Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1993

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1993 were Ashley for girls (1,460 babies) and Michael for boys (2,712). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 141,963 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1993

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: 122 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Maura: 60 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gianna: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Devon: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kiersten: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carly: 198 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alaina: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Julianne: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 126 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janelle: 79 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 109 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Khalil: 61 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Amir: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyree: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kareem: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Malik: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 89 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harry: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lamar: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shane: 389 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	1,460	–	2
2	Jessica	1,358	–	1
3	Emily	1,343	↑2	5
4	Samantha	1,242	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,239	↑2	3
6	Amanda	1,097	↓2	8
7	Brittany	1,035	↓1	6
8	Nicole	884	–	13
9	Rachel	866	↑2	14
10	Lauren	839	–	12
11	Megan	831	↓2	11
12	Taylor	825	↑10	7
13	Elizabeth	748	↑1	9
14	Rebecca	737	↑3	22
15	Alyssa	702	↑4	26
16	Kayla	689	↓1	16
17	Danielle	668	↑1	18
18	Amber	666	↑2	17
19	Stephanie	664	↓6	10
20	Jennifer	636	↓4	15
21	Kelsey	626	–	24
22	Victoria	608	↑3	19
23	Courtney	582	–	20
24	Alexandra	517	↑2	28
25	Alexis	517	↑12	27
26	Chelsea	507	↓14	25
27	Brianna	447	↑13	32
28	Mary	437	↑4	36
29	Hannah	428	↑6	21
30	Allison	425	↑12	41
31	Katherine	422	↑10	29
32	Melissa	422	↓8	30
33	Shannon	414	↑10	53
34	Kelly	410	↓6	51
35	Kaitlyn	399	↓8	46
36	Sara	398	↓7	40
37	Erin	391	↓3	48
38	Jenna	364	↑1	70
39	Laura	362	↓9	43
40	Tiffany	359	↓4	33
41	Christina	358	↓3	35
42	Morgan	356	↑3	34
43	Michelle	338	↓10	31
44	Jasmine	330	↑6	23
45	Paige	319	new	60
46	Heather	314	↓15	38
47	Katelyn	312	new	54
48	Kristen	299	↓1	61
49	Brooke	298	new	52
50	Caitlin	298	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	2,712	–	1
2	Matthew	1,925	–	3
3	Tyler	1,772	↑1	5
4	Christopher	1,578	↓1	2
5	Ryan	1,557	↑1	13
6	Nicholas	1,483	↑4	8
7	Joshua	1,453	↓2	4
8	Zachary	1,398	↑6	15
9	Joseph	1,396	–	12
10	Andrew	1,359	↓3	10
11	John	1,356	↓3	16
12	Daniel	1,282	↑1	7
13	Brandon	1,263	↓1	6
14	James	1,188	↑2	14
15	David	1,187	↓4	11
16	Robert	1,084	↓1	17
17	Anthony	1,079	↑1	19
18	Kyle	1,061	↓1	23
19	Jacob	1,004	↑3	9
20	William	998	↓1	18
21	Alexander	924	↑3	21
22	Justin	895	↓2	20
23	Cody	887	–	24
24	Thomas	858	↑1	27
25	Kevin	853	↓4	25
26	Jonathan	756	↑1	22
27	Eric	735	↓1	29
28	Timothy	697	↑4	38
29	Benjamin	670	↑1	32
30	Brian	667	↓1	34
31	Adam	629	↑3	39
32	Sean	625	↓1	42
33	Steven	618	–	31
34	Dylan	598	↓6	33
35	Jordan	575	↑3	28
36	Aaron	571	↑5	30
37	Nathan	551	↑3	41
38	Stephen	528	↓3	47
39	Samuel	518	↑3	37
40	Austin	512	new	26
41	Patrick	501	↓5	43
42	Richard	483	↓3	40
43	Mark	447	↓6	49
44	Jason	407	–	45
45	Charles	398	–	44
46	Shane	389	↑1	84
47	Jeffrey	377	↓4	53
48	Christian	374	↑1	35
49	Jeremy	373	new	46
50	Jesse	368	new	48

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