State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2002 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 207,057 New York births in 2002 across 4,116 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.

#75Estheroutside the national top 200
#45Gianna#163 nationally
#89Chayaoutside the national top 200
#97Julianna#185 nationally
#59Peter#134 nationally
#92Kiara#156 nationally
#61Kelly#119 nationally
#57Arianna#114 nationally
#69Jillian#125 nationally
#85Tiffany#140 nationally
#81Sabrina#135 nationally
#70Vincent#123 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,555US #1
#2Samantha1,157US #9
#3Ashley1,106US #6
#4Sarah1,089US #8
#5Brianna973US #17
#6Olivia970US #10
#7Kayla951US #19
#8Isabella944US #14
#9Madison939US #2
#10Emma907US #4
#11Jessica872US #16
#12Julia855US #33
#13Nicole794US #37
#14Elizabeth785US #11
#15Hannah766US #3
#16Victoria750US #21
#17Alyssa701US #12
#18Abigail697US #7
#19Rachel691US #24
#20Amanda665US #46
#21Lauren657US #13
#22Sophia651US #27
#23Grace644US #15
#24Alexis643US #5
#25Alexandra595US #38
#26Jennifer590US #28
#27Anna536US #20
#28Taylor517US #18
#29Stephanie491US #41
#30Michelle488US #58
#31Jenna478US #47
#32Gabriella469US #76
#33Katherine461US #36
#34Destiny458US #34
#35Alexa450US #69
#36Kaitlyn444US #32
#37Mia437US #43
#38Danielle427US #71
#39Megan426US #22
#40Natalie421US #30
#41Rebecca415US #54
#42Jasmine413US #26
#43Sydney396US #23
#44Maria393US #40
#45Gianna390US #163
#46Sara390US #59
#47Angelina369US #74
#48Morgan369US #29
#49Hailey354US #31
#50Aaliyah353US #64
#51Christina344US #97
#52Chloe341US #25
#53Allison335US #44
#54Kimberly333US #63
#55Leah331US #87
#56Gabrielle321US #66
#57Arianna307US #114
#58Melanie307US #94
#59Erin305US #72
#60Paige303US #51
#61Kelly298US #119
#62Maya294US #90
#63Mackenzie292US #42
#64Ariana290US #93
#65Jada287US #78
#66Ava280US #82
#67Faith278US #48
#68Caroline276US #67
#69Jillian274US #125
#70Brooke269US #52
#71Jordan269US #45
#72Melissa269US #80
#73Briana264US #102
#74Madeline263US #56
#75Esther262
#76Jade262US #86
#77Amber261US #65
#78Catherine260US #101
#79Zoe260US #60
#80Mary251US #49
#81Sabrina249US #135
#82Vanessa246US #68
#83Lily242US #79
#84Sofia241US #112
#85Tiffany238US #140
#86Angela236US #83
#87Amy234US #110
#88Jacqueline231US #81
#89Chaya227
#90Haley226US #35
#91Diana224US #117
#92Kiara224US #156
#93Isabel223US #85
#94Gabriela222US #116
#95Ashanti221US #115
#96Sierra213US #62
#97Julianna207US #185
#98Molly205US #107
#99Daniela204US #113
#100Marissa203US #99

Boys

#1Michael2,582US #2
#2Matthew2,115US #4
#3Nicholas2,057US #9
#4Joseph2,005US #7
#5Christopher1,815US #8
#6Anthony1,768US #12
#7Daniel1,721US #10
#8Justin1,667US #22
#9Joshua1,598US #3
#10Ryan1,493US #16
#11Andrew1,393US #6
#12John1,385US #17
#13Jacob1,332US #1
#14David1,254US #13
#15Alexander1,235US #15
#16Brandon1,186US #20
#17Kevin1,145US #33
#18Tyler1,083US #14
#19James1,071US #18
#20William1,054US #11
#21Jason1,032US #42
#22Jonathan1,019US #21
#23Ethan994US #5
#24Thomas976US #36
#25Christian941US #24
#26Zachary903US #19
#27Dylan897US #23
#28Jack833US #44
#29Robert814US #34
#30Benjamin769US #27
#31Samuel758US #25
#32Kyle742US #40
#33Brian728US #51
#34Sean694US #59
#35Jordan646US #37
#36Aidan632US #60
#37Elijah589US #41
#38Eric583US #52
#39Steven569US #68
#40Aaron568US #43
#41Gabriel535US #32
#42Noah533US #31
#43Isaiah524US #45
#44Patrick504US #79
#45Alex487US #63
#46Adam482US #55
#47Jose469US #30
#48Connor464US #47
#49Nathan462US #28
#50Bryan459US #64
#51Angel456US #49
#52Evan445US #56
#53Austin444US #26
#54Luke435US #46
#55Charles396US #58
#56Timothy384US #70
#57Richard382US #77
#58Nathaniel380US #62
#59Peter371US #134
#60Logan370US #29
#61Jake367US #102
#62Jaden362US #87
#63Jeremy359US #95
#64Lucas358US #75
#65Cameron355US #39
#66Hunter354US #38
#67Liam352US #113
#68Luis352US #57
#69Sebastian347US #80
#70Vincent338US #123
#71Caleb333US #35
#72Jared329US #84
#73Ian316US #67
#74Carlos315US #65
#75Xavier315US #88
#76Devin311US #74
#77Mark311US #93
#78Jayden291US #101
#79Kenneth291US #104
#80Brendan288US #124
#81Paul283US #118
#82Edward281US #119
#83Isaac281US #48
#84Henry271US #115
#85Jeffrey268US #132
#86Owen268US #94
#87Juan266US #54
#88Julian265US #78
#89Gavin259US #61
#90Jeremiah258US #86
#91Joel252US #122
#92Stephen252US #114
#93George251US #131
#94Shane244US #130
#95Derek239US #139
#96Dominic234US #83
#97Adrian233US #73
#98Antonio228US #85
#99Colin227US #116
#100Trevor226US #81

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑33Faith#67
↑30Jaden#62
↑29Ava#66
↑27Mia#37
↑27Aaliyah#50
↑23Aidan#36
↑19Paige#60
↑19Jordan#71

Falling

↓23Sabrina#81
↓20Jared#72
↓18Jacqueline#88
↓16Catherine#78
↓16Marissa#100
↓15Joel#91
↓14Madeline#74
↓14Esther#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.