State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2005 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 203,329 New York births in 2005 across 4,313 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.

#52Estheroutside the national top 200
#74Chayaoutside the national top 200
#88Miriamoutside the national top 200
#93Juliannaoutside the national top 200
#98Andyoutside the national top 200
#84Juliana#176 nationally
#73Peter#161 nationally
#27Gianna#110 nationally
#90Jeffrey#171 nationally
#80Kiara#159 nationally
#97Brendan#176 nationally
#95Derek#172 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,445US #1
#2Isabella1,104US #6
#3Emma1,096US #2
#4Olivia1,063US #5
#5Madison1,004US #3
#6Samantha964US #8
#7Sophia947US #12
#8Ashley915US #10
#9Ava909US #9
#10Sarah859US #15
#11Abigail757US #4
#12Kayla756US #25
#13Julia737US #31
#14Grace720US #14
#15Elizabeth671US #11
#16Brianna665US #20
#17Hannah648US #7
#18Alyssa627US #16
#19Mia623US #17
#20Jessica612US #27
#21Victoria591US #28
#22Gabriella579US #61
#23Angelina571US #43
#24Nicole566US #56
#25Rachel558US #38
#26Natalie538US #18
#27Gianna510US #110
#28Alexandra507US #37
#29Ella495US #23
#30Alexis486US #13
#31Lauren486US #21
#32Sofia468US #52
#33Leah452US #68
#34Chloe446US #19
#35Anna432US #22
#36Hailey428US #26
#37Amanda422US #79
#38Katherine421US #36
#39Kaitlyn399US #34
#40Sara395US #75
#41Michelle394US #74
#42Alexa382US #66
#43Maya375US #73
#44Jennifer370US #42
#45Jasmine363US #29
#46Taylor361US #24
#47Gabrielle356US #55
#48Destiny350US #32
#49Jenna343US #62
#50Sydney334US #30
#51Arianna328US #88
#52Esther325
#53Rebecca321US #81
#54Stephanie321US #64
#55Maria320US #46
#56Ariana312US #82
#57Lily310US #39
#58Brooke304US #47
#59Morgan304US #33
#60Megan284US #41
#61Allison278US #45
#62Paige275US #60
#63Zoe274US #58
#64Jada273US #76
#65Kimberly272US #63
#66Mackenzie258US #51
#67Madeline255US #70
#68Danielle252US #102
#69Christina251US #134
#70Amelia250US #84
#71Melanie246US #92
#72Faith244US #49
#73Riley244US #54
#74Chaya243
#75Savannah236US #35
#76Diana233US #100
#77Makayla231US #44
#78Kaylee228US #40
#79Catherine226US #109
#80Kiara225US #159
#81Aaliyah214US #93
#82Vanessa214US #80
#83Melissa213US #104
#84Juliana211US #176
#85Mary208US #72
#86Evelyn207US #71
#87Gabriela207US #115
#88Miriam203
#89Amber202US #101
#90Isabel202US #89
#91Erin200US #112
#92Haley199US #53
#93Julianna199
#94Adriana198US #121
#95Katelyn197US #59
#96Jillian196US #161
#97Ciara195US #149
#98Sabrina195US #169
#99Trinity195US #48
#100Molly194US #97

Boys

#1Michael2,089US #2
#2Matthew1,832US #4
#3Joseph1,680US #9
#4Anthony1,620US #8
#5Ryan1,593US #14
#6Nicholas1,589US #15
#7Daniel1,550US #7
#8Christopher1,516US #10
#9Joshua1,416US #3
#10David1,280US #12
#11Andrew1,238US #6
#12Jacob1,237US #1
#13Alexander1,225US #13
#14John1,212US #18
#15Justin1,188US #36
#16Ethan1,049US #5
#17Tyler1,031US #16
#18Jonathan997US #19
#19James988US #17
#20Kevin919US #33
#21Jack915US #34
#22Christian913US #22
#23Brandon907US #27
#24William899US #11
#25Dylan875US #24
#26Jason842US #51
#27Aidan788US #43
#28Benjamin775US #25
#29Jayden766US #54
#30Thomas766US #40
#31Samuel739US #21
#32Zachary699US #29
#33Elijah643US #31
#34Brian618US #63
#35Robert617US #37
#36Gabriel597US #28
#37Noah592US #23
#38Evan576US #39
#39Sean559US #75
#40Jordan557US #46
#41Angel547US #32
#42Luke540US #41
#43Nathan525US #20
#44Logan524US #26
#45Connor520US #48
#46Lucas515US #58
#47Aaron502US #57
#48Isaiah499US #45
#49Eric495US #66
#50Adam473US #64
#51Alex473US #71
#52Steven473US #83
#53Aiden459US #50
#54Kyle445US #69
#55Charles411US #56
#56Bryan410US #72
#57Jaden410US #88
#58Liam410US #104
#59Vincent409US #111
#60Jose397US #30
#61Jake396US #103
#62Gavin389US #47
#63Owen388US #60
#64Nathaniel387US #67
#65Isaac357US #49
#66Patrick354US #108
#67Richard354US #94
#68Ian350US #68
#69Julian349US #74
#70Sebastian348US #86
#71Luis343US #59
#72Cameron333US #52
#73Peter329US #161
#74Austin327US #38
#75Jeremiah311US #78
#76Jeremy310US #115
#77Caleb307US #35
#78Xavier306US #87
#79Colin298US #95
#80Henry291US #102
#81Timothy290US #84
#82Hunter285US #53
#83Mason281US #42
#84Jackson279US #44
#85Adrian273US #65
#86Carlos270US #70
#87Juan264US #55
#88George258US #139
#89Joel257US #123
#90Jeffrey254US #171
#91Mark252US #114
#92Antonio248US #92
#93Devin248US #90
#94Dominic245US #85
#95Derek242US #172
#96Paul240US #130
#97Brendan235US #176
#98Andy233
#99Jesse228US #89
#100Kenneth227US #122

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑30Amelia#70
↑19Kiara#80
↑17Chaya#74
↑15Chloe#34
↑13Ava#9
↑12Mason#83
↑11Gabriella#22
↑11Sofia#32

Falling

↓19Erin#91
↓17Sabrina#98
↓15Timothy#81
↓14Megan#60
↓13Kyle#54
↓13Jeremy#76
↓12Katherine#38
↓11Jenna#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.