State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 120,165 Pennsylvania births in 2001 across 2,376 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#61Gianna#185 nationally
#88Carly#176 nationally
#93Shannon#171 nationally
#56Shane#128 nationally
#91Meghan#159 nationally
#87Shawn#151 nationally
#77Lydia#140 nationally
#70Owen#130 nationally
#69Colin#125 nationally
#75Liam#131 nationally
#100Devon#147 nationally
#91Collin#136 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,118US #1
#2Madison1,086US #2
#3Hannah811US #3
#4Sarah800US #6
#5Abigail755US #8
#6Olivia746US #10
#7Samantha659US #7
#8Alexis644US #5
#9Elizabeth643US #9
#10Emma594US #13
#11Kayla594US #17
#12Taylor560US #12
#13Lauren559US #15
#14Alyssa557US #14
#15Julia544US #27
#16Grace521US #16
#17Jessica515US #11
#18Ashley505US #4
#19Morgan497US #29
#20Rachel491US #24
#21Brianna470US #18
#22Megan457US #20
#23Anna416US #19
#24Victoria400US #21
#25Sydney395US #23
#26Jenna376US #45
#27Mackenzie371US #40
#28Kaitlyn353US #31
#29Isabella352US #28
#30Amanda349US #39
#31Haley348US #34
#32Nicole323US #36
#33Hailey319US #33
#34Gabrielle308US #50
#35Erin303US #60
#36Paige303US #71
#37Rebecca303US #46
#38Mary302US #48
#39Destiny299US #22
#40Alexandra293US #38
#41Katherine290US #35
#42Sophia286US #37
#43Allison283US #44
#44Sierra272US #55
#45Chloe261US #30
#46Amber260US #51
#47Natalie260US #32
#48Brooke248US #57
#49Katelyn227US #52
#50Jordan225US #47
#51Sara217US #58
#52Alexa216US #78
#53Madeline208US #56
#54Danielle207US #63
#55Marissa200US #79
#56Autumn192US #72
#57Faith190US #53
#58Courtney185US #73
#59Jasmine184US #25
#60Jennifer183US #26
#61Gianna181US #185
#62Angelina180US #93
#63Leah179US #87
#64Zoe178US #65
#65Kylie177US #95
#66Caroline176US #62
#67Maria176US #41
#68Molly170US #90
#69Kathryn168US #97
#70Savannah167US #42
#71Catherine166US #81
#72Kaylee166US #66
#73Mia164US #76
#74Gabriella162US #83
#75Jada162US #75
#76Cassidy160US #107
#77Lydia160US #140
#78Caitlin157US #89
#79Riley156US #106
#80Stephanie155US #43
#81Christina153US #80
#82Katie146US #99
#83Makayla146US #54
#84Jillian145US #120
#85Margaret143US #118
#86Jade142US #98
#87Lindsey142US #105
#88Carly140US #176
#89Trinity140US #67
#90Lily138US #103
#91Meghan138US #159
#92Cheyenne137US #119
#93Shannon135US #171
#94Erica134US #129
#95Kelsey134US #100
#96Laura134US #86
#97Angela133US #77
#98Mikayla132US #109
#99Cassandra131US #122
#100Ava130US #132

Boys

#1Michael1,438US #2
#2Jacob1,311US #1
#3Matthew1,271US #3
#4Nicholas1,162US #6
#5Tyler1,054US #13
#6Joshua1,037US #4
#7Ryan1,034US #15
#8John990US #14
#9Joseph981US #8
#10Zachary932US #16
#11Andrew883US #7
#12Daniel831US #9
#13Christopher821US #5
#14Anthony804US #11
#15Dylan777US #21
#16Alexander742US #20
#17David714US #12
#18Brandon704US #18
#19Ethan678US #17
#20James671US #19
#21William664US #10
#22Benjamin652US #27
#23Nathan647US #31
#24Justin640US #22
#25Noah629US #28
#26Thomas609US #33
#27Austin592US #25
#28Robert575US #30
#29Samuel545US #26
#30Logan543US #29
#31Kyle507US #40
#32Christian496US #24
#33Jonathan471US #23
#34Hunter467US #36
#35Luke460US #50
#36Evan435US #56
#37Connor414US #49
#38Kevin404US #32
#39Cameron402US #35
#40Adam394US #51
#41Jordan385US #39
#42Sean382US #57
#43Jason370US #41
#44Aaron365US #42
#45Ian341US #70
#46Caleb335US #37
#47Eric335US #44
#48Jared335US #65
#49Mason322US #54
#50Brian318US #46
#51Timothy317US #67
#52Gabriel307US #38
#53Gavin307US #78
#54Patrick303US #72
#55Jack299US #48
#56Shane293US #128
#57Nathaniel290US #61
#58Cody288US #64
#59Cole285US #74
#60Elijah275US #45
#61Seth262US #68
#62Isaiah261US #43
#63Aidan254US #86
#64Charles252US #55
#65Alex249US #62
#66Dominic247US #106
#67Isaac244US #47
#68Steven243US #63
#69Colin234US #125
#70Owen223US #130
#71Richard222US #73
#72Stephen218US #102
#73Mark216US #84
#74Lucas215US #83
#75Liam208US #131
#76Devin204US #71
#77Chase203US #79
#78Paul191US #109
#79Bryce189US #92
#80Trevor179US #76
#81Blake178US #77
#82Jeremy174US #89
#83Dakota173US #93
#84Garrett169US #80
#85Vincent169US #121
#86Brendan168US #115
#87Shawn165US #151
#88Derek163US #132
#89Jake159US #100
#90Jesse157US #91
#91Collin156US #136
#92Jeffrey153US #119
#93Colby152US #99
#94Dalton150US #98
#95Tanner146US #101
#96Kenneth145US #97
#97Colton143US #118
#98Peter143US #133
#99Wyatt140US #107
#100Devon138US #147

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑29Gianna#61
↑27Aidan#63
↑26Gabriel#52
↑25Catherine#71
↑22Faith#57
↑21Zoe#64
↑19Riley#79
↑18Jada#75

Falling

↓27Cassandra#99
↓23Shannon#93
↓21Stephanie#80
↓19Cheyenne#92
↓18Caitlin#78
↓17Carly#88
↓16Christina#81
↓15Brooke#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.