Popular baby names in New York, 1992

The most popular baby names in New York in 1992 were Ashley for girls (2,513 babies) and Michael for boys (5,207). Social Security records list 248,173 babies born in New York in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1992

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: 77 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Malka: 59 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Chaya: 145 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chana: 110 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Julissa: 75 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Esther: 239 babies, 4× the national rate
Imani: 98 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Genesis: 145 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fatima: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francesca: 129 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 99 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Male: 78 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Moshe: 123 babies, 11× the national rate
Salvatore: 126 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Daquan: 104 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kadeem: 102 babies, 5× the national rate
Kareem: 103 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ariel: 132 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jean: 98 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamel: 71 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	2,513	–	1
2	Jessica	2,291	–	2
3	Samantha	2,109	↑2	6
4	Amanda	2,088	↓1	3
5	Stephanie	1,858	↓1	8
6	Nicole	1,836	–	14
7	Sarah	1,557	↑2	5
8	Jennifer	1,556	↓1	11
9	Emily	1,400	↑4	7
10	Danielle	1,332	↑1	18
11	Brittany	1,307	↓3	4
12	Elizabeth	1,293	↓2	9
13	Michelle	1,204	↑1	25
14	Melissa	1,087	↓2	24
15	Lauren	1,041	–	12
16	Christina	1,025	–	33
17	Rachel	1,024	–	16
18	Rebecca	1,005	↑3	20
19	Chelsea	970	↑9	15
20	Victoria	956	↑3	22
21	Alexandra	949	↑1	29
22	Katherine	887	↓3	27
23	Alyssa	876	↓3	30
24	Megan	867	↓6	10
25	Kayla	785	↑1	13
26	Kimberly	744	↓2	35
27	Kelly	662	↑2	47
28	Tiffany	662	↓3	32
29	Jasmine	644	↓2	28
30	Taylor	628	↑17	17
31	Sara	610	↓1	37
32	Amber	589	↑5	19
33	Courtney	569	↑2	21
34	Crystal	547	–	50
35	Kaitlyn	543	new	42
36	Alexis	534	↑8	40
37	Laura	524	↓6	38
38	Erica	499	↓6	44
39	Andrea	484	↑9	39
40	Catherine	484	↓2	78
41	Brianna	482	new	43
42	Kristen	482	↓2	53
43	Christine	479	↓10	82
44	Erin	478	↓2	46
45	Maria	478	↓6	45
46	Heather	476	↓10	31
47	Allison	469	new	48
48	Mary	464	↓5	36
49	Julia	463	↓3	70
50	Kelsey	457	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	5,207	–	1
2	Christopher	3,530	–	2
3	Matthew	3,080	–	3
4	Joseph	2,928	–	11
5	Nicholas	2,504	↑2	12
6	Daniel	2,455	↓1	7
7	Anthony	2,442	↓1	19
8	John	2,260	↑2	14
9	Andrew	2,135	–	5
10	David	2,104	↓2	10
11	Kevin	2,051	↑4	25
12	Joshua	2,041	–	4
13	James	1,983	↑1	9
14	Jonathan	1,983	↓3	21
15	Ryan	1,935	↑1	13
16	Robert	1,830	↓3	17
17	Brandon	1,737	↑5	6
18	Justin	1,561	↓1	18
19	Thomas	1,466	–	27
20	Alexander	1,450	↑3	23
21	Brian	1,421	–	31
22	William	1,413	↓2	20
23	Steven	1,408	↓5	29
24	Zachary	1,275	↑4	16
25	Kyle	1,239	–	22
26	Tyler	1,181	↑5	8
27	Eric	1,160	↓3	26
28	Richard	979	↓2	41
29	Sean	962	↑1	42
30	Jacob	961	↑3	15
31	Patrick	944	↓4	39
32	Christian	895	↑6	35
33	Timothy	876	↓4	34
34	Jason	860	↓2	46
35	Benjamin	848	↑2	33
36	Adam	822	↓1	36
37	Dylan	802	↑13	28
38	Stephen	789	↓2	45
39	Jose	726	↑4	37
40	Jeffrey	716	↓6	51
41	Samuel	691	↑5	40
42	Mark	683	↓3	49
43	Peter	683	↓1	81
44	Jordan	681	↓4	32
45	Aaron	676	–	30
46	Cody	641	new	24
47	Gregory	602	↓6	60
48	Paul	598	↓4	55
49	Charles	592	↓2	43
50	Bryan	573	new	57

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