State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2015 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 194,127 New York births in 2015 across 4,460 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.

#29Estheroutside the national top 200
#66Mosheoutside the national top 200
#69Miriamoutside the national top 200
#70Chayaoutside the national top 200
#39Rachel#167 nationally
#85Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#95Chanaoutside the national top 200
#57Sara#161 nationally
#97Jakeoutside the national top 200
#87Adriana#185 nationally
#98Julianna#190 nationally
#82Abraham#170 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia1,298US #2
#2Emma1,259US #1
#3Sophia1,122US #3
#4Isabella1,071US #5
#5Mia1,018US #6
#6Ava924US #4
#7Emily808US #8
#8Charlotte759US #9
#9Madison740US #11
#10Abigail728US #7
#11Leah641US #36
#12Amelia633US #12
#13Sofia594US #14
#14Chloe572US #17
#15Grace510US #19
#16Sarah503US #57
#17Ella492US #18
#18Elizabeth486US #13
#19Avery469US #16
#20Victoria465US #20
#21Gabriella452US #54
#22Zoe430US #33
#23Harper424US #10
#24Scarlett417US #22
#25Evelyn376US #15
#26Lily369US #25
#27Hannah359US #28
#28Samantha358US #40
#29Esther356
#30Ariana354US #46
#31Riley354US #35
#32Savannah354US #38
#33Alexa350US #32
#34Hailey347US #64
#35Maya338US #68
#36Natalie337US #27
#37Arianna336US #56
#38Skylar335US #42
#39Rachel332US #167
#40Layla331US #30
#41Aria327US #29
#42Gianna326US #96
#43Ashley321US #86
#44Anna320US #44
#45Brianna320US #82
#46Penelope320US #34
#47Zoey310US #23
#48Aubrey298US #21
#49Camila296US #43
#50Valentina288US #114
#51Stella285US #51
#52Julia284US #89
#53Violet280US #50
#54Allison275US #39
#55Alexandra271US #100
#56Kayla271US #116
#57Sara267US #161
#58Claire264US #49
#59Eva264US #76
#60Nora263US #41
#61Mila255US #53
#62Kaylee253US #61
#63Mackenzie253US #73
#64Kylie251US #66
#65Lillian251US #26
#66Madeline246US #91
#67Addison244US #24
#68Aaliyah241US #47
#69Miriam237
#70Chaya236
#71Bella234US #74
#72Genesis233US #65
#73Eliana226US #102
#74Katherine224US #84
#75Madelyn221US #59
#76Alice220US #87
#77Sophie215US #104
#78Angelina214US #163
#79Peyton210US #72
#80Isabelle208US #94
#81Autumn207US #69
#82Maria204US #109
#83Naomi202US #75
#84Eleanor201US #60
#85Rivka200
#86Aurora197US #78
#87Adriana194US #185
#88Lucy193US #55
#89Caroline192US #62
#90Alyssa191US #93
#91Audrey191US #37
#92Taylor191US #77
#93Quinn189US #97
#94Sadie186US #52
#95Chana185
#96Kimberly181US #108
#97Melanie181US #81
#98Julianna180US #190
#99Ellie177US #48
#100Emilia176US #145

Boys

#1Liam1,396US #2
#2Jacob1,297US #4
#3Ethan1,245US #6
#4Noah1,243US #1
#5Michael1,176US #9
#6Matthew1,155US #15
#7Joseph1,057US #21
#8Mason1,056US #3
#9Lucas1,020US #16
#10Daniel1,013US #12
#11Alexander989US #8
#12Aiden987US #13
#13Dylan968US #27
#14James924US #7
#15David910US #18
#16Jayden887US #20
#17Benjamin875US #10
#18Ryan864US #39
#19Logan846US #14
#20Anthony837US #25
#21William741US #5
#22Christopher667US #32
#23Jack663US #40
#24Nicholas652US #62
#25Samuel648US #23
#26Gabriel643US #22
#27Sebastian637US #35
#28John634US #26
#29Joshua611US #33
#30Jackson603US #17
#31Andrew601US #30
#32Oliver574US #19
#33Henry552US #29
#34Elijah535US #11
#35Isaac515US #31
#36Carter512US #24
#37Nathan505US #38
#38Owen503US #36
#39Aaron495US #52
#40Thomas492US #51
#41Christian485US #43
#42Jonathan482US #48
#43Hunter467US #41
#44Luke463US #28
#45Adam451US #73
#46Caleb448US #37
#47Julian433US #45
#48Tyler413US #81
#49Chase399US #74
#50Evan391US #67
#51Leo389US #91
#52Charles382US #50
#53Connor377US #55
#54Cameron373US #56
#55Adrian370US #58
#56Jason362US #86
#57Eli361US #53
#58Jeremiah354US #54
#59Justin354US #110
#60Zachary354US #88
#61Josiah350US #57
#62Nathaniel350US #97
#63Robert345US #63
#64Angel344US #64
#65Kevin344US #79
#66Moshe335
#67Jordan334US #59
#68Brandon331US #83
#69Dominic326US #68
#70Theodore322US #99
#71Austin319US #69
#72Gavin317US #70
#73Vincent314US #109
#74Luca312US #157
#75Isaiah304US #49
#76Brayden299US #61
#77Wyatt297US #34
#78Ian293US #76
#79Landon287US #46
#80Grayson282US #47
#81Levi281US #42
#82Abraham279US #170
#83Ayden274US #87
#84Kayden268US #95
#85Max266US #117
#86Jace265US #75
#87Jaxon261US #44
#88Jeremy256US #175
#89Giovanni246US #130
#90Parker243US #72
#91Xavier241US #90
#92Hudson240US #65
#93Steven234US #153
#94Declan231US #112
#95Jaxson229US #84
#96Kyle229US #174
#97Jake227
#98Maxwell226US #113
#99George225US #135
#100Blake223US #96

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑23Violet#53
↑22Riley#31
↑21Leo#51
↑19Stella#51
↑18Scarlett#24
↑17Alexa#33
↑17Autumn#81
↑17Josiah#61

Falling

↓19Gianna#42
↓18Alyssa#90
↓17Bella#71
↓16Lillian#65
↓16Madelyn#75
↓16Melanie#97
↓16Brandon#68
↓16Jace#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.