Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1996

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1996 were Emily for girls (1,307 babies) and Michael for boys (1,951). Social Security records list 128,894 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1996

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: 42 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Baby: 58 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maura: 64 babies, 6× the national rate
Devon: 86 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kiersten: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gianna: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Brielle: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colleen: 94 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gina: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lea: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 41 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Baby: 79 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Francis: 81 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amir: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harry: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 312 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kurt: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tyree: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Khalil: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Colin: 214 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	1,307	–	1
2	Sarah	1,037	↑2	4
3	Jessica	1,003	↓1	2
4	Samantha	991	↓1	5
5	Rachel	898	↑1	9
6	Ashley	880	↓1	3
7	Taylor	832	–	6
8	Amanda	761	–	13
9	Hannah	749	↑10	7
10	Megan	732	–	12
11	Alexis	705	↑3	8
12	Elizabeth	677	↑1	10
13	Kayla	664	↓2	11
14	Nicole	658	↓2	22
15	Lauren	643	–	16
16	Brittany	626	↓7	14
17	Rebecca	591	↑5	24
18	Brianna	575	↓2	17
19	Alyssa	573	↓2	23
20	Madison	564	↑16	15
21	Courtney	558	↓3	21
22	Victoria	534	↑1	18
23	Morgan	510	↓2	25
24	Alexandra	498	↑1	26
25	Danielle	483	↓5	29
26	Amber	458	↓2	27
27	Abigail	439	↑3	32
28	Olivia	432	↑1	34
29	Stephanie	396	↓3	20
30	Jennifer	394	↓3	19
31	Kaitlyn	393	↓3	40
32	Erin	363	–	51
33	Allison	361	↓2	38
34	Julia	361	↑5	48
35	Mary	361	↓1	44
36	Brooke	357	↑5	45
37	Kelsey	350	↓4	36
38	Anna	340	↓3	33
39	Gabrielle	334	↑6	54
40	Haley	322	↑9	30
41	Marissa	315	↑7	59
42	Paige	306	↓5	65
43	Katherine	304	↑1	31
44	Shannon	297	↓6	80
45	Sara	295	↓3	50
46	Natalie	289	new	46
47	Kelly	279	↓7	73
48	Jenna	277	↑2	83
49	Emma	267	new	53
50	Chelsea	263	↓3	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	1,951	–	1
2	Matthew	1,749	–	2
3	Tyler	1,535	–	7
4	Nicholas	1,478	–	6
5	Ryan	1,241	–	16
6	Joseph	1,201	↑3	12
7	Christopher	1,197	↑1	4
8	Zachary	1,196	↓1	14
9	Jacob	1,194	↑3	3
10	John	1,157	↑1	15
11	Joshua	1,141	↓5	5
12	Andrew	1,137	↑2	10
13	Daniel	1,098	↓3	11
14	Brandon	1,090	↓1	8
15	Austin	995	↑3	9
16	David	986	–	13
17	Anthony	945	↑3	19
18	James	939	↓3	17
19	Kyle	851	↓2	25
20	William	825	↑3	18
21	Justin	823	↑1	20
22	Robert	823	↓1	23
23	Alexander	796	↓4	22
24	Jonathan	714	↑4	21
25	Thomas	701	↓1	28
26	Benjamin	698	↑3	29
27	Eric	598	–	35
28	Dylan	595	↑3	33
29	Cody	580	↓4	31
30	Kevin	578	↓4	26
31	Jordan	559	↑4	27
32	Samuel	535	↑7	30
33	Nathan	520	↑1	37
34	Adam	519	↓2	39
35	Aaron	501	↓5	34
36	Brian	491	↓3	36
37	Patrick	464	–	44
38	Sean	464	↓2	46
39	Christian	455	↑2	24
40	Timothy	453	↓2	40
41	Steven	446	↓1	38
42	Richard	405	↑1	45
43	Jason	397	↑2	41
44	Mark	385	–	55
45	Stephen	384	↓3	59
46	Noah	352	new	50
47	Evan	341	↓1	65
48	Luke	339	new	75
49	Logan	330	new	42
50	Jesse	329	↓1	51

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