State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 2021 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 170,317 New York births in 2021 across 4,282 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.

#37Racheloutside the national top 200
#39Miriamoutside the national top 200
#42Mosheoutside the national top 200
#48Chayaoutside the national top 200
#52Sara#197 nationally
#61Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#63Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#64Muhammadoutside the national top 200
#24Esther#153 nationally
#73Chanaoutside the national top 200
#76Chaimoutside the national top 200
#94Juliette#179 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia997US #1
#2Emma983US #2
#3Sophia827US #6
#4Mia770US #8
#5Amelia754US #4
#6Ava752US #5
#7Charlotte721US #3
#8Isabella715US #7
#9Gianna547US #13
#10Leah540US #46
#11Luna497US #11
#12Ella486US #16
#13Chloe482US #25
#14Madison468US #29
#15Sofia461US #18
#16Abigail427US #17
#17Evelyn407US #9
#18Grace404US #33
#19Sarah403US #91
#20Emily401US #21
#21Layla395US #24
#22Mila387US #26
#23Scarlett383US #20
#24Esther378US #153
#25Aria373US #22
#26Harper372US #10
#27Camila370US #12
#28Penelope370US #23
#29Lily347US #31
#30Hannah344US #44
#31Zoe343US #42
#32Maya334US #55
#33Avery332US #19
#34Nora332US #27
#35Emilia329US #40
#36Hailey327US #77
#37Rachel317
#38Riley311US #37
#39Miriam309
#40Valentina309US #69
#41Elizabeth301US #14
#42Victoria290US #43
#43Gabriella289US #83
#44Violet287US #36
#45Eliana284US #47
#46Aurora278US #35
#47Stella268US #41
#48Chaya265
#49Isla262US #34
#50Eleanor259US #15
#51Zoey255US #38
#52Sara242US #197
#53Ellie233US #30
#54Skylar233US #74
#55Nova225US #32
#56Savannah225US #67
#57Natalie223US #56
#58Bella220US #73
#59Hazel219US #28
#60Eva212US #93
#61Rivka207
#62Alice205US #65
#63Alaia201US #128
#64Naomi200US #54
#65Sophie198US #76
#66Ariana196US #88
#67Aaliyah195US #61
#68Anna195US #85
#69Madelyn193US #71
#70Everly192US #50
#71Ruby188US #62
#72Lillian185US #51
#73Chana184
#74Lucy183US #48
#75Quinn183US #81
#76Elena182US #53
#77Madeline180US #95
#78Addison179US #45
#79Autumn178US #66
#80Claire176US #59
#81Arya175US #120
#82Sadie174US #78
#83Josephine173US #72
#84Rose173US #116
#85Sienna173US #150
#86Julia172US #114
#87Genesis169US #75
#88Liliana169US #104
#89Audrey168US #60
#90Samantha166US #106
#91Ayla163US #108
#92Isabelle163US #117
#93Ivy163US #49
#94Juliette162US #179
#95Maeve160US #124
#96Alexandra156US #169
#97Aubrey156US #64
#98Willow156US #39
#99Allison152US #82
#100Delilah152US #58

Boys

#1Liam1,410US #1
#2Noah1,351US #2
#3Lucas845US #8
#4Joseph795US #28
#5Jacob754US #24
#6James744US #5
#7Benjamin735US #7
#8Ethan726US #20
#9Michael716US #17
#10Oliver693US #3
#11Jack663US #11
#12Daniel648US #16
#13Logan629US #21
#14Mason625US #18
#15David616US #30
#16Luca612US #42
#17Alexander597US #13
#18Matthew588US #36
#19Dylan580US #44
#20Aiden578US #26
#21Henry572US #9
#22Leo569US #31
#23Jayden551US #41
#24Theodore551US #10
#25Anthony550US #43
#26William547US #6
#27Samuel519US #23
#28Elijah500US #4
#29John499US #27
#30Owen474US #22
#31Jackson462US #14
#32Ryan446US #66
#33Levi443US #12
#34Sebastian443US #19
#35Isaac423US #40
#36Nicholas411US #92
#37Gabriel399US #38
#38Julian393US #33
#39Mateo393US #15
#40Thomas380US #46
#41Asher377US #25
#42Moshe377
#43Joshua376US #58
#44Aaron371US #65
#45Charles365US #50
#46Christopher358US #52
#47Grayson357US #35
#48Carter346US #39
#49Nathan346US #59
#50Cameron341US #62
#51Elias337US #48
#52Hudson336US #34
#53Adam335US #104
#54Luke332US #32
#55Caleb329US #51
#56Andrew328US #57
#57Eli302US #64
#58Josiah302US #49
#59Miles302US #55
#60Austin299US #96
#61Wyatt288US #29
#62Ian284US #81
#63Abraham279
#64Muhammad278
#65Hunter277US #86
#66Ezra273US #37
#67Christian268US #71
#68Landon266US #73
#69Amir262US #123
#70Adrian256US #61
#71Connor246US #98
#72Chase244US #125
#73Kai244US #70
#74Robert243US #79
#75Dominic240US #99
#76Chaim239
#77Jonathan238US #77
#78Lincoln236US #45
#79Greyson233US #84
#80Kayden233US #108
#81Jaxon232US #54
#82Isaiah228US #56
#83Jordan228US #88
#84Jeremiah226US #82
#85Evan225US #116
#86Maverick224US #47
#87Giovanni222US #124
#88Angel221US #67
#89Axel220US #76
#90Wesley219US #85
#91Colton216US #75
#92Lorenzo215US #135
#93Enzo214US #140
#94Jason214US #129
#95Vincent214US #117
#96Jace213US #101
#97Zachary213US #144
#98Declan212US #106
#99Leonardo212US #87
#100Justin208US #179

On the move since 2020

Rising

↑30Everly#70
↑23Kai#73
↑20Luca#16
↑19Alice#62
↑18Chana#73
↑18Landon#68
↑17Hazel#59
↑13Rivka#61

Falling

↓26Aubrey#97
↓20Genesis#87
↓19Rose#84
↓17Julia#86
↓16Elizabeth#41
↓16Alexandra#96
↓16Allison#99
↓15Sienna#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2020 rankings.