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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 141,954 Pennsylvania births in 1993 across 2,172 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#77Carly#137 nationally
#98Dana#155 nationally
#75Ronald#122 nationally
#77Colin#121 nationally
#94Dominic#133 nationally
#46Shane#84 nationally
#93Kara#131 nationally
#83Julie#119 nationally
#96Tara#132 nationally
#82Rachael#117 nationally
#93Devon#127 nationally
#95Casey#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,460US #2
#2Jessica1,358US #1
#3Emily1,343US #5
#4Samantha1,242US #4
#5Sarah1,239US #3
#6Amanda1,097US #8
#7Brittany1,035US #6
#8Nicole884US #13
#9Rachel866US #14
#10Lauren839US #12
#11Megan831US #11
#12Taylor825US #7
#13Elizabeth748US #9
#14Rebecca737US #22
#15Alyssa702US #26
#16Kayla689US #16
#17Danielle668US #18
#18Amber665US #17
#19Stephanie664US #10
#20Jennifer636US #15
#21Kelsey626US #24
#22Victoria608US #19
#23Courtney582US #20
#24Alexandra517US #28
#25Alexis517US #27
#26Chelsea507US #25
#27Brianna447US #32
#28Mary437US #36
#29Hannah428US #21
#30Allison425US #41
#31Katherine422US #29
#32Melissa422US #30
#33Shannon414US #53
#34Kelly410US #51
#35Kaitlyn399US #46
#36Sara398US #40
#37Erin391US #48
#38Jenna364US #70
#39Laura362US #43
#40Tiffany359US #33
#41Christina358US #35
#42Morgan356US #34
#43Michelle338US #31
#44Jasmine330US #23
#45Paige319US #60
#46Heather314US #38
#47Katelyn312US #54
#48Kristen299US #61
#49Brooke298US #52
#50Caitlin298US #64
#51Kimberly297US #39
#52Katie287US #63
#53Marissa285US #59
#54Erica282US #49
#55Olivia280US #50
#56Abigail274US #67
#57Cassandra271US #66
#58Lindsay266US #88
#59Shelby266US #37
#60Kathryn261US #68
#61Julia260US #72
#62Gabrielle249US #84
#63Lindsey248US #56
#64Maria246US #45
#65Amy243US #65
#66Anna243US #47
#67Haley242US #42
#68Briana229US #71
#69Natalie226US #62
#70Meghan225US #93
#71Angela224US #73
#72Alicia222US #76
#73Molly217US #87
#74Christine207US #90
#75Jamie204US #79
#76Andrea199US #44
#77Carly198US #137
#78Alexa197US #107
#79Emma195US #80
#80Jordan193US #58
#81Leah190US #92
#82Rachael182US #117
#83Julie180US #119
#84Kaitlin175US #99
#85Catherine173US #75
#86Alexandria169US #69
#87Madison169US #78
#88Mariah163US #81
#89Lisa160US #100
#90Crystal159US #57
#91Jacqueline156US #74
#92Bethany155US #115
#93Kara155US #131
#94Sierra155US #91
#95Casey153US #129
#96Tara153US #132
#97Kathleen151US #118
#98Dana149US #155
#99Miranda149US #89
#100Dominique148US #122

Boys

#1Michael2,712US #1
#2Matthew1,924US #3
#3Tyler1,772US #5
#4Christopher1,578US #2
#5Ryan1,557US #13
#6Nicholas1,483US #8
#7Joshua1,453US #4
#8Zachary1,397US #15
#9Joseph1,396US #12
#10Andrew1,359US #10
#11John1,356US #16
#12Daniel1,281US #7
#13Brandon1,263US #6
#14James1,188US #14
#15David1,187US #11
#16Robert1,084US #17
#17Anthony1,079US #19
#18Kyle1,061US #23
#19Jacob1,004US #9
#20William998US #18
#21Alexander924US #21
#22Justin895US #20
#23Cody887US #24
#24Thomas858US #27
#25Kevin853US #25
#26Jonathan756US #22
#27Eric735US #29
#28Timothy696US #38
#29Benjamin670US #32
#30Brian667US #34
#31Adam629US #39
#32Sean625US #42
#33Steven618US #31
#34Dylan598US #33
#35Jordan575US #28
#36Aaron571US #30
#37Nathan550US #41
#38Stephen528US #47
#39Samuel518US #37
#40Austin512US #26
#41Patrick501US #43
#42Richard483US #40
#43Mark447US #49
#44Jason407US #45
#45Charles398US #44
#46Shane389US #84
#47Jeffrey377US #53
#48Christian374US #35
#49Jeremy373US #46
#50Jesse368US #48
#51Scott362US #69
#52Ian358US #70
#53Shawn352US #77
#54Travis351US #50
#55Jared348US #63
#56Evan343US #62
#57Derek337US #67
#58Paul333US #56
#59Gregory332US #65
#60Alex314US #52
#61Corey313US #68
#62Connor285US #57
#63Kenneth270US #60
#64Edward266US #78
#65Luke254US #87
#66Peter248US #82
#67Vincent233US #100
#68Bryan230US #61
#69Dustin228US #59
#70Nathaniel228US #75
#71Devin223US #71
#72Bradley222US #73
#73Cory222US #94
#74Brett216US #102
#75Ronald205US #122
#76Cameron202US #54
#77Colin200US #121
#78Mitchell191US #81
#79Seth191US #93
#80Taylor188US #51
#81Logan186US #76
#82Marcus185US #74
#83Trevor185US #64
#84Caleb181US #66
#85Ethan181US #92
#86Keith171US #109
#87Garrett167US #79
#88Donald164US #118
#89Dakota163US #85
#90Chad162US #114
#91George159US #104
#92Raymond158US #108
#93Devon152US #127
#94Dominic150US #133
#95Jose146US #36
#96Lucas145US #95
#97Troy143US #131
#98Derrick133US #129
#99Dillon131US #90
#100Dalton127US #106

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑25Abigail#56
↑22Haley#67
↑22Alexa#78
↑22Austin#40
↑21Connor#62
↑19Paige#45
↑19Jordan#80
↑13Brianna#27

Falling

↓18Casey#95
↓15Heather#46
↓15Julia#61
↓15Dillon#99
↓14Chelsea#26
↓13Alicia#72
↓13George#91
↓12Christine#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.