State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1998 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 216,036 New York births in 1998 across 4,024 distinct names.

Distinctively New York

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New York more than they say America.

#83Estheroutside the national top 200
#92Giannaoutside the national top 200
#79Frank#177 nationally
#80Liam#155 nationally
#84Jillian#158 nationally
#49Gabriella#116 nationally
#49Peter#111 nationally
#60Vincent#121 nationally
#75Melanie#135 nationally
#82Henry#135 nationally
#54Shannon#104 nationally
#89Malik#138 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha1,688US #3
#2Emily1,671US #1
#3Ashley1,494US #5
#4Jessica1,283US #8
#5Sarah1,264US #4
#6Nicole1,149US #24
#7Amanda1,113US #19
#8Brianna1,036US #17
#9Victoria973US #16
#10Kayla925US #12
#11Alexis914US #6
#12Taylor883US #7
#13Julia879US #32
#14Rachel867US #15
#15Elizabeth830US #10
#16Alyssa821US #11
#17Hannah794US #2
#18Jennifer792US #20
#19Lauren743US #14
#20Stephanie742US #29
#21Olivia704US #21
#22Alexandra684US #27
#23Danielle680US #41
#24Emma645US #22
#25Rebecca631US #30
#26Megan599US #13
#27Katherine592US #33
#28Michelle589US #55
#29Brittany546US #25
#30Madison527US #9
#31Destiny519US #34
#32Gabrielle518US #47
#33Kimberly496US #54
#34Sara496US #48
#35Abigail493US #18
#36Christina491US #69
#37Jasmine482US #26
#38Melissa478US #59
#39Kaitlyn455US #35
#40Sabrina444US #68
#41Natalie441US #40
#42Anna434US #31
#43Maria434US #43
#44Tiffany432US #67
#45Jenna429US #65
#46Morgan410US #23
#47Alexa409US #93
#48Allison408US #38
#49Gabriella401US #116
#50Amber397US #37
#51Kelly387US #90
#52Sydney370US #28
#53Courtney368US #39
#54Shannon357US #104
#55Sophia356US #73
#56Erin341US #57
#57Grace335US #53
#58Diana333US #83
#59Marissa325US #66
#60Briana322US #79
#61Chelsea321US #94
#62Isabella318US #84
#63Vanessa313US #52
#64Leah305US #106
#65Catherine304US #101
#66Mary302US #44
#67Caroline301US #75
#68Erica298US #92
#69Jordan297US #42
#70Laura278US #74
#71Cassandra277US #85
#72Brooke276US #46
#73Kristen274US #102
#74Kelsey269US #56
#75Melanie267US #135
#76Jacqueline258US #95
#77Madeline258US #50
#78Paige258US #63
#79Angela256US #100
#80Meghan255US #121
#81Caitlin254US #78
#82Maya254US #123
#83Esther253
#84Jillian246US #158
#85Crystal245US #110
#86Mackenzie237US #64
#87Mariah234US #62
#88Andrea231US #61
#89Jamie229US #112
#90Haley220US #36
#91Amy218US #96
#92Gianna215
#93Margaret209US #114
#94Jada208US #119
#95Angelica203US #109
#96Sierra203US #51
#97Kathryn202US #89
#98Alicia200US #98
#99Gabriela198US #129
#100Katelyn197US #58

Boys

#1Michael3,402US #1
#2Matthew2,616US #3
#3Nicholas2,374US #6
#4Christopher2,288US #5
#5Joseph2,271US #11
#6Daniel1,939US #12
#7Anthony1,849US #19
#8Justin1,726US #20
#9Brandon1,688US #7
#10Joshua1,686US #4
#11John1,661US #15
#12Ryan1,545US #17
#13Andrew1,522US #9
#14David1,507US #13
#15Kevin1,428US #32
#16Jacob1,409US #2
#17Tyler1,374US #8
#18James1,295US #18
#19Jonathan1,290US #21
#20William1,241US #14
#21Alexander1,231US #22
#22Thomas1,157US #31
#23Zachary1,115US #16
#24Kyle1,072US #24
#25Robert1,020US #23
#26Christian984US #26
#27Jason964US #40
#28Brian928US #41
#29Dylan864US #25
#30Jordan845US #27
#31Steven831US #46
#32Benjamin787US #30
#33Eric754US #39
#34Samuel737US #28
#35Austin730US #10
#36Sean715US #50
#37Richard587US #56
#38Patrick580US #57
#39Noah574US #29
#40Aaron568US #37
#41Timothy551US #49
#42Jack534US #61
#43Adam526US #45
#44Jose522US #33
#45Connor496US #47
#46Luis476US #53
#47Alex458US #55
#48Elijah449US #66
#49Peter449US #111
#50Mark443US #64
#51Bryan439US #74
#52Cameron435US #35
#53Charles435US #48
#54Jeremy435US #68
#55Jared432US #51
#56Ethan428US #38
#57Isaiah423US #59
#58Nathan396US #34
#59Stephen396US #78
#60Vincent395US #121
#61Gabriel393US #54
#62Evan386US #63
#63Paul379US #89
#64Jeffrey374US #91
#65Hunter365US #36
#66Jake360US #102
#67Nathaniel337US #60
#68Devin336US #62
#69Edward336US #105
#70Brendan332US #99
#71Angel327US #81
#72Gregory325US #109
#73Kenneth324US #87
#74Ian321US #73
#75Carlos319US #69
#76Joel298US #117
#77Victor283US #97
#78Juan282US #52
#79Frank281US #177
#80Liam280US #155
#81Luke267US #75
#82Henry261US #135
#83Trevor259US #58
#84Lucas258US #93
#85George253US #125
#86Antonio249US #79
#87Scott247US #123
#88Shawn247US #113
#89Malik244US #138
#90Adrian242US #71
#91Jesse238US #70
#92Raymond236US #141
#93Cody235US #43
#94Caleb234US #42
#95Shane224US #118
#96Isaac220US #65
#97Cristian219US #144
#98Marcus216US #96
#99Logan213US #44
#100Colin212US #122

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑33Cameron#52
↑32Hunter#65
↑23Isabella#62
↑22Madison#30
↑18Sydney#52
↑16Sophia#55
↑14Lucas#84
↑13Kelsey#74

Falling

↓20Jacqueline#76
↓18Cody#93
↓17Amy#91
↓14George#85
↓13Erin#56
↓13Andrea#88
↓13Antonio#86
↓12Amber#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.