Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1999

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1999 were Emily for girls (1,241 babies) and Michael for boys (1,644). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 123,982 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1999

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: 40 babies, 17× the national rate
Baby: 63 babies, 8× the national rate
Maura: 63 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Devon: 61 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aniyah: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gianna: 130 babies, 3× the national rate
Kiersten: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rachael: 139 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brynn: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tara: 107 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 99 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Baby: 68 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Zaire: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Amir: 91 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francis: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shane: 278 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colin: 242 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Melvin: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jordon: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jarrod: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	1,241	–	1
2	Sarah	951	–	4
3	Hannah	869	↑1	2
4	Madison	852	↑1	7
5	Alexis	838	↑2	3
6	Samantha	791	↓3	5
7	Taylor	720	↓1	8
8	Ashley	688	–	6
9	Elizabeth	668	↑4	10
10	Rachel	661	↓1	19
11	Kayla	652	↑3	13
12	Jessica	641	↓1	9
13	Lauren	633	↑3	12
14	Megan	604	↓2	15
15	Alyssa	587	↓5	11
16	Olivia	570	↑6	20
17	Abigail	540	–	18
18	Brianna	535	↑1	14
19	Morgan	534	↓4	24
20	Julia	526	↑1	30
21	Amanda	501	↓3	22
22	Emma	478	↑3	17
23	Victoria	468	–	16
24	Nicole	455	↓4	25
25	Rebecca	423	↓1	38
26	Grace	381	↑21	27
27	Kaitlyn	380	↑3	33
28	Sydney	354	↑15	23
29	Haley	353	↑12	31
30	Alexandra	349	↓1	32
31	Anna	343	↓3	29
32	Gabrielle	339	↑3	46
33	Brooke	338	↑1	47
34	Paige	329	↓2	67
35	Jenna	327	↑3	61
36	Allison	324	↓9	40
37	Mary	320	↑3	45
38	Brittany	317	↓12	35
39	Natalie	312	↑6	34
40	Mackenzie	308	↑9	52
41	Courtney	294	↓8	44
42	Danielle	290	↓5	43
43	Erin	290	↓7	58
44	Amber	285	↓13	41
45	Sierra	285	↑1	49
46	Destiny	279	new	28
47	Sara	261	↑1	50
48	Katherine	250	↓4	36
49	Marissa	227	↑1	73
50	Stephanie	227	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	1,644	–	2
2	Matthew	1,507	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,381	–	5
4	Jacob	1,378	–	1
5	Ryan	1,251	↑2	12
6	Tyler	1,188	↓1	10
7	Joshua	1,151	↓1	4
8	Joseph	1,111	–	8
9	Zachary	1,076	↑1	17
10	John	1,012	↓1	15
11	Andrew	941	–	7
12	Brandon	930	↑2	11
13	Daniel	930	↑3	9
14	Christopher	902	↓1	6
15	Austin	895	↓3	13
16	Anthony	832	↑1	18
17	David	810	↓2	16
18	Justin	802	↑4	20
19	William	758	↑1	14
20	Alexander	745	↑1	21
21	James	738	↓3	19
22	Dylan	729	↑2	23
23	Kyle	713	↓4	28
24	Noah	656	↑3	24
25	Robert	651	↓2	26
26	Benjamin	645	–	29
27	Thomas	634	↓2	31
28	Nathan	627	↑1	32
29	Jonathan	524	↓1	22
30	Samuel	505	↑1	27
31	Christian	483	↑3	25
32	Jordan	476	↓2	30
33	Hunter	469	↓1	36
34	Kevin	442	↓1	34
35	Cameron	441	↑9	33
36	Sean	434	–	56
37	Jason	419	↑5	40
38	Ethan	414	↑1	37
39	Adam	405	↑2	44
40	Eric	405	↓5	39
41	Evan	402	↑7	57
42	Logan	391	↑5	42
43	Aaron	385	↓6	38
44	Jared	384	↓1	54
45	Timothy	380	↓5	49
46	Connor	376	–	48
47	Luke	370	new	67
48	Patrick	333	↑2	63
49	Brian	322	↓11	43
50	Cody	313	↓5	45

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