State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2008 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 204,639 New York births in 2008 across 4,554 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.

#40Estheroutside the national top 200
#68Chayaoutside the national top 200
#73Miriamoutside the national top 200
#97Mosheoutside the national top 200
#95Julianna#194 nationally
#91Abraham#186 nationally
#82Juliana#157 nationally
#34Nicole#106 nationally
#18Gianna#88 nationally
#71Amanda#137 nationally
#59Jake#111 nationally
#24Rachel#74 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella1,283US #2
#2Olivia1,195US #4
#3Sophia1,155US #7
#4Madison1,072US #6
#5Ava1,067US #5
#6Emma1,052US #1
#7Emily1,027US #3
#8Abigail743US #8
#9Sarah740US #20
#10Samantha723US #11
#11Mia695US #14
#12Ashley657US #18
#13Chloe610US #10
#14Elizabeth610US #9
#15Kayla607US #28
#16Gabriella605US #35
#17Brianna604US #23
#18Gianna556US #88
#19Grace554US #21
#20Leah545US #40
#21Julia540US #41
#22Alyssa529US #16
#23Ella507US #19
#24Rachel501US #74
#25Natalie494US #13
#26Hannah493US #17
#27Victoria490US #27
#28Angelina465US #69
#29Hailey446US #25
#30Sofia439US #36
#31Anna405US #26
#32Alexis396US #15
#33Lily389US #24
#34Nicole366US #106
#35Alexandra362US #61
#36Arianna357US #66
#37Alexa351US #50
#38Lauren347US #30
#39Katherine346US #45
#40Esther343
#41Maya340US #71
#42Brooke334US #52
#43Sara320US #92
#44Jessica317US #59
#45Kaitlyn317US #53
#46Makayla310US #37
#47Allison299US #32
#48Madeline299US #56
#49Taylor299US #22
#50Amelia295US #68
#51Zoe291US #58
#52Ariana288US #81
#53Riley279US #39
#54Jasmine274US #43
#55Michelle273US #101
#56Addison271US #12
#57Sydney267US #49
#58Melanie266US #85
#59Maria261US #63
#60Charlotte255US #86
#61Savannah254US #33
#62Kimberly252US #57
#63Jennifer250US #84
#64Nevaeh250US #34
#65Kaylee247US #31
#66Sophie247US #75
#67Gabrielle246US #79
#68Chaya245
#69Morgan240US #46
#70Rebecca239US #118
#71Amanda238US #137
#72Destiny238US #47
#73Miriam238
#74Vanessa235US #78
#75Madelyn232US #64
#76Evelyn227US #54
#77Stephanie227US #105
#78Adriana225US #124
#79Paige224US #89
#80Lillian222US #29
#81Jenna219US #108
#82Juliana217US #157
#83Isabelle213US #93
#84Jada213US #110
#85Isabel210US #97
#86Mackenzie210US #65
#87Molly210US #104
#88Layla209US #55
#89Mya207US #103
#90Avery206US #38
#91Eva205US #114
#92Naomi205US #119
#93Kylie199US #51
#94Genesis197US #95
#95Julianna194US #194
#96Keira193US #123
#97Megan192US #100
#98Peyton190US #60
#99Jade189US #130
#100Claire188US #62

Boys

#1Michael1,748US #2
#2Matthew1,578US #10
#3Anthony1,492US #7
#4Daniel1,452US #5
#5Joseph1,442US #13
#6Ryan1,436US #18
#7Jayden1,422US #11
#8Jacob1,293US #1
#9Christopher1,284US #9
#10Alexander1,248US #6
#11Joshua1,229US #4
#12Nicholas1,200US #29
#13Ethan1,152US #3
#14David1,126US #14
#15Justin1,077US #44
#16James959US #17
#17Andrew930US #12
#18John911US #20
#19William897US #8
#20Dylan887US #31
#21Jonathan858US #26
#22Christian843US #23
#23Brandon826US #33
#24Aiden817US #16
#25Jack817US #39
#26Tyler803US #28
#27Kevin796US #41
#28Noah792US #15
#29Benjamin704US #25
#30Lucas696US #46
#31Samuel687US #27
#32Logan679US #19
#33Jason674US #60
#34Thomas670US #52
#35Gabriel667US #24
#36Elijah659US #22
#37Aidan620US #59
#38Evan611US #38
#39Zachary603US #47
#40Gavin555US #30
#41Aaron536US #50
#42Nathan535US #21
#43Sean523US #83
#44Robert509US #49
#45Liam502US #75
#46Angel476US #36
#47Brian459US #87
#48Jordan459US #48
#49Sebastian455US #74
#50Luke449US #43
#51Xavier434US #71
#52Eric427US #86
#53Adam422US #72
#54Connor419US #57
#55Isaiah414US #42
#56Owen410US #58
#57Charles407US #63
#58Isaac407US #37
#59Jake403US #111
#60Jeremiah401US #68
#61Nathaniel399US #77
#62Mason385US #35
#63Alex383US #84
#64Kyle383US #97
#65Henry382US #78
#66Jackson376US #32
#67Julian374US #61
#68Steven369US #104
#69Bryan364US #82
#70Caleb360US #34
#71Adrian355US #56
#72Cameron346US #53
#73Vincent342US #119
#74Luis336US #64
#75Jaden335US #88
#76Chase318US #67
#77Max318US #126
#78Tristan316US #81
#79Jose309US #40
#80Austin301US #55
#81Jeremy299US #129
#82Joel298US #113
#83Richard286US #108
#84Patrick282US #127
#85Carlos281US #73
#86Hunter278US #54
#87Dominic277US #93
#88Josiah277US #95
#89Ian275US #80
#90Timothy270US #107
#91Abraham258US #186
#92Mark255US #139
#93Cole252US #85
#94Oliver252US #118
#95Brayden250US #51
#96Colin248US #114
#97Moshe247
#98Carter246US #65
#99Ayden243US #91
#100Antonio237US #102

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑31Makayla#46
↑19Madeline#48
↑18Evelyn#76
↑16Paige#79
↑16Sebastian#49
↑14Melanie#58
↑14Jeremiah#60
↑13Riley#53

Falling

↓26Jaden#75
↓24Amanda#71
↓17Gabrielle#67
↓16Jada#84
↓15Nevaeh#64
↓13Julianna#95
↓13Megan#97
↓13Moshe#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.