Popular baby names in New York, 2000

The most popular baby names in New York in 2000 were Emily for girls (1,719 babies) and Michael for boys (2,891). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 214,999 babies born in New York in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2000

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: 76 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Malka: 80 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Chaya: 198 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Rivka: 96 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chana: 131 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Dina: 55 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Esther: 274 babies, 5× the national rate
Gianna: 269 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francesca: 138 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nicolette: 80 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 147 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Shimon: 67 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 66 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Mordechai: 82 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Shlomo: 75 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Yisroel: 76 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Moshe: 182 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Yehuda: 67 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Yosef: 81 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Menachem: 69 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	1,719	–	1
2	Samantha	1,422	–	7
3	Ashley	1,291	–	4
4	Sarah	1,257	–	5
5	Jessica	1,143	–	8
6	Brianna	1,136	↑1	15
7	Kayla	1,110	↑1	13
8	Hannah	986	↑8	2
9	Nicole	957	↓3	31
10	Julia	922	–	29
11	Amanda	878	↓2	32
12	Victoria	856	↓1	20
13	Olivia	839	↑6	16
14	Alexis	815	↓1	6
15	Elizabeth	814	↑2	9
16	Alyssa	795	↓4	12
17	Lauren	782	↓3	11
18	Rachel	772	↓3	21
19	Madison	730	↑6	3
20	Emma	712	↑1	17
21	Taylor	688	↓3	10
22	Alexandra	670	–	36
23	Grace	667	↑9	19
24	Jennifer	647	↓4	26
25	Danielle	593	↓2	48
26	Abigail	590	↑5	14
27	Katherine	582	↑1	33
28	Stephanie	582	↓4	40
29	Michelle	574	↓2	52
30	Megan	526	–	18
31	Rebecca	521	↓2	39
32	Kaitlyn	513	↑7	30
33	Isabella	505	↑16	45
34	Destiny	499	↓8	24
35	Anna	490	↑2	22
36	Sophia	479	↑12	42
37	Christina	468	↓2	73
38	Gabriella	456	↑5	98
39	Jasmine	456	↓1	27
40	Gabrielle	451	↓7	49
41	Sara	440	↓5	57
42	Natalie	436	↓8	34
43	Sydney	433	↑1	23
44	Kimberly	420	↓3	58
45	Jenna	413	–	63
46	Maria	401	–	41
47	Morgan	397	new	25
48	Alexa	394	↓1	87
49	Erin	360	new	61
50	Amber	355	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	2,891	–	2
2	Matthew	2,487	–	3
3	Nicholas	2,124	–	6
4	Christopher	2,077	↑1	5
5	Joseph	2,074	↓1	8
6	Anthony	1,850	↑1	17
7	Daniel	1,785	↓1	9
8	Justin	1,732	–	19
9	John	1,646	–	14
10	Joshua	1,640	↑1	4
11	Ryan	1,606	↓1	13
12	Jacob	1,549	↑3	1
13	David	1,459	–	16
14	Brandon	1,406	↓2	12
15	Andrew	1,385	↓1	7
16	Kevin	1,293	–	32
17	Jonathan	1,227	↑1	21
18	James	1,187	↑1	18
19	Tyler	1,187	↓2	10
20	Alexander	1,186	–	20
21	Zachary	1,104	↑3	15
22	William	1,097	↓1	11
23	Thomas	1,033	↓1	33
24	Christian	999	↑2	22
25	Jason	989	↑3	39
26	Robert	956	↓3	29
27	Brian	927	↑2	43
28	Dylan	911	↓1	24
29	Benjamin	855	↑1	26
30	Kyle	790	↓5	37
31	Samuel	762	↑2	28
32	Jordan	745	–	36
33	Steven	729	↓2	54
34	Jack	703	↑4	46
35	Sean	671	↑1	57
36	Ethan	650	↑10	25
37	Eric	644	↓2	42
38	Noah	610	↓1	27
39	Aaron	583	–	41
40	Patrick	561	–	68
41	Timothy	530	↑1	58
42	Adam	519	↓1	45
43	Richard	512	↑2	65
44	Elijah	493	↑3	52
45	Cameron	483	new	31
46	Isaiah	477	↓2	47
47	Connor	475	new	50
48	Jared	473	↑1	56
49	Bryan	469	↓1	70
50	Jose	465	↓7	34

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