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Most Popular Names in Pennsylvania

The most common baby names registered in Pennsylvania across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Pennsylvania account for 8,350,827 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 John 423,033
2 Robert 354,376
3 James 306,453
4 William 304,375
5 Mary 293,381
6 Michael 272,928
7 Joseph 258,401
8 David 223,619
9 Richard 186,491
10 Thomas 184,132
11 Charles 161,582
12 Edward 122,018
13 George 119,672
14 Margaret 116,015
15 Patricia 113,849
16 Daniel 112,023
17 Elizabeth 108,868
18 Paul 105,359
19 Helen 102,641
20 Donald 102,372
21 Barbara 102,263
22 Matthew 94,238
23 Dorothy 93,829
24 Anthony 93,636
25 Christopher 92,243
26 Linda 89,207
27 Anna 85,866
28 Mark 84,656
29 Ronald 83,338
30 Susan 82,335
31 Andrew 79,990
32 Frank 75,720
33 Nancy 75,410
34 Kenneth 75,248
35 Jennifer 73,124
36 Brian 72,481
37 Ruth 69,840
38 Jeffrey 67,032
39 Stephen 66,732
40 Betty 66,384
41 Karen 65,990
42 Carol 65,052
43 Kathleen 62,503
44 Timothy 62,381
45 Donna 62,271
46 Kevin 61,837
47 Lisa 59,666
48 Raymond 58,295
49 Steven 57,753
50 Catherine 56,916
51 Ryan 54,038
52 Nicholas 53,884
53 Sandra 51,453
54 Sarah 51,170
55 Harry 50,968
56 Joshua 50,758
57 Jason 50,520
58 Deborah 50,364
59 Gary 49,496
60 Eric 48,197
61 Joan 48,077
62 Scott 47,999
63 Samuel 47,666
64 Walter 47,546
65 Jean 47,079
66 Marie 46,871
67 Jessica 45,603
68 Shirley 45,023
69 Christine 43,896
70 Francis 43,845
71 Kimberly 43,043
72 Janet 42,602
73 Dennis 42,427
74 Emily 42,259
75 Diane 41,980
76 Rose 41,972
77 Gregory 41,405
78 Benjamin 40,790
79 Albert 40,732
80 Michelle 40,174
81 Jacob 40,157
82 Amy 40,041
83 Patrick 39,914
84 Ann 39,634
85 Sharon 39,088
86 Melissa 39,013
87 Frances 38,730
88 Rebecca 38,486
89 Jack 37,564
90 Amanda 37,456
91 Virginia 37,427
92 Peter 37,140
93 Judith 36,705
94 Nicole 36,510
95 Carl 35,879
96 Cynthia 35,758
97 Laura 35,732
98 Justin 35,488
99 Theresa 35,265
100 Kathryn 35,179