Popular baby names in New York, 1990

The most popular baby names in New York in 1990 were Jessica for girls (2,912 babies) and Michael for boys (6,170). Social Security records list 260,900 babies born in New York in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1990

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

Female: 139 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Malka: 64 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Chaya: 163 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rivka: 75 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Chana: 115 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Julissa: 88 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Esther: 257 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dina: 73 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janine: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fatima: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Male: 201 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Chaim: 92 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Moshe: 138 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Daquan: 94 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 135 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kadeem: 117 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jamel: 110 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Malik: 96 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kareem: 89 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jean: 99 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	2,912	–	1
2	Ashley	2,688	↑1	2
3	Amanda	2,605	↓1	4
4	Stephanie	2,331	↑3	7
5	Samantha	2,176	–	5
6	Jennifer	1,923	–	8
7	Nicole	1,910	↓3	13
8	Brittany	1,804	–	3
9	Sarah	1,569	–	6
10	Elizabeth	1,461	↑7	9
11	Lauren	1,447	–	10
12	Danielle	1,316	↓2	18
13	Melissa	1,313	↓1	20
14	Michelle	1,280	↓1	22
15	Christina	1,267	↓1	25
16	Emily	1,244	↓1	12
17	Rachel	1,013	↑1	16
18	Rebecca	1,001	↑3	21
19	Katherine	978	↑8	26
20	Megan	934	↓1	11
21	Tiffany	930	↓5	23
22	Alyssa	863	↑2	27
23	Alexandra	841	↑14	37
24	Kimberly	810	↓4	31
25	Laura	755	↓3	29
26	Victoria	747	↑8	33
27	Courtney	712	↑2	17
28	Christine	704	↑7	62
29	Kayla	703	↑7	14
30	Jasmine	681	↑1	28
31	Kelly	678	↓6	41
32	Chelsea	663	↑14	24
33	Heather	656	↓10	19
34	Sara	642	↓2	34
35	Erica	634	↓9	36
36	Crystal	609	↓8	39
37	Kristen	578	↓7	42
38	Caitlin	577	–	50
39	Jacqueline	563	new	67
40	Lisa	544	↓7	64
41	Maria	544	↓2	47
42	Erin	541	↑1	43
43	Amber	523	↓3	15
44	Catherine	512	new	71
45	Andrea	501	↓4	40
46	Allison	494	↑1	48
47	Angela	491	↑3	52
48	Cassandra	468	new	49
49	Mary	466	new	35
50	Alicia	458	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	6,170	–	1
2	Christopher	4,051	↑1	2
3	Matthew	3,529	↓1	3
4	Joseph	3,062	–	10
5	Daniel	3,004	–	5
6	Anthony	2,657	↑1	15
7	David	2,548	↓1	6
8	John	2,466	↑1	12
9	Andrew	2,424	↓1	7
10	Jonathan	2,312	↑1	17
11	Nicholas	2,249	↓1	14
12	Robert	2,196	–	13
13	James	2,192	↑1	8
14	Joshua	2,125	↓1	4
15	Kevin	1,927	–	23
16	Ryan	1,868	↑1	11
17	Justin	1,799	↓1	9
18	Thomas	1,695	↑2	26
19	Steven	1,665	↓1	25
20	William	1,656	↑1	16
21	Brian	1,532	↓2	27
22	Eric	1,371	–	24
23	Alexander	1,247	↑14	28
24	Kyle	1,226	↑5	18
25	Richard	1,177	↓1	35
26	Sean	1,097	↑1	37
27	Timothy	1,087	↓2	30
28	Patrick	1,053	↑2	36
29	Adam	1,025	↓3	32
30	Jeffrey	973	↑1	43
31	Brandon	962	↑1	19
32	Zachary	960	↑7	22
33	Stephen	945	–	39
34	Jason	937	↓11	46
35	Benjamin	877	↑1	33
36	Mark	866	↓1	47
37	Gregory	853	↓3	51
38	Jacob	812	↑9	20
39	Jose	793	↑2	41
40	Paul	765	↓2	49
41	Peter	740	↓1	74
42	Jordan	739	new	29
43	Vincent	718	↑6	78
44	Charles	716	↓1	38
45	Aaron	683	↓3	34
46	Christian	674	new	60
47	Samuel	674	↓2	45
48	Tyler	674	new	21
49	Jeremy	636	↓5	40
50	Luis	595	new	66

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