State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 123,810 Pennsylvania births in 2000 across 2,390 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#90Giannaoutside the national top 200
#71Carly#169 nationally
#70Shannon#152 nationally
#76Owen#145 nationally
#99Brett#163 nationally
#54Shane#116 nationally
#87Lydia#147 nationally
#59Colin#117 nationally
#78Meghan#134 nationally
#82Shawn#135 nationally
#69Dominic#118 nationally
#100Corey#149 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,174US #1
#2Madison998US #3
#3Hannah923US #2
#4Sarah825US #5
#5Alexis759US #6
#6Samantha702US #7
#7Taylor679US #10
#8Lauren672US #11
#9Olivia657US #16
#10Alyssa640US #12
#11Jessica626US #8
#12Abigail612US #14
#13Elizabeth609US #9
#14Ashley604US #4
#15Kayla580US #13
#16Rachel561US #21
#17Brianna549US #15
#18Megan544US #18
#19Julia524US #29
#20Emma518US #17
#21Morgan505US #25
#22Grace457US #19
#23Victoria429US #20
#24Anna413US #22
#25Amanda402US #32
#26Kaitlyn399US #30
#27Haley384US #28
#28Nicole380US #31
#29Rebecca374US #39
#30Sydney358US #23
#31Gabrielle338US #49
#32Mackenzie331US #43
#33Brooke328US #51
#34Alexandra324US #36
#35Mary313US #46
#36Destiny308US #24
#37Erin303US #61
#38Paige302US #69
#39Jenna296US #63
#40Hailey294US #35
#41Natalie285US #34
#42Isabella282US #45
#43Allison281US #44
#44Sierra273US #53
#45Sara265US #57
#46Sophia262US #42
#47Courtney257US #59
#48Katherine256US #33
#49Danielle254US #48
#50Chloe245US #38
#51Jennifer238US #26
#52Amber234US #47
#53Alexa232US #87
#54Brittany224US #60
#55Jordan223US #50
#56Katelyn223US #54
#57Madeline220US #56
#58Jasmine211US #27
#59Stephanie203US #40
#60Caitlin201US #76
#61Leah201US #97
#62Caroline199US #65
#63Maria196US #41
#64Marissa191US #78
#65Christina186US #73
#66Autumn180US #77
#67Kathryn177US #89
#68Savannah175US #37
#69Molly174US #96
#70Shannon168US #152
#71Carly167US #169
#72Cassandra166US #100
#73Cheyenne166US #99
#74Cassidy165US #107
#75Kylie164US #104
#76Kaylee162US #72
#77Lindsey158US #103
#78Meghan157US #134
#79Faith154US #66
#80Gabriella154US #98
#81Kelsey154US #88
#82Katie153US #95
#83Kelly149US #111
#84Laura147US #85
#85Zoe144US #82
#86Mia141US #93
#87Lydia139US #147
#88Michelle139US #52
#89Mikayla139US #108
#90Gianna137
#91Makayla137US #67
#92Trinity135US #74
#93Jada134US #84
#94Bailey133US #68
#95Angela132US #79
#96Catherine132US #81
#97Mariah131US #75
#98Riley129US #131
#99Claire128US #86
#100Erica128US #102

Boys

#1Michael1,491US #2
#2Jacob1,378US #1
#3Matthew1,374US #3
#4Nicholas1,285US #6
#5Ryan1,162US #13
#6Tyler1,108US #10
#7Joshua1,080US #4
#8Joseph1,044US #8
#9John1,022US #14
#10Zachary962US #15
#11Andrew934US #7
#12Christopher897US #5
#13Anthony848US #17
#14Daniel799US #9
#15Brandon790US #12
#16Alexander775US #20
#17Dylan766US #24
#18James755US #18
#19Justin727US #19
#20William719US #11
#21David710US #16
#22Austin674US #23
#23Benjamin671US #26
#24Nathan654US #30
#25Noah633US #27
#26Kyle621US #37
#27Robert620US #29
#28Thomas614US #33
#29Ethan550US #25
#30Samuel539US #28
#31Hunter538US #35
#32Christian523US #22
#33Jonathan521US #21
#34Cameron469US #31
#35Luke452US #59
#36Kevin426US #32
#37Sean421US #57
#38Logan418US #40
#39Eric412US #42
#40Jordan411US #36
#41Evan393US #55
#42Adam376US #45
#43Connor374US #50
#44Patrick373US #68
#45Jared359US #56
#46Jason357US #39
#47Aaron347US #41
#48Brian328US #43
#49Timothy323US #58
#50Cole305US #71
#51Ian300US #73
#52Nathaniel298US #61
#53Steven298US #54
#54Shane294US #116
#55Jack292US #46
#56Charles287US #51
#57Richard284US #65
#58Caleb282US #38
#59Colin281US #117
#60Isaiah262US #47
#61Seth261US #63
#62Mason258US #64
#63Mark257US #79
#64Stephen257US #95
#65Cody255US #60
#66Elijah253US #52
#67Devin249US #69
#68Alex236US #62
#69Dominic234US #118
#70Isaac219US #53
#71Gavin213US #85
#72Trevor207US #75
#73Chase205US #77
#74Bryce203US #92
#75Dakota203US #88
#76Owen202US #145
#77Garrett198US #74
#78Gabriel189US #44
#79Jeremy186US #84
#80Lucas186US #83
#81Brendan179US #101
#82Shawn175US #135
#83Edward170US #108
#84Tanner170US #93
#85Jeffrey169US #104
#86Dalton168US #91
#87Paul168US #100
#88Derek167US #121
#89Kenneth167US #94
#90Aidan166US #114
#91Jake163US #96
#92Jesse159US #90
#93Liam159US #140
#94Vincent155US #120
#95Devon151US #133
#96Blake146US #80
#97Collin146US #128
#98Peter145US #125
#99Brett144US #163
#100Corey144US #149

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑32Hailey#40
↑31Chloe#50
↑20Caitlin#60
↑20Gavin#71
↑18Savannah#68
↑17Faith#79
↑17Gabriella#80
↑16Isabella#42

Falling

↓28Kelsey#81
↓16Brittany#54
↓16Laura#84
↓15Marissa#64
↓15Autumn#66
↓15Cody#65
↓14Mariah#97
↓12Kaylee#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.