Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2017

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2017 were Emma for girls (784 babies) and Liam for boys (727). Social Security records list 109,349 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2017

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

Girls

Milan: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Susan: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Vienna: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Linda: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brynn: 91 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cecelia: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Martha: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Danica: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katie: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Melvin: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amos: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colson: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trent: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rocco: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kieran: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sincere: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chase: 299 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	784	–	1
2	Olivia	667	–	2
3	Ava	622	–	3
4	Charlotte	506	–	7
5	Sophia	499	–	5
6	Isabella	490	–	4
7	Amelia	450	↑4	8
8	Harper	450	↓1	11
9	Mia	415	↓1	6
10	Ella	376	↑6	16
11	Evelyn	373	↑2	9
12	Abigail	372	↓3	10
13	Avery	329	↑4	14
14	Grace	327	↓2	21
15	Elizabeth	321	–	13
16	Nora	321	↑7	29
17	Madison	316	↑1	17
18	Riley	314	↓4	25
19	Emily	306	↓9	12
20	Scarlett	303	↑5	18
21	Savannah	281	↑10	38
22	Aubrey	264	↓3	31
23	Hannah	263	↓2	32
24	Layla	248	↑6	26
25	Aria	247	↑4	20
26	Lillian	247	↓4	27
27	Anna	239	↑1	53
28	Lily	230	↓8	33
29	Chloe	228	↓2	22
30	Penelope	227	↑6	24
31	Addison	223	↓7	34
32	Lydia	223	↑1	85
33	Natalie	223	↓7	35
34	Zoey	223	↑3	28
35	Stella	218	↑12	42
36	Aurora	215	new	51
37	Quinn	211	↑2	76
38	Skylar	208	–	48
39	Violet	201	↑1	47
40	Claire	200	↓8	49
41	Leah	200	↑5	40
42	Mila	194	new	30
43	Madelyn	193	↓2	63
44	Sadie	193	↓9	71
45	Lucy	192	↓2	52
46	Peyton	187	↓2	89
47	Ellie	186	new	44
48	Gabriella	179	↓14	65
49	Kennedy	176	new	58
50	Sarah	176	–	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	727	↑1	1
2	Noah	686	↓1	2
3	Logan	672	↑5	5
4	Benjamin	639	–	6
5	Mason	620	↓2	7
6	Michael	590	–	12
7	James	541	↓2	4
8	Jacob	520	↓1	9
9	Lucas	515	↑1	11
10	Carter	500	↑3	24
11	Joseph	467	↑5	18
12	Owen	460	↓3	28
13	Alexander	448	↓1	13
14	William	447	↑4	3
15	Jackson	444	↓1	20
16	Elijah	435	↑3	8
17	Matthew	422	↑4	16
18	John	412	↓1	27
19	Ryan	412	↑1	44
20	Ethan	411	↓9	14
21	Oliver	406	↑3	10
22	Daniel	390	↓7	15
23	Lincoln	388	new	41
24	Jack	384	↑15	36
25	Samuel	383	↓3	21
26	Wyatt	376	↑2	25
27	Connor	373	↓2	56
28	Anthony	364	↓1	33
29	Aiden	359	↑1	17
30	Luke	359	↓7	30
31	Henry	353	–	19
32	David	349	↑1	22
33	Grayson	342	↑4	34
34	Levi	331	↑10	35
35	Cameron	328	↓3	60
36	Gabriel	317	↓7	31
37	Caleb	315	↑1	50
38	Landon	309	↑3	57
39	Dylan	303	↑3	29
40	Carson	302	new	83
41	Chase	299	↑2	94
42	Nolan	296	↓2	67
43	Jaxon	295	↓7	43
44	Isaac	294	↑6	32
45	Andrew	293	↓19	40
46	Nathan	291	↑3	45
47	Christopher	282	↓2	39
48	Colton	282	new	70
49	Thomas	281	↓2	49
50	Hunter	279	↓16	53

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