Popular baby names in New York, 2005

The most popular baby names in New York in 2005 were Emily for girls (1,445 babies) and Michael for boys (2,089). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 203,355 babies born in New York in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2005

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

Shaindy: 49 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Faigy: 73 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Raizy: 58 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Malky: 56 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Toby: 53 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Gitty: 48 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Baila: 52 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Chava: 50 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Malka: 104 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Chaya: 243 babies, 12.7× the national rate

Boys

Yakov: 60 babies, 15× the national rate
Yitzchok: 82 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Shimon: 86 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Mordechai: 103 babies, 13× the national rate
Moshe: 226 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Chaim: 160 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Shlomo: 92 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Tzvi: 61 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Menachem: 113 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Shmuel: 66 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	1,445	–	1
2	Isabella	1,104	↑2	6
3	Emma	1,097	↓1	2
4	Olivia	1,063	↓1	5
5	Madison	1,004	↑2	3
6	Samantha	964	–	8
7	Sophia	947	↑3	12
8	Ashley	915	↓3	10
9	Ava	909	↑13	9
10	Sarah	859	↓2	15
11	Abigail	757	↑2	4
12	Kayla	756	↓3	25
13	Julia	737	↓2	31
14	Grace	720	↑2	14
15	Elizabeth	671	↑2	11
16	Brianna	665	↓4	20
17	Hannah	648	↑1	7
18	Alyssa	627	↓4	16
19	Mia	623	↑8	17
20	Jessica	612	↓5	27
21	Victoria	591	–	28
22	Gabriella	579	↑11	61
23	Angelina	571	↑5	43
24	Nicole	566	↓5	56
25	Rachel	558	↓5	38
26	Natalie	538	↑4	18
27	Gianna	510	↑7	>100
28	Alexandra	507	↓5	37
29	Ella	496	↑7	23
30	Alexis	486	↓6	13
31	Lauren	486	↓6	21
32	Sofia	468	↑11	52
33	Leah	452	↓2	68
34	Chloe	446	↑15	19
35	Anna	432	↓6	22
36	Hailey	428	↑3	26
37	Amanda	422	↓5	79
38	Katherine	421	↓12	36
39	Kaitlyn	399	↑2	34
40	Sara	395	–	75
41	Michelle	394	↓4	74
42	Alexa	382	↑5	66
43	Maya	375	new	73
44	Jennifer	370	↓9	42
45	Jasmine	363	↑5	29
46	Taylor	361	↓2	24
47	Gabrielle	356	new	55
48	Destiny	350	–	32
49	Jenna	343	↓11	62
50	Sydney	334	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Michael	2,089	–	2
2	Matthew	1,832	–	4
3	Joseph	1,681	–	9
4	Anthony	1,620	↑3	8
5	Ryan	1,593	–	14
6	Nicholas	1,589	–	15
7	Daniel	1,550	↓3	7
8	Christopher	1,516	–	10
9	Joshua	1,416	–	3
10	David	1,280	↑3	12
11	Andrew	1,238	↑1	6
12	Jacob	1,237	↑2	1
13	Alexander	1,225	↑2	13
14	John	1,212	↓3	18
15	Justin	1,188	↓5	36
16	Ethan	1,049	↑1	5
17	Tyler	1,031	↑3	16
18	Jonathan	997	↑4	19
19	James	988	↓3	17
20	Kevin	919	↑1	33
21	Jack	915	↑2	34
22	Christian	913	↑3	22
23	Brandon	907	↓5	27
24	William	899	↓5	11
25	Dylan	875	↑1	24
26	Jason	842	↓2	51
27	Aidan	788	↑4	43
28	Benjamin	775	–	25
29	Jayden	766	↑5	54
30	Thomas	766	↓3	40
31	Samuel	739	↓1	21
32	Zachary	699	↓3	29
33	Elijah	643	↑2	31
34	Brian	618	↓1	63
35	Robert	617	↓3	37
36	Gabriel	597	↑1	28
37	Noah	592	↑2	23
38	Evan	576	↑6	39
39	Sean	559	↓3	75
40	Jordan	557	↓2	46
41	Angel	547	new	32
42	Luke	540	↑6	41
43	Nathan	525	↑2	20
44	Logan	524	new	26
45	Connor	520	↓5	48
46	Lucas	515	new	58
47	Aaron	502	↓1	57
48	Isaiah	499	↓1	45
49	Eric	495	↓7	66
50	Adam	473	↓1	64

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