State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,011 Pennsylvania births in 1998 across 2,268 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#76Carly#141 nationally
#60Colin#122 nationally
#58Shane#118 nationally
#63Meghan#121 nationally
#52Shannon#104 nationally
#98Casey#150 nationally
#67Shawn#113 nationally
#77Dominic#120 nationally
#65Leah#106 nationally
#78Devon#119 nationally
#84Scott#123 nationally
#93Collin#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,371US #1
#2Sarah936US #4
#3Samantha928US #3
#4Hannah841US #2
#5Madison834US #9
#6Taylor824US #7
#7Alexis821US #6
#8Ashley721US #5
#9Rachel710US #15
#10Alyssa692US #11
#11Jessica669US #8
#12Megan639US #13
#13Elizabeth600US #10
#14Kayla596US #12
#15Morgan563US #23
#16Lauren552US #14
#17Abigail548US #18
#18Amanda544US #19
#19Brianna536US #17
#20Nicole519US #24
#21Julia514US #32
#22Olivia504US #21
#23Victoria467US #16
#24Rebecca459US #30
#25Emma443US #22
#26Brittany426US #25
#27Allison402US #38
#28Anna376US #31
#29Alexandra373US #27
#30Kaitlyn371US #35
#31Amber354US #37
#32Paige348US #63
#33Courtney344US #39
#34Brooke342US #46
#35Gabrielle334US #47
#36Erin315US #57
#37Danielle314US #41
#38Jenna314US #65
#39Jordan289US #42
#40Mary289US #44
#41Haley286US #36
#42Jennifer282US #20
#43Sydney282US #28
#44Katherine273US #33
#45Natalie273US #40
#46Sierra273US #51
#47Grace255US #53
#48Sara253US #48
#49Mackenzie238US #64
#50Marissa237US #66
#51Kelsey234US #56
#52Shannon233US #104
#53Christina231US #69
#54Katelyn229US #58
#55Stephanie228US #29
#56Maria226US #43
#57Cheyenne220US #72
#58Madeline220US #50
#59Destiny215US #34
#60Jasmine214US #26
#61Katie204US #88
#62Alexa202US #93
#63Meghan199US #121
#64Caitlin192US #78
#65Leah191US #106
#66Kelly189US #90
#67Laura187US #74
#68Cassandra179US #85
#69Caroline177US #75
#70Miranda176US #80
#71Kathryn175US #89
#72Autumn174US #77
#73Tiffany169US #67
#74Heather162US #99
#75Savannah158US #45
#76Carly155US #141
#77Mikayla154US #82
#78Sophia154US #73
#79Cassidy153US #113
#80Melissa153US #59
#81Angela152US #100
#82Erica152US #92
#83Kimberly152US #54
#84Mariah152US #62
#85Kristen151US #102
#86Caitlyn150US #115
#87Breanna149US #76
#88Michaela149US #103
#89Shelby149US #49
#90Briana148US #79
#91Isabella146US #84
#92Margaret146US #114
#93Molly142US #108
#94Sabrina142US #68
#95Lindsey138US #97
#96Bailey136US #60
#97Hailey136US #70
#98Casey135US #150
#99Amy134US #96
#100Michelle134US #55

Boys

#1Michael1,804US #1
#2Matthew1,573US #3
#3Nicholas1,420US #6
#4Jacob1,414US #2
#5Tyler1,355US #8
#6Joshua1,165US #4
#7Ryan1,134US #17
#8Joseph1,080US #11
#9John1,069US #15
#10Zachary1,048US #16
#11Andrew1,019US #9
#12Austin997US #10
#13Christopher970US #5
#14Brandon950US #7
#15David881US #13
#16Daniel876US #12
#17Anthony833US #19
#18James826US #18
#19Kyle791US #24
#20William765US #14
#21Alexander764US #22
#22Justin762US #20
#23Robert732US #23
#24Dylan693US #25
#25Thomas653US #31
#26Benjamin640US #30
#27Noah629US #29
#28Jonathan586US #21
#29Nathan572US #34
#30Jordan545US #27
#31Samuel505US #28
#32Hunter491US #36
#33Kevin487US #32
#34Christian478US #26
#35Eric477US #39
#36Sean475US #50
#37Aaron457US #37
#38Brian426US #41
#39Ethan409US #38
#40Timothy402US #49
#41Adam398US #45
#42Jason380US #40
#43Jared367US #51
#44Cameron366US #35
#45Cody365US #43
#46Connor364US #47
#47Logan355US #44
#48Evan345US #63
#49Steven343US #46
#50Patrick333US #57
#51Charles310US #48
#52Richard300US #56
#53Stephen299US #78
#54Luke297US #75
#55Nathaniel294US #60
#56Mark291US #64
#57Ian267US #73
#58Shane267US #118
#59Alex263US #55
#60Colin263US #122
#61Trevor252US #58
#62Caleb246US #42
#63Dakota246US #72
#64Jeremy242US #68
#65Brendan240US #99
#66Isaiah229US #59
#67Shawn229US #113
#68Cole225US #77
#69Jeffrey220US #91
#70Devin216US #62
#71Jack211US #61
#72Paul211US #89
#73Edward207US #105
#74Jesse203US #70
#75Kenneth201US #87
#76Seth188US #86
#77Dominic183US #120
#78Devon180US #119
#79Elijah180US #66
#80Tanner180US #82
#81Derek179US #110
#82Gregory178US #109
#83Mason178US #83
#84Scott178US #123
#85Chase177US #67
#86Isaac177US #65
#87Dalton173US #88
#88Lucas170US #93
#89Mitchell167US #103
#90Garrett165US #80
#91Vincent164US #121
#92Alec163US #112
#93Collin161US #130
#94Corey161US #115
#95Bradley160US #101
#96Jake159US #102
#97Travis159US #98
#98Bryce155US #94
#99Gabriel153US #54
#100Brett152US #133

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑24Meghan#63
↑23Jack#71
↑22Caitlin#64
↑20Hunter#32
↑17Kimberly#83
↑17Cameron#44
↑16Grace#47
↑16Alexa#62

Falling

↓28Sabrina#94
↓23Melissa#80
↓20Angela#81
↓18Brett#100
↓17Stephanie#55
↓17Bradley#95
↓17Travis#97
↓16Laura#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.