Popular baby names in New York, 1994

The most popular baby names in New York in 1994 were Ashley for girls (2,217 babies) and Michael for boys (4,170). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 237,048 babies born in New York in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1994

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: 85 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Rivka: 76 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Malka: 64 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Chaya: 146 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chana: 114 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Dina: 64 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Esther: 246 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Julissa: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Daniella: 116 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Genesis: 202 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Male: 116 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Chaim: 105 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 64 babies, 11× the national rate
Menachem: 113 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Mordechai: 66 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Moshe: 148 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Yosef: 67 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 128 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kadeem: 64 babies, 6× the national rate
Jamel: 90 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	2,217	–	2
2	Jessica	2,191	–	1
3	Samantha	1,917	–	4
4	Nicole	1,766	↑1	11
5	Amanda	1,682	↓1	8
6	Emily	1,623	↑1	3
7	Stephanie	1,414	↓1	15
8	Sarah	1,406	–	5
9	Danielle	1,247	↑1	20
10	Jennifer	1,227	↓1	17
11	Elizabeth	1,128	↑2	9
12	Brittany	1,068	↓1	7
13	Rachel	972	↑1	13
14	Victoria	956	↑4	19
15	Taylor	949	↑5	6
16	Alexandra	910	↑3	28
17	Melissa	907	↓1	31
18	Lauren	902	↓3	14
19	Michelle	896	↓7	33
20	Rebecca	893	↓3	24
21	Kimberly	832	↑8	32
22	Megan	814	↑2	10
23	Kayla	810	↑2	12
24	Katherine	806	↓1	30
25	Christina	786	↓3	39
26	Tiffany	778	↑2	35
27	Alyssa	775	↓6	26
28	Brianna	774	↑5	27
29	Alexis	754	↑1	18
30	Jasmine	686	↓3	23
31	Courtney	615	–	22
32	Amber	556	↑3	21
33	Shannon	537	↑3	60
34	Hannah	527	↑7	16
35	Allison	508	↑7	34
36	Gabrielle	507	↑9	67
37	Kelly	502	↓3	62
38	Sara	496	↓6	43
39	Maria	485	↑5	47
40	Jacqueline	483	new	65
41	Olivia	480	↓2	50
42	Julia	477	↑7	72
43	Chelsea	463	↓17	38
44	Laura	458	↓7	46
45	Erin	452	new	45
46	Marissa	444	new	53
47	Crystal	438	↓9	64
48	Morgan	428	new	25
49	Kristen	427	new	55
50	Jenna	426	↓2	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	4,170	–	1
2	Christopher	2,966	–	2
3	Matthew	2,768	–	3
4	Nicholas	2,519	↑1	9
5	Joseph	2,514	↓1	11
6	Daniel	2,397	–	8
7	Anthony	2,259	–	18
8	John	2,006	↑1	15
9	Kevin	1,994	↓1	26
10	Brandon	1,935	↑5	6
11	Joshua	1,861	↑1	4
12	David	1,859	↓2	13
13	Andrew	1,833	↑1	10
14	Jonathan	1,819	↓1	23
15	Ryan	1,732	↓4	16
16	James	1,718	–	14
17	Robert	1,568	–	21
18	Justin	1,517	–	20
19	Tyler	1,460	↑5	5
20	Thomas	1,453	↓1	27
21	Alexander	1,442	↓1	22
22	William	1,378	↑1	19
23	Zachary	1,352	↓2	12
24	Steven	1,233	↓2	34
25	Brian	1,202	–	37
26	Kyle	1,104	–	24
27	Jacob	1,061	↑1	7
28	Eric	1,019	↓1	30
29	Christian	922	↑2	35
30	Patrick	841	↑4	42
31	Sean	793	↓1	44
32	Benjamin	789	↑5	31
33	Richard	788	↓4	41
34	Jason	779	↑2	46
35	Adam	771	↓2	38
36	Aaron	757	↑5	28
37	Dylan	749	↓5	32
38	Timothy	741	↓3	39
39	Jordan	696	↓1	29
40	Samuel	696	–	33
41	Jose	666	↑1	36
42	Mark	632	↑1	48
43	Austin	630	new	17
44	Stephen	617	↓5	49
45	Cody	598	–	25
46	Jeffrey	598	↓2	55
47	Peter	586	↑1	87
48	Jeremy	566	↑1	47
49	Luis	529	↑1	57
50	Charles	519	↓4	43

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