Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1994

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1994 were Emily for girls (1,355 babies) and Michael for boys (2,351). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 138,305 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1994

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

Girls

Siani: 43 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Baby: 136 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Maura: 67 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kiersten: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Devon: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerri: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lea: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 119 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gianna: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 171 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Khalil: 69 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Amir: 56 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Francis: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Malik: 87 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harry: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Todd: 103 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donte: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 328 babies, 2× the national rate
Shane: 312 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Emily	1,355	↑2	3
2	Ashley	1,246	↓1	2
3	Jessica	1,242	↓1	1
4	Samantha	1,224	–	4
5	Sarah	1,110	–	5
6	Amanda	960	–	8
7	Brittany	866	–	7
8	Nicole	866	–	11
9	Taylor	856	↑3	6
10	Megan	844	↑1	10
11	Rachel	842	↓2	13
12	Lauren	762	↓2	14
13	Kayla	726	↑3	12
14	Elizabeth	702	↓1	9
15	Rebecca	686	↓1	24
16	Alexis	637	↑9	18
17	Alyssa	633	↓2	26
18	Victoria	626	↑4	19
19	Courtney	613	↑4	22
20	Danielle	587	↓3	20
21	Amber	581	↓3	21
22	Stephanie	563	↓3	15
23	Brianna	533	↑4	27
24	Jennifer	518	↓4	17
25	Hannah	508	↑4	16
26	Morgan	505	↑16	25
27	Alexandra	490	↓3	28
28	Kelsey	474	↓7	29
29	Erin	434	↑8	45
30	Mary	431	↓2	37
31	Allison	416	↓1	34
32	Shannon	406	↑1	60
33	Chelsea	400	↓7	38
34	Abigail	392	new	42
35	Kaitlyn	390	–	48
36	Sara	367	–	43
37	Marissa	360	new	53
38	Melissa	349	↓6	31
39	Christina	345	↑2	39
40	Kelly	335	↓6	62
41	Katherine	326	↓10	30
42	Jenna	318	↓4	80
43	Kristen	312	↑5	55
44	Michelle	311	↓1	33
45	Laura	310	↓6	46
46	Gabrielle	304	new	67
47	Olivia	299	new	50
48	Brooke	297	↑1	54
49	Heather	291	↓3	44
50	Anna	290	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	2,351	–	1
2	Tyler	1,850	↑1	5
3	Matthew	1,770	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	1,518	↑2	9
5	Ryan	1,449	–	16
6	Christopher	1,377	↓2	2
7	Zachary	1,352	↑1	12
8	Joseph	1,335	↑1	11
9	Joshua	1,328	↓2	4
10	John	1,298	↑1	15
11	Daniel	1,286	↑1	8
12	Brandon	1,256	↑1	6
13	Andrew	1,240	↓3	10
14	David	1,157	↑1	13
15	Robert	1,106	↑1	21
16	James	1,100	↓2	14
17	Jacob	1,048	↑2	7
18	Anthony	1,020	↓1	18
19	Kyle	955	↓1	24
20	Alexander	943	↑1	22
21	William	938	↓1	19
22	Thomas	831	↑2	27
23	Justin	816	↓1	20
24	Cody	784	↓1	25
25	Austin	743	↑15	17
26	Eric	727	↑1	30
27	Kevin	714	↓2	26
28	Jonathan	709	↓2	23
29	Benjamin	663	–	31
30	Brian	609	–	37
31	Aaron	606	↑5	28
32	Timothy	598	↓4	39
33	Dylan	594	↑1	32
34	Nathan	559	↑3	40
35	Steven	558	↓2	34
36	Adam	538	↓5	38
37	Patrick	538	↑4	42
38	Jordan	537	↓3	29
39	Sean	529	↓7	44
40	Samuel	503	↓1	33
41	Stephen	483	↓3	49
42	Richard	450	–	41
43	Mark	444	–	48
44	Jason	403	–	46
45	Christian	386	↑3	35
46	Jesse	382	↑4	45
47	Charles	375	↓2	43
48	Evan	361	new	62
49	Jeffrey	355	↓2	55
50	Jared	353	new	63

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