State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 138,301 Pennsylvania births in 1994 across 2,216 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#89Babyoutside the national top 200
#84Carly#138 nationally
#76Colin#124 nationally
#82Dominic#128 nationally
#94Ronald#137 nationally
#85Keith#126 nationally
#42Jenna#80 nationally
#55Shane#92 nationally
#70Lindsay#107 nationally
#94Julie#129 nationally
#95Chad#130 nationally
#73Brett#107 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,354US #3
#2Ashley1,246US #2
#3Jessica1,242US #1
#4Samantha1,224US #4
#5Sarah1,110US #5
#6Amanda960US #8
#7Brittany866US #7
#8Nicole866US #11
#9Taylor856US #6
#10Megan844US #10
#11Rachel842US #13
#12Lauren762US #14
#13Kayla726US #12
#14Elizabeth702US #9
#15Rebecca686US #24
#16Alexis637US #18
#17Alyssa633US #26
#18Victoria626US #19
#19Courtney613US #22
#20Danielle587US #20
#21Amber581US #21
#22Stephanie563US #15
#23Brianna533US #27
#24Jennifer518US #17
#25Hannah508US #16
#26Morgan505US #25
#27Alexandra490US #28
#28Kelsey474US #29
#29Erin434US #45
#30Mary431US #37
#31Allison416US #34
#32Shannon406US #60
#33Chelsea400US #38
#34Abigail392US #42
#35Kaitlyn390US #48
#36Sara367US #43
#37Marissa360US #53
#38Melissa349US #31
#39Christina345US #39
#40Kelly335US #62
#41Katherine326US #30
#42Jenna318US #80
#43Kristen312US #55
#44Michelle311US #33
#45Laura310US #46
#46Gabrielle304US #67
#47Olivia299US #50
#48Brooke297US #54
#49Heather291US #44
#50Anna290US #41
#51Jasmine286US #23
#52Katelyn286US #58
#53Tiffany286US #35
#54Julia281US #72
#55Paige279US #63
#56Kimberly269US #32
#57Erica259US #57
#58Natalie255US #56
#59Angela254US #81
#60Briana254US #68
#61Kathryn254US #79
#62Lindsey249US #69
#63Katie248US #70
#64Miranda246US #61
#65Cassandra243US #66
#66Maria238US #47
#67Caitlin237US #78
#68Haley236US #36
#69Madison235US #51
#70Lindsay219US #107
#71Alexa214US #95
#72Amy213US #77
#73Meghan213US #100
#74Jacqueline208US #65
#75Molly204US #96
#76Jordan202US #52
#77Emma201US #74
#78Jamie194US #87
#79Andrea193US #49
#80Sierra191US #71
#81Shelby188US #40
#82Alicia187US #83
#83Leah185US #101
#84Carly183US #138
#85Mariah183US #75
#86Kaitlin178US #93
#87Catherine177US #84
#88Alexandria176US #73
#89Breanna172US #85
#90Casey169US #118
#91Bethany163US #116
#92Sydney163US #76
#93Margaret162US #106
#94Julie161US #129
#95Cheyenne160US #99
#96Christine157US #104
#97Madeline152US #92
#98Rachael152US #124
#99Erika151US #90
#100Autumn142US #117

Boys

#1Michael2,351US #1
#2Tyler1,850US #5
#3Matthew1,770US #3
#4Nicholas1,518US #9
#5Ryan1,449US #16
#6Christopher1,377US #2
#7Zachary1,352US #12
#8Joseph1,335US #11
#9Joshua1,328US #4
#10John1,298US #15
#11Daniel1,286US #8
#12Brandon1,256US #6
#13Andrew1,240US #10
#14David1,157US #13
#15Robert1,106US #21
#16James1,100US #14
#17Jacob1,048US #7
#18Anthony1,019US #18
#19Kyle955US #24
#20Alexander942US #22
#21William938US #19
#22Thomas831US #27
#23Justin816US #20
#24Cody784US #25
#25Austin743US #17
#26Eric727US #30
#27Kevin714US #26
#28Jonathan709US #23
#29Benjamin663US #31
#30Brian609US #37
#31Aaron606US #28
#32Timothy598US #39
#33Dylan594US #32
#34Nathan559US #40
#35Steven558US #34
#36Adam538US #38
#37Patrick538US #42
#38Jordan537US #29
#39Sean529US #44
#40Samuel503US #33
#41Stephen483US #49
#42Richard450US #41
#43Mark444US #48
#44Jason403US #46
#45Christian386US #35
#46Jesse382US #45
#47Charles375US #43
#48Evan361US #62
#49Jeffrey355US #55
#50Jared353US #63
#51Jeremy349US #47
#52Alex335US #50
#53Shawn328US #86
#54Ian327US #74
#55Shane312US #92
#56Scott300US #80
#57Gregory299US #76
#58Paul298US #64
#59Derek284US #77
#60Corey283US #73
#61Connor279US #59
#62Devin263US #61
#63Luke262US #91
#64Travis260US #53
#65Trevor248US #58
#66Dustin245US #56
#67Edward244US #84
#68Nathaniel228US #78
#69Seth226US #90
#70Kenneth225US #65
#71Peter220US #87
#72Bradley218US #83
#73Brett214US #107
#74Bryan212US #66
#75Vincent212US #100
#76Colin210US #124
#77Cameron206US #52
#78Mitchell206US #71
#79Dakota198US #69
#80Logan195US #70
#81Cory193US #102
#82Dominic186US #128
#83Ethan184US #89
#84Dalton180US #85
#85Keith176US #126
#86Marcus176US #75
#87Caleb173US #60
#88Garrett172US #82
#89Baby171
#90Troy170US #123
#91Taylor169US #54
#92Devon167US #117
#93Hunter165US #67
#94Ronald161US #137
#95Chad153US #130
#96Raymond153US #115
#97Alec152US #109
#98Lucas151US #95
#99George145US #110
#100Donald143US #132

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑35Miranda#64
↑22Abigail#34
↑18Madison#69
↑18Trevor#65
↑17Jacqueline#74
↑16Morgan#26
↑16Marissa#37
↑16Gabrielle#46

Falling

↓22Shelby#81
↓22Christine#96
↓19Ronald#94
↓17Caitlin#67
↓16Rachael#98
↓13Tiffany#53
↓12Lindsay#70
↓12Donald#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.