Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2011
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2011 were Sophia for girls (875 babies) and Mason for boys (917). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,686 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2011
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: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Martha: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Samiyah: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Milan: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Linda: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
- Maeve: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
- Lilyanna: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Gianna: 330 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Briella: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Sylvia: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Boys
- Amos: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Seamus: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Samir: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Nasir: 58 babies, 4× the national rate
- Jadiel: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Semaj: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Francis: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Rocco: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Shane: 155 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Nico: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2011
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2010 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia | 875 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 826 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ava | 807 | ↑2 | 5 |
| 4 | Olivia | 742 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Isabella | 689 | ↓4 | 2 |
| 6 | Abigail | 561 | – | 7 |
| 7 | Emily | 549 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 8 | Madison | 531 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 9 | Ella | 459 | – | 12 |
| 10 | Mia | 450 | ↑5 | 9 |
| 11 | Addison | 414 | – | 13 |
| 12 | Lily | 394 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 385 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 14 | Grace | 376 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 15 | Chloe | 364 | ↓5 | 10 |
| 16 | Aubrey | 350 | ↑15 | 20 |
| 17 | Gianna | 330 | ↑5 | 63 |
| 18 | Anna | 305 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 19 | Avery | 300 | ↑11 | 18 |
| 20 | Leah | 300 | ↑5 | 29 |
| 21 | Gabriella | 296 | ↓4 | 34 |
| 22 | Natalie | 291 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 23 | Charlotte | 284 | ↑10 | 27 |
| 24 | Lillian | 284 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 25 | Riley | 277 | ↓5 | 47 |
| 26 | Hannah | 275 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 27 | Alexis | 267 | ↓11 | 26 |
| 28 | Samantha | 266 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 29 | Hailey | 257 | ↓8 | 32 |
| 30 | Amelia | 251 | ↑13 | 30 |
| 31 | Peyton | 247 | ↓3 | 53 |
| 32 | Julia | 244 | ↑12 | 58 |
| 33 | Sarah | 236 | ↓7 | 39 |
| 34 | Savannah | 235 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 35 | Layla | 229 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 36 | Nevaeh | 226 | ↓7 | 33 |
| 37 | Zoey | 223 | new | 28 |
| 38 | Mackenzie | 221 | ↑8 | 68 |
| 39 | Molly | 217 | new | 78 |
| 40 | Kaylee | 213 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 41 | Taylor | 212 | ↓7 | 44 |
| 42 | Alyssa | 211 | – | 37 |
| 43 | Claire | 208 | ↑6 | 50 |
| 44 | Evelyn | 205 | new | 24 |
| 45 | Brooke | 204 | ↓6 | 86 |
| 46 | Brooklyn | 201 | new | 21 |
| 47 | Kayla | 196 | ↓9 | 59 |
| 48 | Morgan | 193 | new | 75 |
| 49 | Victoria | 192 | new | 23 |
| 50 | Madelyn | 190 | new | 79 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2010 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason | 917 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 2 | Michael | 835 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 3 | Jacob | 765 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 4 | Logan | 672 | – | 21 |
| 5 | Ryan | 651 | – | 25 |
| 6 | Noah | 645 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 7 | Liam | 636 | ↑8 | 15 |
| 8 | Ethan | 634 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 621 | ↑10 | 19 |
| 10 | William | 621 | ↑10 | 3 |
| 11 | Joseph | 615 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 12 | John | 614 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 13 | Aiden | 598 | ↓6 | 9 |
| 14 | Jayden | 576 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 15 | Matthew | 561 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 16 | Alexander | 540 | ↓5 | 8 |
| 17 | James | 535 | – | 17 |
| 18 | Chase | 521 | ↓2 | 69 |
| 19 | Daniel | 520 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 20 | Andrew | 515 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 21 | Anthony | 514 | ↓13 | 11 |
| 22 | Joshua | 512 | ↓8 | 14 |
| 23 | Jackson | 510 | ↑3 | 23 |
| 24 | Gavin | 485 | ↑1 | 37 |
| 25 | Connor | 475 | ↑13 | 54 |
| 26 | Elijah | 474 | ↑5 | 13 |
| 27 | Lucas | 468 | ↑10 | 29 |
| 28 | Nicholas | 462 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 29 | Owen | 458 | ↑1 | 44 |
| 30 | Brayden | 457 | ↑12 | 36 |
| 31 | Tyler | 457 | ↓8 | 38 |
| 32 | Carter | 452 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 33 | Gabriel | 451 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 34 | Christopher | 441 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 35 | Samuel | 427 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 36 | Nathan | 425 | ↓9 | 28 |
| 37 | David | 416 | ↓8 | 18 |
| 38 | Luke | 404 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 39 | Landon | 402 | – | 34 |
| 40 | Evan | 398 | ↓12 | 40 |
| 41 | Caleb | 395 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 42 | Dylan | 393 | ↓8 | 33 |
| 43 | Zachary | 360 | ↑1 | 64 |
| 44 | Cameron | 342 | ↑5 | 53 |
| 45 | Dominic | 333 | ↑1 | 77 |
| 46 | Christian | 329 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 47 | Hunter | 324 | new | 55 |
| 48 | Jack | 324 | ↓3 | 45 |
| 49 | Robert | 314 | ↓2 | 62 |
| 50 | Thomas | 300 | ↓2 | 63 |
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