State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 123,976 Pennsylvania births in 1999 across 2,285 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#89Rachael#187 nationally
#90Owen#153 nationally
#70Meghan#127 nationally
#62Shannon#118 nationally
#64Colin#119 nationally
#87Liam#141 nationally
#58Shane#110 nationally
#71Shawn#117 nationally
#61Leah#103 nationally
#76Dominic#118 nationally
#92Collin#130 nationally
#77Derek#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,241US #1
#2Sarah951US #4
#3Hannah869US #2
#4Madison852US #7
#5Alexis838US #3
#6Samantha791US #5
#7Taylor720US #8
#8Ashley688US #6
#9Elizabeth668US #10
#10Rachel661US #19
#11Kayla652US #13
#12Jessica641US #9
#13Lauren633US #12
#14Megan604US #15
#15Alyssa587US #11
#16Olivia570US #20
#17Abigail540US #18
#18Brianna535US #14
#19Morgan534US #24
#20Julia526US #30
#21Amanda500US #22
#22Emma478US #17
#23Victoria468US #16
#24Nicole455US #25
#25Rebecca423US #38
#26Grace381US #27
#27Kaitlyn379US #33
#28Sydney354US #23
#29Haley353US #31
#30Alexandra349US #32
#31Anna343US #29
#32Gabrielle339US #46
#33Brooke338US #47
#34Paige329US #67
#35Jenna327US #61
#36Allison324US #40
#37Mary320US #45
#38Brittany317US #35
#39Natalie312US #34
#40Mackenzie308US #52
#41Courtney294US #44
#42Danielle290US #43
#43Erin290US #58
#44Amber285US #41
#45Sierra285US #49
#46Destiny279US #28
#47Sara261US #50
#48Katherine250US #36
#49Marissa227US #73
#50Stephanie227US #37
#51Autumn222US #77
#52Katelyn217US #55
#53Kelsey213US #72
#54Jennifer212US #21
#55Maria212US #39
#56Jasmine209US #26
#57Alexa206US #89
#58Isabella206US #60
#59Sophia204US #53
#60Jordan202US #48
#61Leah199US #103
#62Shannon196US #118
#63Madeline194US #70
#64Kaylee193US #69
#65Cassandra192US #87
#66Christina189US #75
#67Kathryn188US #91
#68Laura185US #81
#69Cassidy178US #99
#70Meghan175US #127
#71Cheyenne173US #84
#72Hailey173US #54
#73Caroline167US #71
#74Miranda163US #94
#75Margaret162US #110
#76Katie161US #92
#77Molly160US #102
#78Kiara159US #78
#79Kelly157US #95
#80Caitlin154US #93
#81Chloe152US #63
#82Melissa152US #64
#83Mariah150US #68
#84Michelle145US #56
#85Sabrina142US #88
#86Savannah142US #42
#87Mikayla141US #85
#88Erica139US #106
#89Rachael139US #187
#90Kylie138US #109
#91Shelby137US #62
#92Alexandria135US #83
#93Briana135US #82
#94Bailey134US #65
#95Catherine132US #98
#96Faith132US #76
#97Gabriella132US #107
#98Makayla132US #66
#99Breanna131US #74
#100Heather131US #112

Boys

#1Michael1,644US #2
#2Matthew1,507US #3
#3Nicholas1,381US #5
#4Jacob1,378US #1
#5Ryan1,251US #12
#6Tyler1,187US #10
#7Joshua1,151US #4
#8Joseph1,111US #8
#9Zachary1,075US #17
#10John1,012US #15
#11Andrew941US #7
#12Brandon930US #11
#13Daniel930US #9
#14Christopher902US #6
#15Austin895US #13
#16Anthony832US #18
#17David810US #16
#18Justin802US #20
#19William758US #14
#20Alexander745US #21
#21James738US #19
#22Dylan729US #23
#23Kyle713US #28
#24Noah656US #24
#25Robert651US #26
#26Benjamin645US #29
#27Thomas634US #31
#28Nathan627US #32
#29Jonathan524US #22
#30Samuel505US #27
#31Christian483US #25
#32Jordan476US #30
#33Hunter469US #36
#34Kevin442US #34
#35Cameron441US #33
#36Sean434US #56
#37Jason419US #40
#38Ethan414US #37
#39Adam405US #44
#40Eric405US #39
#41Evan402US #57
#42Logan390US #42
#43Aaron385US #38
#44Jared384US #54
#45Timothy380US #49
#46Connor376US #48
#47Luke370US #67
#48Patrick333US #63
#49Brian322US #43
#50Cody313US #45
#51Charles312US #50
#52Nathaniel291US #62
#53Stephen289US #85
#54Ian287US #72
#55Richard281US #61
#56Mark280US #69
#57Caleb278US #41
#58Shane278US #110
#59Steven278US #47
#60Cole273US #75
#61Isaiah268US #51
#62Seth268US #65
#63Alex263US #58
#64Colin242US #119
#65Jack236US #52
#66Dakota234US #77
#67Trevor231US #66
#68Mason225US #71
#69Brendan224US #96
#70Devin220US #68
#71Shawn218US #117
#72Elijah215US #60
#73Jeremy215US #81
#74Chase202US #76
#75Bryce198US #93
#76Dominic197US #118
#77Derek189US #113
#78Paul189US #94
#79Gabriel182US #53
#80Jesse182US #82
#81Garrett181US #78
#82Isaac180US #64
#83Dalton179US #86
#84Tanner178US #87
#85Edward169US #103
#86Vincent168US #121
#87Liam167US #141
#88Lucas167US #90
#89Jeffrey165US #100
#90Owen165US #153
#91Gavin163US #101
#92Collin162US #130
#93Peter160US #105
#94Bradley158US #104
#95Devon156US #125
#96Gregory154US #122
#97Mitchell153US #112
#98Jake149US #97
#99Travis145US #102
#100Marcus144US #98

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑33Isabella#58
↑25Hailey#72
↑23Bryce#75
↑21Grace#26
↑21Autumn#51
↑20Gabriel#79
↑19Sophia#59
↑17Margaret#75

Falling

↓26Heather#100
↓21Jordan#60
↓20Jeffrey#89
↓17Devon#95
↓16Caitlin#80
↓15Katie#76
↓14Cheyenne#71
↓14Gregory#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.