Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2008

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2008 were Ava for girls (910 babies) and Michael for boys (928). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 119,209 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2008

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: 41 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Giavanna: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Milan: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sanaa: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Giana: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nylah: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Saige: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brynn: 92 babies, 3× the national rate
Saniyah: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Gianna: 312 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tymir: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Samir: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Amos: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Semaj: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Jadiel: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nasir: 86 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francis: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sincere: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Santino: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rocco: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	910	–	5
2	Olivia	855	–	4
3	Emma	812	–	1
4	Madison	748	–	6
5	Isabella	738	–	2
6	Abigail	702	–	8
7	Emily	652	–	3
8	Sophia	588	–	7
9	Elizabeth	439	↑4	9
10	Chloe	436	↑9	10
11	Grace	430	–	21
12	Addison	422	–	12
13	Ella	410	↑1	19
14	Sarah	409	↓4	20
15	Samantha	403	↑1	11
16	Alexis	398	↓1	15
17	Lily	392	↑4	24
18	Hannah	391	↓9	17
19	Mia	372	↓1	14
20	Julia	354	↑3	41
21	Alyssa	346	↓4	16
22	Anna	345	↑2	26
23	Natalie	335	↓3	13
24	Riley	328	↑5	39
25	Taylor	323	–	22
26	Hailey	319	↑2	25
27	Gianna	312	↓1	88
28	Kayla	311	↓6	28
29	Leah	294	↑13	40
30	Morgan	292	–	46
31	Brianna	283	↓4	23
32	Brooke	278	↑5	52
33	Lillian	269	↑8	29
34	Gabriella	267	↓3	35
35	Kylie	266	↑9	51
36	Mackenzie	264	↑3	65
37	Madelyn	249	new	64
38	Paige	248	–	89
39	Aubrey	245	new	42
40	Savannah	243	↓6	33
41	Lauren	237	↓8	30
42	Avery	234	new	38
43	Nevaeh	234	↓11	34
44	Peyton	221	new	60
45	Kaylee	215	↑5	31
46	Layla	209	new	55
47	Victoria	206	↓7	27
48	Makayla	204	↓3	37
49	Molly	204	new	>100
50	Allison	203	↓4	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	928	–	2
2	Ryan	880	↑1	18
3	Jacob	872	↓1	1
4	Matthew	734	–	10
5	Joseph	720	↑1	13
6	Logan	703	↓1	19
7	Anthony	697	↑3	7
8	Ethan	697	↓1	3
9	Alexander	693	↑3	6
10	Nicholas	662	↓2	29
11	Aiden	659	↑13	16
12	Joshua	657	↓1	4
13	Andrew	655	↓4	12
14	Daniel	645	↓1	5
15	Jayden	645	↑8	11
16	John	631	–	20
17	William	631	↓2	8
18	Noah	626	↓4	15
19	Christopher	624	↓2	9
20	Tyler	622	↓2	28
21	James	606	↓2	17
22	Benjamin	595	↓1	25
23	Gavin	579	↓3	30
24	Chase	574	↑6	67
25	Nathan	570	↓3	21
26	David	505	↓1	14
27	Mason	500	↓1	35
28	Luke	471	↑6	43
29	Dylan	465	↓1	31
30	Gabriel	456	↑13	24
31	Elijah	454	↑9	22
32	Connor	446	↑1	57
33	Samuel	444	↓6	27
34	Evan	443	↓2	38
35	Zachary	434	↓6	47
36	Jack	433	↓5	39
37	Robert	423	↑2	49
38	Lucas	415	↑7	46
39	Owen	408	↓4	58
40	Thomas	388	↓4	52
41	Brayden	384	new	51
42	Caleb	381	↑4	34
43	Jonathan	381	↑5	26
44	Christian	377	↓6	23
45	Cole	374	↑2	85
46	Jackson	363	new	32
47	Austin	354	↓6	55
48	Landon	354	new	45
49	Aidan	353	↓12	59
50	Liam	344	new	75

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