Popular baby names in New York, 1998

The most popular baby names in New York in 1998 were Samantha for girls (1,688 babies) and Michael for boys (3,402). Samantha ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 216,048 babies born in New York in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1998

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

Faigy: 57 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Malka: 84 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Chana: 139 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaya: 144 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rivka: 84 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Devorah: 52 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nyasia: 62 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Esther: 253 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jailene: 101 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emely: 81 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 139 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Menachem: 83 babies, 12× the national rate
Moshe: 191 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Yisroel: 72 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Shmuel: 59 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Mordechai: 75 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Yosef: 82 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 69 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 115 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kareem: 79 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Samantha	1,688	–	3
2	Emily	1,671	–	1
3	Ashley	1,494	–	5
4	Jessica	1,283	–	8
5	Sarah	1,265	–	4
6	Nicole	1,149	–	24
7	Amanda	1,113	–	19
8	Brianna	1,036	–	17
9	Victoria	973	↑6	16
10	Kayla	925	↑3	12
11	Alexis	914	↑5	6
12	Taylor	883	↓3	7
13	Julia	879	↑5	32
14	Rachel	867	↓4	15
15	Elizabeth	830	↓1	10
16	Alyssa	821	↑1	11
17	Hannah	794	↑6	2
18	Jennifer	792	↓7	20
19	Lauren	743	↑2	14
20	Stephanie	742	↓8	29
21	Olivia	704	↑4	21
22	Alexandra	684	↓3	27
23	Danielle	680	↓3	41
24	Emma	645	↑9	22
25	Rebecca	631	↓3	30
26	Megan	599	↓2	13
27	Katherine	592	–	33
28	Michelle	589	–	55
29	Brittany	546	↓3	25
30	Madison	527	new	9
31	Destiny	519	↑11	34
32	Gabrielle	518	↑2	47
33	Kimberly	496	↓1	54
34	Sara	496	↑3	48
35	Abigail	493	↑5	18
36	Christina	491	↓5	69
37	Jasmine	483	↓2	26
38	Melissa	478	↓8	59
39	Kaitlyn	456	↑6	35
40	Sabrina	444	↓11	68
41	Natalie	441	↑8	40
42	Anna	434	↓1	31
43	Maria	434	↓7	43
44	Tiffany	432	↓5	67
45	Jenna	429	↑5	65
46	Morgan	410	–	23
47	Alexa	409	new	93
48	Allison	408	↓1	38
49	Gabriella	401	new	>100
50	Amber	397	↓12	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	3,402	–	1
2	Matthew	2,616	–	3
3	Nicholas	2,374	↑1	6
4	Christopher	2,288	↓1	5
5	Joseph	2,271	–	11
6	Daniel	1,940	–	12
7	Anthony	1,849	–	19
8	Justin	1,726	↑4	20
9	Brandon	1,690	↓1	7
10	Joshua	1,686	↓1	4
11	John	1,661	↓1	15
12	Ryan	1,545	↑1	17
13	Andrew	1,522	↓2	9
14	David	1,507	–	13
15	Kevin	1,428	–	32
16	Jacob	1,410	↑3	2
17	Tyler	1,374	↑1	8
18	James	1,295	↓1	18
19	Jonathan	1,290	↓3	21
20	William	1,241	↑1	14
21	Alexander	1,231	↑2	22
22	Thomas	1,157	↑2	31
23	Zachary	1,115	↓3	16
24	Kyle	1,072	↑1	24
25	Robert	1,020	↓3	23
26	Christian	984	↑1	26
27	Jason	964	↑2	40
28	Brian	928	↓2	41
29	Dylan	864	↑4	25
30	Jordan	845	↑2	27
31	Steven	831	↓3	46
32	Benjamin	787	↓1	30
33	Eric	754	↑2	39
34	Samuel	737	–	28
35	Austin	730	↓5	10
36	Sean	715	–	50
37	Richard	587	↑1	56
38	Patrick	580	↓1	57
39	Noah	574	new	29
40	Aaron	568	↓1	37
41	Timothy	551	↓1	49
42	Jack	534	new	61
43	Adam	526	↓2	45
44	Jose	522	–	33
45	Connor	496	↑1	47
46	Luis	476	↑2	53
47	Alex	458	–	55
48	Elijah	449	new	66
49	Peter	449	↓7	>100
50	Mark	443	↓5	64

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