Popular baby names in New York, 1984

The most popular baby names in New York in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (3,822 babies) and Michael for boys (5,887). Social Security records list 221,213 babies born in New York in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1984

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

Chaya: 118 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Rivka: 66 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Chana: 120 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shaquana: 59 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Anais: 56 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Giselle: 85 babies, 7× the national rate
Annmarie: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jasmin: 110 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dina: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Esther: 206 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 92 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Moshe: 86 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jamel: 144 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 135 babies, 7× the national rate
Ariel: 93 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kareem: 80 babies, 5× the national rate
Jean: 79 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gerard: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Giovanni: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 305 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,822	–	1
2	Jessica	3,025	–	2
3	Nicole	2,081	–	7
4	Melissa	1,766	–	8
5	Amanda	1,614	–	4
6	Stephanie	1,593	↑1	6
7	Danielle	1,552	↑3	16
8	Elizabeth	1,443	–	10
9	Sarah	1,412	↓3	5
10	Lauren	1,303	↑2	21
11	Michelle	1,281	↓2	17
12	Christina	1,276	↓1	20
13	Ashley	1,215	↑5	3
14	Heather	995	↓1	9
15	Tiffany	963	↑1	14
16	Laura	962	↑7	19
17	Kimberly	946	↓3	22
18	Rachel	909	↑3	15
19	Lisa	895	↓4	29
20	Christine	886	↑4	43
21	Crystal	840	↓2	12
22	Amy	771	–	13
23	Rebecca	765	↓3	23
24	Erin	761	↓7	25
25	Kelly	731	–	27
26	Megan	721	–	11
27	Katherine	717	↑4	30
28	Erica	710	↓1	34
29	Kristen	710	↓1	38
30	Vanessa	702	↑3	45
31	Emily	681	↓1	24
32	Sara	600	↑4	32
33	Samantha	592	↑1	39
34	Jacqueline	587	↑4	56
35	Andrea	575	–	28
36	Jamie	567	↓7	31
37	Lindsay	560	↑4	36
38	Shannon	550	↑5	37
39	Angela	532	↓2	26
40	Maria	525	↓8	50
41	Alicia	495	↑6	40
42	Diana	488	–	72
43	Kristin	479	↓4	47
44	Mary	463	↓4	33
45	Tara	458	–	49
46	Catherine	415	new	69
47	Meghan	414	↑3	65
48	Kathryn	413	↓2	48
49	Victoria	409	↓5	59
50	Amber	397	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	5,887	–	1
2	Christopher	4,055	–	2
3	Matthew	3,226	–	3
4	Daniel	2,897	–	6
5	Joseph	2,882	↑1	10
6	David	2,640	↓1	5
7	John	2,476	↑2	8
8	Jason	2,289	↓1	11
9	James	2,264	↑1	7
10	Robert	2,211	↓2	9
11	Anthony	2,064	–	21
12	Brian	1,911	–	17
13	Jonathan	1,864	↑1	19
14	Andrew	1,759	↓1	14
15	Joshua	1,629	↑3	4
16	William	1,626	↓1	16
17	Thomas	1,523	↓1	25
18	Adam	1,511	↓1	18
19	Ryan	1,494	–	12
20	Steven	1,423	↑1	23
21	Nicholas	1,416	↑4	20
22	Eric	1,401	↓2	22
23	Justin	1,400	↓1	13
24	Kevin	1,326	–	24
25	Richard	1,314	↓2	27
26	Timothy	1,077	↑2	26
27	Jeffrey	1,012	↓1	28
28	Mark	942	↓1	32
29	Sean	931	–	43
30	Paul	926	–	40
31	Gregory	888	–	44
32	Patrick	888	↑2	36
33	Stephen	886	↓1	35
34	Brandon	808	↑2	15
35	Peter	797	–	60
36	Jose	759	↑2	49
37	Charles	716	↓4	33
38	Scott	696	↓1	39
39	Benjamin	663	↑1	30
40	Alexander	601	↑7	54
41	Kyle	575	↑3	34
42	Edward	559	↓1	58
43	Kenneth	543	↓1	46
44	Jeremy	542	↓1	31
45	Aaron	528	↓6	29
46	Bryan	513	↑2	48
47	Luis	476	↓2	88
48	Keith	474	↓2	61
49	Frank	435	new	86
50	Vincent	435	new	95

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