State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,867 Pennsylvania births in 1990 across 2,164 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#97Colleen#160 nationally
#99Drew#160 nationally
#97Brendan#155 nationally
#92Gina#139 nationally
#81Colin#122 nationally
#43Kaitlyn#78 nationally
#94Dennis#129 nationally
#69Douglas#103 nationally
#83Craig#117 nationally
#60Julie#93 nationally
#89Jillian#122 nationally
#82Dana#114 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,991US #2
#2Jessica1,901US #1
#3Amanda1,852US #4
#4Brittany1,684US #3
#5Samantha1,383US #5
#6Sarah1,244US #6
#7Nicole1,145US #13
#8Lauren1,121US #10
#9Megan1,080US #11
#10Emily1,052US #12
#11Stephanie1,049US #7
#12Jennifer951US #8
#13Elizabeth884US #9
#14Kayla828US #14
#15Rachel806US #16
#16Amber770US #15
#17Rebecca750US #21
#18Courtney717US #17
#19Danielle709US #18
#20Chelsea675US #24
#21Alyssa666US #27
#22Melissa631US #20
#23Heather595US #19
#24Christina579US #25
#25Kelly564US #41
#26Michelle553US #22
#27Tiffany520US #23
#28Laura509US #29
#29Sara453US #34
#30Erin440US #43
#31Alexandra431US #37
#32Victoria419US #33
#33Caitlin418US #50
#34Mary415US #35
#35Kimberly410US #31
#36Allison402US #48
#37Katherine401US #26
#38Amy400US #38
#39Kelsey400US #32
#40Kristen380US #42
#41Jasmine351US #28
#42Hannah350US #30
#43Kaitlyn350US #78
#44Alicia347US #54
#45Katie345US #53
#46Erica342US #36
#47Christine338US #62
#48Shannon336US #68
#49Jamie328US #55
#50Angela327US #52
#51Lindsay323US #69
#52Kathryn321US #57
#53Lisa306US #64
#54Cassandra298US #49
#55Alexis292US #66
#56Katelyn290US #75
#57Andrea282US #40
#58Lindsey275US #51
#59Kristin271US #65
#60Julie266US #93
#61Morgan264US #58
#62Brianna262US #61
#63Jenna259US #81
#64Tara255US #85
#65Leah251US #82
#66Maria243US #47
#67Julia241US #83
#68Jacqueline240US #67
#69Anna236US #45
#70Meghan234US #91
#71Taylor231US #46
#72Brittney228US #44
#73Kaitlin224US #101
#74Abigail223US #90
#75Brooke221US #70
#76Catherine220US #71
#77Crystal217US #39
#78Natalie217US #63
#79Marissa211US #87
#80Olivia211US #72
#81Kathleen209US #92
#82Dana207US #114
#83Gabrielle202US #99
#84Rachael202US #111
#85Paige201US #79
#86Molly192US #80
#87Casey191US #106
#88Kara186US #110
#89Jillian180US #122
#90Jordan176US #59
#91Kristina175US #77
#92Gina172US #139
#93Melanie170US #86
#94Holly167US #89
#95Natasha167US #105
#96Bethany161US #107
#97Colleen161US #160
#98Vanessa160US #56
#99Margaret154US #102
#100Briana150US #109

Boys

#1Michael3,450US #1
#2Matthew2,622US #3
#3Christopher2,094US #2
#4Joshua1,861US #4
#5Andrew1,741US #7
#6Ryan1,694US #11
#7Joseph1,686US #10
#8John1,629US #12
#9Daniel1,625US #5
#10David1,618US #6
#11Robert1,575US #13
#12James1,487US #8
#13Justin1,396US #9
#14Nicholas1,396US #14
#15Anthony1,232US #15
#16William1,174US #16
#17Zachary1,115US #22
#18Kyle1,114US #18
#19Kevin1,031US #23
#20Tyler1,015US #21
#21Thomas990US #26
#22Eric979US #24
#23Brian973US #27
#24Brandon956US #19
#25Jonathan919US #17
#26Timothy877US #30
#27Steven820US #25
#28Adam803US #32
#29Sean798US #37
#30Stephen758US #39
#31Benjamin741US #33
#32Jacob739US #20
#33Alexander698US #28
#34Richard652US #35
#35Patrick646US #36
#36Mark642US #47
#37Cody637US #31
#38Jordan631US #29
#39Nathan609US #44
#40Jeffrey608US #43
#41Aaron600US #34
#42Jason546US #46
#43Charles535US #38
#44Samuel477US #45
#45Gregory473US #51
#46Scott459US #53
#47Paul430US #49
#48Derek428US #54
#49Corey420US #56
#50Jeremy416US #40
#51Shane410US #73
#52Travis402US #42
#53Jesse389US #48
#54Shawn386US #69
#55Kenneth384US #52
#56Edward370US #68
#57Jared359US #63
#58Ian350US #70
#59Ethan338US #58
#60Bryan315US #57
#61Cory315US #67
#62Bradley313US #65
#63Evan298US #71
#64Vincent293US #78
#65Christian265US #60
#66Dustin263US #50
#67Alex260US #59
#68Peter254US #74
#69Douglas249US #103
#70Donald248US #87
#71Keith247US #80
#72Brett234US #84
#73George231US #79
#74Ronald223US #97
#75Chad221US #85
#76Dylan218US #83
#77Nathaniel199US #86
#78Seth198US #102
#79Raymond190US #92
#80Philip187US #111
#81Colin179US #122
#82Austin176US #55
#83Craig169US #117
#84Frank169US #109
#85Devin166US #98
#86Marcus163US #72
#87Cameron160US #62
#88Gary157US #114
#89Jose156US #41
#90Caleb154US #88
#91Luke154US #118
#92Phillip148US #81
#93Erik144US #96
#94Dennis143US #129
#95Mitchell143US #93
#96Derrick141US #106
#97Brendan140US #155
#98Joel140US #95
#99Drew138US #160
#100Taylor137US #64

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑24Dylan#76
↑22Alexis#55
↑21Morgan#61
↑21Ethan#59
↑20Hannah#42
↑17Victoria#32
↑17Abigail#74
↑16Cody#37

Falling

↓18Colleen#97
↓17Dana#82
↓13Crystal#77
↓13Melanie#93
↓12Joel#98
↓11Kristen#40
↓11Erica#46
↓11Natalie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.