Popular baby names in New York, 1993

The most popular baby names in New York in 1993 were Ashley for girls (2,453 babies) and Michael for boys (4,694). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 241,971 babies born in New York in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1993

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: 82 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Female: 68 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaya: 163 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chana: 105 babies, 10× the national rate
Esther: 240 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julissa: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Imani: 124 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Genesis: 125 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathalie: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francesca: 125 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Male: 103 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Yitzchok: 67 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaim: 107 babies, 11× the national rate
Moshe: 126 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Yosef: 65 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 139 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kadeem: 72 babies, 6× the national rate
Ariel: 137 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jamel: 86 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mohamed: 65 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	2,453	–	2
2	Jessica	2,239	–	1
3	Samantha	2,034	–	4
4	Amanda	1,846	–	8
5	Nicole	1,820	↑1	13
6	Stephanie	1,616	↓1	10
7	Emily	1,550	↑2	5
8	Sarah	1,451	↓1	3
9	Jennifer	1,423	↓1	15
10	Danielle	1,233	–	18
11	Brittany	1,138	–	6
12	Michelle	1,115	↑1	31
13	Elizabeth	1,110	↓1	9
14	Rachel	1,059	↑3	14
15	Lauren	1,024	–	12
16	Melissa	1,014	↓2	30
17	Rebecca	999	↑1	22
18	Victoria	994	↑2	19
19	Alexandra	963	↑2	28
20	Taylor	927	↑10	7
21	Alyssa	892	↑2	26
22	Christina	872	↓6	35
23	Katherine	830	↓1	29
24	Megan	771	–	11
25	Kayla	759	–	16
26	Chelsea	703	↓7	25
27	Jasmine	676	↑2	23
28	Tiffany	670	–	33
29	Kimberly	660	↓3	39
30	Alexis	656	↑6	27
31	Courtney	644	↑2	20
32	Sara	614	↓1	40
33	Brianna	610	↑8	32
34	Kelly	599	↓7	51
35	Amber	587	↓3	17
36	Shannon	583	new	53
37	Laura	497	–	43
38	Crystal	477	↓4	57
39	Olivia	474	new	50
40	Catherine	468	–	75
41	Hannah	465	new	21
42	Allison	461	↑5	41
43	Erica	460	↓5	49
44	Maria	458	↑1	45
45	Gabrielle	457	new	84
46	Kelsey	455	↑4	24
47	Mary	444	↑1	36
48	Jenna	437	new	70
49	Julia	427	–	72
50	Kaitlyn	425	↓15	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	4,694	–	1
2	Christopher	3,254	–	2
3	Matthew	2,876	–	3
4	Joseph	2,800	–	12
5	Nicholas	2,566	–	8
6	Daniel	2,454	–	7
7	Anthony	2,298	–	19
8	Kevin	2,119	↑3	25
9	John	2,111	↓1	16
10	David	2,047	–	11
11	Ryan	1,946	↑4	13
12	Joshua	1,932	–	4
13	Jonathan	1,885	↑1	22
14	Andrew	1,876	↓5	10
15	Brandon	1,825	↑2	6
16	James	1,819	↓3	14
17	Robert	1,695	↓1	17
18	Justin	1,516	–	20
19	Thomas	1,513	–	27
20	Alexander	1,437	–	21
21	Zachary	1,354	↑3	15
22	Steven	1,341	↑1	31
23	William	1,332	↓1	18
24	Tyler	1,322	↑2	5
25	Brian	1,251	↓4	34
26	Kyle	1,160	↓1	23
27	Eric	1,103	–	29
28	Jacob	1,052	↑2	9
29	Richard	910	↓1	40
30	Sean	887	↓1	42
31	Christian	831	↑1	35
32	Dylan	831	↑5	33
33	Adam	824	↑3	39
34	Patrick	816	↓3	43
35	Timothy	786	↓2	38
36	Jason	776	↓2	45
37	Benjamin	770	↓2	32
38	Jordan	757	↑6	28
39	Stephen	716	↓1	47
40	Samuel	687	↑1	37
41	Aaron	677	↑4	30
42	Jose	633	↓3	36
43	Mark	631	↓1	49
44	Jeffrey	629	↓4	53
45	Cody	608	↑1	24
46	Charles	600	↑3	44
47	Gregory	591	–	65
48	Peter	580	↓5	82
49	Jeremy	574	new	46
50	Luis	568	new	58

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