State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,837 Pennsylvania births in 2004 across 2,566 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#90Sadie#194 nationally
#83Carly#177 nationally
#77Shane#165 nationally
#44Gianna#124 nationally
#89Shawn#169 nationally
#92Delaney#169 nationally
#95Jillian#152 nationally
#84Stephen#140 nationally
#96Jeffrey#149 nationally
#74Lydia#126 nationally
#85Rylee#136 nationally
#99Brendan#150 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,025US #1
#2Emma1,008US #2
#3Madison951US #3
#4Olivia830US #4
#5Abigail684US #6
#6Hannah661US #5
#7Grace621US #13
#8Sarah603US #12
#9Isabella599US #7
#10Alexis554US #11
#11Elizabeth509US #10
#12Samantha506US #9
#13Ava459US #25
#14Alyssa452US #14
#15Sophia423US #15
#16Anna417US #20
#17Lauren417US #16
#18Julia413US #32
#19Kayla401US #18
#20Taylor399US #22
#21Brianna379US #17
#22Rachel379US #34
#23Morgan378US #31
#24Ashley372US #8
#25Paige370US #51
#26Mackenzie341US #45
#27Hailey335US #24
#28Victoria328US #28
#29Megan326US #36
#30Ella319US #29
#31Sydney318US #27
#32Brooke306US #46
#33Natalie300US #19
#34Jessica298US #21
#35Chloe296US #23
#36Riley289US #58
#37Kaitlyn286US #33
#38Mia267US #30
#39Kylie263US #49
#40Alexandra256US #37
#41Leah249US #64
#42Allison247US #40
#43Jenna247US #56
#44Gianna244US #124
#45Rebecca233US #70
#46Destiny229US #38
#47Haley228US #44
#48Nicole228US #43
#49Amanda227US #67
#50Faith226US #52
#51Mary226US #62
#52Kaylee224US #50
#53Gabrielle222US #73
#54Sara221US #68
#55Madeline218US #63
#56Katherine215US #35
#57Lily215US #53
#58Angelina204US #60
#59Alexa195US #72
#60Erin195US #95
#61Autumn192US #82
#62Zoe190US #54
#63Marissa187US #78
#64Jasmine183US #26
#65Trinity181US #48
#66Jordan178US #71
#67Makayla177US #47
#68Gabriella176US #76
#69Katelyn176US #59
#70Molly171US #97
#71Lillian165US #65
#72Sierra165US #92
#73Maria162US #42
#74Lydia161US #126
#75Amber159US #87
#76Kathryn157US #122
#77Caroline156US #74
#78Danielle151US #91
#79Savannah150US #41
#80Madelyn148US #111
#81Maya147US #83
#82Katie143US #102
#83Carly140US #177
#84Nevaeh136US #104
#85Rylee136US #136
#86Jada129US #81
#87Mya127US #116
#88Aaliyah125US #94
#89Courtney125US #121
#90Sadie121US #194
#91Kylee119US #141
#92Delaney117US #169
#93Margaret116US #133
#94Amelia113US #96
#95Jillian113US #152
#96Arianna112US #86
#97Kelly111US #138
#98Claire109US #99
#99Sofia109US #69
#100Catherine108US #103

Boys

#1Michael1,243US #2
#2Jacob1,101US #1
#3Ryan1,073US #12
#4Matthew1,052US #4
#5Nicholas947US #13
#6Joshua911US #3
#7Tyler870US #16
#8Joseph863US #9
#9Ethan835US #5
#10Andrew833US #6
#11Anthony827US #11
#12John794US #17
#13Alexander762US #15
#14Christopher689US #10
#15Daniel687US #7
#16Zachary686US #26
#17Dylan685US #19
#18Logan678US #27
#19Benjamin663US #25
#20William658US #8
#21Nathan654US #20
#22James638US #18
#23David631US #14
#24Aidan547US #40
#25Luke526US #41
#26Justin522US #30
#27Evan514US #39
#28Connor512US #38
#29Brandon493US #22
#30Noah493US #29
#31Thomas487US #37
#32Samuel478US #23
#33Robert474US #36
#34Austin461US #35
#35Gavin447US #52
#36Owen426US #67
#37Christian423US #24
#38Sean417US #64
#39Jonathan416US #21
#40Mason402US #51
#41Kyle395US #55
#42Jack390US #42
#43Elijah383US #31
#44Aiden372US #60
#45Hunter371US #49
#46Caleb343US #33
#47Gabriel342US #32
#48Jason338US #47
#49Adam336US #58
#50Kevin331US #34
#51Isaiah328US #45
#52Cameron321US #50
#53Colin318US #85
#54Dominic305US #91
#55Ian304US #69
#56Cole284US #75
#57Jordan284US #43
#58Brian282US #59
#59Aaron277US #53
#60Eric277US #61
#61Lucas274US #66
#62Nathaniel266US #68
#63Jayden258US #62
#64Liam255US #112
#65Alex253US #63
#66Isaac242US #46
#67Chase239US #82
#68Timothy239US #79
#69Charles231US #56
#70Jackson222US #48
#71Patrick222US #100
#72Seth205US #80
#73Steven197US #78
#74Wyatt195US #90
#75Cody188US #84
#76Richard188US #92
#77Shane185US #165
#78Jaden179US #83
#79Brayden174US #107
#80Ashton173US #76
#81Bryce173US #108
#82Brady171US #122
#83Carter170US #89
#84Stephen168US #140
#85Julian166US #74
#86Mark160US #113
#87Vincent159US #121
#88Jeremy158US #111
#89Shawn157US #169
#90Devin156US #81
#91Riley155US #106
#92Xavier153US #88
#93Jake152US #98
#94Collin149US #130
#95Edward149US #129
#96Jeffrey149US #149
#97Hayden146US #87
#98Jesse146US #94
#99Brendan145US #150
#100Landon145US #86

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑21Ella#30
↑21Marissa#63
↑19Ava#13
↑17Carter#83
↑16Kaylee#52
↑16Nevaeh#84
↑16Jayden#63
↑14Leah#41

Falling

↓26Jordan#66
↓16Jake#93
↓15Danielle#78
↓15Catherine#100
↓14Aaron#59
↓14Mark#86
↓12Gabrielle#53
↓11Caroline#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.