State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 124,256 Pennsylvania births in 1997 across 2,205 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#82Casey#146 nationally
#74Carly#137 nationally
#95Rachael#154 nationally
#56Shane#114 nationally
#68Colin#125 nationally
#75Dominic#129 nationally
#64Shawn#109 nationally
#43Shannon#85 nationally
#67Derek#106 nationally
#84Collin#122 nationally
#72Brendan#107 nationally
#79Scott#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,301US #1
#2Sarah956US #4
#3Samantha953US #6
#4Taylor945US #7
#5Jessica826US #2
#6Hannah740US #5
#7Rachel738US #13
#8Alexis735US #8
#9Ashley731US #3
#10Elizabeth670US #9
#11Megan670US #11
#12Kayla642US #12
#13Amanda641US #16
#14Alyssa620US #15
#15Madison606US #10
#16Lauren588US #14
#17Nicole562US #21
#18Brianna541US #17
#19Rebecca525US #25
#20Morgan512US #22
#21Brittany506US #20
#22Olivia502US #27
#23Abigail496US #26
#24Victoria481US #19
#25Julia429US #37
#26Courtney418US #28
#27Alexandra403US #30
#28Amber383US #29
#29Danielle357US #34
#30Brooke354US #45
#31Allison343US #39
#32Kaitlyn333US #41
#33Jennifer332US #18
#34Anna324US #33
#35Erin320US #52
#36Gabrielle320US #51
#37Haley312US #31
#38Stephanie310US #23
#39Mary305US #46
#40Emma297US #36
#41Paige296US #64
#42Katherine294US #32
#43Shannon292US #85
#44Marissa287US #60
#45Sara285US #50
#46Jenna279US #76
#47Jordan276US #40
#48Sydney266US #35
#49Kelsey262US #57
#50Katelyn257US #63
#51Laura252US #66
#52Kelly247US #83
#53Natalie244US #48
#54Mackenzie229US #71
#55Sierra225US #56
#56Jasmine220US #24
#57Melissa220US #44
#58Christina218US #62
#59Maria217US #38
#60Cheyenne212US #68
#61Angela207US #93
#62Miranda205US #70
#63Grace202US #69
#64Madeline200US #59
#65Katie199US #87
#66Sabrina195US #53
#67Kathryn190US #86
#68Cassandra189US #81
#69Autumn187US #91
#70Erica186US #84
#71Leah186US #104
#72Tiffany186US #61
#73Destiny185US #42
#74Carly183US #137
#75Caroline179US #75
#76Kristen177US #82
#77Shelby177US #43
#78Alexa170US #106
#79Heather167US #90
#80Briana166US #72
#81Catherine166US #96
#82Casey165US #146
#83Amy163US #92
#84Molly163US #98
#85Mariah160US #67
#86Caitlin158US #88
#87Meghan158US #113
#88Chelsea156US #73
#89Savannah154US #47
#90Monica151US #79
#91Dominique148US #118
#92Margaret147US #110
#93Lindsey146US #95
#94Michelle146US #55
#95Rachael146US #154
#96Michaela144US #100
#97Alexandria142US #78
#98Bailey140US #65
#99Jamie140US #103
#100Kimberly139US #49

Boys

#1Michael1,795US #1
#2Matthew1,679US #3
#3Nicholas1,518US #6
#4Jacob1,389US #2
#5Tyler1,362US #10
#6Joshua1,153US #5
#7Ryan1,151US #16
#8Zachary1,128US #13
#9Joseph1,127US #12
#10Andrew1,124US #7
#11John1,077US #15
#12Brandon1,028US #8
#13Christopher1,010US #4
#14Daniel964US #11
#15James927US #17
#16Austin916US #9
#17Anthony872US #18
#18David871US #14
#19Justin819US #20
#20Robert782US #23
#21Kyle779US #24
#22William776US #19
#23Alexander709US #22
#24Thomas683US #31
#25Benjamin643US #29
#26Jonathan631US #21
#27Dylan590US #30
#28Kevin578US #28
#29Jordan546US #26
#30Samuel543US #27
#31Eric516US #35
#32Nathan510US #34
#33Brian459US #37
#34Noah458US #38
#35Sean454US #48
#36Christian444US #25
#37Aaron437US #33
#38Adam435US #39
#39Cody428US #36
#40Timothy420US #43
#41Patrick393US #50
#42Jason361US #41
#43Connor345US #52
#44Steven341US #40
#45Logan332US #42
#46Evan329US #61
#47Stephen329US #68
#48Jared325US #56
#49Mark325US #58
#50Richard320US #51
#51Charles302US #49
#52Hunter302US #44
#53Ian302US #70
#54Luke288US #78
#55Ethan281US #46
#56Shane274US #114
#57Devin260US #59
#58Nathaniel256US #65
#59Jeremy254US #64
#60Alex250US #55
#61Cameron242US #45
#62Dakota242US #66
#63Jeffrey235US #84
#64Shawn234US #109
#65Paul233US #79
#66Caleb220US #47
#67Derek218US #106
#68Colin215US #125
#69Isaiah211US #60
#70Jesse210US #63
#71Trevor209US #62
#72Brendan207US #107
#73Peter206US #102
#74Cole204US #72
#75Dominic202US #129
#76Seth198US #97
#77Gregory197US #103
#78Bradley196US #94
#79Scott190US #113
#80Travis183US #81
#81Lucas182US #98
#82Brett176US #116
#83Edward175US #100
#84Collin174US #122
#85Mitchell173US #96
#86Devon171US #119
#87Corey169US #110
#88Kenneth169US #83
#89Vincent167US #118
#90Garrett164US #85
#91Elijah162US #74
#92Dalton161US #90
#93Tanner160US #82
#94Jack154US #76
#95Jake151US #101
#96Chase147US #77
#97Isaac147US #73
#98Gabriel146US #57
#99Dustin145US #88
#100Bryan144US #69

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑35Grace#63
↑22Cole#74
↑20Trevor#71
↑16Destiny#73
↑15Ethan#55
↑14Miranda#62
↑14Brendan#72
↑13Kathryn#67

Falling

↓38Chelsea#88
↓23Kimberly#100
↓20Jesse#70
↓19Alexa#78
↓16Kristen#76
↓16Gregory#77
↓15Tiffany#72
↓15Michelle#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.