State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2009 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 202,470 New York births in 2009 across 4,550 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.

#47Estheroutside the national top 200
#76Chayaoutside the national top 200
#84Miriamoutside the national top 200
#85Chanaoutside the national top 200
#89Valentinaoutside the national top 200
#89Mosheoutside the national top 200
#99Peter#190 nationally
#86Amanda#165 nationally
#41Nicole#119 nationally
#82Juliana#152 nationally
#42Sara#106 nationally
#26Rachel#89 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella1,401US #1
#2Sophia1,193US #4
#3Olivia1,188US #3
#4Emma1,066US #2
#5Emily1,056US #6
#6Madison1,040US #7
#7Ava995US #5
#8Mia887US #10
#9Abigail764US #8
#10Sarah696US #21
#11Leah665US #29
#12Samantha657US #14
#13Chloe639US #9
#14Gabriella608US #33
#15Ashley600US #20
#16Grace588US #17
#17Gianna563US #76
#18Elizabeth559US #11
#19Kayla558US #35
#20Brianna547US #24
#21Ella539US #15
#22Julia487US #50
#23Lily482US #18
#24Hailey478US #25
#25Victoria476US #31
#26Rachel456US #89
#27Natalie452US #16
#28Arianna431US #52
#29Sofia428US #36
#30Alyssa419US #19
#31Alexis409US #13
#32Anna405US #28
#33Angelina402US #86
#34Hannah400US #23
#35Maya389US #61
#36Alexandra384US #69
#37Alexa373US #43
#38Allison351US #30
#39Zoe347US #47
#40Kaylee334US #26
#41Nicole332US #119
#42Sara331US #106
#43Addison313US #12
#44Brooke311US #54
#45Taylor311US #22
#46Katherine308US #60
#47Esther305
#48Jessica294US #78
#49Amelia293US #55
#50Charlotte291US #68
#51Michelle288US #104
#52Nevaeh288US #34
#53Ariana287US #82
#54Lauren283US #46
#55Kaitlyn279US #67
#56Riley270US #38
#57Madeline266US #64
#58Lillian261US #27
#59Jasmine256US #51
#60Sophie254US #65
#61Makayla253US #44
#62Aaliyah252US #63
#63Sydney245US #48
#64Morgan241US #57
#65Savannah241US #39
#66Avery239US #32
#67Genesis238US #83
#68Madelyn237US #59
#69Maria237US #70
#70Melanie237US #94
#71Claire236US #53
#72Evelyn236US #40
#73Gabrielle233US #96
#74Destiny229US #56
#75Layla228US #45
#76Chaya226
#77Peyton225US #42
#78Adriana224US #125
#79Kimberly224US #66
#80Molly224US #92
#81Stephanie220US #112
#82Juliana214US #152
#83Eva213US #99
#84Miriam208
#85Chana207
#86Amanda205US #165
#87Megan204US #105
#88Paige203US #98
#89Valentina203
#90Amy202US #130
#91Mya201US #97
#92Natalia201US #103
#93Jada200US #113
#94Audrey198US #49
#95Rebecca198US #132
#96Laila193US #135
#97Naomi192US #107
#98Jennifer189US #110
#99Kylie185US #62
#100Mackenzie184US #77

Boys

#1Michael1,715US #3
#2Jayden1,478US #8
#3Matthew1,451US #13
#4Daniel1,364US #7
#5Ethan1,363US #2
#6Ryan1,334US #20
#7Joseph1,293US #15
#8Anthony1,269US #11
#9Jacob1,243US #1
#10Christopher1,208US #10
#11Alexander1,171US #4
#12David1,160US #14
#13Justin1,118US #46
#14Joshua1,107US #6
#15Nicholas1,093US #32
#16Aiden934US #12
#17James933US #18
#18Andrew895US #16
#19Dylan887US #30
#20Noah875US #9
#21William873US #5
#22Christian863US #23
#23John842US #26
#24Benjamin783US #19
#25Tyler775US #28
#26Jonathan766US #29
#27Jack757US #42
#28Lucas733US #39
#29Samuel716US #24
#30Brandon713US #38
#31Logan709US #17
#32Gabriel694US #22
#33Kevin673US #44
#34Elijah670US #21
#35Jason635US #66
#36Evan614US #35
#37Liam609US #49
#38Thomas563US #57
#39Nathan555US #25
#40Aidan527US #72
#41Gavin520US #33
#42Aaron494US #54
#43Angel480US #37
#44Robert463US #55
#45Sebastian462US #70
#46Zachary460US #53
#47Jordan447US #45
#48Owen443US #51
#49Luke442US #47
#50Jeremiah440US #65
#51Mason435US #34
#52Jackson433US #27
#53Connor432US #52
#54Xavier420US #68
#55Brian411US #94
#56Alex407US #83
#57Charles407US #64
#58Adam405US #74
#59Isaiah399US #41
#60Sean399US #97
#61Julian393US #62
#62Eric391US #95
#63Henry383US #71
#64Chase379US #61
#65Isaac378US #40
#66Kyle370US #99
#67Steven360US #106
#68Jake359US #125
#69Caleb355US #31
#70Adrian353US #59
#71Nathaniel345US #75
#72Luis326US #69
#73Vincent323US #119
#74Carter322US #50
#75Cameron320US #58
#76Bryan313US #92
#77Austin312US #63
#78Ian296US #73
#79Jose294US #43
#80Dominic290US #81
#81Max289US #104
#82Oliver289US #98
#83Tristan289US #80
#84Jaden288US #101
#85Josiah288US #86
#86Joel286US #116
#87Brayden283US #48
#88Landon283US #36
#89Moshe278
#90Hunter269US #56
#91Colin266US #113
#92Eli265US #90
#93Patrick262US #129
#94Jeremy259US #140
#95Carlos258US #79
#96Richard256US #114
#97Ayden242US #87
#98Cole242US #82
#99Peter236US #190
#100Edward232US #137

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑29Claire#71
↑27Genesis#67
↑25Kaylee#40
↑24Avery#66
↑24Carter#74
↑22Lillian#58
↑21Peyton#77
↑14Jackson#52

Falling

↓35Jennifer#98
↓25Rebecca#95
↓17Kimberly#79
↓17Sean#60
↓16Lauren#54
↓15Makayla#61
↓15Amanda#86
↓14Mackenzie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.