State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 153,247 Pennsylvania births in 1989 across 2,088 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#79Colleen#159 nationally
#89Brendan#145 nationally
#93Todd#146 nationally
#98Drew#150 nationally
#93Gina#141 nationally
#81Colin#126 nationally
#92Krista#137 nationally
#65Dana#105 nationally
#97Nichole#136 nationally
#99Jaclyn#138 nationally
#58Kaitlyn#95 nationally
#85Luke#121 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,123US #2
#2Amanda2,001US #4
#3Jessica1,890US #1
#4Brittany1,690US #3
#5Sarah1,312US #5
#6Samantha1,308US #6
#7Lauren1,221US #9
#8Nicole1,195US #12
#9Jennifer1,029US #7
#10Stephanie1,028US #8
#11Megan1,012US #11
#12Elizabeth905US #10
#13Danielle880US #17
#14Emily840US #13
#15Rachel784US #18
#16Amber768US #14
#17Kayla717US #20
#18Melissa716US #19
#19Heather701US #15
#20Rebecca673US #24
#21Laura648US #25
#22Courtney634US #21
#23Kelly626US #37
#24Christina612US #23
#25Tiffany600US #16
#26Chelsea572US #27
#27Michelle549US #22
#28Alyssa524US #33
#29Kristen521US #36
#30Kimberly502US #28
#31Sara483US #29
#32Erin470US #40
#33Mary447US #38
#34Caitlin427US #49
#35Erica412US #34
#36Amy403US #35
#37Katherine401US #26
#38Kelsey398US #31
#39Jamie391US #52
#40Allison380US #46
#41Katie375US #45
#42Christine372US #59
#43Alicia368US #53
#44Shannon366US #61
#45Alexandra364US #43
#46Lindsay347US #63
#47Angela343US #47
#48Kathryn342US #58
#49Victoria341US #44
#50Jasmine336US #30
#51Lisa332US #55
#52Andrea322US #39
#53Katelyn321US #76
#54Kristin301US #60
#55Cassandra297US #54
#56Jenna287US #71
#57Tara287US #70
#58Kaitlyn282US #95
#59Lindsey276US #48
#60Anna272US #51
#61Julie255US #78
#62Hannah251US #42
#63Meghan250US #80
#64Crystal247US #32
#65Dana237US #105
#66Jacqueline237US #64
#67Natalie234US #62
#68Julia232US #96
#69Maria224US #56
#70Brittney222US #41
#71Marissa220US #81
#72Leah219US #83
#73Kaitlin215US #100
#74Brianna202US #77
#75Catherine199US #67
#76Kathleen194US #90
#77Alexis192US #92
#78Jillian190US #106
#79Colleen188US #159
#80Melanie188US #88
#81Kristina186US #65
#82Morgan181US #69
#83Casey178US #103
#84Brooke176US #74
#85Rachael175US #109
#86April173US #66
#87Kara163US #101
#88Felicia159US #111
#89Gabrielle158US #112
#90Molly158US #93
#91Abigail156US #94
#92Krista155US #137
#93Gina153US #141
#94Natasha153US #87
#95Erika144US #73
#96Holly143US #79
#97Nichole143US #136
#98Vanessa143US #50
#99Jaclyn141US #138
#100Monica138US #68

Boys

#1Michael3,508US #1
#2Matthew2,587US #3
#3Christopher2,269US #2
#4Andrew1,890US #7
#5Joshua1,843US #4
#6John1,713US #12
#7Daniel1,684US #6
#8David1,679US #5
#9Ryan1,642US #13
#10Joseph1,631US #11
#11Robert1,562US #10
#12Justin1,506US #8
#13James1,482US #9
#14Nicholas1,317US #14
#15Anthony1,241US #16
#16William1,187US #15
#17Kevin1,137US #19
#18Brian1,026US #24
#19Thomas1,025US #23
#20Zachary1,025US #25
#21Brandon1,016US #18
#22Kyle982US #20
#23Adam949US #27
#24Jonathan915US #17
#25Eric906US #21
#26Timothy896US #28
#27Steven883US #22
#28Benjamin762US #29
#29Richard753US #33
#30Stephen748US #40
#31Sean747US #39
#32Mark734US #42
#33Tyler720US #30
#34Patrick683US #38
#35Jeffrey661US #37
#36Alexander634US #32
#37Aaron625US #31
#38Nathan590US #43
#39Jason587US #35
#40Jacob533US #26
#41Charles528US #36
#42Scott514US #51
#43Gregory500US #52
#44Paul476US #49
#45Shawn449US #65
#46Jordan446US #44
#47Jeremy442US #34
#48Samuel438US #47
#49Derek405US #54
#50Travis404US #41
#51Shane399US #71
#52Corey397US #55
#53Cody365US #45
#54Jesse365US #50
#55Bryan361US #56
#56Kenneth346US #53
#57Dustin342US #48
#58Edward342US #62
#59Jared330US #57
#60Cory325US #61
#61Ian325US #68
#62Bradley320US #58
#63Keith306US #70
#64Peter279US #66
#65Chad274US #74
#66Vincent262US #80
#67Brett254US #81
#68George246US #79
#69Donald243US #82
#70Evan242US #69
#71Ronald228US #85
#72Alex225US #60
#73Raymond222US #86
#74Christian204US #78
#75Philip198US #101
#76Seth197US #94
#77Douglas196US #92
#78Nathaniel188US #84
#79Craig186US #105
#80Ethan185US #87
#81Colin175US #126
#82Gary170US #106
#83Marcus170US #67
#84Austin166US #59
#85Luke164US #121
#86Joel163US #88
#87Frank161US #109
#88Derrick156US #99
#89Brendan153US #145
#90Devin153US #96
#91Dennis152US #123
#92Phillip147US #75
#93Todd147US #146
#94Troy146US #124
#95Jose145US #46
#96Curtis140US #111
#97Cameron139US #64
#98Drew138US #150
#99Erik138US #95
#100Dylan123US #115

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑25Kelsey#38
↑21Brianna#74
↑20Alexis#77
↑18Chelsea#26
↑17Hannah#62
↑12Jasmine#50
↑12Cassandra#55
↑12Austin#84

Falling

↓26Vanessa#98
↓21Jaclyn#99
↓20Natasha#94
↓16Holly#96
↓14Crystal#64
↓13Erik#99
↓12Kathleen#76
↓11Tiffany#25

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.