State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1999 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 213,550 New York births in 1999 across 4,032 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.

#77Giannaoutside the national top 200
#80Estheroutside the national top 200
#92Andyoutside the national top 200
#86Frank#187 nationally
#100Edwinoutside the national top 200
#99Shania#190 nationally
#64Liam#141 nationally
#95Max#161 nationally
#43Gabriella#107 nationally
#59Vincent#121 nationally
#60Chelsea#122 nationally
#81Jillian#142 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,851US #1
#2Samantha1,574US #5
#3Ashley1,344US #6
#4Sarah1,303US #4
#5Jessica1,180US #9
#6Nicole1,126US #25
#7Brianna1,026US #14
#8Kayla1,026US #13
#9Amanda947US #22
#10Julia928US #30
#11Victoria880US #16
#12Alyssa869US #11
#13Alexis852US #3
#14Lauren849US #12
#15Rachel825US #19
#16Hannah817US #2
#17Elizabeth810US #10
#18Taylor766US #8
#19Olivia758US #20
#20Jennifer751US #21
#21Emma682US #17
#22Alexandra672US #32
#23Danielle625US #43
#24Stephanie617US #37
#25Madison588US #7
#26Destiny573US #28
#27Michelle569US #56
#28Katherine568US #36
#29Rebecca564US #38
#30Megan554US #15
#31Abigail542US #18
#32Grace497US #27
#33Gabrielle492US #46
#34Natalie476US #34
#35Christina468US #75
#36Sara464US #50
#37Anna456US #29
#38Jasmine452US #26
#39Kaitlyn442US #33
#40Kiara439US #78
#41Kimberly436US #51
#42Brittany433US #35
#43Gabriella424US #107
#44Sydney423US #23
#45Jenna405US #61
#46Maria403US #39
#47Alexa401US #89
#48Sophia400US #53
#49Isabella399US #60
#50Melissa393US #64
#51Morgan377US #24
#52Erin370US #58
#53Amber369US #41
#54Tiffany354US #80
#55Sabrina352US #88
#56Allison335US #40
#57Kelly335US #95
#58Briana301US #82
#59Shannon295US #118
#60Chelsea287US #122
#61Diana287US #101
#62Courtney286US #44
#63Brooke282US #47
#64Jacqueline279US #79
#65Mary279US #45
#66Melanie278US #126
#67Angela276US #90
#68Catherine276US #98
#69Leah276US #103
#70Paige272US #67
#71Caroline268US #71
#72Vanessa263US #57
#73Marissa261US #73
#74Erica252US #106
#75Mackenzie252US #52
#76Kristen251US #114
#77Gianna249
#78Laura240US #81
#79Caitlin239US #93
#80Esther236
#81Jillian234US #142
#82Chloe232US #63
#83Mariah229US #68
#84Haley227US #31
#85Jada224US #111
#86Maya224US #113
#87Jordan223US #48
#88Crystal220US #119
#89Sierra219US #49
#90Andrea218US #59
#91Cassandra218US #87
#92Amy216US #105
#93Katelyn215US #55
#94Hailey214US #54
#95Kathryn212US #91
#96Madeline212US #70
#97Mikayla211US #85
#98Isabel210US #97
#99Shania210US #190
#100Jade200US #117

Boys

#1Michael3,101US #2
#2Matthew2,741US #3
#3Nicholas2,298US #5
#4Joseph2,237US #8
#5Christopher2,084US #6
#6Daniel1,845US #9
#7Anthony1,840US #18
#8Justin1,748US #20
#9John1,683US #15
#10Ryan1,662US #12
#11Joshua1,630US #4
#12Brandon1,527US #11
#13David1,450US #16
#14Andrew1,441US #7
#15Jacob1,421US #1
#16Kevin1,351US #34
#17Tyler1,313US #10
#18Jonathan1,260US #22
#19James1,243US #19
#20Alexander1,213US #21
#21William1,157US #14
#22Thomas1,091US #31
#23Robert1,079US #26
#24Zachary1,059US #17
#25Kyle998US #28
#26Christian980US #25
#27Dylan942US #23
#28Jason929US #40
#29Brian894US #43
#30Benjamin802US #29
#31Steven765US #47
#32Jordan743US #30
#33Samuel739US #27
#34Austin703US #13
#35Eric671US #39
#36Sean661US #56
#37Noah640US #24
#38Jack617US #52
#39Aaron587US #38
#40Patrick582US #63
#41Adam530US #44
#42Timothy529US #49
#43Jose514US #35
#44Isaiah509US #51
#45Richard504US #61
#46Ethan475US #37
#47Elijah474US #60
#48Bryan471US #74
#49Jared471US #54
#50Alex459US #58
#51Nathan452US #32
#52Peter450US #105
#53Connor443US #48
#54Charles429US #50
#55Cameron425US #33
#56Luis418US #55
#57Mark416US #69
#58Jeremy402US #81
#59Vincent399US #121
#60Evan397US #57
#61Gabriel383US #53
#62Paul379US #94
#63Carlos359US #59
#64Liam359US #141
#65Hunter349US #36
#66Angel348US #73
#67Jake346US #97
#68Kenneth339US #89
#69Brendan337US #96
#70Jeffrey335US #100
#71Stephen322US #85
#72Nathaniel319US #62
#73Devin302US #68
#74Edward298US #103
#75Ian297US #72
#76Antonio292US #80
#77Gregory287US #122
#78George286US #123
#79Luke271US #67
#80Lucas268US #90
#81Trevor268US #66
#82Shane267US #110
#83Juan260US #46
#84Raymond259US #144
#85Joel258US #115
#86Frank251US #187
#87Henry251US #129
#88Cody249US #45
#89Victor248US #95
#90Isaac243US #64
#91Shawn242US #117
#92Andy234
#93Derek230US #113
#94Jesse227US #82
#95Max222US #161
#96Marcus220US #98
#97Caleb215US #41
#98Xavier215US #114
#99Miguel214US #91
#100Edwin213

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑25Grace#32
↑16Liam#64
↑15Gianna#77
↑13Isabella#49
↑13Isaiah#44
↑13Shane#82
↑12Jacqueline#64
↑12Angela#67

Falling

↓20Cassandra#91
↓19Madeline#96
↓18Jordan#87
↓15Sabrina#55
↓14Marissa#73
↓13Brittany#42
↓12Melissa#50
↓12Stephen#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.