Popular baby names in New York, 1999

The most popular baby names in New York in 1999 were Emily for girls (1,851 babies) and Michael for boys (3,101). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 213,555 babies born in New York in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1999

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

Baila: 51 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Faigy: 51 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Rivka: 105 babies, 13× the national rate
Chaya: 188 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Malka: 68 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Chana: 136 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Dina: 57 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Esther: 236 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nyasia: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Valentina: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 134 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Mordechai: 77 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Moshe: 189 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Menachem: 82 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Yehuda: 86 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Shmuel: 59 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Yisroel: 59 babies, 10× the national rate
Yaakov: 62 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Yosef: 101 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 95 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	1,851	↑1	1
2	Samantha	1,574	↓1	5
3	Ashley	1,344	–	6
4	Sarah	1,303	↑1	4
5	Jessica	1,180	↓1	9
6	Nicole	1,126	–	25
7	Brianna	1,026	↑1	14
8	Kayla	1,026	↑2	13
9	Amanda	947	↓2	22
10	Julia	928	↑3	30
11	Victoria	880	↓2	16
12	Alyssa	869	↑4	11
13	Alexis	852	↓2	3
14	Lauren	849	↑5	12
15	Rachel	825	↓1	19
16	Hannah	817	↑1	2
17	Elizabeth	810	↓2	10
18	Taylor	766	↓6	8
19	Olivia	758	↑2	20
20	Jennifer	751	↓2	21
21	Emma	682	↑3	17
22	Alexandra	672	–	32
23	Danielle	625	–	43
24	Stephanie	617	↓4	37
25	Madison	588	↑5	7
26	Destiny	573	↑5	28
27	Michelle	569	↑1	56
28	Katherine	568	↓1	36
29	Rebecca	564	↓4	38
30	Megan	554	↓4	15
31	Abigail	542	↑4	18
32	Grace	497	new	27
33	Gabrielle	492	↓1	46
34	Natalie	476	↑7	34
35	Christina	468	↑1	75
36	Sara	464	↓2	50
37	Anna	456	↑5	29
38	Jasmine	452	↓1	26
39	Kaitlyn	442	–	33
40	Kiara	439	new	78
41	Kimberly	436	↓8	51
42	Brittany	433	↓13	35
43	Gabriella	424	↑6	>100
44	Sydney	423	new	23
45	Jenna	405	–	61
46	Maria	403	↓3	39
47	Alexa	401	–	89
48	Sophia	400	new	53
49	Isabella	399	new	60
50	Melissa	393	↓12	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	3,101	–	2
2	Matthew	2,741	–	3
3	Nicholas	2,298	–	5
4	Joseph	2,237	↑1	8
5	Christopher	2,084	↓1	6
6	Daniel	1,845	–	9
7	Anthony	1,840	–	18
8	Justin	1,748	–	20
9	John	1,683	↑2	15
10	Ryan	1,662	↑2	12
11	Joshua	1,630	↓1	4
12	Brandon	1,527	↓3	11
13	David	1,450	↑1	16
14	Andrew	1,441	↓1	7
15	Jacob	1,421	↑1	1
16	Kevin	1,351	↓1	34
17	Tyler	1,313	–	10
18	Jonathan	1,260	↑1	22
19	James	1,243	↓1	19
20	Alexander	1,213	↑1	21
21	William	1,157	↓1	14
22	Thomas	1,091	–	31
23	Robert	1,079	↑2	26
24	Zachary	1,059	↓1	17
25	Kyle	998	↓1	28
26	Christian	980	–	25
27	Dylan	942	↑2	23
28	Jason	929	↓1	40
29	Brian	894	↓1	43
30	Benjamin	802	↑2	29
31	Steven	765	–	47
32	Jordan	743	↓2	30
33	Samuel	739	↑1	27
34	Austin	703	↑1	13
35	Eric	671	↓2	39
36	Sean	661	–	56
37	Noah	640	↑2	24
38	Jack	617	↑4	52
39	Aaron	588	↑1	38
40	Patrick	582	↓2	63
41	Adam	530	↑2	44
42	Timothy	529	↓1	49
43	Jose	514	↑1	35
44	Isaiah	509	new	51
45	Richard	504	↓8	61
46	Ethan	475	new	37
47	Elijah	474	↑1	60
48	Bryan	471	new	74
49	Jared	471	new	54
50	Alex	459	↓3	58

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