State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,621 Pennsylvania births in 2005 across 2,637 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#96Cassidy#189 nationally
#84Shane#166 nationally
#94Shawn#174 nationally
#97Brendan#176 nationally
#39Gianna#110 nationally
#68Kathryn#125 nationally
#93Ciara#149 nationally
#69Lydia#119 nationally
#96Stephen#143 nationally
#97Mikayla#142 nationally
#87Rylee#128 nationally
#64Liam#104 nationally

Girls

#1Emily891US #1
#2Emma870US #2
#3Madison864US #3
#4Olivia793US #5
#5Abigail727US #4
#6Ava726US #9
#7Isabella619US #6
#8Hannah606US #7
#9Sarah581US #15
#10Grace579US #14
#11Samantha527US #8
#12Alexis514US #13
#13Elizabeth470US #11
#14Sophia469US #12
#15Lauren415US #21
#16Julia412US #31
#17Kayla404US #25
#18Alyssa397US #16
#19Ella389US #23
#20Anna388US #22
#21Hailey350US #26
#22Brianna347US #20
#23Chloe346US #19
#24Morgan345US #33
#25Natalie333US #18
#26Mia332US #17
#27Ashley324US #10
#28Rachel318US #38
#29Brooke315US #47
#30Paige304US #60
#31Sydney304US #30
#32Riley300US #54
#33Taylor294US #24
#34Mackenzie290US #51
#35Jessica284US #27
#36Gabrielle277US #55
#37Megan272US #41
#38Victoria264US #28
#39Gianna256US #110
#40Kaitlyn255US #34
#41Lily249US #39
#42Angelina247US #43
#43Kylie245US #57
#44Allison242US #45
#45Jenna238US #62
#46Destiny236US #32
#47Alexandra230US #37
#48Gabriella224US #61
#49Leah222US #68
#50Faith219US #49
#51Kaylee216US #40
#52Savannah215US #35
#53Haley210US #53
#54Katherine209US #36
#55Mary204US #72
#56Katelyn200US #59
#57Makayla199US #44
#58Nevaeh196US #69
#59Zoe196US #58
#60Amanda193US #79
#61Alexa185US #66
#62Rebecca185US #81
#63Molly182US #97
#64Madeline179US #70
#65Lillian173US #50
#66Sara166US #75
#67Caroline163US #83
#68Kathryn163US #125
#69Lydia162US #119
#70Jasmine161US #29
#71Avery159US #67
#72Trinity159US #48
#73Maya156US #73
#74Amelia154US #84
#75Jada154US #76
#76Nicole153US #56
#77Autumn151US #90
#78Jordan147US #86
#79Madelyn146US #107
#80Marissa145US #91
#81Katie144US #99
#82Maria144US #46
#83Danielle141US #102
#84Erin139US #112
#85Aaliyah130US #93
#86Jocelyn128US #87
#87Rylee127US #128
#88Amber126US #101
#89Sierra123US #105
#90Sofia123US #52
#91Catherine122US #109
#92Arianna119US #88
#93Ciara119US #149
#94Jennifer118US #42
#95Mariah118US #85
#96Cassidy116US #189
#97Mikayla111US #142
#98Mya111US #98
#99Audrey110US #77
#100Claire109US #95

Boys

#1Michael1,113US #2
#2Jacob1,005US #1
#3Matthew999US #4
#4Ryan965US #14
#5Nicholas940US #15
#6Joseph872US #9
#7Joshua856US #3
#8Ethan853US #5
#9Tyler834US #16
#10Andrew825US #6
#11John779US #18
#12Anthony760US #8
#13Daniel732US #7
#14Alexander710US #13
#15Nathan700US #20
#16Logan671US #26
#17Benjamin664US #25
#18James656US #17
#19Christopher640US #10
#20Zachary624US #29
#21Dylan613US #24
#22William608US #11
#23David595US #12
#24Noah575US #23
#25Luke540US #41
#26Connor537US #48
#27Evan525US #39
#28Aidan512US #43
#29Samuel509US #21
#30Robert491US #37
#31Gavin471US #47
#32Thomas469US #40
#33Owen455US #60
#34Mason452US #42
#35Christian448US #22
#36Aiden414US #50
#37Jack412US #34
#38Brandon409US #27
#39Jonathan406US #19
#40Austin404US #38
#41Gabriel402US #28
#42Justin396US #36
#43Jason369US #51
#44Caleb364US #35
#45Elijah358US #31
#46Hunter341US #53
#47Kyle339US #69
#48Sean336US #75
#49Chase331US #82
#50Jordan322US #46
#51Isaiah321US #45
#52Lucas321US #58
#53Cole319US #79
#54Ian318US #68
#55Cameron315US #52
#56Kevin314US #33
#57Dominic304US #85
#58Jayden304US #54
#59Colin293US #95
#60Charles289US #56
#61Adam285US #64
#62Aaron275US #57
#63Nathaniel270US #67
#64Liam261US #104
#65Jackson257US #44
#66Eric251US #66
#67Isaac247US #49
#68Patrick247US #108
#69Brayden243US #80
#70Brian238US #63
#71Carter233US #77
#72Alex230US #71
#73Timothy227US #84
#74Landon220US #61
#75Brady213US #110
#76Wyatt209US #81
#77Seth199US #91
#78Steven199US #83
#79Hayden198US #76
#80Richard196US #94
#81Vincent196US #111
#82Bryce190US #109
#83Cody190US #96
#84Shane190US #166
#85Jaden181US #88
#86Jake176US #103
#87Xavier170US #87
#88Julian167US #74
#89Antonio160US #92
#90Caden158US #98
#91Devin158US #90
#92Jesse156US #89
#93Jeremiah155US #78
#94Shawn155US #174
#95Riley150US #106
#96Stephen149US #143
#97Brendan147US #176
#98Jose146US #30
#99Blake145US #99
#100Mark144US #114

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑27Savannah#52
↑26Nevaeh#58
↑26Landon#74
↑20Gabriella#48
↑20Amelia#74
↑18Chase#49
↑18Hayden#79
↑17Gabrielle#36

Falling

↓28Nicole#76
↓24Erin#84
↓17Rebecca#62
↓17Marissa#80
↓17Sierra#89
↓16Autumn#77
↓16Justin#42
↓14Mark#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.