Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2016

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2016 were Emma for girls (750 babies) and Noah for boys (717). Social Security records list 111,082 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2016

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

Girls

Susan: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Milan: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Martha: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Barbara: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vienna: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brynn: 95 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delaney: 93 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurel: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Briella: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Myla: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Amos: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rocco: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melvin: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alvin: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nico: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Philip: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cole: 258 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 77 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Francis: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Santino: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	750	↑1	1
2	Olivia	728	↓1	2
3	Ava	676	–	3
4	Charlotte	641	↑4	7
5	Sophia	565	↓1	4
6	Isabella	487	↓1	5
7	Harper	446	↑6	11
8	Mia	430	↓2	6
9	Abigail	414	↓2	8
10	Emily	413	–	9
11	Amelia	392	↑3	10
12	Grace	372	–	19
13	Evelyn	365	↑3	12
14	Riley	357	↑10	22
15	Elizabeth	350	–	13
16	Ella	345	↑2	17
17	Avery	342	↓8	16
18	Madison	336	↓7	15
19	Aubrey	325	↓2	25
20	Lily	319	–	24
21	Hannah	295	↑2	33
22	Lillian	274	↓3	28
23	Nora	269	↑2	36
24	Addison	267	↓2	29
25	Scarlett	259	↑3	18
26	Natalie	241	↑8	31
27	Chloe	238	↓6	20
28	Anna	236	↑2	49
29	Aria	236	↑2	23
30	Layla	230	↓4	30
31	Savannah	229	↓4	38
32	Claire	227	↑10	40
33	Lydia	225	–	80
34	Gabriella	218	↑9	61
35	Sadie	214	↓6	60
36	Penelope	213	–	27
37	Zoey	213	↓2	26
38	Skylar	211	↑9	42
39	Quinn	207	new	79
40	Violet	205	new	47
41	Madelyn	196	↓3	62
42	Brooklyn	193	↑4	34
43	Lucy	192	↓2	55
44	Peyton	187	↓7	81
45	Gianna	185	↓5	92
46	Leah	184	↓1	37
47	Stella	183	new	45
48	Paisley	182	new	46
49	Mackenzie	179	↓17	85
50	Sarah	178	↓2	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	717	↑2	1
2	Liam	714	–	2
3	Mason	664	↓2	4
4	Benjamin	645	↑3	6
5	James	591	↑4	5
6	Michael	584	↓1	8
7	Jacob	571	↓3	7
8	Logan	516	↓2	18
9	Owen	515	↑7	24
10	Lucas	510	–	14
11	Ethan	495	↑6	10
12	Alexander	493	↑2	11
13	Carter	491	↓5	26
14	Jackson	490	↓2	17
15	Daniel	479	↓2	13
16	Joseph	479	↓1	20
17	John	474	↑1	28
18	William	470	↓7	3
19	Elijah	447	↑3	9
20	Ryan	434	–	40
21	Matthew	423	–	15
22	Samuel	423	↑4	21
23	Luke	416	↑1	29
24	Oliver	413	↑14	12
25	Connor	412	↑6	54
26	Andrew	409	↓1	34
27	Anthony	392	↑1	30
28	Wyatt	385	↑2	33
29	Gabriel	383	↓6	25
30	Aiden	382	↓11	16
31	Henry	377	↑8	22
32	Cameron	369	↑13	57
33	David	357	↓4	19
34	Hunter	332	↓2	45
35	Joshua	331	–	35
36	Jaxon	330	new	41
37	Grayson	329	new	37
38	Caleb	328	↓1	44
39	Jack	327	↑1	38
40	Nolan	327	↑6	67
41	Landon	325	↓14	53
42	Dylan	318	↓6	32
43	Chase	315	↓10	86
44	Levi	306	↓3	42
45	Christopher	300	↓3	36
46	Jayden	299	↓12	27
47	Thomas	295	new	48
48	Nicholas	292	↓4	63
49	Nathan	285	↓2	43
50	Isaac	284	↓2	31

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