Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2021
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2021 were Olivia for girls (629 babies) and Noah for boys (706). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,238 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2021
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: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Martha: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Linda: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Barbara: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Vienna: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Cecelia: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Milan: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Delaney: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Keira: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Amanda: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Boys
- Colin: 115 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Amos: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Tanner: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Finnegan: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Francis: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Rocco: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Chase: 226 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Kieran: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Carmelo: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 629 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 600 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | Emma | 549 | ↓2 | 2 |
| 4 | Ava | 504 | – | 5 |
| 5 | Sophia | 489 | – | 6 |
| 6 | Amelia | 463 | – | 4 |
| 7 | Harper | 385 | – | 10 |
| 8 | Isabella | 368 | – | 7 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 361 | – | 9 |
| 10 | Mia | 359 | – | 8 |
| 11 | Nora | 329 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 12 | Avery | 290 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 283 | ↑8 | 14 |
| 14 | Madison | 278 | ↑6 | 29 |
| 15 | Ella | 277 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 16 | Gianna | 269 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 17 | Penelope | 246 | ↑12 | 23 |
| 18 | Willow | 243 | ↑20 | 39 |
| 19 | Riley | 241 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 20 | Grace | 238 | ↓4 | 33 |
| 21 | Aria | 237 | ↑11 | 22 |
| 22 | Ellie | 237 | ↑11 | 30 |
| 23 | Eleanor | 235 | ↑11 | 15 |
| 24 | Isla | 235 | ↑12 | 34 |
| 25 | Scarlett | 233 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 26 | Layla | 232 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 27 | Lily | 232 | ↑3 | 31 |
| 28 | Luna | 225 | ↓9 | 11 |
| 29 | Aurora | 224 | ↓6 | 35 |
| 30 | Chloe | 223 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 31 | Violet | 222 | – | 36 |
| 32 | Abigail | 221 | ↓20 | 17 |
| 33 | Nova | 218 | ↓5 | 32 |
| 34 | Lillian | 214 | ↑11 | 51 |
| 35 | Hazel | 202 | new | 28 |
| 36 | Emily | 199 | ↓11 | 21 |
| 37 | Hannah | 196 | ↓15 | 44 |
| 38 | Addison | 195 | ↑4 | 45 |
| 39 | Zoey | 193 | ↓4 | 38 |
| 40 | Mila | 188 | ↓14 | 26 |
| 41 | Quinn | 188 | ↑8 | 81 |
| 42 | Stella | 181 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 43 | Lucy | 178 | ↓4 | 48 |
| 44 | Everly | 177 | ↓7 | 50 |
| 45 | Lydia | 176 | new | 89 |
| 46 | Natalie | 176 | new | 56 |
| 47 | Paisley | 176 | ↓6 | 52 |
| 48 | Savannah | 173 | ↓8 | 67 |
| 49 | Josephine | 169 | new | 72 |
| 50 | Leah | 166 | new | 46 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 706 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 656 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin | 497 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Oliver | 497 | ↑5 | 3 |
| 5 | Owen | 485 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 6 | James | 474 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 7 | Logan | 436 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 8 | Henry | 427 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 9 | Lucas | 427 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 10 | Mason | 417 | ↓5 | 18 |
| 11 | Jack | 416 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 12 | Jackson | 413 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 13 | Theodore | 412 | ↑9 | 10 |
| 14 | Elijah | 406 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 15 | John | 398 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 16 | Michael | 395 | ↓12 | 17 |
| 17 | William | 394 | ↓7 | 6 |
| 18 | Wyatt | 378 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 19 | Joseph | 373 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 20 | Luca | 371 | ↑25 | 42 |
| 21 | Carter | 367 | ↓3 | 39 |
| 22 | Jacob | 356 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 23 | Grayson | 351 | ↑13 | 35 |
| 24 | Ethan | 341 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 25 | Levi | 338 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 26 | Daniel | 317 | ↓6 | 16 |
| 27 | Alexander | 314 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 28 | Asher | 313 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 29 | Leo | 312 | – | 31 |
| 30 | Thomas | 301 | ↑7 | 46 |
| 31 | Hudson | 300 | ↑13 | 34 |
| 32 | Nolan | 290 | ↑1 | 60 |
| 33 | Lincoln | 289 | ↓6 | 45 |
| 34 | Miles | 288 | new | 55 |
| 35 | Aiden | 287 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 36 | Luke | 285 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 37 | Matthew | 283 | ↓6 | 36 |
| 38 | Samuel | 283 | ↓14 | 23 |
| 39 | Cameron | 279 | ↑4 | 62 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 277 | ↑6 | 38 |
| 41 | David | 273 | ↓7 | 30 |
| 42 | Anthony | 270 | ↓14 | 43 |
| 43 | Caleb | 267 | ↑5 | 51 |
| 44 | Maverick | 259 | ↑6 | 47 |
| 45 | Andrew | 255 | ↑4 | 57 |
| 46 | Isaac | 254 | new | 40 |
| 47 | Colton | 249 | – | 75 |
| 48 | Charles | 247 | ↓10 | 50 |
| 49 | Ezra | 246 | new | 37 |
| 50 | Julian | 238 | new | 33 |
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