Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2000

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2000 were Emily for girls (1,174 babies) and Michael for boys (1,491). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 123,815 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2000

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: 47 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Amirah: 33 babies, 8× the national rate
Baby: 64 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maura: 62 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Devon: 54 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gianna: 137 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maeve: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katharine: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 101 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jamir: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Amos: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Baby: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Amir: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Shane: 294 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colin: 282 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Declan: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	1,174	–	1
2	Madison	998	↑2	3
3	Hannah	923	–	2
4	Sarah	825	↓2	5
5	Alexis	759	–	6
6	Samantha	702	–	7
7	Taylor	679	–	10
8	Lauren	672	↑5	11
9	Olivia	657	↑7	16
10	Alyssa	640	↑5	12
11	Jessica	626	↑1	8
12	Abigail	612	↑5	14
13	Elizabeth	609	↓4	9
14	Ashley	604	↓6	4
15	Kayla	580	↓4	13
16	Rachel	561	↓6	21
17	Brianna	549	↑1	15
18	Megan	544	↓4	18
19	Julia	524	↑1	29
20	Emma	518	↑2	17
21	Morgan	505	↓2	25
22	Grace	457	↑4	19
23	Victoria	429	–	20
24	Anna	413	↑7	22
25	Amanda	402	↓4	32
26	Kaitlyn	399	↑1	30
27	Haley	384	↑2	28
28	Nicole	380	↓4	31
29	Rebecca	374	↓4	39
30	Sydney	358	↓2	23
31	Gabrielle	338	↑1	49
32	Mackenzie	331	↑8	43
33	Brooke	328	–	51
34	Alexandra	324	↓4	36
35	Mary	313	↑2	46
36	Destiny	308	↑10	24
37	Erin	303	↑6	61
38	Paige	302	↓4	69
39	Jenna	296	↓4	63
40	Hailey	294	new	35
41	Natalie	285	↓2	34
42	Isabella	282	new	45
43	Allison	281	↓7	44
44	Sierra	273	↑1	53
45	Sara	265	↑2	57
46	Sophia	262	new	42
47	Courtney	257	↓6	59
48	Katherine	256	–	33
49	Danielle	254	↓7	48
50	Chloe	245	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	1,491	–	2
2	Jacob	1,378	↑2	1
3	Matthew	1,374	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	1,285	↓1	6
5	Ryan	1,162	–	13
6	Tyler	1,108	–	10
7	Joshua	1,080	–	4
8	Joseph	1,044	–	8
9	John	1,022	↑1	14
10	Zachary	962	↓1	15
11	Andrew	934	–	7
12	Christopher	897	↑2	5
13	Anthony	848	↑3	17
14	Daniel	799	↓1	9
15	Brandon	790	↓3	12
16	Alexander	775	↑4	20
17	Dylan	766	↑5	24
18	James	755	↑3	18
19	Justin	727	↓1	19
20	William	719	↓1	11
21	David	710	↓4	16
22	Austin	674	↓7	23
23	Benjamin	671	↑3	26
24	Nathan	654	↑4	30
25	Noah	633	↓1	27
26	Kyle	621	↓3	37
27	Robert	620	↓2	29
28	Thomas	613	↓1	33
29	Ethan	550	↑9	25
30	Samuel	539	–	28
31	Hunter	538	↑2	35
32	Christian	523	↓1	22
33	Jonathan	521	↓4	21
34	Cameron	469	↑1	31
35	Luke	452	↑12	59
36	Kevin	426	↓2	32
37	Sean	421	↓1	57
38	Logan	418	↑4	40
39	Eric	412	↑1	42
40	Jordan	411	↓8	36
41	Evan	393	–	55
42	Adam	376	↓3	45
43	Connor	374	↑3	50
44	Patrick	373	↑4	68
45	Jared	359	↓1	56
46	Jason	357	↓9	39
47	Aaron	347	↓4	41
48	Brian	328	↑1	43
49	Timothy	323	↓4	58
50	Cole	305	new	71

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