State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2013 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 193,722 New York births in 2013 across 4,420 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.

#31Estheroutside the national top 200
#66Chayaoutside the national top 200
#67Mosheoutside the national top 200
#74Miriamoutside the national top 200
#89Chanaoutside the national top 200
#95Lucaoutside the national top 200
#36Rachel#137 nationally
#52Sara#153 nationally
#98Fiona#197 nationally
#90Abraham#182 nationally
#60Angelina#147 nationally
#84Jake#166 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia1,394US #1
#2Isabella1,270US #4
#3Olivia1,263US #3
#4Emma1,258US #2
#5Mia1,001US #6
#6Ava911US #5
#7Emily899US #7
#8Madison776US #9
#9Abigail716US #8
#10Sofia679US #13
#11Leah629US #32
#12Chloe598US #14
#13Charlotte580US #11
#14Victoria530US #25
#15Grace515US #22
#16Ella509US #15
#17Gabriella499US #38
#18Sarah491US #48
#19Elizabeth481US #10
#20Samantha452US #29
#21Hannah434US #23
#22Zoe434US #31
#23Gianna432US #87
#24Amelia431US #17
#25Avery413US #12
#26Natalie411US #21
#27Arianna409US #44
#28Hailey402US #43
#29Lily400US #27
#30Ashley378US #67
#31Esther364
#32Evelyn362US #20
#33Anna350US #35
#34Julia338US #75
#35Maya335US #72
#36Rachel334US #137
#37Brianna325US #71
#38Zoey325US #24
#39Layla323US #30
#40Aubrey311US #18
#41Scarlett309US #42
#42Kayla307US #96
#43Kaylee307US #40
#44Aaliyah306US #37
#45Ariana306US #54
#46Alexa301US #60
#47Alexandra295US #82
#48Addison291US #19
#49Allison291US #34
#50Lillian286US #26
#51Riley286US #45
#52Sara285US #153
#53Camila274US #39
#54Savannah274US #36
#55Aria271US #41
#56Valentina267US #129
#57Harper265US #16
#58Alyssa264US #57
#59Nicole260US #91
#60Angelina258US #147
#61Kylie258US #61
#62Eva251US #88
#63Genesis250US #55
#64Sophie246US #76
#65Peyton241US #51
#66Chaya238
#67Bella237US #58
#68Katherine237US #77
#69Mackenzie237US #62
#70Penelope234US #56
#71Taylor232US #59
#72Violet232US #69
#73Audrey225US #33
#74Miriam225
#75Naomi222US #86
#76Eliana216US #125
#77Serenity215US #52
#78Stella215US #70
#79Sadie211US #49
#80Brooke210US #115
#81Madeline205US #90
#82Melanie204US #84
#83Amy203US #139
#84Juliana202US #151
#85Alexis201US #47
#86Claire199US #50
#87Skylar198US #73
#88Adriana194US #150
#89Chana193
#90Brielle191US #117
#91Sydney191US #98
#92Alice190US #107
#93Maria187US #111
#94Mila187US #79
#95Nora184US #83
#96Jasmine183US #103
#97Michelle183US #168
#98Fiona180US #197
#99Mya180US #116
#100Molly178US #102

Boys

#1Jacob1,298US #2
#2Michael1,230US #7
#3Ethan1,218US #6
#4Liam1,203US #3
#5Jayden1,152US #9
#6Mason1,148US #4
#7Joseph1,145US #20
#8Noah1,128US #1
#9Matthew1,117US #15
#10Daniel1,110US #10
#11Alexander1,047US #8
#12Ryan999US #30
#13Anthony985US #19
#14Lucas977US #23
#15Dylan961US #29
#16David950US #17
#17Aiden948US #12
#18James884US #13
#19Nicholas833US #54
#20Benjamin799US #14
#21Christopher794US #26
#22William770US #5
#23Joshua751US #21
#24Logan738US #18
#25John724US #27
#26Jack676US #40
#27Andrew652US #22
#28Gabriel625US #24
#29Samuel624US #25
#30Christian605US #35
#31Elijah592US #11
#32Jackson590US #16
#33Justin580US #85
#34Jonathan540US #41
#35Tyler518US #63
#36Nathan517US #31
#37Carter505US #33
#38Sebastian505US #46
#39Henry501US #37
#40Aaron495US #51
#41Gavin477US #50
#42Owen476US #38
#43Isaac473US #28
#44Evan456US #55
#45Thomas453US #61
#46Brandon452US #70
#47Jason449US #79
#48Kevin446US #72
#49Hunter427US #36
#50Caleb425US #32
#51Julian422US #47
#52Adam419US #82
#53Luke419US #34
#54Robert419US #62
#55Connor414US #56
#56Charles410US #57
#57Oliver402US #52
#58Zachary400US #73
#59Chase387US #78
#60Austin374US #64
#61Jordan372US #53
#62Eli369US #43
#63Jeremiah369US #58
#64Adrian361US #60
#65Cameron357US #59
#66Dominic346US #68
#67Moshe344
#68Vincent339US #101
#69Nathaniel336US #91
#70Brayden331US #48
#71Xavier328US #83
#72Angel326US #67
#73Ian323US #80
#74Josiah317US #69
#75Blake313US #75
#76Levi305US #49
#77Isaiah303US #44
#78Landon298US #39
#79Max296US #111
#80Ayden290US #71
#81Jace287US #66
#82Leo285US #112
#83Wyatt283US #42
#84Jake277US #166
#85Steven269US #134
#86Eric268US #118
#87Parker265US #74
#88Jeremy263US #160
#89Alex260US #110
#90Abraham251US #182
#91Aidan251US #146
#92Kayden247US #93
#93Giovanni243US #128
#94Tristan243US #96
#95Luca241
#96Colton238US #65
#97Patrick237US #154
#98Brian234US #150
#99Maxwell232US #108
#100Jaxon230US #45

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑30Scarlett#41
↑29Harper#57
↑26Valentina#56
↑23Eliana#76
↑20Peyton#65
↑17Oliver#57
↑16Violet#72
↑16Hunter#49

Falling

↓24Adriana#88
↓22Molly#100
↓20Sophie#64
↓20Stella#78
↓20Alexis#85
↓19Melanie#82
↓18Jeremy#88
↓17Claire#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.