Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2023
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (560 babies) and Noah for boys (694). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 98,679 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2023
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: 33 babies, 14.9× the national rate
- Susan: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Barbara: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Nancy: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Martha: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Vienna: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Rebekah: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Sylvia: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
- Katie: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
- Kathryn: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Boys
- Amos: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Reuben: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Melvin: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Rhys: 92 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Kieran: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Conor: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Colson: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Rocco: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Shane: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2023
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 560 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 515 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Emma | 508 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Sophia | 475 | – | 5 |
| 5 | Amelia | 418 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Ava | 369 | – | 8 |
| 7 | Harper | 346 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 8 | Isabella | 345 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 343 | – | 9 |
| 10 | Mia | 329 | – | 6 |
| 11 | Nora | 303 | – | 24 |
| 12 | Scarlett | 269 | – | 17 |
| 13 | Violet | 264 | – | 16 |
| 14 | Luna | 253 | – | 10 |
| 15 | Lucy | 241 | ↑22 | 40 |
| 16 | Ella | 240 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 17 | Avery | 236 | ↑3 | 29 |
| 18 | Grace | 236 | – | 39 |
| 19 | Ellie | 232 | ↑17 | 27 |
| 20 | Aurora | 228 | ↑13 | 22 |
| 21 | Lily | 228 | – | 20 |
| 22 | Isla | 227 | ↑10 | 33 |
| 23 | Madison | 223 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 24 | Eleanor | 221 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 25 | Nova | 217 | – | 35 |
| 26 | Layla | 216 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 27 | Penelope | 215 | ↓10 | 23 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 214 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 29 | Abigail | 204 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 30 | Lillian | 202 | ↑13 | 55 |
| 31 | Emily | 198 | – | 19 |
| 32 | Hazel | 197 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 33 | Mila | 197 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 34 | Maeve | 191 | new | 73 |
| 35 | Willow | 191 | ↓19 | 41 |
| 36 | Chloe | 190 | ↓13 | 26 |
| 37 | Gianna | 189 | ↓18 | 21 |
| 38 | Aria | 186 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 39 | Josephine | 181 | new | 64 |
| 40 | Lydia | 181 | new | 94 |
| 41 | Stella | 178 | ↓3 | 46 |
| 42 | Hannah | 177 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 43 | Sadie | 175 | ↑7 | 59 |
| 44 | Lainey | 173 | new | 54 |
| 45 | Riley | 173 | ↓17 | 43 |
| 46 | Madelyn | 168 | new | 58 |
| 47 | Eliana | 166 | ↓2 | 34 |
| 48 | Claire | 164 | new | 68 |
| 49 | Naomi | 161 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 50 | Sofia | 161 | ↓10 | 12 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 694 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 632 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Oliver | 529 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Henry | 475 | ↑5 | 8 |
| 5 | Benjamin | 435 | – | 11 |
| 6 | James | 432 | – | 4 |
| 7 | Owen | 421 | – | 20 |
| 8 | Theodore | 416 | ↓4 | 7 |
| 9 | Lucas | 396 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 10 | Michael | 379 | – | 16 |
| 11 | Jack | 375 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 12 | Elijah | 374 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 13 | John | 369 | – | 26 |
| 14 | William | 362 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 15 | Levi | 360 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 16 | Joseph | 342 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 17 | Daniel | 332 | ↑10 | 17 |
| 18 | Luca | 332 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 19 | Miles | 331 | ↑27 | 43 |
| 20 | Jackson | 324 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 21 | Leo | 318 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 22 | Mason | 318 | ↓11 | 30 |
| 23 | Asher | 310 | ↑3 | 23 |
| 24 | Ethan | 305 | ↑8 | 24 |
| 25 | Wyatt | 305 | ↑3 | 47 |
| 26 | Hudson | 303 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 27 | Samuel | 303 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 28 | Matthew | 294 | ↑8 | 32 |
| 29 | Cameron | 291 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 30 | David | 290 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 31 | Logan | 290 | ↓7 | 39 |
| 32 | Maverick | 282 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 33 | Carter | 279 | ↓12 | 48 |
| 34 | Jacob | 275 | ↓4 | 35 |
| 35 | Thomas | 271 | ↑4 | 41 |
| 36 | Grayson | 267 | ↓16 | 44 |
| 37 | Luke | 260 | ↓8 | 31 |
| 38 | Anthony | 252 | – | 46 |
| 39 | Nolan | 251 | ↑1 | 57 |
| 40 | Aiden | 237 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 41 | Alexander | 237 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 42 | Lincoln | 230 | ↓5 | 64 |
| 43 | Gabriel | 229 | ↑4 | 38 |
| 44 | Charles | 223 | new | 54 |
| 45 | Isaac | 222 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 46 | Wesley | 220 | ↑4 | 70 |
| 47 | Elias | 219 | new | 36 |
| 48 | Ezra | 217 | ↓3 | 15 |
| 49 | Cooper | 216 | ↓1 | 52 |
| 50 | Roman | 214 | new | 66 |
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