State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2011 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 113,670 Pennsylvania births in 2011 across 2,822 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#92Shaneoutside the national top 200
#98Brynn#192 nationally
#89Keira#176 nationally
#91Declan#176 nationally
#85Alaina#156 nationally
#55Rachel#116 nationally
#86Patrick#143 nationally
#54Paige#107 nationally
#68Colin#121 nationally
#70Sadie#123 nationally
#18Chase#69 nationally
#76Brielle#126 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia875US #1
#2Emma825US #3
#3Ava807US #5
#4Olivia742US #4
#5Isabella689US #2
#6Abigail561US #7
#7Emily549US #6
#8Madison531US #8
#9Ella459US #12
#10Mia450US #9
#11Addison414US #13
#12Lily394US #15
#13Elizabeth385US #11
#14Grace376US #16
#15Chloe364US #10
#16Aubrey350US #20
#17Gianna330US #63
#18Anna305US #38
#19Avery300US #18
#20Leah300US #29
#21Gabriella296US #34
#22Natalie291US #14
#23Charlotte284US #27
#24Lillian283US #22
#25Riley277US #47
#26Hannah275US #25
#27Alexis267US #26
#28Samantha266US #17
#29Hailey257US #32
#30Amelia251US #30
#31Peyton247US #53
#32Julia244US #58
#33Sarah236US #39
#34Savannah235US #41
#35Layla229US #35
#36Nevaeh226US #33
#37Zoey223US #28
#38Mackenzie221US #68
#39Molly217US #78
#40Kaylee213US #36
#41Taylor212US #44
#42Alyssa211US #37
#43Claire208US #50
#44Evelyn205US #24
#45Brooke204US #86
#46Brooklyn201US #21
#47Kayla196US #59
#48Morgan193US #75
#49Victoria192US #23
#50Madelyn190US #79
#51Makayla189US #56
#52Zoe188US #31
#53Arianna183US #52
#54Paige177US #107
#55Rachel176US #116
#56Lydia175US #96
#57Autumn172US #69
#58Kylie171US #57
#59Brianna169US #45
#60Sofia167US #19
#61Aaliyah161US #46
#62Allison161US #40
#63Alexa160US #55
#64Bella160US #60
#65Faith159US #70
#66Mya157US #105
#67Serenity152US #66
#68Alexandra150US #76
#69Audrey150US #43
#70Sadie150US #123
#71Sophie145US #51
#72Maya142US #64
#73Sydney142US #65
#74Eva139US #83
#75Harper139US #54
#76Brielle138US #126
#77Lilly138US #103
#78Lucy138US #73
#79Khloe135US #49
#80Rylee134US #102
#81Madeline133US #85
#82Payton131US #95
#83Mary129US #112
#84Jocelyn127US #71
#85Alaina125US #156
#86Ashley125US #42
#87Jordyn124US #121
#88Kendall124US #124
#89Keira122US #176
#90Lauren122US #62
#91London122US #94
#92Stella121US #74
#93Aubree120US #99
#94Trinity120US #77
#95Violet118US #101
#96Katherine117US #61
#97Bailey116US #88
#98Brynn115US #192
#99Kaitlyn115US #100
#100Reagan115US #122

Boys

#1Mason917US #2
#2Michael835US #6
#3Jacob765US #1
#4Logan672US #21
#5Ryan651US #25
#6Noah645US #5
#7Liam635US #15
#8Ethan634US #7
#9Benjamin621US #19
#10William621US #3
#11Joseph615US #22
#12John614US #27
#13Aiden598US #9
#14Jayden576US #4
#15Matthew561US #12
#16Alexander540US #8
#17James535US #17
#18Chase521US #69
#19Daniel520US #10
#20Andrew515US #16
#21Anthony514US #11
#22Joshua512US #14
#23Jackson510US #23
#24Gavin485US #37
#25Connor475US #54
#26Elijah474US #13
#27Lucas468US #29
#28Nicholas462US #42
#29Owen458US #44
#30Brayden457US #36
#31Tyler457US #38
#32Carter452US #41
#33Gabriel451US #24
#34Christopher441US #20
#35Samuel427US #26
#36Nathan425US #28
#37David415US #18
#38Luke404US #39
#39Landon402US #34
#40Evan398US #40
#41Caleb395US #32
#42Dylan393US #33
#43Zachary360US #64
#44Cameron342US #53
#45Dominic333US #77
#46Christian329US #30
#47Hunter324US #55
#48Jack324US #45
#49Robert314US #62
#50Thomas300US #63
#51Jonathan298US #31
#52Austin296US #60
#53Charles283US #61
#54Blake282US #73
#55Jordan280US #46
#56Wyatt279US #48
#57Levi270US #66
#58Isaiah263US #43
#59Eli251US #58
#60Colton243US #74
#61Aaron242US #51
#62Isaac241US #35
#63Justin238US #59
#64Jason235US #71
#65Henry231US #57
#66Cole228US #94
#67Julian226US #50
#68Colin224US #121
#69Brandon223US #47
#70Jeremiah216US #49
#71Brody214US #83
#72Bryce213US #114
#73Parker210US #79
#74Ian209US #72
#75Adam206US #81
#76Ayden204US #70
#77Nathaniel203US #84
#78Bentley200US #75
#79Cooper199US #82
#80Carson191US #85
#81Xavier191US #76
#82Jaxon189US #86
#83Josiah189US #80
#84Kevin188US #67
#85Nolan188US #92
#86Patrick184US #143
#87Vincent179US #101
#88Brady169US #135
#89Max166US #96
#90Hayden161US #90
#91Declan155US #176
#92Shane155
#93Micah153US #102
#94Sean153US #125
#95Tristan149US #87
#96Kyle148US #120
#97Aidan144US #107
#98Oliver143US #78
#99Timothy143US #123
#100Steven138US #124

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑34Evelyn#44
↑24Zoey#37
↑22Rachel#55
↑20Eva#74
↑19Molly#39
↑19Maya#72
↑17Blake#54
↑16Brooklyn#46

Falling

↓33Sydney#73
↓31Lauren#90
↓29Bella#64
↓26Payton#82
↓22Aidan#97
↓20Kaitlyn#99
↓16Khloe#79
↓16Mary#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.