Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,795 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,679 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,518 |
| 4 | Jacob | 1,389 |
| 5 | Tyler | 1,362 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,153 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,151 |
| 8 | Zachary | 1,128 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,127 |
| 10 | Andrew | 1,124 |
| 11 | John | 1,077 |
| 12 | Brandon | 1,028 |
| 13 | Christopher | 1,010 |
| 14 | Daniel | 964 |
| 15 | James | 927 |
| 16 | Austin | 916 |
| 17 | Anthony | 872 |
| 18 | David | 871 |
| 19 | Justin | 819 |
| 20 | Robert | 782 |
| 21 | Kyle | 778 |
| 22 | William | 776 |
| 23 | Alexander | 709 |
| 24 | Thomas | 683 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 643 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jonathan | 631 |
| 27 | Dylan | 590 |
| 28 | Kevin | 578 |
| 29 | Jordan | 546 |
| 30 | Samuel | 543 |
| 31 | Eric | 516 |
| 32 | Nathan | 510 |
| 33 | Brian | 459 |
| 34 | Noah | 458 |
| 35 | Sean | 454 |
| 36 | Christian | 444 |
| 37 | Aaron | 437 |
| 38 | Adam | 435 |
| 39 | Cody | 428 |
| 40 | Timothy | 420 |
| 41 | Patrick | 393 |
| 42 | Jason | 361 |
| 43 | Connor | 345 |
| 44 | Steven | 341 |
| 45 | Logan | 332 |
| 46 | Evan | 329 |
| 47 | Stephen | 328 |
| 48 | Jared | 325 |
| 48 | Mark | 325 |
| 50 | Richard | 320 |
| 51 | Charles | 302 |
| 51 | Hunter | 302 |
| 51 | Ian | 302 |
| 54 | Luke | 288 |
| 55 | Ethan | 281 |
| 56 | Shane | 274 |
| 57 | Devin | 260 |
| 58 | Nathaniel | 256 |
| 59 | Jeremy | 254 |
| 60 | Alex | 250 |
| 61 | Cameron | 242 |
| 61 | Dakota | 242 |
| 63 | Jeffrey | 235 |
| 64 | Shawn | 234 |
| 65 | Paul | 233 |
| 66 | Caleb | 220 |
| 67 | Derek | 219 |
| 68 | Colin | 215 |
| 69 | Isaiah | 211 |
| 70 | Jesse | 210 |
| 71 | Trevor | 209 |
| 72 | Brendan | 207 |
| 73 | Peter | 206 |
| 74 | Cole | 204 |
| 75 | Dominic | 202 |
| 76 | Seth | 198 |
| 77 | Gregory | 197 |
| 78 | Bradley | 196 |
| 79 | Scott | 190 |
| 80 | Travis | 183 |
| 81 | Lucas | 182 |
| 82 | Brett | 176 |
| 83 | Edward | 175 |
| 84 | Collin | 174 |
| 85 | Mitchell | 173 |
| 86 | Devon | 171 |
| 87 | Corey | 169 |
| 87 | Kenneth | 169 |
| 89 | Vincent | 167 |
| 90 | Garrett | 164 |
| 91 | Elijah | 162 |
| 92 | Dalton | 161 |
| 93 | Tanner | 160 |
| 94 | Jack | 154 |
| 95 | Jake | 151 |
| 96 | Chase | 147 |
| 96 | Isaac | 147 |
| 98 | Gabriel | 146 |
| 99 | Dustin | 145 |
| 100 | Bryan | 144 |