Popular baby names in New York, 1991

The most popular baby names in New York in 1991 were Ashley for girls (2,728 babies) and Michael for boys (5,649). Social Security records list 253,428 babies born in New York in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1991

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: 141 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Chaya: 172 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chana: 93 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Julissa: 86 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shaquana: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Imani: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Esther: 224 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dina: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francesca: 118 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fatima: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Male: 211 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Chaim: 99 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Moshe: 122 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Daquan: 134 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 148 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kareem: 116 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kadeem: 132 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jaquan: 92 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jean: 93 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jamel: 103 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	2,728	↑1	1
2	Jessica	2,627	↓1	2
3	Amanda	2,317	–	4
4	Stephanie	2,226	–	7
5	Samantha	2,188	–	5
6	Nicole	1,843	↑1	15
7	Jennifer	1,761	↓1	8
8	Brittany	1,490	–	3
9	Sarah	1,480	–	6
10	Elizabeth	1,319	–	9
11	Danielle	1,287	↑1	17
12	Melissa	1,287	↑1	20
13	Emily	1,235	↑3	10
14	Michelle	1,227	–	22
15	Lauren	1,147	↓4	13
16	Christina	1,073	↓1	31
17	Rachel	1,022	–	14
18	Megan	976	↑2	11
19	Katherine	943	–	25
20	Alyssa	937	↑2	30
21	Rebecca	918	↓3	21
22	Alexandra	880	↑1	36
23	Victoria	840	↑3	28
24	Kimberly	808	–	34
25	Tiffany	786	↓4	27
26	Kayla	760	↑3	12
27	Jasmine	725	↑3	24
28	Chelsea	707	↑4	18
29	Kelly	677	↑2	42
30	Sara	635	↑4	37
31	Laura	609	↓6	35
32	Erica	603	↑3	40
33	Christine	596	↓5	73
34	Crystal	581	↑2	41
35	Courtney	573	↓8	19
36	Heather	568	↓3	23
37	Amber	548	↑6	16
38	Catherine	519	↑6	72
39	Maria	514	↑2	45
40	Kristen	487	↓3	48
41	Caitlin	482	↓3	55
42	Erin	474	–	44
43	Mary	469	↑6	38
44	Alexis	462	new	47
45	Jacqueline	461	↓6	70
46	Julia	460	new	67
47	Taylor	449	new	32
48	Andrea	446	↓3	39
49	Cassandra	438	↓1	54
50	Lisa	430	↓10	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	5,649	–	1
2	Christopher	3,741	–	2
3	Matthew	3,210	–	3
4	Joseph	3,120	–	9
5	Daniel	2,659	–	6
6	Anthony	2,569	–	18
7	Nicholas	2,339	↑4	12
8	David	2,289	↓1	8
9	Andrew	2,272	–	5
10	John	2,251	↓2	10
11	Jonathan	2,203	↓1	20
12	Joshua	2,096	↑2	4
13	Robert	2,044	↓1	13
14	James	2,041	↓1	7
15	Kevin	1,912	–	23
16	Ryan	1,764	–	11
17	Justin	1,691	–	14
18	Steven	1,553	↑1	27
19	Thomas	1,544	↓1	28
20	William	1,466	–	19
21	Brian	1,435	–	30
22	Brandon	1,351	↑9	15
23	Alexander	1,323	–	26
24	Eric	1,261	↓2	25
25	Kyle	1,218	↓1	21
26	Richard	1,089	↓1	34
27	Patrick	1,057	↑1	35
28	Zachary	1,037	↑4	22
29	Timothy	998	↓2	32
30	Sean	985	↓4	40
31	Tyler	982	↑17	16
32	Jason	876	↑2	49
33	Jacob	863	↑5	17
34	Jeffrey	860	↓4	45
35	Adam	850	↓6	36
36	Stephen	841	↓3	41
37	Benjamin	836	↓2	33
38	Christian	824	↑8	48
39	Mark	792	↓3	47
40	Jordan	765	↑2	29
41	Gregory	753	↓4	55
42	Peter	719	↓1	77
43	Jose	714	↓4	37
44	Paul	706	↓4	53
45	Aaron	687	–	31
46	Samuel	654	↑1	39
47	Charles	622	↓3	38
48	Vincent	622	↓5	81
49	Jeremy	611	–	43
50	Dylan	594	new	46

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