Name Legacy

Baby names in Pennsylvania, 1990s

1990–1999 · 1,368,128 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Pennsylvania across the 1990s, with 23,746 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,368,128 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Pennsylvania in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Benuel13720×
Siani26816×
Braheem3912×
Elam11512×
Tymir7412×
Sianni2311×
Nafis7611×
Quadir11410×

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael23,746
#2Matthew19,075
#3Tyler15,031
#4Nicholas14,547
#5Ryan14,153
#6Christopher14,133
#7Joshua13,939
#8Joseph13,236
#9Andrew12,892
#10John12,860
#11Emily12,629
#12Ashley12,408
#13Zachary12,228
#14Daniel12,177
#15Jessica11,950
#16David11,383
#17Samantha11,323
#18Brandon11,262
#19Jacob11,166
#20Sarah10,980
#21James10,968
#22Robert10,320
#23Anthony10,077
#24Amanda10,020
#25Kyle9,462

Other decades in Pennsylvania

All Pennsylvania names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org