Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2015

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2015 were Olivia for girls (786 babies) and Mason for boys (794). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 112,620 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2015

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

Girls

Malinda: 32 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Maura: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Martha: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milan: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Barbara: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cecelia: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Linda: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brynn: 99 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Danica: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delaney: 104 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Santino: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amos: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sincere: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Samir: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rocco: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 102 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nico: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melvin: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mekhi: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Olivia	786	↑1	2
2	Emma	768	↓1	1
3	Ava	725	–	4
4	Sophia	595	–	3
5	Isabella	536	–	5
6	Mia	488	–	6
7	Abigail	477	↑2	7
8	Charlotte	465	↓1	9
9	Avery	426	↑6	16
10	Emily	423	↓2	8
11	Madison	415	↓1	11
12	Grace	400	–	19
13	Harper	394	↓2	10
14	Amelia	376	↑3	12
15	Elizabeth	366	↑1	13
16	Evelyn	354	↑2	15
17	Aubrey	336	↓4	21
18	Ella	331	↓4	18
19	Lillian	305	↑4	26
20	Lily	286	↑4	25
21	Chloe	278	↓2	17
22	Addison	277	–	24
23	Hannah	277	↓3	28
24	Riley	275	↑8	35
25	Nora	267	↑5	41
26	Layla	261	↓5	30
27	Savannah	255	↑1	38
28	Scarlett	248	↑5	22
29	Sadie	247	↑8	52
30	Anna	242	↓5	44
31	Aria	242	new	29
32	Mackenzie	233	↑2	73
33	Lydia	223	↑5	80
34	Natalie	223	↓8	27
35	Zoey	223	↓6	23
36	Penelope	220	new	34
37	Peyton	220	↓6	72
38	Madelyn	219	↑12	59
39	Sofia	217	↑6	14
40	Gianna	208	↑2	96
41	Lucy	205	new	55
42	Claire	203	↓7	49
43	Gabriella	203	↓16	54
44	Kennedy	203	new	58
45	Leah	203	↓1	36
46	Brooklyn	202	↓7	31
47	Skylar	198	↑2	42
48	Sarah	188	↓7	57
49	Ellie	187	new	48
50	Victoria	183	↓10	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Mason	794	↑1	3
2	Liam	763	↓1	2
3	Noah	718	–	1
4	Jacob	630	↑1	4
5	Michael	630	↓1	9
6	Logan	603	–	14
7	Benjamin	588	–	10
8	Carter	568	↑5	24
9	James	555	↑1	7
10	Lucas	542	↓1	16
11	William	514	↑1	5
12	Jackson	510	↑3	17
13	Daniel	509	↑7	12
14	Alexander	497	–	8
15	Joseph	496	↓7	21
16	Owen	494	↑1	36
17	Ethan	484	↓6	6
18	John	466	↓2	26
19	Aiden	463	↑2	13
20	Ryan	449	↓2	39
21	Matthew	442	↓2	15
22	Elijah	428	↑4	11
23	Gabriel	428	↑4	22
24	Luke	426	–	28
25	Andrew	415	↓2	30
26	Samuel	414	↑18	23
27	Landon	400	↑10	46
28	Anthony	396	↓3	25
29	David	392	↑1	18
30	Wyatt	391	↑4	34
31	Connor	381	↓3	55
32	Hunter	373	↓3	41
33	Chase	367	↓11	74
34	Jayden	359	↓3	20
35	Joshua	358	↑5	33
36	Dylan	356	↑12	27
37	Caleb	353	↓2	37
38	Oliver	342	new	19
39	Henry	338	↑11	29
40	Jack	338	↓7	40
41	Levi	334	–	42
42	Christopher	330	↑3	32
43	Brayden	325	↓5	61
44	Nicholas	325	↓8	62
45	Cameron	321	↓13	56
46	Nolan	321	new	71
47	Nathan	320	–	38
48	Isaac	319	↓5	31
49	Gavin	318	↓10	70
50	Colton	307	↓4	60

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