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Most Popular Baby Names in Pennsylvania, 2025

Charlotte was the most popular girl name in Pennsylvania in 2025, given to 560 girls. Noah led the boys with 744 births. The name to watch is Ailany: it climbed 251 places, from #328 in 2024 to #77 in 2025. Noah has been the number one boy name in Pennsylvania for 3 years in a row. 24 girl names and 27 boy names appear only in Pennsylvania in 2025, and nowhere else in the country.

Pennsylvania in 2025, at a glance

The headline numbers from the official SSA counts.

CharlotteTop girl name — 560 girls, about 1 in every 83 girls born in Pennsylvania
NoahTop boy name — 744 boys, about 1 in every 70 boys born in Pennsylvania
98,948Total babies recorded — 46,688 girls and 52,260 boys
51Names only in Pennsylvania — 24 girls and 27 boys
Ailany · +251Biggest climber: #328 in 2024 to #77 in 2025 (114 girls)

Top 5 names in Pennsylvania, 2025

The five most popular names for girls and for boys.

Type any name to see its Pennsylvania rank and birth count for 2025.

Results come from the Pennsylvania top 100 for girls and boys, 2025.

    Complete Top 100 in Pennsylvania, 2025

    Every name in the top 100, with birth counts and the change since 2024. Tap a column heading to sort. “New” means the name was not published in Pennsylvania in 2024.

    No match in the Pennsylvania top 100 for 2025.

    Top 100 girl names in Pennsylvania, 2025

    Top 100 girl names in Pennsylvania, 2025
    1Charlotte560↑ 1
    2Sophia507↑ 2
    3Olivia487↓ 2
    4Amelia4680
    5Emma427↓ 2
    6Isabella328↑ 1
    7Mia319↓ 1
    8Evelyn318↑ 1
    9Ava314↑ 1
    10Nora311↑ 1
    11Harper296↓ 3
    12Violet283↑ 2
    13Lainey281↑ 8
    14Lucy273↓ 1
    15Hazel261↑ 11
    16Aurora259↓ 4
    17Eleanor247↑ 2
    18Grace244↑ 4
    19Chloe239↑ 6
    20Ella236↓ 3
    21Lily235↓ 6
    22Riley231↑ 6
    23Isla229↑ 1
    23Scarlett229↓ 6
    25Penelope228↑ 5
    26Elizabeth226↓ 3
    27Avery218↓ 11
    28Josephine215↑ 1
    28Sadie215↑ 27
    30Eliana202↓ 4
    30Ellie202↓ 10
    32Sofia200↑ 1
    33Aria196↑ 10
    34Layla194↑ 10
    35Maeve192↑ 5
    36Madison191↑ 6
    37Ivy190↑ 7
    38Willow189↓ 3
    39Luna179↓ 8
    39Nova179↑ 2
    41Naomi177↑ 11
    42Abigail176↓ 3
    43Zoe175↑ 6
    44Hannah174↓ 8
    45Lillian172↑ 1
    45Stella172↓ 8
    47Eloise168↑ 10
    48Sophie164↑ 11
    49Paisley159↑ 3
    50Iris158↑ 46
    51Lydia157↓ 3
    52Kennedy155↑ 22
    53Emily154↓ 16
    54Claire1530
    55Gianna152↓ 22
    56Emilia151↓ 9
    56Quinn151↓ 5
    58Clara150↑ 13
    59Madelyn142↑ 3
    59Vivian142↑ 4
    61Anna141↓ 2
    61Elena141↑ 6
    63Natalie140↑ 6
    64Mila139↓ 33
    65Josie138↑ 11
    66Zoey137↑ 15
    67Addison131↓ 17
    68Hailey129↑ 7
    69Kinsley128↓ 12
    70Ayla123↑ 2
    71Delilah122↑ 10
    71Ruby122↓ 2
    73Cora120↓ 14
    74Cecilia116↑ 4
    74Eden116↑ 6
    76Sienna115↓ 9
    77Ailany114↑ 251
    78Everly112↓ 5
    78Leah112↓ 14
    78Lyla112↓ 12
    81Gabriella111↑ 20
    81Maya111↓ 25
    83Rose109↑ 6
    84Daisy108↑ 12
    84Margot108↑ 28
    86Hadley107↑ 14
    86Sarah107↑ 8
    88Audrey106↑ 1
    89Margaret104↓ 4
    89Sloane104↑ 23
    91Alice103↓ 10
    91Madeline103↓ 6
    93Maria102↓ 4
    94Mary101↓ 16
    95Raelynn100↑ 20
    95Rosalie100↑ 67
    97Adeline99↓ 33
    97Caroline99↑ 5
    99Liliana98↑ 19
    100Emersyn97↑ 76

    Based on 46,688 girls born in Pennsylvania in 2025.

    Only in Pennsylvania

    The most common names that appear only in Pennsylvania in 2025.

    What “only in Pennsylvania” means: a name counts if it was given at least 5 times in Pennsylvania in 2025 and fewer than 5 times in any other state (the 50 states and DC). SSA does not publish names given fewer than 5 times, so a name could exist elsewhere in smaller numbers. A full unique-names page for Pennsylvania comes in a later batch.

    NameSexBirths
    ElamBoy22
    BarbieGirl20
    BenuelBoy17
    EnosBoy16
    VernaGirl11
    SolaiGirl10
    AhzirBoy9
    LarsonBoy9
    MubinaGirl8
    LydiannGirl6

    24 girl names and 27 boy names appear only in Pennsylvania in 2025.

    Rising and falling in Pennsylvania

    Only names in the Pennsylvania top 100 qualify, so these are real moves, not names jumping from a handful of births.

    Fastest rising

    NameRankChangeBirths
    Ailany Girl#328 → #77+251114
    Emersyn Girl#176 → #100+7697
    Rosalie Girl#162 → #95+67100
    Iris Girl#96 → #50+46158
    Callum Boy#139 → #95+44134

    Falling fastest

    NameRankChangeBirths
    Brooklyn Girl#87 → #143-5674
    Cole Boy#59 → #105-46121
    Parker Girl#94 → #130-3680
    Mila Girl#31 → #64-33139
    Cameron Boy#20 → #45-25239

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    Method in brief: counts are the SSA-published counts for Pennsylvania in 2025, by exact spelling. Rank change is the 2024 rank minus the 2025 rank, recomputed from the file. “Only in Pennsylvania” means at least 5 times in Pennsylvania and fewer than 5 times in any other state (50 states + DC). Full detail: methodology.

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    Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.