State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 128,894 Pennsylvania births in 1996 across 2,161 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#52Shane#112 nationally
#100Ronald#156 nationally
#73Colin#126 nationally
#83Dominic#135 nationally
#64Shawn#111 nationally
#86Brendan#131 nationally
#83Carly#126 nationally
#66Scott#108 nationally
#68Brett#110 nationally
#86Rachael#128 nationally
#59Alexa#100 nationally
#87Devon#127 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,307US #1
#2Sarah1,037US #4
#3Jessica1,003US #2
#4Samantha991US #5
#5Rachel898US #9
#6Ashley880US #3
#7Taylor832US #6
#8Amanda761US #13
#9Hannah749US #7
#10Megan732US #12
#11Alexis705US #8
#12Elizabeth677US #10
#13Kayla664US #11
#14Nicole658US #22
#15Lauren643US #16
#16Brittany626US #14
#17Rebecca591US #24
#18Brianna575US #17
#19Alyssa573US #23
#20Madison564US #15
#21Courtney558US #21
#22Victoria534US #18
#23Morgan510US #25
#24Alexandra498US #26
#25Danielle483US #29
#26Amber458US #27
#27Abigail439US #32
#28Olivia432US #34
#29Stephanie397US #20
#30Jennifer394US #19
#31Kaitlyn393US #40
#32Erin363US #51
#33Allison361US #38
#34Julia361US #48
#35Mary361US #44
#36Brooke357US #45
#37Kelsey350US #36
#38Anna340US #33
#39Gabrielle334US #54
#40Haley322US #30
#41Marissa315US #59
#42Paige306US #65
#43Katherine304US #31
#44Shannon297US #80
#45Sara295US #50
#46Natalie289US #46
#47Kelly279US #73
#48Jenna277US #83
#49Emma267US #53
#50Chelsea263US #55
#51Melissa263US #42
#52Katelyn259US #64
#53Laura257US #66
#54Jordan256US #49
#55Sydney255US #39
#56Christina254US #57
#57Tiffany240US #52
#58Cheyenne235US #68
#59Alexa232US #100
#60Kristen229US #70
#61Maria227US #37
#62Katie226US #81
#63Leah220US #98
#64Jasmine217US #28
#65Mackenzie216US #75
#66Sierra215US #62
#67Sabrina211US #58
#68Cassandra210US #89
#69Heather210US #71
#70Madeline210US #67
#71Erica209US #79
#72Angela208US #90
#73Shelby205US #35
#74Briana199US #72
#75Caroline199US #78
#76Miranda197US #76
#77Kimberly194US #41
#78Caitlin186US #84
#79Michelle186US #47
#80Kathryn184US #87
#81Mariah180US #63
#82Casey179US #121
#83Carly176US #126
#84Jamie176US #96
#85Breanna175US #74
#86Rachael170US #128
#87Meghan169US #113
#88Catherine167US #95
#89Destiny166US #56
#90Kylie164US #111
#91Molly164US #99
#92Alicia161US #91
#93Alexandria156US #77
#94Margaret153US #105
#95Lindsey150US #86
#96Lindsay149US #134
#97Savannah149US #43
#98Grace145US #94
#99Michaela144US #102
#100Jacqueline142US #69

Boys

#1Michael1,951US #1
#2Matthew1,749US #2
#3Tyler1,535US #7
#4Nicholas1,478US #6
#5Ryan1,241US #16
#6Joseph1,201US #12
#7Christopher1,197US #4
#8Zachary1,196US #14
#9Jacob1,194US #3
#10John1,157US #15
#11Joshua1,141US #5
#12Andrew1,137US #10
#13Daniel1,098US #11
#14Brandon1,090US #8
#15Austin995US #9
#16David986US #13
#17Anthony945US #19
#18James939US #17
#19Kyle851US #25
#20William825US #18
#21Justin823US #20
#22Robert823US #23
#23Alexander796US #22
#24Jonathan713US #21
#25Thomas701US #28
#26Benjamin698US #29
#27Eric598US #35
#28Dylan595US #33
#29Cody580US #31
#30Kevin578US #26
#31Jordan559US #27
#32Samuel535US #30
#33Nathan520US #37
#34Adam519US #39
#35Aaron501US #34
#36Brian491US #36
#37Patrick464US #44
#38Sean464US #46
#39Christian455US #24
#40Timothy453US #40
#41Steven446US #38
#42Richard405US #45
#43Jason397US #41
#44Mark385US #55
#45Stephen384US #59
#46Noah352US #50
#47Evan341US #65
#48Luke339US #75
#49Logan330US #42
#50Jesse329US #51
#51Connor315US #54
#52Shane312US #112
#53Charles311US #43
#54Jeremy305US #56
#55Ian294US #70
#56Jared287US #64
#57Dakota286US #58
#58Jeffrey280US #72
#59Alex269US #53
#60Devin268US #60
#61Gregory251US #98
#62Hunter249US #47
#63Paul249US #78
#64Shawn247US #111
#65Nathaniel242US #69
#66Scott239US #108
#67Derek238US #101
#68Brett233US #110
#69Cameron225US #49
#70Ethan217US #62
#71Edward216US #96
#72Bradley215US #83
#73Colin214US #126
#74Peter211US #95
#75Seth204US #103
#76Travis203US #73
#77Mitchell194US #88
#78Kenneth193US #77
#79Caleb191US #48
#80Vincent189US #116
#81Corey188US #94
#82Isaiah188US #71
#83Dominic176US #135
#84Elijah176US #81
#85Lucas173US #93
#86Brendan171US #131
#87Devon168US #127
#88Dustin163US #79
#89Marcus161US #87
#90Collin160US #115
#91Trevor158US #63
#92Dalton157US #99
#93Bryan154US #66
#94Tristan151US #68
#95Alec150US #117
#96Cole150US #106
#97Garrett150US #85
#98George148US #118
#99Chase146US #76
#100Ronald142US #156

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑46Noah#46
↑33Sabrina#67
↑20Mackenzie#65
↑20Madeline#70
↑19Jordan#54
↑18Mariah#81
↑17Emma#49
↑16Madison#20

Falling

↓20Dustin#88
↓19Miranda#76
↓17Michelle#79
↓17Corey#81
↓16Heather#69
↓16Alexandria#93
↓13Christina#56
↓12Kimberly#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.