Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,951 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,749 |
| 3 | Tyler | 1,535 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,478 |
| 5 | Ryan | 1,241 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,201 |
| 7 | Christopher | 1,197 |
| 8 | Zachary | 1,196 |
| 9 | Jacob | 1,194 |
| 10 | John | 1,157 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,141 |
| 12 | Andrew | 1,137 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,098 |
| 14 | Brandon | 1,090 |
| 15 | Austin | 995 |
| 16 | David | 986 |
| 17 | Anthony | 945 |
| 18 | James | 939 |
| 19 | Kyle | 851 |
| 20 | William | 825 |
| 21 | Justin | 823 |
| 21 | Robert | 823 |
| 23 | Alexander | 796 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 714 |
| 25 | Thomas | 701 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Benjamin | 698 |
| 27 | Eric | 598 |
| 28 | Dylan | 595 |
| 29 | Cody | 580 |
| 30 | Kevin | 578 |
| 31 | Jordan | 559 |
| 32 | Samuel | 535 |
| 33 | Nathan | 520 |
| 34 | Adam | 519 |
| 35 | Aaron | 501 |
| 36 | Brian | 491 |
| 37 | Patrick | 464 |
| 37 | Sean | 464 |
| 39 | Christian | 455 |
| 40 | Timothy | 453 |
| 41 | Steven | 446 |
| 42 | Richard | 405 |
| 43 | Jason | 397 |
| 44 | Mark | 385 |
| 45 | Stephen | 384 |
| 46 | Noah | 352 |
| 47 | Evan | 341 |
| 48 | Luke | 339 |
| 49 | Logan | 330 |
| 50 | Jesse | 329 |
| 51 | Connor | 315 |
| 52 | Shane | 312 |
| 53 | Charles | 311 |
| 54 | Jeremy | 305 |
| 55 | Ian | 294 |
| 56 | Jared | 287 |
| 57 | Dakota | 286 |
| 58 | Jeffrey | 280 |
| 59 | Alex | 269 |
| 60 | Devin | 268 |
| 61 | Gregory | 251 |
| 62 | Hunter | 249 |
| 62 | Paul | 249 |
| 64 | Shawn | 247 |
| 65 | Nathaniel | 242 |
| 66 | Scott | 239 |
| 67 | Derek | 238 |
| 68 | Brett | 233 |
| 69 | Cameron | 225 |
| 70 | Ethan | 217 |
| 71 | Edward | 216 |
| 72 | Bradley | 215 |
| 73 | Colin | 214 |
| 74 | Peter | 211 |
| 75 | Seth | 204 |
| 76 | Travis | 203 |
| 77 | Mitchell | 194 |
| 78 | Kenneth | 193 |
| 79 | Caleb | 191 |
| 80 | Vincent | 189 |
| 81 | Corey | 188 |
| 81 | Isaiah | 188 |
| 83 | Dominic | 176 |
| 83 | Elijah | 176 |
| 85 | Lucas | 173 |
| 86 | Brendan | 171 |
| 87 | Devon | 168 |
| 88 | Dustin | 163 |
| 89 | Marcus | 161 |
| 90 | Collin | 160 |
| 91 | Trevor | 158 |
| 92 | Dalton | 157 |
| 93 | Bryan | 154 |
| 94 | Tristan | 151 |
| 95 | Alec | 150 |
| 95 | Cole | 150 |
| 95 | Garrett | 150 |
| 98 | George | 148 |
| 99 | Chase | 146 |
| 100 | Ronald | 142 |