State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2000 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 214,995 New York births in 2000 across 4,133 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.

#73Estheroutside the national top 200
#74Giannaoutside the national top 200
#96Andyoutside the national top 200
#100Frankoutside the national top 200
#78Shannon#152 nationally
#52Peter#125 nationally
#70Liam#140 nationally
#95Max#165 nationally
#97Raymond#162 nationally
#57Vincent#120 nationally
#94Angelina#157 nationally
#69Kiara#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,719US #1
#2Samantha1,422US #7
#3Ashley1,291US #4
#4Sarah1,257US #5
#5Jessica1,143US #8
#6Brianna1,136US #15
#7Kayla1,110US #13
#8Hannah986US #2
#9Nicole957US #31
#10Julia922US #29
#11Amanda878US #32
#12Victoria856US #20
#13Olivia839US #16
#14Alexis815US #6
#15Elizabeth814US #9
#16Alyssa795US #12
#17Lauren782US #11
#18Rachel772US #21
#19Madison730US #3
#20Emma712US #17
#21Taylor688US #10
#22Alexandra670US #36
#23Grace667US #19
#24Jennifer647US #26
#25Danielle593US #48
#26Abigail590US #14
#27Katherine582US #33
#28Stephanie582US #40
#29Michelle574US #52
#30Megan526US #18
#31Rebecca521US #39
#32Kaitlyn513US #30
#33Isabella505US #45
#34Destiny499US #24
#35Anna490US #22
#36Sophia479US #42
#37Christina468US #73
#38Gabriella456US #98
#39Jasmine456US #27
#40Gabrielle451US #49
#41Sara440US #57
#42Natalie436US #34
#43Sydney433US #23
#44Kimberly420US #58
#45Jenna413US #63
#46Maria401US #41
#47Morgan397US #25
#48Alexa394US #87
#49Erin360US #61
#50Amber355US #47
#51Melissa351US #71
#52Caroline343US #65
#53Hailey336US #35
#54Sabrina330US #92
#55Allison315US #44
#56Jada306US #84
#57Angela305US #79
#58Jacqueline305US #64
#59Tiffany304US #101
#60Chloe300US #38
#61Briana297US #83
#62Mary295US #46
#63Catherine292US #81
#64Mackenzie290US #43
#65Melanie290US #114
#66Jillian287US #120
#67Leah284US #97
#68Brittany280US #60
#69Kiara278US #130
#70Caitlin276US #76
#71Kelly275US #111
#72Madeline275US #56
#73Esther274
#74Gianna269
#75Haley269US #28
#76Ariana263US #109
#77Arianna263US #128
#78Shannon261US #152
#79Chelsea259US #140
#80Brooke258US #51
#81Vanessa255US #62
#82Jordan252US #50
#83Marissa251US #78
#84Paige249US #69
#85Andrea238US #55
#86Courtney238US #59
#87Maya238US #113
#88Katelyn237US #54
#89Diana236US #106
#90Mia236US #93
#91Gabriela232US #117
#92Amy226US #105
#93Cassandra223US #100
#94Angelina222US #157
#95Kathryn222US #89
#96Mariah222US #75
#97Meghan222US #134
#98Sierra219US #53
#99Laura217US #85
#100Britney213US #137

Boys

#1Michael2,891US #2
#2Matthew2,487US #3
#3Nicholas2,125US #6
#4Christopher2,077US #5
#5Joseph2,074US #8
#6Anthony1,849US #17
#7Daniel1,785US #9
#8Justin1,732US #19
#9John1,646US #14
#10Joshua1,640US #4
#11Ryan1,606US #13
#12Jacob1,549US #1
#13David1,459US #16
#14Brandon1,406US #12
#15Andrew1,385US #7
#16Kevin1,293US #32
#17Jonathan1,227US #21
#18James1,187US #18
#19Tyler1,187US #10
#20Alexander1,186US #20
#21Zachary1,104US #15
#22William1,097US #11
#23Thomas1,033US #33
#24Christian999US #22
#25Jason989US #39
#26Robert956US #29
#27Brian927US #43
#28Dylan911US #24
#29Benjamin855US #26
#30Kyle790US #37
#31Samuel762US #28
#32Jordan745US #36
#33Steven729US #54
#34Jack703US #46
#35Sean671US #57
#36Ethan650US #25
#37Eric644US #42
#38Noah610US #27
#39Aaron583US #41
#40Patrick561US #68
#41Timothy530US #58
#42Adam519US #45
#43Richard512US #65
#44Elijah493US #52
#45Cameron483US #31
#46Isaiah477US #47
#47Connor475US #50
#48Jared473US #56
#49Bryan469US #70
#50Jose465US #34
#51Alex456US #62
#52Peter456US #125
#53Austin455US #23
#54Gabriel446US #44
#55Jake431US #96
#56Nathan423US #30
#57Vincent418US #120
#58Evan407US #55
#59Angel404US #67
#60Luis404US #49
#61Charles403US #51
#62Mark403US #79
#63Hunter369US #35
#64Jeremy368US #84
#65Luke365US #59
#66Carlos354US #66
#67Kenneth344US #94
#68Sebastian344US #81
#69Stephen336US #95
#70Liam331US #140
#71Paul328US #100
#72Devin319US #69
#73Nathaniel318US #61
#74Jeffrey310US #104
#75Lucas305US #83
#76Joel302US #112
#77Edward298US #108
#78Ian296US #73
#79Brendan294US #101
#80Isaac292US #53
#81Xavier292US #103
#82Gregory290US #138
#83Henry290US #126
#84Aidan281US #114
#85George277US #130
#86Derek269US #121
#87Juan265US #48
#88Shane255US #116
#89Julian249US #87
#90Caleb243US #38
#91Logan240US #40
#92Victor235US #97
#93Maxwell232US #113
#94Antonio231US #82
#95Max229US #165
#96Andy228
#97Raymond227US #162
#98Owen225US #145
#99Marcus224US #99
#100Frank223

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑41Hailey#53
↑29Jada#56
↑24Madeline#72
↑22Chloe#60
↑19Caroline#52
↑17Xavier#81
↑16Isabella#33
↑15Jillian#66

Falling

↓29Kiara#69
↓28Diana#89
↓26Brittany#68
↓24Courtney#86
↓21Laura#99
↓19Shannon#78
↓19Chelsea#79
↓19Austin#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.