyn165US #163
#83Molly162US #97
#84Nichole162US #111
#85Natasha161US #73
#86Krista158US #108
#87Kara155US #104
#88Colleen153US #158
#89Marissa153US #109
#90Kaitlin150US #141
#91Patricia149US #76
#92Hannah147US #66
#93Jasmine147US #79
#94Monica145US #64
#95Susan144US #125
#96Mallory143US #91
#97Erika142US #75
#98Margaret138US #90
#99Alexis134US #113
#100Stacey133US #103

Boys

#1Michael3,471US #1
#2Matthew2,690US #3
#3Christopher2,250US #2
#4Andrew2,045US #6
#5David1,826US #5
#6Daniel1,762US #7
#7Joshua1,735US #4
#8John1,656US #11
#9Ryan1,593US #13
#10Robert1,559US #10
#11Joseph1,549US #12
#12James1,527US #8
#13Justin1,441US #9
#14William1,274US #15
#15Anthony1,189US #17
#16Brian1,158US #20
#17Kevin1,097US #19
#18Nicholas1,037US #16
#19Thomas1,027US #24
#20Brandon1,013US #14
#21Jonathan984US #18
#22Eric969US #21
#23Jason962US #23
#24Adam943US #27
#25Timothy939US #26
#26Kyle923US #22
#27Zachary808US #33
#28Steven785US #25
#29Stephen767US #38
#30Benjamin732US #28
#31Richard722US #30
#32Mark713US #36
#33Sean707US #40
#34Jeffrey688US #32
#35Patrick602US #41
#36Scott572US #43
#37Gregory554US #47
#38Charles548US #35
#39Jeremy515US #29
#40Alexander511US #37
#41Nathan498US #45
#42Paul486US #46
#43Shawn475US #59
#44Aaron465US #34
#45Jacob464US #31
#46Tyler449US #39
#47Shane448US #65
#48Travis393US #42
#49Bryan390US #51
#50Derek386US #54
#51Edward385US #61
#52Jesse374US #55
#53Kenneth363US #53
#54Jordan361US #52
#55Jared357US #58
#56Dustin351US #44
#57Samuel333US #50
#58Corey314US #57
#59Bradley307US #56
#60Chad289US #63
#61Keith289US #69
#62Cody279US #49
#63Cory277US #62
#64Peter277US #64
#65Philip261US #84
#66Ronald253US #73
#67Alex233US #60
#68Ian232US #81
#69George225US #77
#70Donald222US #70
#71Douglas221US #85
#72Brett215US #71
#73Evan209US #83
#74Raymond205US #79
#75Vincent200US #95
#76Craig199US #88
#77Nathaniel189US #78
#78Gary170US #87
#79Joel170US #75
#80Phillip165US #68
#81Derrick159US #86
#82Todd156US #120
#83Frank154US #97
#84Luke149US #111
#85Seth148US #89
#86Christian145US #90
#87Dennis144US #107
#88Marcus136US #67
#89Devin131US #99
#90Maurice130US #187
#91Colin128US #134
#92Curtis128US #100
#93Francis125
#94Marc123US #143
#95Alan121US #112
#96Andre120US #136
#97Drew120US #160
#98Brendan119US #156
#99Jose118US #48
#100Trevor118US #93

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑44Chelsea#56
↑35Kayla#26
↑28Jaclyn#64
↑15Derrick#81
↑13Alyssa#46
↑12Cody#62
↑11Casey#75
↑11Travis#48

Falling

↓18Colleen#88
↓16Holly#70
↓14Krista#86
↓13April#77
↓13Monica#94
↓13Mallory#96
↓12Jamie#41
↓11Crystal#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.