State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2012 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 196,557 New York births in 2012 across 4,519 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.

#43Estheroutside the national top 200
#68Chayaoutside the national top 200
#70Miriamoutside the national top 200
#75Mosheoutside the national top 200
#83Chanaoutside the national top 200
#90Abraham#191 nationally
#32Rachel#130 nationally
#52Sara#142 nationally
#82Valentina#167 nationally
#64Adriana#148 nationally
#54Angelina#133 nationally
#87Michelle#162 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia1,414US #1
#2Isabella1,279US #3
#3Emma1,233US #2
#4Olivia1,141US #4
#5Ava968US #5
#6Emily921US #6
#7Madison848US #9
#8Mia844US #8
#9Abigail765US #7
#10Chloe670US #11
#11Leah630US #33
#12Ella612US #12
#13Sarah552US #42
#14Gabriella546US #37
#15Sofia526US #18
#16Samantha509US #26
#17Victoria500US #28
#18Elizabeth498US #10
#19Grace482US #21
#20Charlotte467US #19
#21Lily465US #16
#22Hailey459US #32
#23Amelia432US #23
#24Hannah431US #22
#25Gianna423US #73
#26Zoe421US #30
#27Ashley408US #50
#28Natalie407US #17
#29Arianna393US #49
#30Brianna389US #51
#31Avery379US #13
#32Rachel375US #130
#33Kayla358US #69
#34Kaylee348US #35
#35Anna335US #34
#36Maya326US #63
#37Alexandra325US #76
#38Julia323US #65
#39Zoey317US #20
#40Alexa315US #57
#41Evelyn315US #27
#42Layla311US #31
#43Esther310
#44Sophie301US #52
#45Addison299US #14
#46Riley292US #47
#47Aubrey286US #15
#48Savannah284US #43
#49Aaliyah278US #36
#50Ariana275US #74
#51Allison271US #38
#52Sara270US #142
#53Alyssa268US #44
#54Angelina265US #133
#55Taylor262US #46
#56Genesis261US #56
#57Lillian256US #25
#58Stella256US #62
#59Katherine254US #64
#60Camila248US #48
#61Nicole247US #114
#62Eva244US #86
#63Melanie242US #77
#64Adriana240US #148
#65Alexis233US #40
#66Khloe233US #55
#67Mackenzie233US #71
#68Chaya232
#69Claire232US #45
#70Miriam229
#71Scarlett229US #61
#72Kylie228US #59
#73Bella223US #54
#74Brooke218US #102
#75Madeline213US #96
#76Makayla209US #70
#77Serenity208US #58
#78Molly207US #90
#79Lauren206US #72
#80Nevaeh206US #39
#81Skylar206US #87
#82Valentina204US #167
#83Chana203
#84Audrey202US #41
#85Peyton201US #53
#86Harper199US #24
#87Michelle199US #162
#88Violet199US #89
#89Maria197US #101
#90Naomi195US #79
#91London194US #94
#92Paige192US #106
#93Kaitlyn185US #118
#94Madelyn185US #67
#95Jasmine183US #83
#96Kimberly182US #88
#97Sydney180US #78
#98Faith179US #75
#99Eliana178US #144
#100Jade178US #112

Boys

#1Michael1,394US #7
#2Jacob1,352US #1
#3Jayden1,280US #8
#4Ethan1,262US #3
#5Joseph1,239US #19
#6Mason1,223US #2
#7Matthew1,213US #12
#8Ryan1,141US #26
#9Daniel1,101US #11
#10Liam1,099US #6
#11Alexander1,091US #9
#12Anthony1,079US #15
#13Aiden1,044US #10
#14David982US #20
#15Noah973US #4
#16Dylan892US #31
#17Lucas877US #27
#18James848US #14
#19Christopher846US #23
#20Nicholas835US #49
#21Joshua825US #17
#22William813US #5
#23Andrew796US #18
#24Benjamin796US #16
#25Justin754US #74
#26John721US #28
#27Logan698US #22
#28Christian697US #33
#29Gabriel666US #24
#30Samuel661US #25
#31Jonathan644US #34
#32Jack618US #46
#33Tyler593US #50
#34Jackson584US #21
#35Evan567US #47
#36Elijah561US #13
#37Brandon558US #56
#38Aaron531US #51
#39Kevin530US #69
#40Jason523US #76
#41Nathan515US #29
#42Thomas498US #63
#43Owen486US #38
#44Luke485US #37
#45Henry478US #44
#46Sebastian470US #64
#47Jeremiah466US #52
#48Isaac443US #30
#49Zachary441US #67
#50Adam436US #82
#51Carter435US #36
#52Gavin422US #40
#53Charles415US #62
#54Caleb411US #32
#55Julian410US #53
#56Robert408US #60
#57Angel402US #57
#58Adrian399US #61
#59Brayden397US #39
#60Connor391US #59
#61Cameron386US #54
#62Jordan378US #48
#63Eli377US #43
#64Chase370US #77
#65Hunter370US #45
#66Dominic362US #70
#67Isaiah362US #42
#68Xavier348US #80
#69Ian345US #78
#70Jeremy344US #138
#71Nathaniel344US #84
#72Austin343US #58
#73Ayden332US #68
#74Oliver332US #73
#75Moshe330
#76Blake320US #71
#77Vincent317US #104
#78Landon315US #35
#79Eric314US #107
#80Josiah309US #79
#81Max308US #105
#82Jake298US #153
#83Steven283US #112
#84Tristan281US #88
#85Aidan270US #116
#86Alex270US #98
#87Kyle269US #127
#88Leo267US #134
#89Levi238US #55
#90Abraham233US #191
#91Sean233US #145
#92Giovanni232US #120
#93Luis231US #90
#94Wyatt228US #41
#95Brian224US #141
#96Elias223US #115
#97Kayden222US #97
#98Maxwell219US #114
#99Jose218US #72
#100Cole217US #102

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑31Genesis#56
↑31Stella#58
↑22Sophie#44
↑21Zoey#39
↑20Aubrey#47
↑20Jeremy#70
↑18Blake#76
↑16Mackenzie#67

Falling

↓24Nevaeh#80
↓24Peyton#85
↓20Angelina#54
↓20Jasmine#95
↓18Alexis#65
↓18Makayla#76
↓18Kimberly#96
↓15Alyssa#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.