Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2014

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2014 were Emma for girls (885 babies) and Liam for boys (796). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,990 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2014

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: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Martha: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurel: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Linda: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maeve: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Milan: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delaney: 100 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lena: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Amos: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Samir: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Melvin: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Nico: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Santino: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chase: 441 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rocco: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nasir: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Finnegan: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Conor: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Emma	885	–	1
2	Olivia	787	↑2	2
3	Ava	696	–	5
4	Sophia	663	↓2	3
5	Isabella	597	–	4
6	Mia	456	↑3	6
7	Charlotte	455	↑4	10
8	Emily	450	↓1	7
9	Abigail	449	↓3	8
10	Madison	447	↓2	9
11	Harper	386	↑5	11
12	Grace	382	↑1	20
13	Aubrey	377	↓3	21
14	Ella	377	↓2	17
15	Avery	374	↓1	14
16	Elizabeth	366	↓1	13
17	Amelia	321	–	15
18	Evelyn	311	↑11	16
19	Chloe	309	↑2	18
20	Hannah	304	↓2	28
21	Layla	292	↑4	29
22	Addison	291	↑1	24
23	Lillian	291	↓3	25
24	Lily	290	↓5	27
25	Anna	288	↓3	34
26	Natalie	266	↓2	23
27	Gabriella	257	↓1	42
28	Savannah	243	↑3	38
29	Zoey	236	↓2	22
30	Nora	235	new	49
31	Peyton	235	↓1	56
32	Riley	228	↑2	47
33	Scarlett	227	new	30
34	Mackenzie	223	↑4	69
35	Claire	220	↑9	44
36	Arianna	218	↑6	40
37	Sadie	216	↓5	46
38	Lydia	215	new	84
39	Brooklyn	205	↓6	26
40	Victoria	204	↑1	19
41	Sarah	202	↑2	50
42	Gianna	201	↓14	95
43	Ariana	200	new	37
44	Leah	198	↓8	35
45	Sofia	198	↓10	12
46	Julia	194	↓6	86
47	Aubree	193	new	62
48	Hailey	192	↓11	51
49	Skylar	190	new	48
50	Madelyn	189	↓3	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Liam	796	↑1	2
2	Mason	790	↓1	3
3	Noah	726	↑2	1
4	Michael	676	–	7
5	Jacob	632	↓2	4
6	Logan	605	–	13
7	Benjamin	593	–	12
8	Joseph	581	–	20
9	Lucas	567	↑8	19
10	James	548	↑1	9
11	Ethan	538	↓2	6
12	William	535	–	5
13	Carter	534	↑2	27
14	Alexander	530	–	8
15	Jackson	526	↓5	18
16	John	517	–	26
17	Owen	497	↑1	36
18	Ryan	497	↓5	37
19	Matthew	484	↑1	16
20	Daniel	482	↑1	10
21	Aiden	459	↓2	14
22	Chase	441	↑7	78
23	Andrew	440	↓1	22
24	Luke	429	↑6	28
25	Anthony	426	↓1	21
26	Elijah	416	↓3	11
27	Gabriel	413	–	24
28	Connor	401	↑9	52
29	Hunter	390	↑3	40
30	David	379	↑4	17
31	Jayden	376	↓6	15
32	Cameron	372	↑14	53
33	Jack	368	–	41
34	Wyatt	365	↑8	39
35	Caleb	358	↓4	35
36	Nicholas	353	↑7	57
37	Landon	351	↑2	43
38	Brayden	347	↓2	62
39	Gavin	347	↓4	61
40	Joshua	344	↓12	25
41	Levi	340	↑8	45
42	Christian	338	↑8	42
43	Isaac	338	↑1	31
44	Samuel	338	↓18	23
45	Christopher	335	↓7	30
46	Colton	331	new	65
47	Nathan	331	↓6	38
48	Dylan	327	↓8	29
49	Jaxon	320	new	46
50	Henry	316	↓3	33

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