State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2011 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 197,193 New York births in 2011 across 4,486 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.

#35Estheroutside the national top 200
#69Chayaoutside the national top 200
#79Mosheoutside the national top 200
#85Miriamoutside the national top 200
#85Abraham#192 nationally
#88Julianna#179 nationally
#33Rachel#116 nationally
#77Valentina#154 nationally
#54Sara#130 nationally
#34Angelina#104 nationally
#79Juliana#147 nationally
#100Leo#167 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia1,456US #1
#2Isabella1,418US #2
#3Olivia1,175US #4
#4Emma1,123US #3
#5Ava955US #5
#6Emily918US #6
#7Mia852US #9
#8Madison851US #8
#9Abigail749US #7
#10Chloe708US #10
#11Leah682US #29
#12Ella597US #12
#13Sofia583US #19
#14Gabriella568US #34
#15Grace557US #16
#16Sarah548US #39
#17Samantha538US #17
#18Gianna535US #63
#19Victoria525US #23
#20Elizabeth502US #11
#21Hailey481US #32
#22Ashley473US #42
#23Lily461US #15
#24Charlotte429US #27
#25Julia424US #58
#26Brianna423US #45
#27Natalie419US #14
#28Zoe409US #31
#29Kayla400US #59
#30Amelia396US #30
#31Hannah382US #25
#32Arianna376US #52
#33Rachel349US #116
#34Angelina344US #104
#35Esther342
#36Maya339US #64
#37Alexandra337US #76
#38Alyssa337US #37
#39Kaylee323US #36
#40Alexa320US #55
#41Anna316US #38
#42Addison308US #13
#43Allison308US #40
#44Avery299US #18
#45Aaliyah296US #46
#46Savannah294US #41
#47Alexis292US #26
#48Lillian290US #22
#49Evelyn289US #24
#50Layla287US #35
#51Camila270US #48
#52Katherine269US #61
#53Taylor268US #44
#54Sara267US #130
#55Riley265US #47
#56Nevaeh263US #33
#57Nicole260US #117
#58Makayla259US #56
#59Eva253US #83
#60Zoey252US #28
#61Peyton248US #53
#62Brooke245US #86
#63Khloe245US #49
#64Ariana244US #84
#65Bella244US #60
#66Sophie244US #51
#67Aubrey243US #20
#68Kylie241US #57
#69Chaya238
#70Claire234US #50
#71Lauren228US #62
#72Adriana227US #132
#73Madeline227US #85
#74Melanie227US #89
#75Jasmine217US #72
#76Molly216US #78
#77Valentina215US #154
#78Kimberly214US #67
#79Juliana213US #147
#80Kaitlyn212US #100
#81Maria212US #92
#82Michelle212US #144
#83Mackenzie209US #68
#84Madelyn208US #79
#85Miriam208
#86Scarlett208US #80
#87Genesis207US #81
#88Julianna202US #179
#89Stella197US #74
#90Natalia196US #108
#91London195US #94
#92Sydney192US #65
#93Serenity191US #66
#94Faith189US #70
#95Gabrielle187US #119
#96Jessica187US #118
#97Morgan184US #75
#98Naomi181US #93
#99Paige180US #107
#100Rebecca178US #148

Boys

#1Michael1,458US #6
#2Jacob1,410US #1
#3Jayden1,381US #4
#4Joseph1,263US #22
#5Matthew1,254US #12
#6Ethan1,240US #7
#7Anthony1,156US #11
#8Mason1,142US #2
#9Daniel1,140US #10
#10Ryan1,121US #25
#11Alexander1,088US #8
#12Aiden1,078US #9
#13Christopher983US #20
#14David965US #18
#15Justin957US #59
#16Joshua942US #14
#17Liam931US #15
#18Nicholas901US #42
#19Noah899US #5
#20James890US #17
#21William885US #3
#22Andrew875US #16
#23Lucas845US #29
#24Benjamin813US #19
#25Dylan786US #33
#26John757US #27
#27Logan751US #21
#28Jack716US #45
#29Christian706US #30
#30Gabriel670US #24
#31Tyler663US #38
#32Samuel660US #26
#33Jonathan659US #31
#34Elijah654US #13
#35Brandon587US #47
#36Evan554US #40
#37Kevin551US #67
#38Thomas534US #63
#39Gavin529US #37
#40Jason526US #71
#41Jackson516US #23
#42Jeremiah483US #49
#43Aaron479US #51
#44Owen476US #44
#45Sebastian472US #68
#46Nathan469US #28
#47Luke449US #39
#48Henry442US #57
#49Charles430US #61
#50Jordan418US #46
#51Zachary417US #64
#52Robert416US #62
#53Julian414US #50
#54Adam413US #81
#55Connor412US #54
#56Caleb409US #32
#57Cameron406US #53
#58Angel401US #52
#59Carter398US #41
#60Isaac389US #35
#61Chase372US #69
#62Ayden368US #70
#63Nathaniel365US #84
#64Brayden364US #36
#65Isaiah360US #43
#66Adrian357US #56
#67Vincent357US #101
#68Jake348US #129
#69Eli342US #58
#70Xavier337US #76
#71Aidan327US #107
#72Landon321US #34
#73Austin320US #60
#74Eric318US #104
#75Hunter316US #55
#76Steven313US #124
#77Ian308US #72
#78Alex307US #95
#79Moshe303
#80Dominic302US #77
#81Oliver301US #78
#82Brian300US #122
#83Sean297US #125
#84Max290US #96
#85Abraham287US #192
#86Josiah285US #80
#87Jaden283US #100
#88Tristan279US #87
#89Patrick272US #143
#90Jeremy269US #152
#91Joel267US #132
#92Giovanni263US #117
#93Kyle263US #120
#94Blake254US #73
#95Jose237US #65
#96Richard233US #127
#97Bryan230US #110
#98Wyatt226US #48
#99Luis219US #88
#100Leo217US #167

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑33Zoey#60
↑24Ayden#62
↑23Mason#8
↑18Aaliyah#45
↑17Camila#51
↑17Bella#65
↑16Kimberly#78
↑16Austin#73

Falling

↓25Gabrielle#95
↓24Jessica#96
↓21Genesis#87
↓19Sean#83
↓17Jasmine#75
↓17Kyle#93
↓16Sophie#66
↓16Miriam#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.