Popular baby names in New York, 2002

The most popular baby names in New York in 2002 were Emily for girls (1,555 babies) and Michael for boys (2,582). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 207,059 babies born in New York in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2002

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: 72 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Gitty: 77 babies, 17× the national rate
Baila: 64 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Malka: 64 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaya: 227 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Chana: 146 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Fatoumata: 56 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rivka: 108 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Devorah: 54 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Taina: 53 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Yitzchok: 82 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Shimon: 58 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Mordechai: 88 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Chaim: 128 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Yisroel: 64 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Moshe: 201 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Menachem: 97 babies, 11× the national rate
Yehuda: 84 babies, 11× the national rate
Shlomo: 69 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Avraham: 60 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	1,555	–	1
2	Samantha	1,157	↑1	9
3	Ashley	1,106	↓1	6
4	Sarah	1,089	–	8
5	Brianna	973	↑3	17
6	Olivia	970	↑4	10
7	Kayla	951	↓2	19
8	Isabella	944	↑11	14
9	Madison	939	↑2	2
10	Emma	907	↑8	4
11	Jessica	872	↓5	16
12	Julia	855	↓3	33
13	Nicole	794	↓6	37
14	Elizabeth	785	↑2	11
15	Hannah	767	↓3	3
16	Victoria	750	↓3	21
17	Alyssa	701	↓3	12
18	Abigail	697	↑6	7
19	Rachel	691	↓4	24
20	Amanda	665	↑1	46
21	Lauren	657	↓1	13
22	Sophia	651	↑8	27
23	Grace	644	↓1	15
24	Alexis	643	↓7	5
25	Alexandra	595	–	38
26	Jennifer	590	–	28
27	Anna	536	↑2	20
28	Taylor	517	↓5	18
29	Stephanie	491	↑2	41
30	Michelle	488	↑3	58
31	Jenna	478	↑1	47
32	Gabriella	469	↑6	76
33	Katherine	461	↓5	36
34	Destiny	458	↓7	34
35	Alexa	450	↑7	69
36	Kaitlyn	444	↓2	32
37	Mia	437	new	43
38	Danielle	427	↑2	71
39	Megan	426	↓2	22
40	Natalie	421	↓5	30
41	Rebecca	415	↓5	54
42	Jasmine	413	↓3	26
43	Sydney	396	↓2	23
44	Maria	393	new	40
45	Gianna	390	↑3	>100
46	Sara	390	↓3	59
47	Angelina	369	new	74
48	Morgan	369	↓2	29
49	Hailey	354	new	31
50	Aaliyah	353	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	2,582	–	2
2	Matthew	2,115	–	4
3	Nicholas	2,057	–	9
4	Joseph	2,005	–	7
5	Christopher	1,815	–	8
6	Anthony	1,768	↑1	12
7	Daniel	1,721	↑1	10
8	Justin	1,667	↓2	22
9	Joshua	1,598	–	3
10	Ryan	1,493	–	16
11	Andrew	1,393	↑2	6
12	John	1,385	↓1	17
13	Jacob	1,332	↑1	1
14	David	1,254	↓2	13
15	Alexander	1,235	↑3	15
16	Brandon	1,186	↓1	20
17	Kevin	1,145	↓1	33
18	Tyler	1,083	↑2	14
19	James	1,071	–	18
20	William	1,054	↑2	11
21	Jason	1,032	↑2	42
22	Jonathan	1,019	↓5	21
23	Ethan	994	↑8	5
24	Thomas	976	↓3	36
25	Christian	941	↓1	24
26	Zachary	903	–	19
27	Dylan	897	↓2	23
28	Jack	833	↑6	44
29	Robert	814	↓2	34
30	Benjamin	769	↓2	27
31	Samuel	758	↓2	25
32	Kyle	742	–	40
33	Brian	728	↓3	51
34	Sean	694	↓1	59
35	Jordan	646	–	37
36	Aidan	632	new	60
37	Elijah	589	↑4	41
38	Eric	583	↓2	52
39	Steven	569	↓2	68
40	Aaron	568	↓1	43
41	Gabriel	535	↑2	32
42	Noah	533	↓4	31
43	Isaiah	524	↑1	45
44	Patrick	504	↑1	79
45	Alex	487	↑4	63
46	Adam	482	↓6	55
47	Jose	469	↓5	30
48	Connor	464	↓2	47
49	Nathan	462	↑1	28
50	Bryan	459	new	64

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