State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2020 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 167,156 New York births in 2020 across 4,101 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.

#38Racheloutside the national top 200
#42Miriamoutside the national top 200
#51Mosheoutside the national top 200
#53Chayaoutside the national top 200
#63Muhammadoutside the national top 200
#70Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#20Esther#148 nationally
#74Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#60Sara#183 nationally
#89Chaimoutside the national top 200
#91Chanaoutside the national top 200
#70Sienna#166 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia1,015US #1
#2Emma961US #2
#3Sophia854US #4
#4Ava782US #3
#5Isabella782US #7
#6Mia777US #8
#7Charlotte765US #5
#8Amelia688US #6
#9Leah572US #45
#10Gianna552US #13
#11Ella489US #15
#12Madison481US #23
#13Luna467US #14
#14Emily459US #18
#15Chloe450US #25
#16Sarah446US #86
#17Sofia439US #17
#18Abigail391US #12
#19Evelyn390US #9
#20Esther380US #148
#21Zoe373US #40
#22Harper371US #10
#23Mila364US #20
#24Scarlett362US #21
#25Elizabeth361US #16
#26Layla361US #24
#27Riley361US #33
#28Hannah357US #39
#29Penelope357US #26
#30Grace354US #28
#31Aria337US #27
#32Avery333US #19
#33Gabriella329US #77
#34Emilia327US #41
#35Lily318US #35
#36Camila316US #11
#37Victoria316US #34
#38Rachel312
#39Valentina312US #73
#40Nora298US #30
#41Hailey289US #81
#42Miriam283
#43Maya279US #61
#44Aurora271US #36
#45Eliana265US #53
#46Violet258US #37
#47Zoey253US #32
#48Natalie251US #51
#49Eleanor244US #22
#50Stella236US #42
#51Nova235US #38
#52Ariana234US #79
#53Chaya234
#54Ellie234US #29
#55Anna230US #68
#56Skylar229US #64
#57Isla224US #44
#58Sophie215US #75
#59Naomi214US #52
#60Sara211US #183
#61Eva210US #93
#62Savannah207US #67
#63Lillian206US #46
#64Bella205US #63
#65Rose199US #112
#66Lucy196US #50
#67Genesis193US #62
#68Alaia190US #120
#69Julia190US #108
#70Sienna190US #166
#71Aubrey189US #56
#72Claire188US #58
#73Mackenzie187US #119
#74Rivka184
#75Madeline183US #96
#76Hazel182US #31
#77Madelyn179US #66
#78Aaliyah177US #65
#79Addison176US #47
#80Alexandra176US #138
#81Alice176US #76
#82Audrey176US #60
#83Allison175US #80
#84Quinn175US #84
#85Arya174US #113
#86Elena174US #55
#87Willow174US #48
#88Josephine173US #87
#89Samantha173US #90
#90Ariella170US #154
#91Chana169
#92Brielle162US #100
#93Clara161US #103
#94Ivy160US #57
#95Brianna158US #145
#96Serenity157US #69
#97Arianna154US #124
#98Kaylee154US #117
#99Liliana152US #110
#100Everly151US #43

Boys

#1Liam1,360US #1
#2Noah1,239US #2
#3Lucas915US #8
#4Jacob879US #15
#5Joseph821US #26
#6Ethan805US #13
#7Michael784US #12
#8Benjamin733US #7
#9James709US #6
#10Alexander689US #10
#11Mason672US #11
#12David657US #28
#13Oliver657US #3
#14Daniel644US #14
#15Jack644US #21
#16Matthew639US #30
#17Dylan631US #42
#18Logan625US #16
#19Aiden612US #24
#20Henry550US #9
#21Jayden539US #37
#22William532US #5
#23Ryan526US #57
#24Leo521US #36
#25Anthony511US #41
#26Samuel502US #25
#27John481US #27
#28Elijah479US #4
#29Jackson479US #17
#30Owen462US #22
#31Isaac454US #39
#32Theodore441US #23
#33Sebastian438US #19
#34Gabriel430US #38
#35Nicholas421US #87
#36Luca417US #67
#37Christopher414US #47
#38Levi414US #18
#39Carter409US #33
#40Julian401US #34
#41Aaron397US #63
#42Thomas391US #45
#43Andrew371US #52
#44Asher366US #32
#45Joshua364US #53
#46Nathan359US #55
#47Mateo353US #20
#48Luke338US #31
#49Adam336US #97
#50Grayson327US #35
#51Moshe326
#52Elias324US #54
#53Miles320US #59
#54Charles314US #46
#55Caleb311US #56
#56Eli302US #60
#57Adrian301US #58
#58Cameron297US #65
#59Wyatt295US #29
#60Josiah290US #49
#61Christian286US #62
#62Hudson284US #43
#63Muhammad284
#64Jonathan283US #70
#65Hunter275US #68
#66Austin274US #88
#67Jaxon272US #48
#68Robert271US #80
#69Isaiah270US #51
#70Abraham263
#71Connor261US #78
#72Ezra258US #44
#73Amir252US #117
#74Axel252US #72
#75Ian246US #83
#76Jeremiah246US #74
#77Angel244US #76
#78Lincoln243US #40
#79Chase242US #123
#80Kayden242US #99
#81Vincent240US #121
#82Giovanni238US #120
#83Jordan238US #82
#84Greyson237US #81
#85Zachary237US #135
#86Landon233US #69
#87Evan231US #105
#88Dominic229US #89
#89Chaim225
#90Cole216US #133
#91Colton215US #66
#92Nathaniel215US #125
#93Jaxson211US #85
#94Max211US #147
#95Justin210US #166
#96Kai210US #93
#97Jace208US #96
#98Jason206US #119
#99Thiago206US #168
#100Tyler204US #130

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑29Isla#57
↑28Rose#65
↑28Alaia#68
↑27Gianna#10
↑27Nova#51
↑26Axel#74
↑24Naomi#59
↑18Miles#53

Falling

↓31Samantha#89
↓23Jason#98
↓21Arya#85
↓21Arianna#97
↓21Evan#87
↓18Jonathan#64
↓17Elena#86
↓15Dominic#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.