Popular baby names in New York, 2003

The most popular baby names in New York in 2003 were Emily for girls (1,629 babies) and Michael for boys (2,456). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 209,769 babies born in New York in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2003

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

Malky: 58 babies, 18× the national rate
Gitty: 61 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Shaindy: 51 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Raizy: 50 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Faigy: 68 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Baila: 61 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Rivka: 115 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Malka: 76 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Chana: 142 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaya: 196 babies, 11.4× the national rate

Boys

Shimon: 72 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 114 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 66 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Moshe: 237 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Shlomo: 80 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chaim: 139 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Menachem: 106 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Shmuel: 58 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Yisroel: 93 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Yosef: 100 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	1,629	–	1
2	Emma	1,202	↑8	2
3	Olivia	1,113	↑3	5
4	Isabella	1,080	↑4	12
5	Samantha	1,030	↓3	10
6	Sarah	1,019	↓2	11
7	Kayla	1,010	–	16
8	Ashley	1,007	↓5	8
9	Madison	996	–	3
10	Brianna	838	↓5	17
11	Julia	835	↑1	33
12	Elizabeth	783	↑2	9
13	Abigail	770	↑5	6
14	Hannah	769	↑1	4
15	Jessica	766	↓4	18
16	Alyssa	759	↑1	14
17	Grace	759	↑6	13
18	Victoria	743	↓2	22
19	Sophia	740	↑3	20
20	Nicole	720	↓7	40
21	Rachel	712	↓2	28
22	Amanda	627	↓2	54
23	Alexis	613	↑1	7
24	Lauren	601	↓3	15
25	Alexandra	555	–	38
26	Katherine	490	↑7	35
27	Anna	481	–	21
28	Mia	475	↑9	36
29	Michelle	475	↑1	62
30	Ava	474	new	39
31	Jennifer	474	↓5	31
32	Gianna	467	↑13	>100
33	Gabriella	458	↓1	77
34	Kaitlyn	455	↑2	32
35	Stephanie	438	↓6	49
36	Alexa	432	↓1	67
37	Taylor	432	↓9	19
38	Natalie	424	↑2	23
39	Sara	414	↑7	65
40	Jenna	410	↓9	55
41	Hailey	408	↑8	26
42	Leah	400	new	81
43	Sydney	400	–	25
44	Rebecca	396	↓3	63
45	Destiny	393	↓11	37
46	Chloe	390	new	24
47	Megan	389	↓8	30
48	Angelina	386	↓1	71
49	Jasmine	380	↓7	27
50	Arianna	361	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Michael	2,456	–	2
2	Matthew	2,119	–	4
3	Joseph	1,965	↑1	6
4	Nicholas	1,813	↓1	12
5	Christopher	1,787	–	9
6	Daniel	1,760	↑1	8
7	Anthony	1,759	↓1	10
8	Ryan	1,723	↑2	13
9	Justin	1,532	↓1	27
10	Joshua	1,514	↓1	3
11	Jacob	1,382	↑2	1
12	David	1,347	↑2	14
13	John	1,327	↓1	17
14	Andrew	1,305	↓3	5
15	Alexander	1,195	–	16
16	James	1,124	↑3	18
17	Brandon	1,121	↓1	21
18	Kevin	1,109	↓1	32
19	William	1,072	↑1	11
20	Tyler	1,034	↓2	15
21	Jonathan	1,019	↑1	22
22	Dylan	982	↑5	19
23	Ethan	980	–	7
24	Christian	970	↑1	25
25	Jason	928	↓4	42
26	Thomas	927	↓2	36
27	Jack	887	↑1	45
28	Benjamin	863	↑2	24
29	Aidan	828	↑7	39
30	Zachary	821	↓4	20
31	Robert	735	↓2	35
32	Samuel	728	↓1	23
33	Brian	714	–	59
34	Sean	663	–	61
35	Gabriel	631	↑6	29
36	Elijah	625	↑1	37
37	Kyle	603	↓5	53
38	Jordan	600	↓3	38
39	Steven	586	–	70
40	Eric	565	↓2	56
41	Noah	549	↑1	31
42	Aaron	537	↓2	50
43	Isaiah	534	–	49
44	Adam	523	↑2	58
45	Evan	513	new	44
46	Connor	506	↑2	43
47	Angel	476	new	47
48	Logan	474	new	28
49	Nathan	473	–	26
50	Alex	471	↓5	62

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