Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2003

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2003 were Emily for girls (1,137 babies) and Michael for boys (1,287). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 120,726 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2003

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: 30 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Baby: 80 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Maura: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sanaa: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Devon: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gia: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gianna: 238 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aniyah: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gina: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Barbara: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Quadir: 44 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Baby: 77 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Amos: 41 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jamir: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Samir: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nasir: 107 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Francis: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amir: 100 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rocco: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kieran: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	1,137	–	1
2	Emma	1,019	↑5	2
3	Madison	917	↓1	3
4	Olivia	861	↑2	5
5	Hannah	781	↓2	4
6	Abigail	721	↓1	6
7	Sarah	694	↓3	11
8	Grace	596	↑3	13
9	Alexis	595	↓1	7
10	Isabella	584	↑7	12
11	Elizabeth	564	↓2	9
12	Samantha	517	↓2	10
13	Kayla	514	↑1	16
14	Alyssa	506	↓1	14
15	Lauren	473	↓3	15
16	Julia	466	↑5	33
17	Ashley	460	↑1	8
18	Morgan	440	↑1	29
19	Sophia	417	↑10	20
20	Anna	408	–	21
21	Brianna	408	↑1	17
22	Taylor	397	↓6	19
23	Paige	396	↑7	47
24	Jessica	393	–	18
25	Rachel	390	↓10	28
26	Megan	389	↓3	30
27	Sydney	358	↓2	25
28	Hailey	356	↑4	26
29	Mackenzie	343	↓3	45
30	Chloe	340	↑9	24
31	Victoria	340	↓4	22
32	Ava	332	↑15	39
33	Natalie	328	↑12	23
34	Brooke	311	↓3	43
35	Kaitlyn	310	↓1	32
36	Jenna	290	↓1	55
37	Haley	281	↓9	34
38	Mia	280	new	36
39	Rebecca	277	↓2	63
40	Jordan	264	↑4	48
41	Gabrielle	262	↑2	66
42	Allison	261	↓9	46
43	Alexandra	255	↓3	38
44	Riley	254	new	72
45	Kylie	253	↑1	52
46	Nicole	246	↓10	40
47	Amanda	240	↓9	54
48	Gianna	238	new	>100
49	Katherine	237	new	35
50	Destiny	231	↓8	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Michael	1,287	–	2
2	Ryan	1,173	↑3	13
3	Jacob	1,158	↓1	1
4	Matthew	1,080	↓1	4
5	Nicholas	1,027	↓1	12
6	Joseph	949	↑1	6
7	Joshua	904	↓1	3
8	Tyler	891	–	15
9	Andrew	877	↑1	5
10	Zachary	869	↑2	20
11	John	867	↓2	17
12	Anthony	850	↑1	10
13	Ethan	801	↓2	7
14	Daniel	736	–	8
15	Alexander	729	↑1	16
16	Dylan	693	↑2	19
17	William	683	↑3	11
18	Christopher	679	↓3	9
19	James	642	–	18
20	Benjamin	639	↑5	24
21	Logan	633	↑1	28
22	David	630	↓5	14
23	Nathan	624	↓2	26
24	Justin	599	–	27
25	Noah	555	↑3	31
26	Aidan	535	↑22	39
27	Brandon	534	↓4	21
28	Robert	527	↑1	35
29	Samuel	521	↓2	23
30	Thomas	513	–	36
31	Luke	511	–	46
32	Evan	502	↑6	44
33	Austin	496	↓7	33
34	Christian	494	↑1	25
35	Connor	491	↑1	43
36	Gavin	452	↑6	51
37	Jonathan	436	↓4	22
38	Hunter	430	↓4	41
39	Kyle	403	↓7	53
40	Elijah	391	new	37
41	Sean	391	↓4	61
42	Mason	373	↑7	54
43	Gabriel	366	↑1	29
44	Owen	365	new	72
45	Aaron	364	↓2	50
46	Jason	359	↓7	42
47	Adam	358	↑3	58
48	Kevin	358	↓3	32
49	Caleb	357	↓8	34
50	Cameron	355	↓3	40

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