Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1995

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1995 were Emily for girls (1,264 babies) and Michael for boys (2,122). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 133,241 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1995

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: 44 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Baby: 127 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Maura: 72 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Devon: 104 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kiersten: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jill: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gina: 117 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gianna: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawna: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Barbara: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 125 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Amir: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francis: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 314 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tyree: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colin: 202 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Khalil: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donte: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 289 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Emily	1,264	–	3
2	Jessica	1,105	↑1	1
3	Samantha	1,092	↑1	4
4	Sarah	1,054	↑1	5
5	Ashley	1,048	↓3	2
6	Rachel	924	↑5	12
7	Taylor	888	↑2	6
8	Amanda	858	↓2	9
9	Brittany	833	↓2	8
10	Megan	756	–	13
11	Kayla	742	↑2	11
12	Nicole	699	↓4	19
13	Elizabeth	667	↑1	10
14	Alexis	664	↑2	14
15	Lauren	649	↓3	15
16	Brianna	583	↑7	21
17	Alyssa	582	–	27
18	Courtney	579	↑1	17
19	Hannah	565	↑6	7
20	Danielle	564	–	24
21	Morgan	554	↑5	23
22	Rebecca	546	↓7	28
23	Victoria	539	↓5	20
24	Amber	502	↓3	22
25	Alexandra	478	↑2	26
26	Stephanie	469	↓4	16
27	Jennifer	465	↓3	18
28	Kaitlyn	441	↑7	42
29	Olivia	415	↑18	39
30	Abigail	413	↑4	36
31	Allison	391	–	34
32	Erin	390	↓3	49
33	Kelsey	380	↓5	33
34	Mary	368	↓4	40
35	Anna	361	↑15	31
36	Madison	361	new	29
37	Paige	351	new	58
38	Shannon	350	↓6	73
39	Julia	326	new	62
40	Kelly	326	–	64
41	Brooke	320	↑7	52
42	Sara	320	↓6	48
43	Christina	314	↓4	45
44	Katherine	312	↓3	30
45	Gabrielle	308	↑1	61
46	Melissa	308	↓8	35
47	Chelsea	302	↓14	47
48	Marissa	291	↓11	53
49	Haley	284	new	32
50	Jenna	281	↓8	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	2,122	–	1
2	Matthew	1,759	↑1	2
3	Tyler	1,638	↓1	6
4	Nicholas	1,562	–	7
5	Ryan	1,373	–	15
6	Joshua	1,308	↑3	5
7	Zachary	1,305	–	14
8	Christopher	1,294	↓2	3
9	Joseph	1,277	↓1	12
10	Daniel	1,218	↑1	9
11	John	1,213	↓1	13
12	Jacob	1,171	↑5	4
13	Brandon	1,139	↓1	8
14	Andrew	1,120	↓1	11
15	James	1,040	↑1	17
16	David	976	↓2	16
17	Kyle	972	↑2	24
18	Austin	944	↑7	10
19	Alexander	932	↑1	21
20	Anthony	926	↓2	19
21	Robert	911	↓6	22
22	Justin	873	↑1	18
23	William	829	↓2	20
24	Thomas	772	↓2	27
25	Cody	749	↓1	26
26	Kevin	699	↑1	25
27	Eric	641	↓1	32
28	Jonathan	634	–	23
29	Benjamin	627	–	31
30	Aaron	621	↑1	30
31	Dylan	618	↑2	34
32	Adam	561	↑4	38
33	Brian	550	↓3	36
34	Nathan	542	–	39
35	Jordan	509	↑3	29
36	Sean	504	↑3	45
37	Patrick	500	–	43
38	Timothy	493	↓6	40
39	Samuel	478	↑1	33
40	Steven	475	↓5	37
41	Christian	441	↑4	28
42	Stephen	439	↓1	57
43	Richard	421	↓1	42
44	Mark	404	↓1	52
45	Jason	384	↓1	41
46	Evan	383	↑2	60
47	Ian	368	new	67
48	Charles	338	↓1	44
49	Jesse	319	↓3	46
50	Jeffrey	318	↓1	64

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