State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,665 Pennsylvania births in 2002 across 2,402 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#54Gianna#163 nationally
#83Meghan#174 nationally
#82Shawn#152 nationally
#61Shane#130 nationally
#76Lydia#137 nationally
#90Brady#147 nationally
#77Margaret#129 nationally
#66Colin#116 nationally
#94Gage#140 nationally
#88Cassidy#131 nationally
#89Jeffrey#132 nationally
#66Kathryn#108 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,153US #1
#2Madison1,054US #2
#3Hannah811US #3
#4Sarah748US #8
#5Abigail744US #7
#6Olivia735US #10
#7Emma733US #4
#8Alexis639US #5
#9Elizabeth585US #11
#10Samantha570US #9
#11Grace540US #15
#12Lauren535US #13
#13Alyssa532US #12
#14Kayla523US #19
#15Rachel520US #24
#16Taylor509US #18
#17Isabella505US #14
#18Ashley503US #6
#19Morgan473US #29
#20Anna468US #20
#21Julia461US #33
#22Brianna441US #17
#23Megan409US #22
#24Jessica401US #16
#25Sydney388US #23
#26Mackenzie370US #42
#27Victoria358US #21
#28Haley346US #35
#29Sophia338US #27
#30Paige337US #51
#31Brooke305US #52
#32Hailey304US #31
#33Allison296US #44
#34Kaitlyn294US #32
#35Jenna287US #47
#36Nicole287US #37
#37Rebecca283US #54
#38Amanda282US #46
#39Chloe280US #25
#40Alexandra279US #38
#41Mary271US #49
#42Destiny270US #34
#43Gabrielle261US #66
#44Jordan260US #45
#45Natalie248US #30
#46Kylie243US #61
#47Ava233US #82
#48Sierra231US #62
#49Sara228US #59
#50Erin227US #72
#51Katherine226US #36
#52Mia223US #43
#53Amber220US #65
#54Gianna214US #163
#55Alexa205US #69
#56Riley204US #77
#57Faith203US #48
#58Katelyn198US #53
#59Madeline191US #56
#60Autumn189US #73
#61Zoe186US #60
#62Jasmine185US #26
#63Caroline184US #67
#64Aaliyah181US #64
#65Gabriella179US #76
#66Kathryn179US #108
#67Savannah179US #39
#68Angelina177US #74
#69Molly169US #107
#70Kaylee167US #57
#71Danielle164US #71
#72Lily163US #79
#73Leah162US #87
#74Marissa160US #99
#75Courtney157US #88
#76Lydia157US #137
#77Margaret156US #129
#78Maria156US #40
#79Makayla151US #50
#80Laura150US #105
#81Jennifer149US #28
#82Christina142US #97
#83Meghan140US #174
#84Jada139US #78
#85Lindsey139US #122
#86Jillian137US #125
#87Madelyn137US #120
#88Cassidy130US #131
#89Maya129US #90
#90Mikayla129US #124
#91Trinity128US #70
#92Ella127US #89
#93Stephanie127US #41
#94Angela126US #83
#95Jade125US #86
#96Claire123US #95
#97Lillian123US #96
#98Katie122US #103
#99Kelsey122US #118
#100Cheyenne118US #127

Boys

#1Michael1,352US #2
#2Jacob1,261US #1
#3Matthew1,172US #4
#4Nicholas1,040US #9
#5Ryan1,015US #16
#6Joshua997US #3
#7Joseph975US #7
#8Tyler966US #14
#9John902US #17
#10Andrew895US #6
#11Ethan856US #5
#12Zachary841US #19
#13Anthony800US #12
#14Daniel783US #10
#15Christopher723US #8
#16Alexander719US #15
#17David708US #13
#18Dylan701US #23
#19James670US #18
#20William661US #11
#21Nathan652US #28
#22Logan646US #29
#23Brandon623US #20
#24Justin618US #22
#25Benjamin589US #27
#26Austin588US #26
#27Samuel576US #25
#28Noah524US #31
#29Robert524US #34
#30Thomas505US #36
#31Luke502US #46
#32Kyle495US #40
#33Jonathan491US #21
#34Hunter487US #38
#35Christian470US #24
#36Connor419US #47
#37Sean403US #59
#38Evan391US #56
#39Jason387US #42
#40Jordan383US #37
#41Caleb379US #35
#42Gavin375US #61
#43Aaron369US #43
#44Gabriel368US #32
#45Kevin368US #33
#46Jack358US #44
#47Cameron355US #39
#48Aidan346US #60
#49Mason340US #53
#50Adam337US #55
#51Eric329US #52
#52Ian329US #67
#53Elijah317US #41
#54Brian305US #51
#55Nathaniel300US #62
#56Isaiah296US #45
#57Timothy292US #70
#58Cole285US #69
#59Owen284US #94
#60Dominic282US #83
#61Shane273US #130
#62Patrick260US #79
#63Alex258US #63
#64Charles257US #58
#65Isaac245US #48
#66Colin236US #116
#67Steven236US #68
#68Jared234US #84
#69Cody230US #71
#70Seth227US #72
#71Chase215US #82
#72Lucas212US #75
#73Richard212US #77
#74Trevor197US #81
#75Bryce195US #97
#76Devin190US #74
#77Mark189US #93
#78Liam187US #113
#79Jackson183US #50
#80Jeremy181US #95
#81Dakota180US #107
#82Shawn179US #152
#83Brendan178US #124
#84Jake173US #102
#85Riley170US #99
#86Stephen170US #114
#87Blake168US #76
#88Garrett168US #91
#89Jeffrey166US #132
#90Brady161US #147
#91Vincent156US #123
#92Paul148US #118
#93Edward144US #119
#94Gage140US #140
#95Jaden140US #87
#96Julian140US #78
#97Jeremiah136US #86
#98Aiden134US #135
#99Antonio134US #85
#100Tanner134US #112

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑53Ava#47
↑23Riley#56
↑21Mia#52
↑19Kylie#46
↑18Lily#72
↑17Brooke#31
↑16Laura#80
↑15Aidan#48

Falling

↓21Jennifer#81
↓20Jared#68
↓19Marissa#74
↓17Danielle#71
↓17Courtney#75
↓16Katie#98
↓15Erin#50
↓14Stephen#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.