Popular baby names in New York, 1996

The most popular baby names in New York in 1996 were Ashley for girls (1,892 babies) and Michael for boys (3,559). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 223,066 babies born in New York in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1996

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

Malka: 76 babies, 13× the national rate
Rivka: 90 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Chana: 116 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Chaya: 146 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Esther: 253 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nicolette: 138 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francesca: 155 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shakira: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shanice: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kerry: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 126 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Mordechai: 62 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Moshe: 181 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Yosef: 70 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Yisroel: 65 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Menachem: 82 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 122 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mohammed: 89 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mohamed: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kenny: 131 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	1,892	–	3
2	Samantha	1,711	–	5
3	Emily	1,623	↑1	1
4	Jessica	1,617	↓1	2
5	Amanda	1,359	–	13
6	Sarah	1,334	↑1	4
7	Nicole	1,329	↓1	22
8	Rachel	1,116	↑2	9
9	Stephanie	1,065	↓1	20
10	Jennifer	1,003	↓1	19
11	Brianna	986	↑7	17
12	Elizabeth	954	–	10
13	Danielle	948	↓2	29
14	Taylor	909	↑1	6
15	Victoria	889	↓1	18
16	Kayla	857	↑1	11
17	Alexis	836	↑4	8
18	Alexandra	813	↓2	26
19	Brittany	779	↓6	14
20	Lauren	739	↓1	16
21	Alyssa	734	↓1	23
22	Michelle	734	–	47
23	Rebecca	730	–	24
24	Megan	668	↑1	12
25	Kimberly	662	↑2	41
26	Hannah	659	↑5	7
27	Melissa	655	↓3	42
28	Julia	634	↑9	48
29	Katherine	633	↓1	31
30	Christina	622	↓4	57
31	Tiffany	584	↓1	52
32	Gabrielle	569	↑1	54
33	Olivia	566	↑7	34
34	Courtney	557	↓5	21
35	Sabrina	542	new	58
36	Maria	505	↓1	37
37	Sara	500	↓1	50
38	Jasmine	485	↓6	28
39	Kelly	453	↓1	73
40	Amber	440	↓6	27
41	Anna	439	↑6	33
42	Shannon	439	↓3	80
43	Kaitlyn	427	↑2	40
44	Destiny	423	new	56
45	Erin	423	↑1	51
46	Natalie	421	↑3	46
47	Emma	420	new	53
48	Jacqueline	416	↓4	69
49	Morgan	410	↓7	25
50	Abigail	399	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	3,559	–	1
2	Matthew	2,677	↑1	2
3	Christopher	2,541	↓1	4
4	Nicholas	2,492	–	6
5	Joseph	2,459	–	12
6	Daniel	2,132	–	11
7	Anthony	2,033	–	19
8	Brandon	1,863	↑2	8
9	Joshua	1,805	–	5
10	John	1,795	↓2	15
11	Justin	1,711	↑3	20
12	Kevin	1,701	↑1	26
13	Ryan	1,677	↓2	16
14	Andrew	1,642	↓2	10
15	David	1,600	–	13
16	James	1,492	↑1	17
17	Jonathan	1,490	↓1	21
18	Tyler	1,381	–	7
19	Robert	1,287	–	23
20	Alexander	1,279	–	22
21	Thomas	1,262	–	28
22	Zachary	1,240	↑3	14
23	Jacob	1,231	↑1	3
24	William	1,176	↓1	18
25	Brian	1,135	↓3	36
26	Christian	1,080	↑2	24
27	Kyle	1,007	↓1	25
28	Steven	928	↓1	38
29	Eric	859	–	35
30	Benjamin	829	↑4	29
31	Jason	803	↓1	41
32	Austin	779	↑3	9
33	Jordan	761	↑3	27
34	Samuel	739	↑5	30
35	Sean	729	↑3	46
36	Richard	720	↓3	45
37	Dylan	718	↓5	33
38	Patrick	691	↓7	44
39	Adam	651	↓2	39
40	Aaron	648	–	34
41	Timothy	647	–	40
42	Jose	581	–	32
43	Mark	545	–	55
44	Peter	514	–	95
45	Bryan	511	new	66
46	Luis	509	↑2	57
47	Connor	504	new	54
48	Stephen	472	↑1	59
49	Alex	463	↓3	53
50	Paul	457	↓3	78

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