Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2007

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2007 were Ava for girls (994 babies) and Michael for boys (1,027). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 120,793 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2007

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: 56 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Samiyah: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Amirah: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sanai: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sanaa: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gianna: 319 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Giana: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Saige: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Martha: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Saniyah: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jasir: 35 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Samir: 53 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Amos: 39 babies, 6× the national rate
Semaj: 55 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Nasir: 100 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jamir: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kareem: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rocco: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Declan: 86 babies, 3× the national rate
Shane: 196 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Ava	994	–	4
2	Olivia	821	↑3	7
3	Emma	802	–	3
4	Madison	787	–	5
5	Isabella	735	↑1	2
6	Abigail	719	↑1	8
7	Emily	699	↓5	1
8	Sophia	645	↑3	6
9	Hannah	577	↓1	9
10	Sarah	503	↓1	18
11	Grace	479	↑1	20
12	Addison	468	↑30	11
13	Elizabeth	438	–	10
14	Ella	421	↑3	21
15	Alexis	417	↓5	19
16	Samantha	417	↓2	12
17	Alyssa	383	↑1	14
18	Mia	377	↑3	15
19	Chloe	361	↑3	16
20	Natalie	353	↑3	17
21	Lily	351	↑11	27
22	Kayla	349	↓7	26
23	Julia	335	↓7	34
24	Anna	333	↓4	25
25	Taylor	320	↑1	24
26	Gianna	319	↓1	91
27	Brianna	315	–	22
28	Hailey	311	↑1	23
29	Riley	311	↑2	52
30	Morgan	303	↓6	43
31	Gabriella	286	↑13	38
32	Nevaeh	285	↑6	31
33	Lauren	280	↓14	28
34	Savannah	278	↓1	30
35	Sydney	270	–	37
36	Ashley	267	↓6	13
37	Brooke	263	↓9	45
38	Paige	262	↓2	89
39	Mackenzie	249	↓5	65
40	Victoria	248	↓3	29
41	Lillian	244	↑8	33
42	Leah	238	↓2	67
43	Kaitlyn	236	↑5	44
44	Kylie	228	↑2	63
45	Makayla	219	new	47
46	Allison	216	new	46
47	Gabrielle	216	new	68
48	Rachel	214	↓7	59
49	Megan	204	↓6	78
50	Kaylee	202	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Michael	1,027	↑1	2
2	Jacob	936	↓1	1
3	Ryan	911	–	16
4	Matthew	802	↑1	9
5	Logan	796	↑1	17
6	Joseph	760	↓2	13
7	Ethan	753	↑2	3
8	Nicholas	737	↑2	20
9	Andrew	733	↑2	10
10	Anthony	729	↓3	7
11	Joshua	719	↓3	4
12	Alexander	704	↑4	11
13	Daniel	682	↑2	5
14	Noah	680	↑5	14
15	William	677	↑3	8
16	John	673	↓4	19
17	Christopher	635	↑3	6
18	Tyler	634	↓5	21
19	James	630	↑2	15
20	Gavin	624	↑7	32
21	Benjamin	616	↓7	26
22	Nathan	586	↓5	24
23	Jayden	579	↑23	18
24	Aiden	542	↑9	27
25	David	538	↓3	12
26	Mason	538	↑4	37
27	Samuel	537	↑7	25
28	Dylan	514	↓5	29
29	Zachary	506	↓5	42
30	Chase	470	↑12	79
31	Jack	467	↑5	38
32	Evan	464	↓4	40
33	Connor	455	↓4	55
34	Luke	455	↓9	46
35	Owen	449	↓4	56
36	Thomas	440	↓1	52
37	Aidan	419	↓11	54
38	Christian	416	↓6	22
39	Robert	416	↑1	47
40	Elijah	400	↑4	30
41	Austin	396	↓2	48
42	Justin	395	↓1	45
43	Gabriel	380	–	28
44	Brandon	377	↓7	31
45	Lucas	373	new	53
46	Caleb	370	↓1	36
47	Cole	364	new	84
48	Jonathan	363	↓10	23
49	Cameron	354	new	50
50	Hunter	350	–	57

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