State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,731 Pennsylvania births in 2009 across 2,844 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#75Shane#178 nationally
#99Alivia#178 nationally
#98Adrianna#171 nationally
#41Paige#98 nationally
#60Lydia#117 nationally
#9Chase#61 nationally
#90Keira#141 nationally
#26Gianna#76 nationally
#67Colin#113 nationally
#37Cole#82 nationally
#49Molly#92 nationally
#89Maxwell#132 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella884US #1
#2Olivia804US #3
#3Ava786US #5
#4Emma765US #2
#5Sophia727US #4
#6Madison682US #7
#7Emily609US #6
#8Abigail598US #8
#9Ella456US #15
#10Grace451US #17
#11Chloe447US #9
#12Alexis443US #13
#13Addison424US #12
#14Lily388US #18
#15Anna384US #28
#16Elizabeth383US #11
#17Hannah381US #23
#18Mia363US #10
#19Taylor355US #22
#20Samantha344US #14
#21Sarah334US #21
#22Riley320US #38
#23Leah318US #29
#24Gabriella312US #33
#25Hailey310US #25
#26Gianna303US #76
#27Lillian290US #27
#28Julia283US #50
#29Aubrey280US #41
#30Alyssa279US #19
#31Natalie273US #16
#32Kaylee271US #26
#33Brianna265US #24
#34Nevaeh261US #34
#35Brooke260US #54
#36Morgan258US #57
#37Sydney257US #48
#38Peyton252US #42
#39Kayla251US #35
#40Avery249US #32
#41Paige227US #98
#42Mackenzie220US #77
#43Savannah215US #39
#44Lauren208US #46
#45Allison206US #30
#46Madelyn201US #59
#47Layla197US #45
#48Makayla196US #44
#49Molly192US #92
#50Victoria192US #31
#51Madeline190US #64
#52Alexa189US #43
#53Rachel185US #89
#54Amelia179US #55
#55Claire179US #53
#56Mya177US #97
#57Kaitlyn176US #67
#58Katelyn172US #90
#59Kylie172US #62
#60Lydia171US #117
#61Payton170US #84
#62Zoe170US #47
#63Maya166US #61
#64Arianna164US #52
#65Bella162US #58
#66Mary160US #102
#67Charlotte158US #68
#68Ashley157US #20
#69Autumn156US #81
#70Faith155US #79
#71Sadie151US #111
#72Destiny147US #56
#73Zoey147US #75
#74Gabrielle146US #96
#75Audrey140US #49
#76Brooklyn140US #37
#77Sofia138US #36
#78Angelina137US #86
#79Caroline136US #87
#80Eva135US #99
#81Sophie135US #65
#82Alexandra134US #69
#83Evelyn134US #40
#84Sara134US #106
#85Jocelyn133US #71
#86Isabelle129US #100
#87Mariah128US #88
#88London127US #122
#89Katherine124US #60
#90Keira123US #141
#91Kendall123US #133
#92Trinity122US #74
#93Jenna121US #121
#94Bailey119US #85
#95Ariana117US #82
#96Naomi116US #107
#97Megan115US #105
#98Adrianna114US #171
#99Alivia114US #178
#100Lilly114US #116

Boys

#1Michael816US #3
#2Jacob812US #1
#3Ethan737US #2
#4Logan728US #17
#5Matthew707US #13
#6Ryan691US #20
#7Alexander689US #4
#8Joseph672US #15
#9Chase669US #61
#10Aiden659US #12
#11Joshua656US #6
#12Noah653US #9
#13Anthony619US #11
#14Benjamin614US #19
#15William596US #5
#16Andrew590US #16
#17John589US #26
#18Daniel586US #7
#19Jayden579US #8
#20Nicholas578US #32
#21Tyler574US #28
#22Nathan565US #25
#23Mason560US #34
#24James553US #18
#25Gavin542US #33
#26David523US #14
#27Christopher507US #10
#28Evan478US #35
#29Dylan457US #30
#30Connor455US #52
#31Liam446US #49
#32Lucas433US #39
#33Owen433US #51
#34Luke419US #47
#35Jackson415US #27
#36Samuel415US #24
#37Cole407US #82
#38Carter403US #50
#39Gabriel403US #22
#40Landon397US #36
#41Elijah395US #21
#42Brayden388US #48
#43Christian387US #23
#44Caleb382US #31
#45Thomas377US #57
#46Zachary367US #53
#47Jack361US #42
#48Robert359US #55
#49Jonathan341US #29
#50Justin324US #46
#51Dominic316US #81
#52Brandon307US #38
#53Hunter303US #56
#54Austin298US #63
#55Cameron295US #58
#56Isaiah291US #41
#57Jason289US #66
#58Jordan289US #45
#59Wyatt281US #60
#60Aaron273US #54
#61Charles273US #64
#62Aidan272US #72
#63Xavier267US #68
#64Isaac266US #40
#65Kevin244US #44
#66Nathaniel242US #75
#67Colin238US #113
#68Levi231US #85
#69Ian226US #73
#70Adam220US #74
#71Brody217US #77
#72Brady216US #110
#73Julian215US #62
#74Jeremiah213US #65
#75Shane212US #178
#76Blake210US #89
#77Sean203US #97
#78Bryce192US #111
#79Colton188US #93
#80Henry185US #71
#81Ayden182US #87
#82Max181US #104
#83Vincent181US #119
#84Alex178US #83
#85Josiah178US #86
#86Brian175US #94
#87Parker175US #96
#88Tristan172US #80
#89Maxwell170US #132
#90Hayden169US #91
#91Kyle167US #99
#92Patrick165US #129
#93Eli163US #90
#94Eric160US #95
#95Timothy160US #109
#96Nolan151US #122
#97Jaden150US #101
#98Angel149US #37
#99Carson148US #88
#100Riley148US #107

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑28Zoe#62
↑27Levi#68
↑26Zoey#73
↑25Katelyn#58
↑24Amelia#54
↑24Mya#56
↑21Maya#63
↑21Brooklyn#76

Falling

↓32Jenna#93
↓27Megan#97
↓26Keira#90
↓24Kylie#59
↓19Sara#84
↓19Eric#94
↓18Gabrielle#74
↓18Katherine#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.