Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2005

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2005 were Emily for girls (892 babies) and Michael for boys (1,113). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,642 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2005

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

Girls

Baby: 43 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Maura: 63 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Devon: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Saniyah: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Katharine: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Giana: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Sanaa: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Gianna: 256 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shannon: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 65 babies, 11× the national rate
Amos: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Semaj: 52 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Samir: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nasir: 105 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francis: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kareem: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donte: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amir: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rocco: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	892	–	1
2	Emma	870	–	2
3	Madison	864	–	3
4	Olivia	793	–	5
5	Abigail	727	–	4
6	Ava	726	↑7	9
7	Isabella	619	↑2	6
8	Hannah	607	↓2	7
9	Sarah	582	↓1	15
10	Grace	579	↓3	14
11	Samantha	527	↑1	8
12	Alexis	514	↓2	13
13	Elizabeth	470	↓2	11
14	Sophia	469	↑1	12
15	Lauren	415	↑2	21
16	Julia	412	↑2	31
17	Kayla	404	↑2	25
18	Alyssa	397	↓4	16
19	Ella	389	↑11	23
20	Anna	388	↓4	22
21	Hailey	350	↑6	26
22	Brianna	347	–	20
23	Chloe	346	↑12	19
24	Morgan	345	↓1	33
25	Natalie	333	↑8	18
26	Mia	332	↑12	17
27	Ashley	324	↓3	10
28	Rachel	319	↓7	38
29	Brooke	315	↑3	47
30	Paige	304	↓5	60
31	Sydney	304	–	30
32	Riley	300	↑4	54
33	Taylor	294	↓13	24
34	Mackenzie	290	↓8	51
35	Jessica	284	↓1	27
36	Gabrielle	277	new	55
37	Megan	272	↓8	41
38	Victoria	264	↓10	28
39	Gianna	256	↑5	>100
40	Kaitlyn	255	↓3	34
41	Lily	249	new	39
42	Angelina	247	new	43
43	Kylie	245	↓4	57
44	Allison	242	↓2	45
45	Jenna	238	↓2	62
46	Destiny	236	↑1	32
47	Alexandra	230	↓7	37
48	Gabriella	224	new	61
49	Leah	222	↓8	68
50	Faith	219	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Michael	1,113	–	2
2	Jacob	1,005	–	1
3	Matthew	999	↑1	4
4	Ryan	965	↓1	14
5	Nicholas	940	–	15
6	Joseph	873	↑2	9
7	Joshua	856	↓1	3
8	Ethan	853	↑1	5
9	Tyler	834	↓2	16
10	Andrew	824	–	6
11	John	780	↑1	18
12	Anthony	760	↓1	8
13	Daniel	732	↑2	7
14	Alexander	710	↓1	13
15	Nathan	700	↑6	20
16	Logan	671	↑2	26
17	Benjamin	665	↑2	25
18	James	656	↑4	17
19	Christopher	640	↓5	10
20	Zachary	624	↓4	29
21	Dylan	613	↓4	24
22	William	608	↓2	11
23	David	596	–	12
24	Noah	575	↑5	23
25	Luke	540	–	41
26	Connor	537	↑2	48
27	Evan	525	–	39
28	Aidan	512	↓4	43
29	Samuel	510	↑3	21
30	Robert	491	↑3	37
31	Gavin	471	↑4	47
32	Thomas	469	↓1	40
33	Owen	455	↑3	60
34	Mason	452	↑6	42
35	Christian	448	↑2	22
36	Aiden	414	↑8	50
37	Jack	412	↑5	34
38	Brandon	409	↓8	27
39	Jonathan	406	–	19
40	Austin	404	↓6	38
41	Gabriel	402	↑6	28
42	Justin	396	↓16	36
43	Jason	369	↑5	51
44	Caleb	364	↑2	35
45	Elijah	358	↓2	31
46	Hunter	341	↓1	53
47	Kyle	339	↓6	69
48	Sean	336	↓10	75
49	Chase	331	new	82
50	Jordan	322	new	46

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