State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2006 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 206,040 New York births in 2006 across 4,429 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.

#55Estheroutside the national top 200
#76Chayaoutside the national top 200
#87Mosheoutside the national top 200
#96Miriamoutside the national top 200
#91Julianna#194 nationally
#98Chelsea#192 nationally
#85Peter#167 nationally
#81Christina#158 nationally
#25Gianna#98 nationally
#96Derek#159 nationally
#41Amanda#100 nationally
#71Jeremy#124 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,320US #1
#2Isabella1,222US #4
#3Ava1,064US #5
#4Olivia1,035US #7
#5Madison1,013US #3
#6Sophia1,013US #9
#7Emma997US #2
#8Ashley899US #12
#9Samantha854US #10
#10Sarah853US #15
#11Mia781US #13
#12Kayla769US #26
#13Abigail724US #6
#14Julia715US #31
#15Grace694US #16
#16Brianna681US #20
#17Elizabeth632US #11
#18Hannah598US #8
#19Alyssa594US #19
#20Gabriella567US #50
#21Victoria561US #27
#22Angelina560US #49
#23Rachel541US #48
#24Natalie520US #17
#25Gianna518US #98
#26Alexandra507US #40
#27Chloe506US #18
#28Leah504US #68
#29Ella492US #21
#30Anna480US #22
#31Jessica476US #32
#32Alexis456US #14
#33Maya450US #57
#34Nicole434US #74
#35Hailey427US #25
#36Alexa420US #39
#37Katherine414US #37
#38Lauren410US #24
#39Sofia392US #55
#40Sara391US #72
#41Amanda358US #100
#42Lily353US #33
#43Kaitlyn352US #41
#44Michelle343US #81
#45Jasmine338US #29
#46Jennifer338US #51
#47Taylor336US #23
#48Arianna335US #76
#49Brooke330US #44
#50Stephanie327US #70
#51Gabrielle319US #63
#52Destiny318US #36
#53Ariana317US #78
#54Maria311US #46
#55Esther303
#56Jenna295US #88
#57Zoe292US #54
#58Megan288US #60
#59Allison281US #47
#60Kimberly274US #58
#61Morgan274US #35
#62Rebecca274US #96
#63Sydney274US #34
#64Madeline270US #71
#65Savannah268US #30
#66Amelia256US #83
#67Mackenzie256US #53
#68Nevaeh256US #43
#69Melanie255US #85
#70Vanessa252US #79
#71Jada249US #92
#72Paige242US #77
#73Riley240US #56
#74Makayla239US #45
#75Evelyn238US #65
#76Chaya237
#77Adriana235US #107
#78Keira234US #110
#79Catherine231US #121
#80Jayla229US #99
#81Christina225US #158
#82Lillian223US #38
#83Kaylee222US #42
#84Natalia216US #94
#85Aaliyah215US #90
#86Eva214US #122
#87Charlotte212US #125
#88Faith212US #62
#89Danielle211US #116
#90Isabelle211US #84
#91Julianna210US #194
#92Isabel209US #87
#93Briana206US #123
#94Caroline206US #89
#95Sophie205US #124
#96Miriam203
#97Molly202US #105
#98Chelsea200US #192
#99Gabriela196US #109
#100Naomi194US #129

Boys

#1Michael1,983US #2
#2Matthew1,767US #5
#3Joseph1,615US #11
#4Anthony1,542US #9
#5Daniel1,489US #6
#6Christopher1,474US #8
#7Nicholas1,439US #17
#8Ryan1,432US #14
#9Joshua1,387US #3
#10Alexander1,210US #12
#11Jacob1,189US #1
#12David1,174US #13
#13Justin1,144US #45
#14Andrew1,122US #7
#15John1,107US #19
#16Ethan1,068US #4
#17James1,048US #16
#18Tyler967US #18
#19William955US #10
#20Jayden945US #49
#21Jack930US #36
#22Brandon925US #27
#23Kevin924US #37
#24Jonathan915US #22
#25Christian903US #21
#26Dylan856US #26
#27Jason793US #55
#28Benjamin778US #24
#29Aidan758US #44
#30Thomas735US #51
#31Samuel710US #25
#32Noah672US #15
#33Gabriel649US #28
#34Zachary617US #33
#35Elijah611US #29
#36Logan592US #20
#37Robert586US #47
#38Aiden582US #32
#39Jordan581US #46
#40Sean573US #68
#41Evan560US #42
#42Angel556US #31
#43Lucas532US #59
#44Brian529US #72
#45Luke521US #43
#46Nathan521US #23
#47Aaron519US #57
#48Isaiah507US #39
#49Connor499US #53
#50Adam475US #64
#51Eric472US #77
#52Alex469US #67
#53Charles458US #60
#54Kyle455US #81
#55Steven452US #90
#56Gavin442US #38
#57Owen438US #58
#58Jake426US #108
#59Sebastian424US #76
#60Jose405US #30
#61Xavier405US #78
#62Jaden400US #88
#63Liam391US #98
#64Vincent387US #107
#65Bryan380US #66
#66Jeremiah372US #71
#67Austin368US #41
#68Julian361US #65
#69Richard352US #99
#70Isaac346US #48
#71Jeremy345US #124
#72Nathaniel343US #69
#73Patrick341US #110
#74Luis336US #62
#75Cameron333US #52
#76Henry323US #95
#77Mason321US #40
#78Jackson307US #35
#79Carlos303US #70
#80Tristan303US #86
#81Adrian301US #63
#82Caleb292US #34
#83Ian288US #80
#84Dominic286US #85
#85Peter284US #167
#86Timothy282US #93
#87Moshe278
#88Joel274US #123
#89Colin271US #111
#90Devin258US #100
#91Paul256US #132
#92Antonio244US #94
#93Diego242US #56
#94Juan242US #61
#95Hunter241US #54
#96Derek238US #159
#97Mark236US #128
#98Kenneth234US #129
#99Victor234US #104
#100Edward229US #141

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑17Adriana#77
↑17Xavier#61
↑15Lily#42
↑15Aiden#38
↑12Vanessa#70
↑11Evelyn#75
↑11Sebastian#59
↑10Maya#33

Falling

↓21Danielle#89
↓16Faith#88
↓15Ian#83
↓13Sydney#63
↓13Hunter#95
↓12Christina#81
↓12Gabriela#99
↓12Peter#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.