Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1992

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1992 were Ashley for girls (1,662 babies) and Michael for boys (2,763). Social Security records list 146,333 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1992

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

Girls

Baby: 105 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Maura: 57 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Devon: 89 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Corinne: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 148 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Katlyn: 84 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kiersten: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maureen: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brianne: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 125 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Khalil: 70 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rasheed: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kareem: 51 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Malik: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 102 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyree: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Dante: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donte: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 418 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	1,662	–	1
2	Jessica	1,532	–	2
3	Samantha	1,330	↑2	6
4	Amanda	1,303	↓1	3
5	Emily	1,218	↑2	7
6	Brittany	1,213	↓2	4
7	Sarah	1,196	↓1	5
8	Nicole	1,033	–	14
9	Megan	893	↑1	10
10	Lauren	856	↓1	12
11	Rachel	811	↑1	16
12	Chelsea	808	↑7	15
13	Stephanie	794	↓2	8
14	Elizabeth	787	–	9
15	Kayla	740	↓2	13
16	Jennifer	739	↓1	11
17	Rebecca	729	↓1	20
18	Danielle	727	–	18
19	Alyssa	638	↑1	30
20	Amber	620	↓3	19
21	Kelsey	600	↑2	23
22	Taylor	585	↑16	17
23	Courtney	574	↓2	21
24	Melissa	552	↓2	24
25	Victoria	511	↓1	22
26	Alexandra	493	↑3	29
27	Kaitlyn	472	↑20	42
28	Kelly	464	↓3	47
29	Sara	445	↑5	37
30	Laura	437	↓2	38
31	Heather	431	↓5	31
32	Mary	430	–	36
33	Michelle	430	↓3	25
34	Erin	415	↑3	46
35	Hannah	414	↓2	26
36	Tiffany	404	↓5	32
37	Alexis	402	↑3	40
38	Christina	396	↓11	33
39	Jenna	390	↑7	67
40	Brianna	386	↑3	43
41	Katherine	385	↓6	27
42	Allison	340	↑2	48
43	Shannon	338	↑7	66
44	Kimberly	324	↓8	35
45	Morgan	324	new	41
46	Julia	321	new	70
47	Kristen	317	↑2	53
48	Erica	310	↓6	44
49	Cassandra	307	new	52
50	Jasmine	302	↓9	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	2,763	–	1
2	Matthew	2,124	–	3
3	Christopher	1,735	–	2
4	Tyler	1,659	↑9	8
5	Joshua	1,614	↓1	4
6	Ryan	1,578	–	13
7	Andrew	1,549	↓2	5
8	John	1,466	↓1	14
9	Joseph	1,463	↓1	11
10	Nicholas	1,421	↑4	12
11	David	1,415	↓1	10
12	Brandon	1,401	↑3	6
13	Daniel	1,401	↓2	7
14	Zachary	1,366	↑2	16
15	Robert	1,261	↓3	17
16	James	1,232	↓7	9
17	Kyle	1,130	↑3	22
18	Anthony	1,096	↓1	19
19	William	1,009	–	20
20	Justin	1,007	↓2	18
21	Kevin	956	–	25
22	Jacob	910	↑2	15
23	Cody	900	↑6	24
24	Alexander	828	↑3	23
25	Thomas	805	↓2	27
26	Eric	773	↓4	26
27	Jonathan	770	↓2	21
28	Dylan	754	↑14	28
29	Brian	721	↓3	31
30	Benjamin	712	↑2	33
31	Sean	690	–	42
32	Timothy	669	↓2	34
33	Steven	668	↓5	29
34	Adam	665	–	36
35	Stephen	613	↓2	45
36	Patrick	593	↓1	39
37	Mark	587	↑1	49
38	Jordan	583	↓2	32
39	Richard	571	↓2	41
40	Nathan	552	–	44
41	Aaron	544	↓2	30
42	Samuel	489	↑1	40
43	Jeffrey	475	↓2	51
44	Jason	457	↑1	46
45	Charles	428	↓1	43
46	Scott	419	↑1	61
47	Shane	418	↓1	77
48	Shawn	402	↑1	71
49	Christian	370	new	35
50	Evan	369	new	66

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