Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2009

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2009 were Isabella for girls (884 babies) and Michael for boys (816). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 116,753 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2009

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

Girls

Giavanna: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Giada: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amirah: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sanai: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Saige: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Milan: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nylah: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Susan: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Saniyah: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Amos: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nasir: 86 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Semaj: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shane: 212 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Samir: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chase: 669 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luca: 108 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Santino: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nico: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	884	↑4	1
2	Olivia	804	–	3
3	Ava	786	↓2	5
4	Emma	765	↓1	2
5	Sophia	727	↑3	4
6	Madison	682	↓2	7
7	Emily	609	–	6
8	Abigail	598	↓2	8
9	Ella	456	↑4	15
10	Grace	451	↑1	17
11	Chloe	447	↓1	9
12	Alexis	443	↑4	13
13	Addison	424	↓1	12
14	Lily	388	↑3	18
15	Anna	384	↑7	28
16	Elizabeth	383	↓7	11
17	Hannah	381	↑1	23
18	Mia	363	↑1	10
19	Taylor	355	↑6	22
20	Samantha	344	↓5	14
21	Sarah	334	↓7	21
22	Riley	320	↑2	38
23	Leah	318	↑6	29
24	Gabriella	312	↑10	33
25	Hailey	310	↑1	25
26	Gianna	303	↑1	76
27	Lillian	290	↑6	27
28	Julia	283	↓8	50
29	Aubrey	280	↑10	41
30	Alyssa	279	↓9	19
31	Natalie	273	↓8	16
32	Kaylee	271	↑13	26
33	Brianna	265	↓2	24
34	Nevaeh	261	↑9	34
35	Brooke	260	↓3	54
36	Morgan	258	↓6	57
37	Sydney	257	new	48
38	Peyton	252	↑6	42
39	Kayla	251	↓11	35
40	Avery	249	↑2	32
41	Paige	227	↓3	98
42	Mackenzie	220	↓6	77
43	Savannah	215	↓3	39
44	Lauren	208	↓3	46
45	Allison	206	↑5	30
46	Madelyn	201	↓9	59
47	Layla	197	↓1	45
48	Makayla	196	–	44
49	Molly	192	–	92
50	Victoria	192	↓3	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Michael	816	–	3
2	Jacob	812	↑1	1
3	Ethan	737	↑5	2
4	Logan	728	↑2	17
5	Matthew	707	↓1	13
6	Ryan	691	↓4	20
7	Alexander	689	↑2	4
8	Joseph	672	↓3	15
9	Chase	669	↑15	61
10	Aiden	659	↑1	12
11	Joshua	656	↑1	6
12	Noah	653	↑6	9
13	Anthony	620	↓6	11
14	Benjamin	614	↑8	19
15	William	596	↑2	5
16	Andrew	590	↓3	16
17	John	589	↓1	26
18	Daniel	586	↓4	7
19	Jayden	579	↓4	8
20	Nicholas	578	↓10	32
21	Tyler	574	↓1	28
22	Nathan	565	↑3	25
23	Mason	560	↑4	34
24	James	553	↓3	18
25	Gavin	542	↓2	33
26	David	523	–	14
27	Christopher	507	↓8	10
28	Evan	478	↑6	35
29	Dylan	457	–	30
30	Connor	455	↑2	52
31	Liam	446	↑19	49
32	Lucas	433	↑6	39
33	Owen	433	↑6	51
34	Luke	419	↓6	47
35	Jackson	415	↑11	27
36	Samuel	415	↓3	24
37	Cole	407	↑8	82
38	Carter	403	new	50
39	Gabriel	403	↓9	22
40	Landon	397	↑8	36
41	Elijah	395	↓10	21
42	Brayden	388	↓1	48
43	Christian	387	↑1	23
44	Caleb	383	↓2	31
45	Thomas	377	↓5	57
46	Zachary	367	↓11	53
47	Jack	361	↓11	42
48	Robert	359	↓11	55
49	Jonathan	341	↓6	29
50	Justin	324	new	46

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