Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2004

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2004 were Emily for girls (1,025 babies) and Michael for boys (1,243). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,859 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2004

Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ciani: 29 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Baby: 57 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Maura: 72 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Saniyah: 45 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Giavanna: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Devon: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sanaa: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Barbara: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gianna: 244 babies, 3× the national rate
Corinne: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 79 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nasir: 106 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Amos: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Semaj: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amir: 84 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mekhi: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kieran: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rocco: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 185 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	1,025	–	1
2	Emma	1,009	–	2
3	Madison	951	–	3
4	Olivia	830	–	4
5	Abigail	684	↑1	6
6	Hannah	661	↓1	5
7	Grace	621	↑1	13
8	Sarah	603	↓1	12
9	Isabella	599	↑1	7
10	Alexis	554	↓1	11
11	Elizabeth	511	–	10
12	Samantha	506	–	9
13	Ava	459	↑19	25
14	Alyssa	452	–	14
15	Sophia	423	↑4	15
16	Anna	417	↑4	20
17	Lauren	417	↓2	16
18	Julia	413	↓2	32
19	Kayla	401	↓6	18
20	Taylor	399	↑2	22
21	Rachel	380	↑4	34
22	Brianna	379	↓1	17
23	Morgan	378	↓5	31
24	Ashley	372	↓7	8
25	Paige	370	↓2	51
26	Mackenzie	341	↑3	45
27	Hailey	335	↑1	24
28	Victoria	328	↑3	28
29	Megan	326	↓3	36
30	Ella	319	new	29
31	Sydney	318	↓4	27
32	Brooke	306	↑2	46
33	Natalie	300	–	19
34	Jessica	298	↓10	21
35	Chloe	296	↓5	23
36	Riley	289	↑8	58
37	Kaitlyn	286	↓2	33
38	Mia	267	–	30
39	Kylie	263	↑6	49
40	Alexandra	256	↑3	37
41	Leah	249	new	64
42	Allison	247	–	40
43	Jenna	247	↓7	56
44	Gianna	244	↑4	>100
45	Rebecca	233	↓6	70
46	Amanda	229	↑1	67
47	Destiny	229	↑3	38
48	Haley	228	↓11	44
49	Nicole	228	↓3	43
50	Mary	227	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Michael	1,243	–	2
2	Jacob	1,101	↑1	1
3	Ryan	1,073	↓1	12
4	Matthew	1,052	–	4
5	Nicholas	947	–	13
6	Joshua	911	↑1	3
7	Tyler	870	↑1	16
8	Joseph	863	↓2	9
9	Ethan	835	↑4	5
10	Andrew	834	↓1	6
11	Anthony	827	↑1	11
12	John	794	↓1	17
13	Alexander	762	↑2	15
14	Christopher	689	↑4	10
15	Daniel	688	↓1	7
16	Zachary	686	↓6	26
17	Dylan	685	↓1	19
18	Logan	678	↑3	27
19	Benjamin	663	↑1	25
20	William	658	↓3	8
21	Nathan	654	↑2	20
22	James	638	↓3	18
23	David	631	↓1	14
24	Aidan	547	↑2	40
25	Luke	526	↑6	41
26	Justin	522	↓2	30
27	Evan	514	↑5	39
28	Connor	512	↑7	38
29	Noah	494	↓4	29
30	Brandon	493	↓3	22
31	Thomas	487	↓1	37
32	Samuel	478	↓3	23
33	Robert	474	↓5	36
34	Austin	461	↓1	35
35	Gavin	447	↑1	52
36	Owen	426	↑8	67
37	Christian	423	↓3	24
38	Sean	417	↑3	64
39	Jonathan	416	↓2	21
40	Mason	402	↑2	51
41	Kyle	395	↓2	55
42	Jack	390	new	42
43	Elijah	383	↓3	31
44	Aiden	372	new	60
45	Hunter	371	↓7	49
46	Caleb	344	↑3	33
47	Gabriel	342	↓4	32
48	Jason	338	↓2	47
49	Adam	336	↓2	58
50	Kevin	331	↓2	34

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