Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2010
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2010 were Isabella for girls (903 babies) and Michael for boys (829). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,913 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2010
Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Samiyah: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Milan: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
- Sanaa: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Amirah: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Martha: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Maeve: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Nylah: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Saniyah: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Gianna: 302 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Brynn: 87 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Boys
- Amos: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Semaj: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Samir: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Sincere: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Nasir: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Jadiel: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Nico: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Rocco: 73 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Shane: 178 babies, 3× the national rate
- Francis: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2010
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2009 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 903 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Sophia | 809 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 3 | Emma | 796 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 4 | Olivia | 750 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ava | 737 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 6 | Abigail | 597 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 7 | Madison | 551 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 8 | Emily | 528 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 9 | Ella | 451 | – | 13 |
| 10 | Chloe | 412 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 11 | Addison | 407 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 12 | Grace | 390 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 13 | Lily | 390 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 375 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 15 | Mia | 371 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 16 | Alexis | 361 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 17 | Gabriella | 330 | ↑7 | 33 |
| 18 | Lillian | 308 | ↑9 | 22 |
| 19 | Anna | 306 | ↓4 | 27 |
| 20 | Riley | 305 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 21 | Hailey | 304 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 22 | Gianna | 302 | ↑4 | 67 |
| 23 | Natalie | 298 | ↑8 | 14 |
| 24 | Samantha | 296 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 25 | Leah | 295 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 26 | Sarah | 291 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 27 | Hannah | 290 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 28 | Peyton | 276 | ↑10 | 51 |
| 29 | Nevaeh | 257 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 30 | Avery | 252 | ↑10 | 23 |
| 31 | Aubrey | 245 | ↓2 | 45 |
| 32 | Layla | 242 | ↑15 | 36 |
| 33 | Charlotte | 230 | new | 46 |
| 34 | Taylor | 229 | ↓15 | 37 |
| 35 | Bella | 228 | new | 48 |
| 36 | Makayla | 227 | ↑12 | 43 |
| 37 | Savannah | 223 | ↑6 | 44 |
| 38 | Kayla | 222 | ↑1 | 49 |
| 39 | Brooke | 221 | ↓4 | 73 |
| 40 | Sydney | 219 | ↓3 | 60 |
| 41 | Kaylee | 218 | ↓9 | 35 |
| 42 | Alyssa | 217 | ↓12 | 21 |
| 43 | Amelia | 214 | new | 41 |
| 44 | Julia | 214 | ↓16 | 55 |
| 45 | Brianna | 209 | ↓12 | 30 |
| 46 | Mackenzie | 209 | ↓4 | 68 |
| 47 | Zoe | 203 | new | 31 |
| 48 | Arianna | 201 | new | 54 |
| 49 | Claire | 200 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Paige | 200 | ↓9 | 100 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2009 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 829 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Jacob | 822 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Mason | 754 | ↑20 | 12 |
| 4 | Logan | 712 | – | 17 |
| 5 | Ryan | 672 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 6 | Ethan | 667 | ↓3 | 2 |
| 7 | Aiden | 651 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 8 | Anthony | 641 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 9 | Joseph | 634 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 10 | Noah | 632 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 11 | Alexander | 606 | ↓4 | 6 |
| 12 | Jayden | 600 | ↑7 | 4 |
| 13 | John | 592 | ↑4 | 26 |
| 14 | Joshua | 587 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 15 | Liam | 585 | ↑16 | 30 |
| 16 | Chase | 582 | ↓7 | 66 |
| 17 | James | 580 | ↑7 | 19 |
| 18 | Andrew | 571 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 19 | Benjamin | 569 | ↓5 | 22 |
| 20 | William | 556 | ↓5 | 5 |
| 21 | Matthew | 554 | ↓16 | 16 |
| 22 | Daniel | 521 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 23 | Tyler | 511 | ↓2 | 34 |
| 24 | Nicholas | 505 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 25 | Gavin | 494 | – | 38 |
| 26 | Jackson | 493 | ↑9 | 25 |
| 27 | Nathan | 487 | ↓5 | 27 |
| 28 | Evan | 472 | – | 36 |
| 29 | David | 471 | ↓3 | 15 |
| 30 | Owen | 468 | ↑3 | 47 |
| 31 | Elijah | 464 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 32 | Samuel | 456 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 33 | Carter | 448 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 34 | Dylan | 446 | ↓5 | 31 |
| 35 | Christopher | 445 | ↓8 | 13 |
| 36 | Gabriel | 441 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 37 | Lucas | 441 | ↓5 | 35 |
| 38 | Connor | 433 | ↓8 | 49 |
| 39 | Landon | 421 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 40 | Caleb | 404 | ↑4 | 32 |
| 41 | Luke | 398 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 42 | Brayden | 396 | – | 40 |
| 43 | Christian | 384 | – | 29 |
| 44 | Zachary | 381 | ↑2 | 61 |
| 45 | Jack | 354 | ↑2 | 45 |
| 46 | Dominic | 348 | new | 74 |
| 47 | Robert | 344 | ↑1 | 54 |
| 48 | Thomas | 329 | ↓3 | 62 |
| 49 | Cameron | 319 | new | 60 |
| 50 | Wyatt | 311 | new | 57 |
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