Popular baby names in New York, 1997

The most popular baby names in New York in 1997 were Samantha for girls (1,686 babies) and Michael for boys (3,461). Samantha ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 215,897 babies born in New York in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1997

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: 75 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Rivka: 87 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chaya: 147 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Chana: 126 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Esther: 244 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Miriam: 200 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mariam: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Emely: 64 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nicolette: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Daniella: 113 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Yitzchok: 61 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Menachem: 113 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Shimon: 60 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Mordechai: 83 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Yisroel: 77 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Moshe: 184 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chaim: 119 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Shlomo: 62 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Yehuda: 60 babies, 10× the national rate
Yosef: 58 babies, 9.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Samantha	1,686	↑1	6
2	Emily	1,634	↑1	1
3	Ashley	1,497	↓2	3
4	Jessica	1,456	–	2
5	Sarah	1,388	↑1	4
6	Nicole	1,289	↑1	21
7	Amanda	1,261	↓2	16
8	Brianna	1,001	↑3	17
9	Taylor	964	↑5	7
10	Rachel	917	↓2	13
11	Jennifer	916	↓1	18
12	Stephanie	915	↓3	23
13	Kayla	870	↑3	12
14	Elizabeth	862	↓2	9
15	Victoria	860	–	19
16	Alexis	823	↑1	8
17	Alyssa	799	↑4	15
18	Julia	767	↑10	37
19	Alexandra	765	↓1	30
20	Danielle	764	↓7	34
21	Lauren	753	↓1	14
22	Rebecca	713	↑1	25
23	Hannah	707	↑3	5
24	Megan	705	–	11
25	Olivia	703	↑8	27
26	Brittany	676	↓7	20
27	Katherine	629	↑2	32
28	Michelle	600	↓6	55
29	Sabrina	597	↑6	53
30	Melissa	574	↓3	44
31	Christina	528	↓1	62
32	Kimberly	518	↓7	49
33	Emma	510	↑14	36
34	Gabrielle	509	↓2	51
35	Jasmine	505	↑3	24
36	Maria	495	–	38
37	Sara	482	–	50
38	Amber	466	↑2	29
39	Tiffany	446	↓8	61
40	Abigail	441	↑10	26
41	Anna	428	–	33
42	Destiny	428	↑2	42
43	Erin	428	↑2	52
44	Shannon	427	↓2	85
45	Kaitlyn	424	↓2	41
46	Morgan	416	↑3	22
47	Allison	412	new	39
48	Courtney	411	↓14	28
49	Natalie	404	↓3	48
50	Jenna	392	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	3,461	–	1
2	Matthew	2,672	–	3
3	Christopher	2,457	–	4
4	Nicholas	2,432	–	6
5	Joseph	2,366	–	12
6	Daniel	1,875	–	11
7	Anthony	1,873	–	18
8	Brandon	1,736	–	8
9	Joshua	1,715	–	5
10	John	1,713	–	15
11	Andrew	1,609	↑3	7
12	Justin	1,584	↓1	20
13	Ryan	1,582	–	16
14	David	1,575	↑1	14
15	Kevin	1,396	↓3	28
16	Jonathan	1,388	↑1	21
17	James	1,376	↓1	17
18	Tyler	1,357	–	10
19	Jacob	1,356	↑4	2
20	Zachary	1,216	↑2	13
21	William	1,190	↑3	19
22	Robert	1,168	↓3	23
23	Alexander	1,161	↓3	22
24	Thomas	1,155	↓3	31
25	Kyle	1,076	↑2	24
26	Brian	1,026	↓1	37
27	Christian	946	↓1	25
28	Steven	863	–	40
29	Jason	843	↑2	41
30	Austin	839	↑2	9
31	Benjamin	791	↓1	29
32	Jordan	789	↑1	26
33	Dylan	775	↑4	30
34	Samuel	763	–	27
35	Eric	752	↓6	35
36	Sean	731	↓1	48
37	Patrick	677	↑1	50
38	Richard	622	↓2	51
39	Aaron	617	↑1	33
40	Timothy	570	↑1	43
41	Adam	558	↓2	39
42	Peter	522	↑2	>100
43	Bryan	513	↑2	69
44	Jose	502	↓2	32
45	Mark	480	↓2	58
46	Connor	475	↑1	52
47	Alex	453	↑2	55
48	Luis	450	↓2	53
49	Charles	448	new	49
50	Jeremy	436	new	64

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