Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2018

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2018 were Emma for girls (703 babies) and Liam for boys (742). Social Security records list 107,570 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2018

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: 27 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Martha: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vienna: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nancy: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milan: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bridget: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delaney: 104 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lena: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cassidy: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Reuben: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Vincenzo: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amos: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rocco: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rhys: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melvin: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carson: 457 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Conor: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Finnegan: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	703	–	1
2	Olivia	616	–	2
3	Ava	567	–	3
4	Charlotte	538	–	6
5	Sophia	523	–	5
6	Isabella	511	–	4
7	Harper	457	↑1	9
8	Amelia	437	↓1	8
9	Mia	417	–	7
10	Ella	364	–	15
11	Evelyn	355	–	10
12	Abigail	349	–	11
13	Avery	333	–	16
14	Emily	323	↑5	12
15	Grace	320	↓1	24
16	Riley	300	↑2	28
17	Scarlett	300	↑3	20
18	Elizabeth	291	↓3	13
19	Nora	282	↓3	30
20	Madison	278	↓3	22
21	Mila	263	↑21	14
22	Lily	261	↑6	31
23	Hannah	259	–	33
24	Aria	248	↑1	19
25	Chloe	247	↑4	25
26	Aubrey	237	↓4	37
27	Addison	234	↑4	35
28	Savannah	231	↓7	45
29	Layla	230	↓5	27
30	Lillian	227	↓4	34
31	Penelope	221	↓1	26
32	Violet	213	↑7	43
33	Lucy	206	↑12	51
34	Claire	204	↑6	50
35	Luna	203	new	23
36	Stella	203	↓1	38
37	Natalie	199	↓4	39
38	Lydia	197	↓6	89
39	Eleanor	194	new	32
40	Zoey	190	↓6	29
41	Anna	188	↓14	54
42	Quinn	187	↓5	85
43	Aurora	184	↓7	44
44	Skylar	184	↓6	49
45	Ellie	183	↑2	36
46	Nova	183	new	55
47	Willow	177	new	60
48	Gianna	176	new	80
49	Sadie	172	↓5	87
50	Gabriella	171	↓2	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	742	–	1
2	Noah	673	–	2
3	Benjamin	606	↑1	6
4	Mason	583	↑1	9
5	Michael	578	↑1	14
6	Logan	537	↓3	10
7	Lucas	512	↑2	8
8	James	488	↓1	4
9	William	488	↑5	3
10	Jacob	475	↓2	13
11	Carson	457	↑29	70
12	Jackson	457	↑3	17
13	Joseph	456	↓2	23
14	Owen	444	↓2	25
15	Oliver	432	↑6	5
16	Carter	424	↓6	24
17	Alexander	413	↓4	11
18	Ethan	412	↑2	12
19	Wyatt	412	↑7	27
20	John	407	↓2	26
21	Henry	390	↑10	16
22	Jack	387	↑2	28
23	Elijah	381	↓7	7
24	Matthew	377	↓7	20
25	Jaxon	370	↑18	39
26	Connor	362	↑1	58
27	Daniel	361	↓5	15
28	Grayson	361	↑5	32
29	Samuel	357	↓4	21
30	Lincoln	354	↓7	41
31	Luke	337	↓1	30
32	David	329	–	22
33	Levi	322	↑1	33
34	Anthony	321	↓6	38
35	Nolan	316	↑7	65
36	Ryan	316	↓17	46
37	Caleb	315	–	45
38	Aiden	313	↓9	19
39	Gabriel	308	↓3	35
40	Landon	306	↓2	61
41	Leo	295	new	50
42	Nathan	289	↑4	48
43	Andrew	286	↑2	43
44	Colton	286	↑4	68
45	Cameron	281	↓10	69
46	Isaac	281	↓2	34
47	Joshua	276	new	40
48	Thomas	275	↑1	49
49	Theodore	272	new	44
50	Asher	266	new	47

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