State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2001 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 209,543 New York births in 2001 across 4,183 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.

#61Estheroutside the national top 200
#48Gianna#185 nationally
#93Andyoutside the national top 200
#88Julianna#184 nationally
#63Peter#133 nationally
#86Chelsea#153 nationally
#66Liam#131 nationally
#58Vincent#121 nationally
#100Raymond#163 nationally
#83Kiara#144 nationally
#98Gregory#157 nationally
#58Sabrina#116 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,574US #1
#2Ashley1,274US #4
#3Samantha1,261US #7
#4Sarah1,079US #6
#5Kayla978US #17
#6Jessica939US #11
#7Nicole929US #36
#8Brianna920US #18
#9Julia920US #27
#10Olivia904US #10
#11Madison866US #2
#12Hannah864US #3
#13Victoria823US #21
#14Alyssa802US #14
#15Rachel776US #24
#16Elizabeth768US #9
#17Alexis748US #5
#18Emma736US #13
#19Isabella704US #28
#20Lauren680US #15
#21Amanda677US #39
#22Grace644US #16
#23Taylor633US #12
#24Abigail625US #8
#25Alexandra609US #38
#26Jennifer587US #26
#27Destiny549US #22
#28Katherine543US #35
#29Anna535US #19
#30Sophia530US #37
#31Stephanie521US #43
#32Jenna509US #45
#33Michelle509US #59
#34Kaitlyn484US #31
#35Natalie445US #32
#36Rebecca445US #46
#37Megan438US #20
#38Gabriella433US #83
#39Jasmine426US #25
#40Danielle416US #63
#41Sydney409US #23
#42Alexa403US #78
#43Sara400US #58
#44Christina397US #80
#45Gabrielle385US #50
#46Morgan375US #29
#47Kimberly365US #61
#48Gianna364US #185
#49Chloe361US #30
#50Erin350US #60
#51Maria347US #41
#52Mackenzie346US #40
#53Hailey332US #33
#54Leah327US #87
#55Allison323US #44
#56Jada322US #75
#57Angelina317US #93
#58Sabrina312US #116
#59Melissa301US #74
#60Madeline300US #56
#61Esther299
#62Catherine297US #81
#63Arianna293US #108
#64Mia291US #76
#65Caroline290US #62
#66Kelly290US #124
#67Amber278US #51
#68Brooke278US #57
#69Maya278US #110
#70Jacqueline276US #70
#71Jillian269US #120
#72Vanessa269US #64
#73Caitlin266US #89
#74Melanie262US #117
#75Tiffany260US #127
#76Andrea256US #49
#77Aaliyah254US #96
#78Mary252US #48
#79Paige252US #71
#80Angela251US #77
#81Ariana251US #92
#82Briana251US #101
#83Kiara247US #144
#84Marissa247US #79
#85Diana235US #102
#86Chelsea229US #153
#87Jade227US #98
#88Julianna227US #184
#89Zoe227US #65
#90Jordan221US #47
#91Haley220US #34
#92Amy217US #114
#93Katelyn212US #52
#94Sierra212US #55
#95Ava211US #132
#96Lily209US #103
#97Laura206US #86
#98Molly204US #90
#99Erica203US #129
#100Faith203US #53

Boys

#1Michael2,759US #2
#2Matthew2,256US #3
#3Nicholas2,073US #6
#4Joseph2,035US #8
#5Christopher1,943US #5
#6Justin1,781US #22
#7Anthony1,758US #11
#8Daniel1,670US #9
#9Joshua1,587US #4
#10Ryan1,543US #15
#11John1,487US #14
#12David1,395US #12
#13Andrew1,390US #7
#14Jacob1,382US #1
#15Brandon1,280US #18
#16Kevin1,265US #32
#17Jonathan1,129US #23
#18Alexander1,116US #20
#19James1,112US #19
#20Tyler1,100US #13
#21Thomas1,075US #33
#22William1,051US #10
#23Jason1,034US #41
#24Christian1,018US #24
#25Dylan955US #21
#26Zachary918US #16
#27Robert842US #30
#28Benjamin837US #27
#29Samuel783US #26
#30Brian764US #46
#31Ethan742US #17
#32Kyle723US #40
#33Sean709US #57
#34Jack682US #48
#35Jordan681US #39
#36Eric642US #44
#37Steven628US #63
#38Noah607US #28
#39Aaron575US #42
#40Adam543US #51
#41Elijah516US #45
#42Jose508US #34
#43Gabriel506US #38
#44Isaiah499US #43
#45Patrick498US #72
#46Connor483US #49
#47Austin477US #25
#48Richard465US #73
#49Alex462US #62
#50Nathan456US #31
#51Bryan446US #69
#52Jared426US #65
#53Evan419US #56
#54Luis417US #52
#55Timothy412US #67
#56Charles407US #55
#57Cameron404US #35
#58Vincent399US #121
#59Aidan392US #86
#60Angel392US #58
#61Jake376US #100
#62Jeremy369US #89
#63Peter361US #133
#64Mark353US #84
#65Logan350US #29
#66Liam346US #131
#67Luke346US #50
#68Devin342US #71
#69Hunter338US #36
#70Lucas330US #83
#71Nathaniel325US #61
#72Sebastian325US #81
#73Jeffrey313US #119
#74Isaac312US #47
#75Carlos311US #59
#76Joel303US #126
#77Caleb302US #37
#78Paul301US #109
#79Kenneth297US #97
#80Julian296US #82
#81Ian295US #70
#82Xavier294US #94
#83Brendan284US #115
#84Edward284US #113
#85Stephen278US #102
#86Derek273US #132
#87Juan265US #53
#88Antonio261US #85
#89Henry252US #120
#90George245US #129
#91Shane239US #128
#92Jaden232US #114
#93Andy231
#94Colin227US #125
#95Cole226US #74
#96Victor225US #96
#97Adrian224US #75
#98Gregory223US #157
#99Marcus222US #104
#100Raymond222US #163

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑37Angelina#57
↑26Gianna#48
↑26Mia#64
↑26Logan#65
↑25Aidan#59
↑18Maya#69
↑14Isabella#19
↑14Arianna#63

Falling

↓23Angela#80
↓21Briana#82
↓17Amber#67
↓16Tiffany#75
↓16Mary#78
↓16Haley#91
↓16Stephen#85
↓16Gregory#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.