State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,049 Pennsylvania births in 2016 across 2,887 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

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

#73Paige#149 nationally
#91Molly#157 nationally
#86Teagan#150 nationally
#87Luca#151 nationally
#86Bryce#147 nationally
#55Cole#110 nationally
#78Morgan#132 nationally
#33Lydia#80 nationally
#45Gianna#92 nationally
#83Blake#127 nationally
#91Brody#135 nationally
#43Chase#86 nationally

Girls

#1Emma750US #1
#2Olivia728US #2
#3Ava676US #3
#4Charlotte641US #7
#5Sophia565US #4
#6Isabella486US #5
#7Harper446US #11
#8Mia430US #6
#9Abigail414US #8
#10Emily413US #9
#11Amelia392US #10
#12Grace372US #19
#13Evelyn365US #12
#14Riley357US #22
#15Elizabeth350US #13
#16Ella345US #17
#17Avery342US #16
#18Madison336US #15
#19Aubrey325US #25
#20Lily319US #24
#21Hannah294US #33
#22Lillian274US #28
#23Nora269US #36
#24Addison267US #29
#25Scarlett259US #18
#26Natalie241US #31
#27Chloe238US #20
#28Anna236US #49
#29Aria236US #23
#30Layla230US #30
#31Savannah229US #38
#32Claire227US #40
#33Lydia225US #80
#34Gabriella218US #61
#35Sadie214US #60
#36Penelope213US #27
#37Zoey213US #26
#38Skylar211US #42
#39Quinn207US #79
#40Violet205US #47
#41Madelyn196US #62
#42Brooklyn193US #34
#43Lucy192US #55
#44Peyton187US #81
#45Gianna185US #92
#46Leah184US #37
#47Stella183US #45
#48Paisley182US #46
#49Mackenzie179US #85
#50Sarah178US #57
#51Ellie176US #43
#52Aurora171US #66
#53Hailey169US #68
#54Sofia169US #14
#55Victoria169US #21
#56Julia168US #88
#57Zoe164US #35
#58Audrey162US #39
#59Kennedy162US #59
#60Caroline160US #56
#61Mila160US #48
#62Eleanor159US #41
#63Piper159US #67
#64Cora156US #87
#65Naomi155US #75
#66Serenity152US #70
#67Bella148US #78
#68Aubree146US #84
#69Willow145US #96
#70Kinsley141US #86
#71Maya140US #64
#72Autumn139US #65
#73Paige138US #149
#74Reagan136US #98
#75Samantha133US #44
#76Everly132US #107
#77Eva131US #74
#78Morgan131US #132
#79Faith130US #99
#80Aaliyah127US #53
#81Brielle126US #121
#82Arianna125US #69
#83Mary123US #126
#84Rylee122US #105
#85Alice121US #76
#86Teagan120US #150
#87Josephine119US #114
#88Ariana118US #54
#89Hadley118US #108
#90Madeline117US #90
#91Molly117US #157
#92Vivian117US #95
#93Adeline116US #63
#94Hazel116US #52
#95Kylie116US #83
#96Taylor116US #89
#97Nevaeh115US #73
#98Allison114US #50
#99Luna113US #77
#100Bailey112US #116

Boys

#1Noah717US #1
#2Liam714US #2
#3Mason664US #4
#4Benjamin645US #6
#5James591US #5
#6Michael584US #8
#7Jacob571US #7
#8Logan516US #18
#9Owen514US #24
#10Lucas510US #14
#11Ethan495US #10
#12Alexander493US #11
#13Carter491US #26
#14Jackson490US #17
#15Daniel479US #13
#16Joseph479US #20
#17John474US #28
#18William470US #3
#19Elijah447US #9
#20Ryan434US #40
#21Matthew423US #15
#22Samuel423US #21
#23Luke416US #29
#24Oliver413US #12
#25Connor412US #54
#26Andrew409US #34
#27Anthony392US #30
#28Wyatt385US #33
#29Gabriel383US #25
#30Aiden382US #16
#31Henry377US #22
#32Cameron369US #57
#33David357US #19
#34Hunter332US #45
#35Joshua331US #35
#36Jaxon330US #41
#37Grayson329US #37
#38Caleb328US #44
#39Jack327US #38
#40Nolan327US #67
#41Landon325US #53
#42Dylan318US #32
#43Chase315US #86
#44Levi305US #42
#45Christopher300US #36
#46Jayden299US #27
#47Thomas295US #48
#48Nicholas292US #63
#49Nathan285US #43
#50Isaac284US #31
#51Lincoln282US #51
#52Christian281US #46
#53Colton276US #68
#54Charles269US #52
#55Cole258US #110
#56Gavin258US #80
#57Brayden256US #64
#58Dominic251US #72
#59Carson248US #81
#60Julian243US #39
#61Sebastian242US #23
#62Robert239US #62
#63Austin238US #73
#64Eli238US #50
#65Parker238US #87
#66Evan236US #69
#67Isaiah236US #47
#68Declan235US #109
#69Aaron230US #49
#70Adam222US #75
#71Tyler219US #91
#72Jeremiah213US #58
#73Leo211US #74
#74Jaxson209US #82
#75Zachary209US #89
#76Greyson205US #95
#77Josiah202US #55
#78Roman201US #98
#79Jace197US #76
#80Jonathan194US #56
#81Jordan191US #65
#82Hudson190US #61
#83Blake187US #127
#84Theodore180US #83
#85Vincent175US #104
#86Bryce171US #147
#87Luca169US #151
#88Easton166US #66
#89Xavier166US #88
#90Jason163US #84
#91Brody161US #135
#92Cooper161US #79
#93Maxwell161US #111
#94Bryson160US #94
#95Nathaniel158US #103
#96Bentley156US #100
#97Asher155US #71
#98Ian154US #78
#99Jayce149US #138
#100Wesley144US #117

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑28Maya#71
↑27Aurora#52
↑25Bella#67
↑23Greyson#76
↑22Eleanor#62
↑22Carson#59
↑21Paige#73
↑20Leo#73

Falling

↓38Kylie#95
↓33Taylor#96
↓22Blake#83
↓21Ariana#88
↓21Nevaeh#97
↓20Samantha#75
↓20Allison#98
↓17Mackenzie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.