Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1990

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1990 were Ashley for girls (1,991 babies) and Michael for boys (3,450). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 154,876 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1990

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maura: 57 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Latifah: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shante: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alaina: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colleen: 161 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Devon: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beth: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Corinne: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 350 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 42 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Baby: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyree: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Malik: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 127 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lamar: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donte: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Barry: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dante: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	1,991	–	2
2	Jessica	1,901	↑1	1
3	Amanda	1,852	↓1	4
4	Brittany	1,684	–	3
5	Samantha	1,383	↑1	5
6	Sarah	1,244	↓1	6
7	Nicole	1,145	↑1	13
8	Lauren	1,121	↓1	10
9	Megan	1,080	↑2	11
10	Emily	1,052	↑4	12
11	Stephanie	1,049	↓1	7
12	Jennifer	951	↓3	8
13	Elizabeth	884	↓1	9
14	Kayla	828	↑3	14
15	Rachel	806	–	16
16	Amber	770	–	15
17	Rebecca	751	↑3	21
18	Courtney	717	↑4	17
19	Danielle	709	↓6	18
20	Chelsea	675	↑6	24
21	Alyssa	666	↑7	27
22	Melissa	631	↓4	20
23	Heather	595	↓4	19
24	Christina	579	–	25
25	Kelly	564	↓2	41
26	Michelle	553	↑1	22
27	Tiffany	520	↓2	23
28	Laura	509	↓7	29
29	Sara	453	↑2	34
30	Erin	440	↑2	43
31	Alexandra	431	↑14	37
32	Victoria	419	↑17	33
33	Caitlin	418	↑1	50
34	Mary	415	↓1	35
35	Kimberly	410	↓5	31
36	Allison	403	↑4	48
37	Katherine	401	–	26
38	Amy	400	↓2	38
39	Kelsey	400	↓1	32
40	Kristen	380	↓11	42
41	Jasmine	351	↑9	28
42	Hannah	350	new	30
43	Kaitlyn	350	new	78
44	Alicia	347	↓1	54
45	Katie	345	↓4	53
46	Erica	342	↓11	36
47	Christine	338	↓5	62
48	Shannon	336	↓4	68
49	Jamie	328	↓10	55
50	Angela	327	↓3	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	3,450	–	1
2	Matthew	2,624	–	3
3	Christopher	2,094	–	2
4	Joshua	1,861	↑1	4
5	Andrew	1,740	↓1	7
6	Ryan	1,693	↑3	11
7	Joseph	1,686	↑3	10
8	John	1,629	↓2	12
9	Daniel	1,625	↓2	5
10	David	1,617	↓2	6
11	Robert	1,575	–	13
12	James	1,488	↑1	8
13	Justin	1,396	↓1	9
14	Nicholas	1,396	–	14
15	Anthony	1,232	–	15
16	William	1,174	–	16
17	Zachary	1,115	↑3	22
18	Kyle	1,114	↑4	18
19	Kevin	1,031	↓2	23
20	Tyler	1,015	↑13	21
21	Thomas	991	↓2	26
22	Eric	980	↑3	24
23	Brian	973	↓5	27
24	Brandon	956	↓3	19
25	Jonathan	919	↓1	17
26	Timothy	877	–	30
27	Steven	820	–	25
28	Adam	803	↓5	32
29	Sean	798	↑2	37
30	Stephen	758	–	39
31	Benjamin	742	↓3	33
32	Jacob	739	↑8	20
33	Alexander	698	↑3	28
34	Richard	652	↓5	35
35	Patrick	645	↓1	36
36	Mark	641	↓4	47
37	Cody	637	new	31
38	Jordan	631	↑8	29
39	Nathan	609	↓1	44
40	Jeffrey	608	↓5	43
41	Aaron	601	↓4	34
42	Jason	546	↓3	46
43	Charles	535	↓2	38
44	Samuel	478	↑4	45
45	Gregory	473	↓2	51
46	Scott	459	↓4	53
47	Paul	430	↓3	49
48	Derek	428	↑1	54
49	Corey	420	new	56
50	Jeremy	416	↓3	40

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