Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2002

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2002 were Emily for girls (1,153 babies) and Michael for boys (1,352). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,670 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2002

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: 36 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Malinda: 32 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Baby: 61 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Devon: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maura: 46 babies, 5× the national rate
Gianna: 214 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Giana: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amira: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aniyah: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gina: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Quadir: 40 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Baby: 54 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Nasir: 131 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jamir: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Amos: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Samir: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Zaire: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Amir: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 273 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	1,153	–	1
2	Madison	1,054	–	2
3	Hannah	811	–	3
4	Sarah	748	–	8
5	Abigail	744	–	7
6	Olivia	735	–	10
7	Emma	733	↑3	4
8	Alexis	639	–	5
9	Elizabeth	585	–	11
10	Samantha	570	↓3	9
11	Grace	540	↑5	15
12	Lauren	535	↑1	13
13	Alyssa	532	↑1	12
14	Kayla	523	↓3	19
15	Rachel	520	↑5	24
16	Taylor	509	↓4	18
17	Isabella	505	↑12	14
18	Ashley	503	–	6
19	Morgan	473	–	29
20	Anna	469	↑3	20
21	Julia	461	↓6	33
22	Brianna	441	↓1	17
23	Megan	409	↓1	22
24	Jessica	401	↓7	16
25	Sydney	388	–	23
26	Mackenzie	370	↑1	42
27	Victoria	358	↓3	21
28	Haley	346	↑3	35
29	Sophia	338	↑13	27
30	Paige	337	↑6	51
31	Brooke	305	↑17	52
32	Hailey	304	↑1	31
33	Allison	296	↑10	44
34	Kaitlyn	294	↓6	32
35	Jenna	287	↓9	47
36	Nicole	287	↓4	37
37	Rebecca	283	–	54
38	Amanda	282	↓8	46
39	Chloe	280	↑6	25
40	Alexandra	279	–	38
41	Mary	271	↓3	49
42	Destiny	270	↓3	34
43	Gabrielle	261	↓9	66
44	Jordan	260	↑6	45
45	Natalie	248	↑2	30
46	Kylie	243	new	61
47	Ava	233	new	82
48	Sierra	231	↓4	62
49	Sara	228	new	59
50	Erin	227	↓15	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	1,352	–	2
2	Jacob	1,261	–	1
3	Matthew	1,172	–	4
4	Nicholas	1,040	–	9
5	Ryan	1,015	↑2	16
6	Joshua	997	–	3
7	Joseph	975	↑2	7
8	Tyler	966	↓3	14
9	John	902	↓1	17
10	Andrew	895	↑1	6
11	Ethan	856	↑8	5
12	Zachary	841	↓2	19
13	Anthony	800	↑1	12
14	Daniel	783	↓2	10
15	Christopher	723	↓2	8
16	Alexander	719	–	15
17	David	708	–	13
18	Dylan	701	↓3	23
19	James	670	↑1	18
20	William	661	↑1	11
21	Nathan	652	↑2	28
22	Logan	646	↑8	29
23	Brandon	623	↓5	20
24	Justin	618	–	22
25	Benjamin	589	↓3	27
26	Austin	588	↑1	26
27	Samuel	576	↑2	25
28	Noah	524	↓3	31
29	Robert	524	↓1	34
30	Thomas	505	↓4	36
31	Luke	502	↑4	46
32	Kyle	495	↓1	40
33	Jonathan	491	–	21
34	Hunter	487	–	38
35	Christian	470	↓3	24
36	Connor	419	↑1	47
37	Sean	403	↑5	59
38	Evan	391	↓2	56
39	Jason	387	↑4	42
40	Jordan	383	↑1	37
41	Caleb	379	↑5	35
42	Gavin	375	new	61
43	Aaron	369	↑1	43
44	Gabriel	368	new	32
45	Kevin	368	↓7	33
46	Jack	358	new	44
47	Cameron	355	↓8	39
48	Aidan	346	new	60
49	Mason	340	–	53
50	Adam	338	↓10	55

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