State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 119,829 Pennsylvania births in 2006 across 2,697 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#97Cassidy#199 nationally
#83Shane#179 nationally
#89Stephen#164 nationally
#25Gianna#98 nationally
#97Shawn#168 nationally
#96Margaret#160 nationally
#71Erin#131 nationally
#73Lydia#130 nationally
#87Kathryn#143 nationally
#95Braden#143 nationally
#64Colin#111 nationally
#90Rylee#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ava872US #5
#2Emily821US #1
#3Emma805US #2
#4Madison801US #3
#5Olivia784US #7
#6Isabella719US #4
#7Abigail678US #6
#8Hannah568US #8
#9Sarah554US #15
#10Alexis550US #14
#11Sophia531US #9
#12Grace522US #16
#13Elizabeth498US #11
#14Samantha446US #10
#15Kayla439US #26
#16Julia407US #31
#17Ella397US #21
#18Alyssa394US #19
#19Lauren379US #24
#20Anna372US #22
#21Mia360US #13
#22Chloe355US #18
#23Natalie352US #17
#24Morgan339US #35
#25Gianna334US #98
#26Taylor330US #23
#27Brianna329US #20
#28Brooke323US #44
#29Hailey316US #25
#30Ashley304US #12
#31Riley294US #56
#32Lily286US #33
#33Savannah284US #30
#34Mackenzie281US #53
#35Sydney278US #34
#36Paige276US #77
#37Victoria266US #27
#38Nevaeh253US #43
#39Jessica247US #32
#40Leah246US #68
#41Rachel244US #48
#42Addison237US #28
#43Megan236US #60
#44Gabriella235US #50
#45Angelina234US #49
#46Kylie233US #67
#47Alexandra228US #40
#48Kaitlyn227US #41
#49Lillian227US #38
#50Kaylee221US #42
#51Gabrielle216US #63
#52Allison214US #47
#53Makayla211US #45
#54Katherine207US #37
#55Katelyn199US #61
#56Jenna198US #88
#57Destiny195US #36
#58Faith195US #62
#59Haley192US #75
#60Sara190US #72
#61Madeline189US #71
#62Molly187US #105
#63Mary185US #80
#64Maya179US #57
#65Alexa178US #39
#66Rebecca178US #96
#67Avery173US #52
#68Autumn171US #95
#69Amanda168US #100
#70Keira165US #110
#71Erin164US #131
#72Zoe163US #54
#73Lydia158US #130
#74Maria158US #46
#75Jordan157US #97
#76Amelia156US #83
#77Jasmine156US #29
#78Nicole152US #74
#79Madelyn150US #113
#80Trinity148US #64
#81Aubrey147US #93
#82Arianna144US #76
#83Marissa144US #104
#84Aaliyah140US #90
#85Mariah136US #82
#86Jayla134US #99
#87Kathryn130US #143
#88Caroline129US #89
#89Jocelyn129US #73
#90Rylee129US #135
#91Layla127US #101
#92Eva124US #122
#93Katie124US #106
#94Claire123US #86
#95Isabelle122US #84
#96Margaret120US #160
#97Cassidy119US #199
#98Mya119US #102
#99Peyton118US #138
#100Zoey118US #119

Boys

#1Jacob1,071US #1
#2Michael1,043US #2
#3Ryan959US #14
#4Joseph853US #11
#5Matthew823US #5
#6Logan813US #20
#7Anthony782US #9
#8Joshua777US #3
#9Ethan772US #4
#10Nicholas771US #17
#11Andrew750US #7
#12John738US #19
#13Tyler691US #18
#14Benjamin681US #24
#15Daniel681US #6
#16Alexander674US #12
#17Nathan669US #23
#18William651US #10
#19Noah636US #15
#20Christopher611US #8
#21James606US #16
#22David587US #13
#23Dylan587US #26
#24Zachary573US #33
#25Luke554US #43
#26Aidan520US #44
#27Gavin503US #38
#28Evan498US #42
#29Connor497US #53
#30Mason480US #40
#31Owen477US #58
#32Christian476US #21
#33Aiden475US #32
#34Samuel453US #25
#35Thomas441US #51
#36Jack434US #36
#37Brandon432US #27
#38Jonathan420US #22
#39Austin416US #41
#40Robert416US #47
#41Justin413US #45
#42Chase385US #83
#43Gabriel382US #28
#44Elijah379US #29
#45Caleb367US #34
#46Jayden360US #49
#47Isaiah348US #39
#48Jordan336US #46
#49Landon330US #50
#50Hunter329US #54
#51Sean329US #68
#52Dominic327US #85
#53Lucas321US #59
#54Aaron313US #57
#55Kevin307US #37
#56Jackson299US #35
#57Jason297US #55
#58Cole296US #84
#59Cameron295US #52
#60Adam293US #64
#61Ian293US #80
#62Brayden274US #79
#63Nathaniel273US #69
#64Colin270US #111
#65Brady269US #106
#66Liam267US #98
#67Carter263US #75
#68Charles263US #60
#69Kyle258US #81
#70Isaac248US #48
#71Wyatt245US #82
#72Hayden239US #73
#73Xavier233US #78
#74Eric230US #77
#75Patrick211US #110
#76Alex208US #67
#77Julian203US #65
#78Seth200US #103
#79Brian195US #72
#80Jeremiah195US #71
#81Timothy193US #93
#82Jaden188US #88
#83Shane187US #179
#84Bryce186US #109
#85Riley177US #101
#86Caden176US #91
#87Richard173US #99
#88Vincent170US #107
#89Stephen166US #164
#90Steven165US #90
#91Blake163US #97
#92Jake159US #108
#93Tristan159US #86
#94Ayden158US #119
#95Braden155US #143
#96Mark153US #128
#97Shawn153US #168
#98Kaden152US #92
#99Levi151US #133
#100Paul146US #132

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑25Landon#49
↑20Nevaeh#38
↑19Savannah#33
↑16Lillian#49
↑14Gianna#25
↑14Xavier#73
↑13Erin#71
↑13Jeremiah#80

Falling

↓22Kyle#69
↓21Caroline#88
↓19Kathryn#87
↓15Gabrielle#51
↓14Jason#57
↓13Rachel#41
↓13Zoe#72
↓12Katie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.