State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 133,235 Pennsylvania births in 1995 across 2,178 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#74Colin#134 nationally
#89Ronald#146 nationally
#51Shane#103 nationally
#86Dominic#138 nationally
#76Carly#122 nationally
#56Shawn#100 nationally
#78Rachael#120 nationally
#79Devon#119 nationally
#83Cory#123 nationally
#93Brendan#133 nationally
#80Casey#118 nationally
#75Meghan#112 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,264US #3
#2Jessica1,105US #1
#3Samantha1,092US #4
#4Sarah1,054US #5
#5Ashley1,048US #2
#6Rachel924US #12
#7Taylor888US #6
#8Amanda858US #9
#9Brittany833US #8
#10Megan756US #13
#11Kayla742US #11
#12Nicole699US #19
#13Elizabeth667US #10
#14Alexis664US #14
#15Lauren649US #15
#16Brianna583US #21
#17Alyssa582US #27
#18Courtney579US #17
#19Hannah565US #7
#20Danielle564US #24
#21Morgan554US #23
#22Rebecca546US #28
#23Victoria539US #20
#24Amber502US #22
#25Alexandra478US #26
#26Stephanie469US #16
#27Jennifer465US #18
#28Kaitlyn441US #42
#29Olivia415US #39
#30Abigail413US #36
#31Allison391US #34
#32Erin390US #49
#33Kelsey380US #33
#34Mary368US #40
#35Anna361US #31
#36Madison361US #29
#37Paige351US #58
#38Shannon350US #73
#39Julia326US #62
#40Kelly326US #64
#41Brooke320US #52
#42Sara320US #48
#43Christina314US #45
#44Katherine312US #30
#45Gabrielle308US #61
#46Melissa308US #35
#47Chelsea302US #47
#48Marissa291US #53
#49Haley284US #32
#50Jenna281US #84
#51Katelyn279US #59
#52Laura267US #56
#53Heather265US #54
#54Sydney265US #43
#55Natalie264US #51
#56Tiffany262US #46
#57Miranda258US #57
#58Jasmine255US #25
#59Sierra250US #60
#60Cassandra247US #78
#61Erica237US #69
#62Michelle237US #41
#63Kristen229US #65
#64Katie224US #77
#65Kimberly224US #37
#66Emma223US #67
#67Alexa222US #100
#68Cheyenne221US #86
#69Shelby219US #38
#70Angela218US #85
#71Leah217US #103
#72Maria213US #44
#73Jordan212US #50
#74Kathryn208US #83
#75Meghan207US #112
#76Carly204US #122
#77Alexandria200US #72
#78Rachael196US #120
#79Amy195US #75
#80Casey191US #118
#81Caitlin187US #81
#82Alicia186US #89
#83Briana185US #74
#84Lindsey183US #82
#85Mackenzie178US #88
#86Margaret178US #104
#87Jamie176US #93
#88Caroline174US #92
#89Molly172US #98
#90Madeline170US #79
#91Kylie166US #106
#92Andrea165US #55
#93Catherine164US #90
#94Breanna156US #76
#95Jacqueline156US #70
#96Kaitlin153US #94
#97Destiny148US #66
#98Lindsay148US #125
#99Mariah146US #71
#100Sabrina146US #95

Boys

#1Michael2,122US #1
#2Matthew1,759US #2
#3Tyler1,637US #6
#4Nicholas1,562US #7
#5Ryan1,373US #15
#6Joshua1,308US #5
#7Zachary1,305US #14
#8Christopher1,294US #3
#9Joseph1,277US #12
#10Daniel1,218US #9
#11John1,213US #13
#12Jacob1,171US #4
#13Brandon1,139US #8
#14Andrew1,120US #11
#15James1,040US #17
#16David976US #16
#17Kyle972US #24
#18Austin944US #10
#19Alexander932US #21
#20Anthony926US #19
#21Robert911US #22
#22Justin873US #18
#23William830US #20
#24Thomas772US #27
#25Cody749US #26
#26Kevin699US #25
#27Eric642US #32
#28Jonathan634US #23
#29Benjamin627US #31
#30Aaron621US #30
#31Dylan618US #34
#32Adam561US #38
#33Brian550US #36
#34Nathan542US #39
#35Jordan509US #29
#36Sean504US #45
#37Patrick500US #43
#38Timothy493US #40
#39Samuel478US #33
#40Steven475US #37
#41Christian441US #28
#42Stephen439US #57
#43Richard421US #42
#44Mark404US #52
#45Jason384US #41
#46Evan383US #60
#47Ian368US #67
#48Charles338US #44
#49Jesse319US #46
#50Jeffrey318US #64
#51Shane314US #103
#52Alex308US #47
#53Connor307US #55
#54Luke305US #82
#55Jared294US #63
#56Shawn289US #100
#57Paul286US #71
#58Jeremy276US #48
#59Logan271US #51
#60Gregory264US #84
#61Nathaniel262US #73
#62Dakota259US #56
#63Scott253US #92
#64Corey248US #74
#65Derek238US #83
#66Devin234US #58
#67Bradley222US #78
#68Dustin221US #62
#69Mitchell215US #79
#70Edward214US #88
#71Peter214US #89
#72Travis210US #66
#73Seth207US #97
#74Colin202US #134
#75Kenneth200US #72
#76Hunter190US #53
#77Brett188US #106
#78Cameron188US #49
#79Devon187US #119
#80Trevor184US #61
#81Ethan183US #75
#82Vincent183US #113
#83Cory182US #123
#84Dalton182US #87
#85Caleb178US #54
#86Dominic177US #138
#87Marcus176US #81
#88Alec165US #112
#89Ronald164US #146
#90Lucas162US #91
#91Raymond161US #124
#92Noah160US #99
#93Brendan159US #133
#94Bryan152US #70
#95Taylor148US #69
#96Garrett147US #80
#97Isaiah143US #109
#98Malik143US #131
#99Tanner143US #86
#100Elijah138US #93

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑38Sydney#54
↑33Madison#36
↑27Cheyenne#68
↑21Sierra#59
↑21Logan#59
↑20Rachael#78
↑19Haley#49
↑18Olivia#29

Falling

↓28Lindsay#98
↓23Briana#83
↓22Lindsey#84
↓21Jacqueline#95
↓20Kristen#63
↓20Bryan#94
↓18Michelle#62
↓15Trevor#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.