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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,333 Pennsylvania births in 1992 across 2,215 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#82Carly#134 nationally
#93Dana#144 nationally
#97Troy#146 nationally
#98Brendan#145 nationally
#92Dominic#137 nationally
#85Colin#126 nationally
#100Alexa#140 nationally
#100Philip#138 nationally
#89Frank#125 nationally
#77Ronald#112 nationally
#90Rachael#123 nationally
#77Casey#109 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,662US #1
#2Jessica1,532US #2
#3Samantha1,330US #6
#4Amanda1,303US #3
#5Emily1,218US #7
#6Brittany1,213US #4
#7Sarah1,196US #5
#8Nicole1,032US #14
#9Megan893US #10
#10Lauren856US #12
#11Rachel811US #16
#12Chelsea808US #15
#13Stephanie794US #8
#14Elizabeth787US #9
#15Kayla740US #13
#16Jennifer739US #11
#17Rebecca729US #20
#18Danielle727US #18
#19Alyssa638US #30
#20Amber620US #19
#21Kelsey600US #23
#22Taylor585US #17
#23Courtney574US #21
#24Melissa552US #24
#25Victoria511US #22
#26Alexandra493US #29
#27Kaitlyn472US #42
#28Kelly464US #47
#29Sara445US #37
#30Laura437US #38
#31Heather431US #31
#32Mary430US #36
#33Michelle430US #25
#34Erin415US #46
#35Hannah414US #26
#36Tiffany404US #32
#37Alexis402US #40
#38Christina396US #33
#39Jenna390US #67
#40Brianna386US #43
#41Katherine385US #27
#42Allison340US #48
#43Shannon338US #66
#44Kimberly324US #35
#45Morgan324US #41
#46Julia321US #70
#47Kristen317US #53
#48Erica310US #44
#49Cassandra307US #52
#50Jasmine302US #28
#51Olivia300US #58
#52Katie295US #54
#53Kathryn287US #60
#54Caitlin286US #62
#55Brooke282US #59
#56Katelyn282US #65
#57Anna278US #49
#58Amy271US #51
#59Alicia270US #71
#60Marissa266US #72
#61Shelby263US #34
#62Christine258US #82
#63Angela252US #69
#64Paige247US #64
#65Andrea239US #39
#66Gabrielle239US #84
#67Lindsay238US #81
#68Meghan228US #91
#69Briana223US #79
#70Lindsey222US #57
#71Jamie216US #75
#72Natalie216US #61
#73Maria214US #45
#74Catherine212US #78
#75Molly209US #83
#76Julie206US #106
#77Casey191US #109
#78Leah191US #96
#79Mariah186US #74
#80Margaret184US #102
#81Abigail183US #86
#82Carly180US #134
#83Jacqueline180US #76
#84Lisa177US #88
#85Melanie177US #98
#86Kara175US #114
#87Alexandria169US #73
#88Crystal169US #50
#89Haley169US #56
#90Rachael169US #123
#91Tara169US #118
#92Brittney168US #68
#93Dana168US #144
#94Kaitlin161US #113
#95Kathleen161US #108
#96Erika159US #80
#97Bethany157US #115
#98Caroline154US #105
#99Jordan151US #63
#100Alexa150US #140

Boys

#1Michael2,763US #1
#2Matthew2,124US #3
#3Christopher1,737US #2
#4Tyler1,659US #8
#5Joshua1,613US #4
#6Ryan1,578US #13
#7Andrew1,548US #5
#8John1,467US #14
#9Joseph1,463US #11
#10Nicholas1,421US #12
#11David1,416US #10
#12Brandon1,401US #6
#13Daniel1,401US #7
#14Zachary1,366US #16
#15Robert1,262US #17
#16James1,232US #9
#17Kyle1,130US #22
#18Anthony1,096US #19
#19William1,009US #20
#20Justin1,007US #18
#21Kevin956US #25
#22Jacob911US #15
#23Cody900US #24
#24Alexander828US #23
#25Thomas805US #27
#26Eric773US #26
#27Jonathan770US #21
#28Dylan754US #28
#29Brian721US #31
#30Benjamin712US #33
#31Sean690US #42
#32Timothy669US #34
#33Steven668US #29
#34Adam665US #36
#35Stephen613US #45
#36Patrick593US #39
#37Mark587US #49
#38Jordan582US #32
#39Richard571US #41
#40Nathan551US #44
#41Aaron544US #30
#42Samuel489US #40
#43Jeffrey475US #51
#44Jason457US #46
#45Charles428US #43
#46Scott419US #61
#47Shane418US #77
#48Shawn402US #71
#49Christian370US #35
#50Evan369US #66
#51Jeremy363US #47
#52Jesse363US #50
#53Gregory359US #60
#54Derek352US #62
#55Paul347US #55
#56Travis319US #48
#57Ian317US #68
#58Corey310US #65
#59Jared302US #67
#60Edward297US #70
#61Kenneth287US #59
#62Austin281US #38
#63Bryan273US #57
#64Vincent273US #92
#65Alex255US #54
#66Nathaniel255US #79
#67Cory248US #83
#68Brett246US #97
#69Luke246US #93
#70Bradley244US #72
#71Cameron230US #53
#72Taylor228US #52
#73Seth222US #94
#74Dustin217US #58
#75Peter211US #81
#76Keith198US #102
#77Ronald195US #112
#78George193US #95
#79Devin191US #75
#80Ethan189US #76
#81Donald184US #110
#82Trevor179US #63
#83Connor174US #80
#84Dillon173US #73
#85Colin171US #126
#86Raymond170US #104
#87Jose169US #37
#88Marcus168US #82
#89Frank164US #125
#90Chad162US #108
#91Mitchell157US #91
#92Dominic150US #137
#93Caleb147US #74
#94Devon147US #123
#95Dakota145US #103
#96Douglas142US #127
#97Troy140US #146
#98Brendan138US #145
#99Joel134US #100
#100Philip134US #138

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑23Briana#69
↑20Kaitlyn#27
↑20Margaret#80
↑18Austin#62
↑17Morgan#45
↑16Taylor#22
↑16Carly#82
↑14Dylan#28

Falling

↓20Douglas#96
↓19Jamie#71
↓16Dana#93
↓16Kathleen#95
↓16Philip#100
↓15Caitlin#54
↓14Crystal#88
↓14Alexa#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.