Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1997

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1997 were Emily for girls (1,301 babies) and Michael for boys (1,795). Social Security records list 124,257 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1997

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, 20.6× the national rate
Baby: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maura: 70 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Devon: 86 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gianna: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brielle: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kiersten: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corinne: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carly: 183 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bridget: 98 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 73 babies, 11× the national rate
Amir: 75 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baby: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francis: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harry: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Khalil: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shane: 274 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marquise: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Owen: 105 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Melvin: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	1,301	–	1
2	Sarah	956	–	4
3	Samantha	953	↑1	6
4	Taylor	945	↑3	7
5	Jessica	826	↓2	2
6	Hannah	740	↑3	5
7	Rachel	738	↓2	13
8	Alexis	735	↑3	8
9	Ashley	731	↓3	3
10	Elizabeth	670	↑2	9
11	Megan	670	↓1	11
12	Kayla	642	↑1	12
13	Amanda	641	↓5	16
14	Alyssa	620	↑5	15
15	Madison	606	↑5	10
16	Lauren	588	↓1	14
17	Nicole	562	↓3	21
18	Brianna	541	–	17
19	Rebecca	525	↓2	25
20	Morgan	512	↑3	22
21	Brittany	506	↓5	20
22	Olivia	502	↑6	27
23	Abigail	496	↑4	26
24	Victoria	481	↓2	19
25	Julia	429	↑9	37
26	Courtney	418	↓5	28
27	Alexandra	403	↓3	30
28	Amber	383	↓2	29
29	Danielle	357	↓4	34
30	Brooke	354	↑6	45
31	Allison	343	↑2	39
32	Kaitlyn	333	↓1	41
33	Jennifer	332	↓3	18
34	Anna	324	↑4	33
35	Erin	320	↓3	52
36	Gabrielle	320	↑3	51
37	Haley	312	↑3	31
38	Stephanie	310	↓9	23
39	Mary	305	↓4	46
40	Emma	297	↑9	36
41	Paige	296	↑1	64
42	Katherine	294	↑1	32
43	Shannon	292	↑1	85
44	Marissa	287	↓3	60
45	Sara	285	–	50
46	Jenna	279	↑2	76
47	Jordan	277	new	40
48	Sydney	266	new	35
49	Kelsey	262	↓12	57
50	Katelyn	257	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	1,795	–	1
2	Matthew	1,679	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,518	↑1	6
4	Jacob	1,389	↑5	2
5	Tyler	1,362	↓2	10
6	Joshua	1,153	↑5	5
7	Ryan	1,151	↓2	16
8	Zachary	1,128	–	13
9	Joseph	1,127	↓3	12
10	Andrew	1,124	↑2	7
11	John	1,077	↓1	15
12	Brandon	1,028	↑2	8
13	Christopher	1,010	↓6	4
14	Daniel	964	↓1	11
15	James	927	↑3	17
16	Austin	916	↓1	9
17	Anthony	872	–	18
18	David	871	↓2	14
19	Justin	819	↑2	20
20	Robert	782	↑2	23
21	Kyle	778	↓2	24
22	William	776	↓2	19
23	Alexander	709	–	22
24	Thomas	683	↑1	31
25	Benjamin	643	↑1	29
26	Jonathan	631	↓2	21
27	Dylan	590	↑1	30
28	Kevin	578	↑2	28
29	Jordan	546	↑2	26
30	Samuel	543	↑2	27
31	Eric	516	↓4	35
32	Nathan	510	↑1	34
33	Brian	459	↑3	37
34	Noah	458	↑12	38
35	Sean	454	↑3	48
36	Christian	444	↑3	25
37	Aaron	437	↓2	33
38	Adam	435	↓4	39
39	Cody	428	↓10	36
40	Timothy	420	–	43
41	Patrick	393	↓4	50
42	Jason	361	↑1	41
43	Connor	345	new	52
44	Steven	341	↓3	40
45	Logan	332	↑4	42
46	Evan	329	↑1	61
47	Stephen	328	↓2	68
48	Jared	325	new	56
49	Mark	325	↓5	58
50	Richard	320	↓8	51

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