Popular baby names in New York, 1980

The most popular baby names in New York in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (3,807 babies) and Michael for boys (5,802). Social Security records list 212,397 babies born in New York in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1980

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rivka: 53 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaya: 77 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Chana: 110 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jasmin: 113 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Damaris: 50 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Simone: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Janine: 126 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daniela: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miriam: 159 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Yoel: 120 babies, 15× the national rate
Moshe: 78 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jamel: 133 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 165 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wilfredo: 76 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jean: 69 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ariel: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alexis: 95 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kareem: 119 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nelson: 165 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,807	–	1
2	Jessica	2,385	↑1	3
3	Melissa	2,338	↓1	4
4	Nicole	1,969	–	7
5	Michelle	1,469	–	10
6	Sarah	1,371	↑4	5
7	Elizabeth	1,341	–	9
8	Lisa	1,331	↓2	16
9	Kimberly	1,150	↑3	11
10	Amanda	1,139	↓2	2
11	Danielle	1,134	↑3	33
12	Christina	1,129	↑1	15
13	Heather	998	↑2	6
14	Kelly	956	↓5	19
15	Stephanie	951	↑6	13
16	Christine	938	–	41
17	Amy	932	↓6	8
18	Lauren	889	–	38
19	Tiffany	838	↑21	14
20	Erin	831	–	20
21	Rebecca	817	↓4	17
22	Laura	754	↓3	21
23	Angela	676	↓1	12
24	Rachel	668	–	23
25	Erica	663	↑2	34
26	Maria	639	↓1	36
27	Sara	633	↑7	27
28	Mary	596	–	25
29	Tara	581	↓6	43
30	Andrea	568	↓4	28
31	Kristen	566	↑5	39
32	Jamie	564	↓3	24
33	Katherine	539	↓1	35
34	Shannon	527	↓3	29
35	Kristin	503	new	37
36	Karen	494	↓6	54
37	Megan	491	↓2	30
38	Julie	485	↓5	32
39	Crystal	472	↑7	18
40	Jacqueline	444	↓2	81
41	Vanessa	444	↓4	69
42	Emily	418	↑2	31
43	Patricia	407	↓4	51
44	Kathleen	393	↓3	82
45	Catherine	372	↑5	77
46	Denise	367	↓4	95
47	Michele	367	↓4	>100
48	Tracy	364	new	56
49	Susan	357	↓4	62
50	Melanie	348	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	5,802	–	1
2	Christopher	3,266	–	2
3	Jason	3,135	–	3
4	David	2,938	–	4
5	Joseph	2,710	–	10
6	John	2,565	–	8
7	Robert	2,448	–	9
8	Matthew	2,378	↑2	6
9	Daniel	2,293	↓1	11
10	James	2,275	↓1	5
11	Brian	2,054	–	12
12	Anthony	1,825	–	24
13	William	1,643	–	14
14	Eric	1,496	↑2	16
15	Thomas	1,490	↓1	25
16	Richard	1,416	↑1	26
17	Kevin	1,373	↓2	23
18	Andrew	1,325	–	19
19	Nicholas	1,294	–	17
20	Jonathan	1,244	↑8	21
21	Adam	1,217	↑1	22
22	Joshua	1,210	↓1	7
23	Justin	1,203	↑11	13
24	Steven	1,150	↓4	28
25	Jeffrey	1,144	↓1	27
26	Timothy	1,079	↓3	20
27	Ryan	1,053	↑3	15
28	Mark	999	↓1	30
29	Paul	988	↓3	35
30	Scott	913	↓5	33
31	Charles	827	↑1	29
32	Peter	823	↓3	55
33	Gregory	794	↓2	42
34	Patrick	757	↑3	38
35	Sean	751	↑4	48
36	Jeremy	745	–	18
37	Stephen	735	↓2	40
38	Jose	703	↓5	46
39	Benjamin	631	↑2	32
40	Edward	628	↓2	52
41	Joel	614	new	67
42	Kenneth	580	↓2	41
43	Shawn	547	↑2	47
44	Aaron	534	–	34
45	Keith	526	↓3	56
46	George	514	–	60
47	Luis	511	–	88
48	Frank	491	↓5	81
49	Raymond	447	new	66
50	Bryan	431	–	49

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