Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2001

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2001 were Emily for girls (1,118 babies) and Michael for boys (1,438). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 120,168 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2001

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: 44 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Baby: 68 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Maura: 76 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Devon: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Amira: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Gianna: 181 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brielle: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Cara: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aniyah: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kiersten: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 92 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jamir: 35 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Baby: 66 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Amos: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Amir: 94 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lamar: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shane: 293 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harry: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	1,118	–	1
2	Madison	1,086	–	2
3	Hannah	811	–	3
4	Sarah	800	–	6
5	Abigail	755	↑7	8
6	Olivia	746	↑3	10
7	Samantha	659	↓1	7
8	Alexis	644	↓3	5
9	Elizabeth	643	↑4	9
10	Emma	594	↑10	13
11	Kayla	594	↑4	17
12	Taylor	560	↓5	12
13	Lauren	559	↓5	15
14	Alyssa	557	↓4	14
15	Julia	544	↑4	27
16	Grace	521	↑6	16
17	Jessica	515	↓6	11
18	Ashley	505	↓4	4
19	Morgan	497	↑2	29
20	Rachel	492	↓4	24
21	Brianna	470	↓4	18
22	Megan	457	↓4	20
23	Anna	416	↑1	19
24	Victoria	400	↓1	21
25	Sydney	395	↑5	23
26	Jenna	376	↑13	45
27	Mackenzie	371	↑5	40
28	Kaitlyn	353	↓2	31
29	Isabella	352	↑13	28
30	Amanda	349	↓5	39
31	Haley	348	↓4	34
32	Nicole	323	↓4	36
33	Hailey	319	↑7	33
34	Gabrielle	308	↓3	50
35	Erin	303	↑2	60
36	Paige	303	↑2	71
37	Rebecca	303	↓8	46
38	Mary	302	↓3	48
39	Destiny	299	↓3	22
40	Alexandra	293	↓6	38
41	Katherine	290	↑7	35
42	Sophia	286	↑4	37
43	Allison	283	–	44
44	Sierra	272	–	55
45	Chloe	261	↑5	30
46	Amber	260	new	51
47	Natalie	260	↓6	32
48	Brooke	248	↓15	57
49	Katelyn	227	new	52
50	Jordan	225	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	1,438	–	2
2	Jacob	1,311	–	1
3	Matthew	1,271	–	3
4	Nicholas	1,162	–	6
5	Tyler	1,054	↑1	13
6	Joshua	1,037	↑1	4
7	Ryan	1,034	↓2	15
8	John	990	↑1	14
9	Joseph	981	↓1	8
10	Zachary	932	–	16
11	Andrew	883	–	7
12	Daniel	831	↑2	9
13	Christopher	821	↓1	5
14	Anthony	804	↓1	11
15	Dylan	777	↑2	21
16	Alexander	742	–	20
17	David	714	↑4	12
18	Brandon	704	↓3	18
19	Ethan	678	↑10	17
20	James	671	↓2	19
21	William	664	↓1	10
22	Benjamin	652	↑1	27
23	Nathan	647	↑1	31
24	Justin	640	↓5	22
25	Noah	630	–	28
26	Thomas	609	↑2	33
27	Austin	592	↓5	25
28	Robert	575	↓1	30
29	Samuel	545	↑1	26
30	Logan	543	↑8	29
31	Kyle	507	↓5	40
32	Christian	496	–	24
33	Jonathan	471	–	23
34	Hunter	467	↓3	36
35	Luke	460	–	50
36	Evan	435	↑5	56
37	Connor	414	↑6	49
38	Kevin	404	↓2	32
39	Cameron	402	↓5	35
40	Adam	394	↑2	51
41	Jordan	385	↓1	39
42	Sean	382	↓5	57
43	Jason	370	↑3	41
44	Aaron	365	↑3	42
45	Ian	341	new	70
46	Caleb	335	new	37
47	Eric	335	↓8	44
48	Jared	335	↓3	65
49	Mason	322	new	54
50	Brian	318	↓2	46

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