State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2003 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 209,757 New York births in 2003 across 4,233 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.

#71Estheroutside the national top 200
#32Gianna#143 nationally
#99Miriamoutside the national top 200
#90Chelsea#176 nationally
#75Peter#146 nationally
#72Sabrina#137 nationally
#54Vincent#117 nationally
#62Kelly#125 nationally
#88Tiffany#147 nationally
#91Jeffrey#140 nationally
#61Christina#109 nationally
#62Jeremy#108 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,629US #1
#2Emma1,202US #2
#3Olivia1,113US #5
#4Isabella1,080US #12
#5Samantha1,030US #10
#6Sarah1,019US #11
#7Kayla1,010US #16
#8Ashley1,007US #8
#9Madison996US #3
#10Brianna838US #17
#11Julia835US #33
#12Elizabeth783US #9
#13Abigail770US #6
#14Hannah769US #4
#15Jessica766US #18
#16Alyssa759US #14
#17Grace759US #13
#18Victoria743US #22
#19Sophia740US #20
#20Nicole719US #40
#21Rachel712US #28
#22Amanda627US #54
#23Alexis613US #7
#24Lauren601US #15
#25Alexandra555US #38
#26Katherine490US #35
#27Anna481US #21
#28Mia475US #36
#29Michelle475US #62
#30Ava474US #39
#31Jennifer474US #31
#32Gianna467US #143
#33Gabriella458US #77
#34Kaitlyn455US #32
#35Stephanie438US #49
#36Alexa432US #67
#37Taylor432US #19
#38Natalie424US #23
#39Sara414US #65
#40Jenna410US #55
#41Hailey408US #26
#42Leah400US #81
#43Sydney400US #25
#44Rebecca396US #63
#45Destiny393US #37
#46Chloe390US #24
#47Megan389US #30
#48Angelina386US #71
#49Jasmine380US #27
#50Arianna361US #86
#51Maria341US #42
#52Brooke332US #43
#53Morgan332US #29
#54Gabrielle330US #66
#55Maya329US #84
#56Danielle325US #82
#57Ariana324US #85
#58Jada322US #79
#59Kimberly313US #64
#60Allison311US #46
#61Christina308US #109
#62Kelly308US #125
#63Paige303US #47
#64Sofia300US #97
#65Catherine296US #106
#66Mackenzie293US #45
#67Jordan288US #48
#68Erin279US #80
#69Melanie279US #93
#70Caroline273US #68
#71Esther271
#72Sabrina270US #137
#73Melissa265US #96
#74Faith264US #50
#75Ella263US #44
#76Jade262US #101
#77Vanessa252US #70
#78Zoe252US #57
#79Madeline250US #61
#80Lily249US #69
#81Haley248US #34
#82Briana245US #114
#83Molly241US #99
#84Amy239US #120
#85Gabriela236US #102
#86Jacqueline236US #100
#87Aaliyah235US #90
#88Tiffany224US #147
#89Jillian222US #135
#90Chelsea218US #176
#91Adriana216US #121
#92Diana215US #108
#93Isabel214US #83
#94Amber210US #74
#95Kaylee210US #53
#96Angela208US #104
#97Mary207US #59
#98Katelyn204US #58
#99Miriam199
#100Isabelle198US #110

Boys

#1Michael2,456US #2
#2Matthew2,119US #4
#3Joseph1,965US #6
#4Nicholas1,813US #12
#5Christopher1,787US #9
#6Anthony1,759US #10
#7Daniel1,759US #8
#8Ryan1,723US #13
#9Justin1,532US #27
#10Joshua1,513US #3
#11Jacob1,382US #1
#12David1,347US #14
#13John1,327US #17
#14Andrew1,305US #5
#15Alexander1,195US #16
#16James1,124US #18
#17Brandon1,121US #21
#18Kevin1,109US #32
#19William1,072US #11
#20Tyler1,034US #15
#21Jonathan1,019US #22
#22Dylan982US #19
#23Ethan980US #7
#24Christian970US #25
#25Jason928US #42
#26Thomas927US #36
#27Jack887US #45
#28Benjamin863US #24
#29Aidan828US #39
#30Zachary821US #20
#31Robert735US #35
#32Samuel728US #23
#33Brian714US #59
#34Sean663US #61
#35Gabriel631US #29
#36Elijah625US #37
#37Kyle603US #53
#38Jordan600US #38
#39Steven586US #70
#40Eric565US #56
#41Noah549US #31
#42Aaron537US #50
#43Isaiah534US #49
#44Adam523US #58
#45Evan513US #44
#46Connor506US #43
#47Angel476US #47
#48Logan474US #28
#49Nathan473US #26
#50Alex471US #62
#51Luke468US #46
#52Jayden441US #75
#53Jose434US #30
#54Vincent430US #117
#55Patrick428US #91
#56Jake427US #98
#57Charles421US #57
#58Jaden417US #82
#59Bryan414US #64
#60Luis412US #60
#61Richard410US #86
#62Jeremy398US #108
#63Timothy392US #76
#64Nathaniel390US #63
#65Austin385US #33
#66Lucas385US #71
#67Cameron382US #40
#68Liam382US #114
#69Gavin357US #51
#70Owen355US #72
#71Caleb353US #34
#72Ian343US #65
#73Sebastian338US #93
#74Hunter330US #41
#75Peter326US #146
#76Isaac325US #48
#77Devin324US #74
#78Xavier315US #85
#79Colin312US #88
#80Jared307US #107
#81Paul296US #123
#82Carlos293US #66
#83Mark290US #105
#84Joel278US #124
#85Jeremiah277US #90
#86Antonio271US #92
#87Aiden268US #73
#88Dominic267US #81
#89Kenneth263US #111
#90Juan255US #55
#91Jeffrey254US #140
#92Adrian251US #68
#93Jackson251US #52
#94Edward250US #130
#95Julian250US #77
#96Stephen250US #128
#97Henry246US #115
#98Cole245US #69
#99George242US #138
#100Victor240US #96

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑36Ava#30
↑26Jayden#52
↑20Sofia#64
↑20Gavin#69
↑20Colin#79
↑18Brooke#52
↑16Vincent#54
↑16Owen#70

Falling

↓37Aaliyah#87
↓20Jillian#89
↓18Danielle#56
↓17Amber#94
↓17Mary#97
↓16Peter#75
↓13Henry#97
↓12Austin#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.