Popular baby names in New York, 2001

The most popular baby names in New York in 2001 were Emily for girls (1,574 babies) and Michael for boys (2,759). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 209,548 babies born in New York in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2001

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: 88 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Malka: 84 babies, 13× the national rate
Toby: 50 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Chaya: 193 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rivka: 88 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Devorah: 65 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chana: 132 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Esther: 299 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joyce: 78 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gianna: 364 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Shimon: 77 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Yitzchok: 64 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Mordechai: 90 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaim: 119 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 61 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Moshe: 183 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Yisroel: 61 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 100 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Menachem: 94 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Eliezer: 63 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	1,574	–	1
2	Ashley	1,274	↑1	4
3	Samantha	1,261	↓1	7
4	Sarah	1,079	–	6
5	Kayla	978	↑2	17
6	Jessica	939	↓1	11
7	Nicole	929	↑2	36
8	Brianna	920	↓2	18
9	Julia	920	↑1	27
10	Olivia	904	↑3	10
11	Madison	866	↑8	2
12	Hannah	864	↓4	3
13	Victoria	823	↓1	21
14	Alyssa	802	↑2	14
15	Rachel	776	↑3	24
16	Elizabeth	768	↓1	9
17	Alexis	748	↓3	5
18	Emma	737	↑2	13
19	Isabella	704	↑14	28
20	Lauren	680	↓3	15
21	Amanda	677	↓10	39
22	Grace	644	↑1	16
23	Taylor	633	↓2	12
24	Abigail	625	↑2	8
25	Alexandra	609	↓3	38
26	Jennifer	587	↓2	26
27	Destiny	549	↑7	22
28	Katherine	543	↓1	35
29	Anna	535	↑6	19
30	Sophia	530	↑6	37
31	Stephanie	521	↓3	43
32	Jenna	509	↑13	45
33	Michelle	509	↓4	59
34	Kaitlyn	484	↓2	31
35	Natalie	445	↑7	32
36	Rebecca	445	↓5	46
37	Megan	438	↓7	20
38	Gabriella	433	–	83
39	Jasmine	426	–	25
40	Danielle	416	↓15	63
41	Sydney	409	↑2	23
42	Alexa	403	↑6	78
43	Sara	400	↓2	58
44	Christina	397	↓7	80
45	Gabrielle	385	↓5	50
46	Morgan	375	↑1	29
47	Kimberly	365	↓3	61
48	Gianna	364	new	>100
49	Chloe	361	new	30
50	Erin	350	↓1	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	2,759	–	2
2	Matthew	2,256	–	3
3	Nicholas	2,073	–	6
4	Joseph	2,035	↑1	8
5	Christopher	1,943	↓1	5
6	Justin	1,781	↑2	22
7	Anthony	1,758	↓1	11
8	Daniel	1,670	↓1	9
9	Joshua	1,587	↑1	4
10	Ryan	1,543	↑1	15
11	John	1,488	↓2	14
12	David	1,395	↑1	12
13	Andrew	1,390	↑2	7
14	Jacob	1,382	↓2	1
15	Brandon	1,280	↓1	18
16	Kevin	1,266	–	32
17	Jonathan	1,130	–	23
18	Alexander	1,116	↑2	20
19	James	1,112	↓1	19
20	Tyler	1,100	↓1	13
21	Thomas	1,075	↑2	33
22	William	1,051	–	10
23	Jason	1,034	↑2	41
24	Christian	1,018	–	24
25	Dylan	955	↑3	21
26	Zachary	918	↓5	16
27	Robert	842	↓1	30
28	Benjamin	837	↑1	27
29	Samuel	783	↑2	26
30	Brian	764	↓3	46
31	Ethan	742	↑5	17
32	Kyle	723	↓2	40
33	Sean	709	↑2	57
34	Jack	682	–	48
35	Jordan	682	↓3	39
36	Eric	642	↑1	44
37	Steven	628	↓4	63
38	Noah	607	–	28
39	Aaron	575	–	42
40	Adam	543	↑2	51
41	Elijah	516	↑3	45
42	Jose	508	↑8	34
43	Gabriel	506	new	38
44	Isaiah	499	↑2	43
45	Patrick	498	↓5	72
46	Connor	483	↑1	49
47	Austin	477	new	25
48	Richard	465	↓5	73
49	Alex	462	new	62
50	Nathan	456	new	31

← New York 2000 New York: all years · US 2001 New York 2002 →