Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2020
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2020 were Emma for girls (632 babies) and Noah for boys (699). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 102,343 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2020
Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Fannie: 27 babies, 13.3× the national rate
- Linda: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Nancy: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Martha: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Giavanna: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Susan: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Kathryn: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Milan: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Barbara: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Vienna: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boys
- Amos: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Melvin: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
- Zayd: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
- Rocco: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Rhys: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Colin: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Nico: 77 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Alvin: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Cole: 200 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2020
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 632 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Olivia | 603 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 586 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | Ava | 522 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sophia | 489 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 6 | Amelia | 456 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 7 | Harper | 448 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 8 | Isabella | 406 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 353 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 10 | Mia | 350 | – | 8 |
| 11 | Ella | 335 | – | 15 |
| 12 | Abigail | 295 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 13 | Nora | 295 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 14 | Avery | 281 | ↑6 | 19 |
| 15 | Scarlett | 275 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 16 | Grace | 265 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 17 | Gianna | 259 | ↑30 | 13 |
| 18 | Riley | 255 | – | 33 |
| 19 | Luna | 254 | ↑7 | 14 |
| 20 | Madison | 254 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 253 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 22 | Hannah | 252 | – | 39 |
| 23 | Aurora | 248 | ↑25 | 36 |
| 24 | Layla | 248 | ↓1 | 24 |
| 25 | Emily | 241 | ↓9 | 18 |
| 26 | Mila | 233 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 27 | Chloe | 226 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 28 | Nova | 226 | ↑11 | 38 |
| 29 | Penelope | 223 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 30 | Lily | 216 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 31 | Violet | 215 | – | 37 |
| 32 | Aria | 203 | ↓11 | 27 |
| 33 | Ellie | 202 | ↑11 | 29 |
| 34 | Eleanor | 196 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 35 | Zoey | 196 | – | 32 |
| 36 | Isla | 191 | new | 44 |
| 37 | Everly | 190 | ↑6 | 43 |
| 38 | Willow | 188 | ↓5 | 48 |
| 39 | Lucy | 186 | ↓1 | 50 |
| 40 | Savannah | 186 | ↓8 | 67 |
| 41 | Paisley | 185 | new | 49 |
| 42 | Addison | 184 | ↑7 | 47 |
| 43 | Stella | 183 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 44 | Claire | 182 | ↓2 | 58 |
| 45 | Lillian | 181 | ↓17 | 46 |
| 46 | Aubrey | 179 | ↓12 | 56 |
| 47 | Emilia | 178 | new | 41 |
| 48 | Anna | 177 | ↓19 | 68 |
| 49 | Quinn | 169 | ↓13 | 84 |
| 50 | Kinsley | 167 | new | 59 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 699 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 689 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin | 514 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Michael | 492 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 5 | Mason | 491 | – | 11 |
| 6 | Lucas | 472 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 7 | James | 471 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 8 | Owen | 441 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 9 | Oliver | 439 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 10 | William | 413 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 11 | Logan | 405 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 12 | Henry | 403 | ↑7 | 9 |
| 13 | Elijah | 395 | ↑8 | 4 |
| 14 | Jack | 392 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 15 | Jackson | 392 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 16 | Wyatt | 392 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 17 | Joseph | 391 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 18 | Carter | 384 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 19 | Jacob | 384 | ↓5 | 15 |
| 20 | Daniel | 375 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 21 | John | 350 | ↓12 | 27 |
| 22 | Theodore | 345 | ↑10 | 23 |
| 23 | Alexander | 342 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 24 | Samuel | 332 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 25 | Ethan | 331 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 26 | Levi | 331 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 27 | Lincoln | 319 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 28 | Anthony | 316 | ↑6 | 41 |
| 29 | Leo | 314 | ↑8 | 36 |
| 30 | Aiden | 309 | ↑6 | 24 |
| 31 | Matthew | 297 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 32 | Luke | 295 | ↓7 | 31 |
| 33 | Nolan | 295 | – | 61 |
| 34 | David | 293 | ↓5 | 28 |
| 35 | Asher | 287 | ↑14 | 32 |
| 36 | Grayson | 286 | ↓6 | 35 |
| 37 | Thomas | 282 | ↑8 | 45 |
| 38 | Charles | 281 | new | 46 |
| 39 | Carson | 267 | ↓1 | 84 |
| 40 | Connor | 267 | ↓1 | 78 |
| 41 | Ryan | 266 | ↑3 | 57 |
| 42 | Jaxon | 261 | ↓11 | 48 |
| 43 | Cameron | 260 | ↓1 | 65 |
| 44 | Hudson | 255 | new | 43 |
| 45 | Luca | 251 | new | 67 |
| 46 | Gabriel | 247 | ↓5 | 38 |
| 47 | Colton | 243 | ↓12 | 66 |
| 48 | Caleb | 242 | – | 56 |
| 49 | Andrew | 240 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 50 | Maverick | 232 | new | 50 |
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