Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1998

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,371 babies) and Michael for boys (1,804). Social Security records list 125,016 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1998

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: 57 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Maura: 76 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Baby: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Devon: 76 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brynn: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Kiersten: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gianna: 102 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Barbara: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gina: 84 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nichole: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 67 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Amos: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Baby: 55 babies, 7× the national rate
Francis: 88 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Amir: 72 babies, 4× the national rate
Shane: 267 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colin: 263 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Todd: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donte: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,371	–	1
2	Sarah	936	–	4
3	Samantha	928	–	3
4	Hannah	841	↑2	2
5	Madison	834	↑10	9
6	Taylor	824	↓2	7
7	Alexis	821	↑1	6
8	Ashley	721	↑1	5
9	Rachel	710	↓2	15
10	Alyssa	692	↑4	11
11	Jessica	669	↓6	8
12	Megan	639	↓1	13
13	Elizabeth	600	↓3	10
14	Kayla	596	↓2	12
15	Morgan	563	↑5	23
16	Lauren	552	–	14
17	Abigail	548	↑6	18
18	Amanda	544	↓5	19
19	Brianna	536	↓1	17
20	Nicole	519	↓3	24
21	Julia	514	↑4	32
22	Olivia	504	–	21
23	Victoria	467	↑1	16
24	Rebecca	459	↓5	30
25	Emma	443	↑15	22
26	Brittany	426	↓5	25
27	Allison	402	↑4	38
28	Anna	376	↑6	31
29	Alexandra	373	↓2	27
30	Kaitlyn	371	↑2	35
31	Amber	354	↓3	37
32	Paige	348	↑9	63
33	Courtney	344	↓7	39
34	Brooke	342	↓4	46
35	Gabrielle	334	↑1	47
36	Erin	315	↓1	57
37	Danielle	314	↓8	41
38	Jenna	314	↑8	65
39	Jordan	289	↑8	42
40	Mary	289	↓1	44
41	Haley	286	↓4	36
42	Jennifer	282	↓9	20
43	Sydney	282	↑5	28
44	Katherine	273	↓2	33
45	Natalie	273	new	40
46	Sierra	273	new	51
47	Grace	255	new	53
48	Sara	253	↓3	48
49	Mackenzie	238	new	64
50	Marissa	237	↓6	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	1,804	–	1
2	Matthew	1,573	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,420	–	6
4	Jacob	1,414	–	2
5	Tyler	1,355	–	8
6	Joshua	1,165	–	4
7	Ryan	1,134	–	17
8	Joseph	1,080	↑1	11
9	John	1,069	↑2	15
10	Zachary	1,048	↓2	16
11	Andrew	1,019	↓1	9
12	Austin	997	↑4	10
13	Christopher	970	–	5
14	Brandon	950	↓2	7
15	David	881	↑3	13
16	Daniel	877	↓2	12
17	Anthony	833	–	19
18	James	827	↓3	18
19	Kyle	791	↑2	24
20	William	765	↑2	14
21	Alexander	764	↑2	22
22	Justin	762	↓3	20
23	Robert	732	↓3	23
24	Dylan	693	↑3	25
25	Thomas	653	↓1	31
26	Benjamin	640	↓1	30
27	Noah	629	↑7	29
28	Jonathan	586	↓2	21
29	Nathan	572	↑3	34
30	Jordan	545	↓1	27
31	Samuel	505	↓1	28
32	Hunter	491	new	36
33	Kevin	487	↓5	32
34	Christian	478	↑2	26
35	Eric	477	↓4	39
36	Sean	475	↓1	50
37	Aaron	457	–	37
38	Brian	426	↓5	41
39	Ethan	409	new	38
40	Timothy	402	–	49
41	Adam	398	↓3	45
42	Jason	380	–	40
43	Jared	367	↑5	51
44	Cameron	366	new	35
45	Cody	365	↓6	43
46	Connor	364	↓3	47
47	Logan	355	↓2	44
48	Evan	345	↓2	63
49	Steven	343	↓5	46
50	Patrick	333	↓9	57

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