Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2012

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2012 were Emma for girls (878 babies) and Mason for boys (873). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 112,983 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2012

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: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Giavanna: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Milan: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Barbara: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Martha: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Susan: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zuri: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Samiyah: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Milania: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Regan: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Samir: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Amos: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Vincenzo: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francis: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sincere: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Semaj: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nasir: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mekhi: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Melvin: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 133 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	878	↑1	2
2	Sophia	867	↓1	1
3	Ava	775	–	5
4	Olivia	775	–	4
5	Isabella	715	–	3
6	Madison	529	↑2	9
7	Abigail	502	↓1	7
8	Emily	488	↓1	6
9	Mia	416	↑1	8
10	Aubrey	403	↑6	15
11	Ella	392	↓2	12
12	Addison	388	↓1	14
13	Lily	372	↓1	16
14	Grace	361	–	21
15	Elizabeth	346	↓2	10
16	Chloe	342	↓1	11
17	Charlotte	341	↑6	19
18	Avery	324	↑1	13
19	Hannah	314	↑7	22
20	Lillian	313	↑4	25
21	Natalie	312	↑1	17
22	Anna	292	↓4	34
23	Amelia	280	↑7	23
24	Leah	278	↓4	33
25	Gabriella	275	↓4	37
26	Peyton	271	↑5	53
27	Gianna	270	↓10	73
28	Layla	266	↑7	31
29	Zoey	257	↑8	20
30	Harper	253	new	24
31	Riley	253	↓6	47
32	Julia	241	–	65
33	Hailey	236	↓4	32
34	Sarah	236	↓1	42
35	Savannah	234	↓1	43
36	Samantha	219	↓8	26
37	Taylor	216	↑4	46
38	Claire	213	↑5	45
39	Morgan	212	↑9	82
40	Evelyn	209	↑4	27
41	Mackenzie	208	↓3	71
42	Lydia	201	new	95
43	Alexis	197	↓16	40
44	Kaylee	195	↓4	35
45	Zoe	195	new	30
46	Kylie	190	new	59
47	Nevaeh	188	↓11	39
48	Brooklyn	187	↓2	29
49	Madelyn	187	↑1	67
50	Molly	186	↓11	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	873	–	2
2	Liam	783	↑5	6
3	Jacob	762	–	1
4	Michael	737	↓2	7
5	Noah	705	↑1	4
6	Ethan	615	↑2	3
7	Ryan	615	↓2	26
8	Logan	609	↓4	22
9	Benjamin	581	–	16
10	John	563	↑2	28
11	Joseph	563	–	19
12	William	560	↓2	5
13	Jayden	544	↑1	8
14	Aiden	541	↓1	10
15	Jackson	529	↑8	21
16	James	524	↑1	14
17	Matthew	519	↓2	12
18	Carter	501	↑14	36
19	Anthony	497	↑2	15
20	Alexander	493	↓4	9
21	Lucas	492	↑6	27
22	Andrew	468	↓2	18
23	Elijah	464	↑3	13
24	Gabriel	458	↑9	24
25	Chase	454	↓7	77
26	Daniel	453	↓7	11
27	Brayden	445	↑3	39
28	Owen	445	↑1	38
29	Gavin	426	↓5	40
30	Joshua	426	↓8	17
31	Nathan	420	↑5	29
32	Landon	411	↑7	35
33	Samuel	404	↑2	25
34	David	402	↑3	20
35	Nicholas	394	↓7	49
36	Caleb	392	↑5	32
37	Connor	389	↓12	59
38	Luke	387	–	37
39	Dylan	372	↑3	31
40	Christopher	371	↓6	23
41	Jack	353	↑7	46
42	Evan	351	↓2	47
43	Hunter	349	↑4	45
44	Cameron	347	–	54
45	Tyler	338	↓14	50
46	Blake	323	new	71
47	Thomas	322	↑3	63
48	Levi	319	new	55
49	Wyatt	316	new	41
50	Christian	310	↓4	33

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