Most Popular Baby Names in Pennsylvania (2025)
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.
Names that rank much higher in Pennsylvania than in the country as a whole include Maeve.
State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.
Top 100 baby names in Pennsylvania
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 560 | ↑ 1 |
| 2 | Sophia | 507 | ↑ 3 |
| 3 | Olivia | 487 | ↓ 2 |
| 4 | Amelia | 468 | – |
| 5 | Emma | 427 | ↓ 2 |
| 6 | Isabella | 328 | ↑ 1 |
| 7 | Mia | 319 | ↓ 1 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 318 | ↑ 1 |
| 9 | Ava | 314 | ↑ 1 |
| 10 | Nora | 311 | ↑ 1 |
| 11 | Harper | 296 | ↓ 3 |
| 12 | Violet | 283 | ↑ 2 |
| 13 | Lainey | 281 | ↑ 8 |
| 14 | Lucy | 273 | ↓ 1 |
| 15 | Hazel | 261 | ↑ 12 |
| 16 | Aurora | 259 | ↓ 4 |
| 17 | Eleanor | 247 | ↑ 2 |
| 18 | Grace | 244 | ↑ 4 |
| 19 | Chloe | 239 | ↑ 6 |
| 20 | Ella | 236 | ↓ 3 |
| 21 | Lily | 235 | ↓ 6 |
| 22 | Riley | 231 | ↑ 6 |
| 23 | Isla | 229 | ↑ 1 |
| 24 | Scarlett | 229 | ↓ 6 |
| 25 | Penelope | 228 | ↑ 5 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 226 | ↓ 3 |
| 27 | Avery | 218 | ↓ 11 |
| 28 | Josephine | 215 | ↑ 1 |
| 29 | Sadie | 215 | ↑ 26 |
| 30 | Eliana | 202 | ↓ 4 |
| 31 | Ellie | 202 | ↓ 11 |
| 32 | Sofia | 200 | ↑ 2 |
| 33 | Aria | 196 | ↑ 10 |
| 34 | Layla | 194 | ↑ 11 |
| 35 | Maeve | 192 | ↑ 5 |
| 36 | Madison | 191 | ↑ 6 |
| 37 | Ivy | 190 | ↑ 7 |
| 38 | Willow | 189 | ↓ 3 |
| 39 | Luna | 179 | ↓ 8 |
| 40 | Nova | 179 | ↑ 1 |
| 41 | Naomi | 177 | ↑ 11 |
| 42 | Abigail | 176 | ↓ 3 |
| 43 | Zoe | 175 | ↑ 6 |
| 44 | Hannah | 174 | ↓ 8 |
| 45 | Lillian | 172 | ↑ 1 |
| 46 | Stella | 172 | ↓ 8 |
| 47 | Eloise | 168 | ↑ 10 |
| 48 | Sophie | 164 | ↑ 13 |
| 49 | Paisley | 159 | ↑ 4 |
| 50 | Iris | 158 | ↑ 48 |
| 51 | Lydia | 157 | ↓ 3 |
| 52 | Kennedy | 155 | ↑ 22 |
| 53 | Emily | 154 | ↓ 16 |
| 54 | Claire | 153 | – |
| 55 | Gianna | 152 | ↓ 22 |
| 56 | Emilia | 151 | ↓ 9 |
| 57 | Quinn | 151 | ↓ 6 |
| 58 | Clara | 150 | ↑ 13 |
| 59 | Madelyn | 142 | ↑ 3 |
| 60 | Vivian | 142 | ↑ 3 |
| 61 | Anna | 141 | ↓ 2 |
| 62 | Elena | 141 | ↑ 5 |
| 63 | Natalie | 140 | ↑ 6 |
| 64 | Mila | 139 | ↓ 32 |
| 65 | Josie | 138 | ↑ 12 |
| 66 | Zoey | 137 | ↑ 17 |
| 67 | Addison | 131 | ↓ 17 |
| 68 | Hailey | 129 | ↑ 7 |
| 69 | Kinsley | 128 | ↓ 11 |
| 70 | Ayla | 123 | ↑ 2 |
| 71 | Delilah | 122 | ↑ 11 |
| 72 | Ruby | 122 | ↓ 2 |
| 73 | Cora | 120 | ↓ 13 |
| 74 | Cecilia | 116 | ↑ 4 |
| 75 | Eden | 116 | ↑ 5 |
| 76 | Sienna | 115 | ↓ 8 |
| 77 | Ailany | 114 | new |
| 78 | Everly | 112 | ↓ 5 |
| 79 | Leah | 112 | ↓ 14 |
| 80 | Lyla | 112 | ↓ 14 |
| 81 | Gabriella | 111 | new |
| 82 | Maya | 111 | ↓ 26 |
| 83 | Rose | 109 | ↑ 9 |
| 84 | Daisy | 108 | ↑ 12 |
| 85 | Margot | 108 | new |
| 86 | Hadley | 107 | ↑ 14 |
| 87 | Sarah | 107 | ↑ 8 |
| 88 | Audrey | 106 | ↑ 1 |
| 89 | Margaret | 104 | ↓ 3 |
| 90 | Sloane | 104 | new |
| 91 | Alice | 103 | ↓ 10 |
| 92 | Madeline | 103 | ↓ 7 |
| 93 | Maria | 102 | ↓ 2 |
| 94 | Mary | 101 | ↓ 15 |
| 95 | Raelynn | 100 | new |
| 96 | Rosalie | 100 | new |
| 97 | Adeline | 99 | ↓ 33 |
| 98 | Caroline | 99 | new |
| 99 | Liliana | 98 | new |
| 100 | Emersyn | 97 | new |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 744 | – |
| 2 | Liam | 566 | – |
| 3 | Theodore | 549 | ↑ 1 |
| 4 | Oliver | 545 | ↓ 1 |
| 5 | Henry | 464 | – |
| 6 | James | 432 | – |
| 7 | Benjamin | 405 | ↑ 1 |
| 8 | Cooper | 402 | ↑ 31 |
| 9 | Lucas | 391 | ↓ 2 |
| 10 | Michael | 385 | – |
| 11 | Owen | 383 | ↑ 4 |
| 12 | Joseph | 381 | ↑ 4 |
| 13 | Levi | 379 | ↓ 4 |
| 14 | William | 368 | ↑ 3 |
| 15 | Jack | 363 | ↓ 4 |
| 16 | Elijah | 350 | ↓ 2 |
| 17 | Luca | 344 | ↓ 5 |
| 18 | Hudson | 341 | ↑ 4 |
| 19 | John | 330 | ↓ 6 |
| 20 | Leo | 330 | ↓ 1 |
| 21 | Samuel | 326 | ↑ 4 |
| 22 | Daniel | 322 | ↑ 4 |
| 23 | Wyatt | 303 | ↑ 1 |
| 24 | Jackson | 302 | ↑ 3 |
| 25 | Asher | 295 | ↓ 7 |
| 26 | Luke | 289 | ↑ 3 |
| 27 | Thomas | 287 | ↑ 6 |
| 28 | Miles | 283 | ↓ 5 |
| 29 | David | 280 | ↑ 6 |
| 30 | Bennett | 276 | ↑ 20 |
| 31 | Carter | 271 | ↓ 10 |
| 32 | Mason | 267 | ↓ 4 |
| 33 | Grayson | 265 | ↑ 1 |
| 34 | Roman | 262 | ↓ 3 |
| 35 | Ethan | 261 | ↓ 3 |
| 36 | Rowan | 260 | ↑ 12 |
| 37 | Weston | 259 | ↑ 10 |
| 38 | Matthew | 257 | ↑ 4 |
| 39 | Logan | 254 | ↓ 9 |
| 40 | Jacob | 253 | ↑ 3 |
| 41 | Nolan | 251 | ↑ 5 |
| 42 | Anthony | 246 | ↓ 1 |
| 43 | Elias | 245 | ↑ 13 |
| 44 | Maverick | 244 | ↓ 8 |
| 45 | Cameron | 239 | ↓ 25 |
| 46 | Ezra | 238 | ↓ 6 |
| 47 | Wesley | 235 | ↓ 3 |
| 48 | Lincoln | 230 | ↓ 3 |
| 49 | Gabriel | 227 | ↑ 4 |
| 50 | Charles | 224 | ↑ 4 |
| 51 | Beau | 213 | ↑ 4 |
| 52 | Alexander | 212 | ↓ 14 |
| 53 | Brooks | 211 | ↓ 1 |
| 54 | Caleb | 211 | ↓ 17 |
| 55 | Isaac | 200 | ↓ 4 |
| 56 | Julian | 200 | ↑ 2 |
| 57 | Silas | 199 | ↑ 3 |
| 58 | Waylon | 196 | ↑ 16 |
| 59 | Andrew | 191 | ↑ 2 |
| 60 | Everett | 191 | ↑ 25 |
| 61 | Carson | 184 | ↑ 3 |
| 62 | Micah | 184 | ↑ 5 |
| 63 | Josiah | 183 | – |
| 64 | Jayden | 175 | ↑ 11 |
| 65 | Mateo | 172 | ↑ 3 |
| 66 | Dylan | 171 | – |
| 67 | Nathan | 169 | ↓ 10 |
| 68 | Parker | 169 | ↑ 11 |
| 69 | Aiden | 168 | ↓ 20 |
| 70 | Nicholas | 166 | – |
| 71 | Enzo | 165 | ↑ 11 |
| 72 | Colton | 163 | ↑ 5 |
| 73 | Vincent | 162 | ↑ 14 |
| 74 | Theo | 161 | ↑ 7 |
| 75 | Robert | 158 | ↓ 2 |
| 76 | Ryan | 158 | ↓ 7 |
| 77 | Declan | 155 | ↑ 3 |
| 78 | Joshua | 155 | ↑ 5 |
| 79 | Sebastian | 155 | ↓ 8 |
| 80 | Atlas | 152 | new |
| 81 | Myles | 149 | ↑ 7 |
| 82 | Isaiah | 147 | ↓ 20 |
| 83 | Christopher | 145 | ↓ 11 |
| 84 | Landon | 145 | ↑ 2 |
| 85 | Archer | 142 | ↑ 8 |
| 86 | Bryson | 141 | ↓ 21 |
| 87 | Elliot | 141 | new |
| 88 | August | 140 | new |
| 89 | Emmett | 140 | ↑ 3 |
| 90 | Eli | 138 | ↑ 9 |
| 91 | Jeremiah | 138 | new |
| 92 | Jonathan | 137 | new |
| 93 | Dominic | 136 | ↓ 9 |
| 94 | Chase | 135 | ↓ 3 |
| 95 | Austin | 134 | ↓ 6 |
| 96 | Callum | 134 | new |
| 97 | Easton | 132 | new |
| 98 | Adam | 124 | ↓ 20 |
| 99 | Arthur | 124 | ↓ 2 |
| 100 | Connor | 123 | ↓ 24 |
Names more popular in Pennsylvania
Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Pennsylvania than across the US.
Girls
| Name | Pennsylvania | US |
|---|---|---|
| Maeve | #35 | #76 |
Number-one names in Pennsylvania by year
| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte (560) | Noah (744) |
| 2024 | Olivia (515) | Noah (740) |
| 2023 | Charlotte (560) | Noah (694) |
| 2022 | Olivia (573) | Liam (674) |
| 2021 | Olivia (629) | Noah (706) |
| 2020 | Emma (632) | Noah (699) |
| 2019 | Olivia (661) | Liam (762) |
| 2018 | Emma (703) | Liam (742) |
| 2017 | Emma (784) | Liam (727) |
| 2016 | Emma (750) | Noah (717) |
| 2015 | Olivia (786) | Mason (794) |
| 2014 | Emma (885) | Liam (796) |
Other states
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- Texas
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- Vermont
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- West Virginia
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Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.