Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 2024
The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 2024 were Olivia for girls (515 babies) and Noah for boys (740). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 98,585 babies born in Pennsylvania in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 2024
Names given at least 15 times in Pennsylvania that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Barbie: 30 babies, 20.6× the national rate
- Susan: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Linda: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
- Barbara: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Giavanna: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Martha: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Rebekah: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Nancy: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
- Katie: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Laurel: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Boys
- Melvin: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Alvin: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Amos: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Rocco: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
- Conor: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
- Cole: 187 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Bryce: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Rhys: 79 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Francis: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Pennsylvania, 2024
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 515 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 489 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 3 | Emma | 460 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Amelia | 432 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sophia | 432 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Mia | 348 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 7 | Isabella | 342 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 8 | Harper | 339 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 337 | – | 8 |
| 10 | Ava | 320 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 11 | Nora | 319 | – | 22 |
| 12 | Aurora | 270 | ↑8 | 16 |
| 13 | Lucy | 259 | ↑2 | 34 |
| 14 | Violet | 255 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 15 | Lily | 252 | ↑6 | 24 |
| 16 | Avery | 236 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 17 | Ella | 233 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 18 | Scarlett | 233 | ↓6 | 27 |
| 19 | Eleanor | 230 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 20 | Ellie | 228 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 21 | Lainey | 227 | ↑23 | 38 |
| 22 | Grace | 226 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 225 | ↑5 | 17 |
| 24 | Isla | 222 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 25 | Chloe | 217 | ↑11 | 20 |
| 26 | Eliana | 215 | ↑21 | 18 |
| 27 | Hazel | 215 | ↑5 | 19 |
| 28 | Riley | 212 | ↑17 | 42 |
| 29 | Josephine | 210 | ↑10 | 56 |
| 30 | Penelope | 209 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 31 | Luna | 202 | ↓17 | 13 |
| 32 | Mila | 202 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 33 | Gianna | 199 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 34 | Sofia | 199 | ↑16 | 10 |
| 35 | Willow | 197 | – | 41 |
| 36 | Hannah | 192 | ↑6 | 52 |
| 37 | Emily | 191 | ↓6 | 25 |
| 38 | Stella | 191 | ↑3 | 49 |
| 39 | Abigail | 188 | ↓10 | 32 |
| 40 | Maeve | 185 | ↓6 | 75 |
| 41 | Nova | 184 | ↓16 | 39 |
| 42 | Madison | 181 | ↓19 | 45 |
| 43 | Aria | 179 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 44 | Ivy | 176 | new | 36 |
| 45 | Layla | 176 | ↓19 | 37 |
| 46 | Lillian | 172 | ↓16 | 54 |
| 47 | Emilia | 168 | new | 43 |
| 48 | Lydia | 160 | ↓8 | 97 |
| 49 | Zoe | 156 | new | 29 |
| 50 | Addison | 155 | new | 68 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 740 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 612 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Oliver | 598 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Theodore | 507 | ↑4 | 4 |
| 5 | Henry | 469 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | James | 434 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Lucas | 400 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 8 | Benjamin | 393 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 9 | Levi | 391 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 10 | Michael | 374 | – | 18 |
| 11 | Jack | 373 | – | 15 |
| 12 | Luca | 361 | ↑6 | 23 |
| 13 | John | 358 | – | 21 |
| 14 | Elijah | 334 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 15 | Owen | 334 | ↓8 | 26 |
| 16 | Joseph | 333 | – | 32 |
| 17 | William | 333 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 18 | Asher | 329 | ↑5 | 20 |
| 19 | Leo | 312 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 20 | Cameron | 311 | ↑9 | 66 |
| 21 | Carter | 302 | ↑12 | 46 |
| 22 | Hudson | 299 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 23 | Miles | 298 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 24 | Wyatt | 297 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 25 | Samuel | 296 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 26 | Daniel | 293 | ↓9 | 16 |
| 27 | Jackson | 293 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 28 | Mason | 287 | ↓6 | 42 |
| 29 | Luke | 284 | ↑8 | 34 |
| 30 | Logan | 268 | ↑1 | 45 |
| 31 | Roman | 268 | ↑19 | 52 |
| 32 | Ethan | 265 | ↓8 | 19 |
| 33 | Thomas | 260 | ↑2 | 39 |
| 34 | Grayson | 257 | ↑2 | 48 |
| 35 | David | 255 | ↓5 | 31 |
| 36 | Maverick | 253 | ↓4 | 36 |
| 37 | Caleb | 252 | new | 49 |
| 38 | Alexander | 249 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 39 | Cooper | 247 | ↑10 | 50 |
| 40 | Ezra | 247 | ↑8 | 13 |
| 41 | Anthony | 243 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 42 | Matthew | 241 | ↓14 | 33 |
| 43 | Jacob | 239 | ↓9 | 40 |
| 44 | Wesley | 238 | ↑2 | 58 |
| 45 | Lincoln | 236 | ↓3 | 73 |
| 46 | Nolan | 233 | ↓7 | 64 |
| 47 | Weston | 230 | new | 70 |
| 48 | Rowan | 229 | new | 71 |
| 49 | Aiden | 228 | ↓9 | 47 |
| 50 | Bennett | 226 | new | 60 |
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