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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Just Released: Top 2012 Baby Names in Pennsylvania

Mason and Emma are Pennsylvania's trendiest names.

Mason and Emma are the most popular baby names in Pennsylvania for 2012, according to Social Security data. Here are the top 10 in Pennsylvania: In all of America, Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions. It's the 14th year in a row Jacob tops the list for boys and the second year for Sophia. Here are the top 10 boys and girls names in America for 2012: There is a new couple in the top 10 this year—Elizabeth and Liam replace Chloe and Daniel. Elizabeth has been here before, but this is the first time Liam breaks into the top 10.  Perhaps Liam’s new found success can be attributed to Liam Neeson’s recent major roles in Battleship and the popular Taken, The Chronicles of Narnia and Clash of the Titans franchises. This year’s winners for …

Friday, December 28, 2012

Got an Olivia or a Noah? They're Top Picks for Pittsburgh’s Baby Names in 2012

West Penn Allegheny Health System reveals the most popular names for this year’s crop of babies.

Oh, baby! West Penn Allegheny Health System has revealed the most popular names chosen for the 3,400 babies born at West Penn Hospital and Forbes Regional Hospital through November 2012. This year’s top monikers run the gamut of the literary, the Biblical, the distinguished-sounding, the traditional and those that reflect parental creativity. For girls, the No. 1 name on everyone's lips was Olivia. The top name for boys was Noah. West Penn Allegheny parents came up with about 700 different girls’ names and 600 different boys’ names. Many of them had no duplicate, according to the hospital. Sometimes, parents created their own name. Often they added a creative spelling or flourish to an old name, the hospital said. “A” is expected be a …

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