Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2006

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2006 were Ava for girls (872 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,071). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 119,834 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2006

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

Girls

Maura: 52 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Samiyah: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Amirah: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sanai: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gianna: 334 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Saniyah: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gina: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amira: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Giana: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Samir: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Semaj: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Nasir: 102 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jamir: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francis: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nico: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mekhi: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sincere: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amir: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rocco: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ava	872	↑5	5
2	Emily	821	↓1	1
3	Emma	805	↓1	2
4	Madison	801	↓1	3
5	Olivia	784	↓1	7
6	Isabella	719	↑1	4
7	Abigail	678	↓2	6
8	Hannah	568	–	8
9	Sarah	554	–	15
10	Alexis	550	↑2	14
11	Sophia	531	↑3	9
12	Grace	522	↓2	16
13	Elizabeth	498	–	11
14	Samantha	446	↓3	10
15	Kayla	439	↑2	26
16	Julia	407	–	31
17	Ella	397	↑2	21
18	Alyssa	394	–	19
19	Lauren	379	↓4	24
20	Anna	372	–	22
21	Mia	360	↑5	13
22	Chloe	355	↑1	18
23	Natalie	352	↑2	17
24	Morgan	339	–	35
25	Gianna	334	↑14	98
26	Taylor	330	↑7	23
27	Brianna	329	↓5	20
28	Brooke	323	↑1	44
29	Hailey	316	↓8	25
30	Ashley	304	↓3	12
31	Riley	294	↑1	56
32	Lily	286	↑9	33
33	Savannah	284	new	30
34	Mackenzie	281	–	53
35	Sydney	278	↓4	34
36	Paige	276	↓6	77
37	Victoria	266	↑1	27
38	Nevaeh	253	new	43
39	Jessica	247	↓4	32
40	Leah	246	↑9	68
41	Rachel	244	↓13	48
42	Addison	237	new	28
43	Megan	236	↓6	60
44	Gabriella	235	↑4	50
45	Angelina	234	↓3	49
46	Kylie	233	↓3	67
47	Alexandra	228	–	40
48	Kaitlyn	227	↓8	41
49	Lillian	227	new	38
50	Kaylee	221	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	1,071	↑1	1
2	Michael	1,043	↓1	2
3	Ryan	959	↑1	14
4	Joseph	854	↑2	11
5	Matthew	823	↓2	5
6	Logan	813	↑10	20
7	Anthony	782	↑5	9
8	Joshua	777	↓1	3
9	Ethan	772	↓1	4
10	Nicholas	771	↓5	17
11	Andrew	750	↓1	7
12	John	738	↓1	19
13	Tyler	691	↓4	18
14	Benjamin	681	↑3	24
15	Daniel	681	↓2	6
16	Alexander	674	↓2	12
17	Nathan	669	↓2	23
18	William	652	↑4	10
19	Noah	637	↑5	15
20	Christopher	611	↓1	8
21	James	606	↓3	16
22	David	588	↑1	13
23	Dylan	587	↓2	26
24	Zachary	573	↓4	33
25	Luke	554	–	43
26	Aidan	520	↑2	44
27	Gavin	503	↑4	38
28	Evan	498	↓1	42
29	Connor	497	↓3	53
30	Mason	480	↑4	40
31	Owen	478	↑2	58
32	Christian	476	↑3	21
33	Aiden	475	↑3	32
34	Samuel	453	↓5	25
35	Thomas	441	↓3	51
36	Jack	434	↑1	36
37	Brandon	432	↑1	27
38	Jonathan	420	↑1	22
39	Austin	416	↑1	41
40	Robert	416	↓10	47
41	Justin	413	↑1	45
42	Chase	385	↑7	83
43	Gabriel	382	↓2	28
44	Elijah	379	↑1	29
45	Caleb	367	↓1	34
46	Jayden	360	new	49
47	Isaiah	348	new	39
48	Jordan	336	↑2	46
49	Landon	330	new	50
50	Hunter	329	↓4	54

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