State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,032 Pennsylvania births in 1988 across 1,993 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#95Francisoutside the national top 200
#97Maurice#186 nationally
#88Colleen#167 nationally
#99Louis#165 nationally
#93Marc#149 nationally
#100Brendan#153 nationally
#58Kaitlyn#106 nationally
#87Todd#135 nationally
#84Colin#131 nationally
#78Jaclyn#114 nationally
#85Dennis#116 nationally
#60Dana#90 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,299US #2
#2Amanda2,131US #3
#3Jessica2,066US #1
#4Nicole1,386US #9
#5Sarah1,332US #4
#6Jennifer1,181US #5
#7Lauren1,168US #11
#8Brittany1,132US #6
#9Samantha1,037US #8
#10Stephanie1,016US #7
#11Danielle937US #17
#12Megan934US #12
#13Elizabeth839US #10
#14Tiffany814US #13
#15Heather809US #14
#16Emily803US #18
#17Melissa788US #16
#18Rachel751US #19
#19Rebecca686US #26
#20Amber664US #15
#21Kayla661US #20
#22Laura661US #23
#23Kelly627US #32
#24Michelle592US #21
#25Christina589US #22
#26Kimberly543US #25
#27Courtney541US #24
#28Sara491US #30
#29Caitlin477US #44
#30Kristen458US #36
#31Amy453US #29
#32Alyssa452US #47
#33Erica432US #31
#34Erin425US #37
#35Katherine400US #27
#36Mary400US #34
#37Lindsay398US #57
#38Shannon391US #56
#39Katie385US #40
#40Allison381US #46
#41Christine379US #51
#42Alicia377US #50
#43Lisa373US #43
#44Chelsea360US #33
#45Alexandra358US #49
#46Angela355US #38
#47Jamie312US #45
#48Andrea311US #35
#49Victoria311US #42
#50Crystal308US #28
#51Kathryn306US #55
#52Kristin306US #58
#53Jenna288US #66
#54Julie287US #71
#55Lindsey276US #48
#56Tara257US #67
#57Jacqueline254US #62
#58Kaitlyn254US #106
#59Katelyn249US #84
#60Dana248US #90
#61Maria240US #60
#62Jasmine235US #53
#63Kelsey226US #64
#64Kathleen224US #75
#65Meghan224US #81
#66Anna223US #54
#67Cassandra221US #59
#68Catherine206US #69
#69Leah205US #82
#70Natalie200US #63
#71Julia198US #88
#72Vanessa190US #41
#73Kaitlin189US #98
#74Natasha188US #73
#75Jillian184US #104
#76Rachael183US #100
#77Brittney182US #52
#78Jaclyn179US #114
#79Hannah177US #61
#80Holly177US #72
#81Marissa177US #101
#82April176US #65
#83Bethany175US #89
#84Krista175US #112
#85Molly170US #86
#86Kristina169US #68
#87Casey166US #92
#88Colleen159US #167
#89Monica150US #70
#90Kara149US #95
#91Melanie148US #99
#92Morgan148US #78
#93Margaret144US #93
#94Alison143US #113
#95Brianna142US #96
#96Whitney141US #39
#97Alexis140US #97
#98Nichole139US #115
#99Patricia138US #77
#100Erika137US #76

Boys

#1Michael3,447US #1
#2Matthew2,677US #3
#3Christopher2,120US #2
#4Andrew1,930US #5
#5Joshua1,866US #4
#6David1,730US #6
#7Daniel1,711US #8
#8Robert1,635US #10
#9John1,585US #11
#10Justin1,580US #7
#11James1,566US #9
#12Ryan1,552US #13
#13Joseph1,543US #12
#14Nicholas1,189US #14
#15William1,170US #16
#16Anthony1,161US #18
#17Brian1,115US #22
#18Thomas1,071US #23
#19Kevin1,048US #20
#20Jonathan1,020US #15
#21Brandon994US #17
#22Eric981US #19
#23Zachary934US #29
#24Kyle930US #21
#25Adam904US #26
#26Timothy893US #25
#27Steven836US #24
#28Stephen780US #40
#29Jason776US #27
#30Mark751US #39
#31Sean745US #38
#32Benjamin741US #30
#33Jeffrey708US #36
#34Richard691US #32
#35Patrick609US #42
#36Aaron584US #31
#37Tyler579US #33
#38Nathan571US #44
#39Alexander537US #34
#40Charles508US #37
#41Jacob505US #28
#42Shawn488US #61
#43Gregory484US #50
#44Scott481US #47
#45Jeremy471US #35
#46Paul457US #46
#47Shane415US #67
#48Travis409US #41
#49Edward390US #62
#50Cody381US #43
#51Corey377US #56
#52Derek373US #53
#53Samuel370US #45
#54Kenneth361US #51
#55Bryan359US #54
#56Jordan358US #52
#57Jesse347US #55
#58Jared342US #60
#59Bradley331US #57
#60Dustin322US #48
#61Cory314US #59
#62Peter289US #64
#63Keith288US #70
#64Chad286US #65
#65Ian276US #77
#66Donald264US #76
#67Evan249US #74
#68Vincent247US #82
#69Alex233US #58
#70Philip232US #94
#71Brett230US #73
#72George230US #78
#73Ronald227US #79
#74Douglas224US #88
#75Raymond223US #84
#76Nathaniel191US #81
#77Christian188US #86
#78Craig186US #96
#79Seth185US #90
#80Frank179US #99
#81Gary169US #100
#82Marcus165US #66
#83Phillip159US #71
#84Colin158US #131
#85Dennis154US #116
#86Erik153US #92
#87Todd153US #135
#88Derrick152US #97
#89Luke151US #119
#90Brent145US #107
#91Devin145US #98
#92Joel140US #85
#93Marc135US #149
#94Curtis133US #105
#95Francis133
#96Austin128US #63
#97Maurice127US #186
#98Casey125US #83
#99Louis121US #165
#100Brendan120US #153

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑31Jasmine#62
↑24Kaitlyn#58
↑21Katelyn#59
↑18Kelsey#63
↑17Kaitlin#73
↑16Caitlin#29
↑16Alexandra#45
↑14Alyssa#32

Falling

↓30Whitney#96
↓21Bethany#83
↓16Angela#46
↓15Alison#94
↓14Jaclyn#78
↓14Nichole#98
↓13Joel#92
↓12Casey#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.