Popular baby names in New York, 2006

The most popular baby names in New York in 2006 were Emily for girls (1,320 babies) and Michael for boys (1,983). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 206,068 babies born in New York in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2006

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

Hindy: 51 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Faigy: 82 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Malky: 67 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Rivky: 55 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Raizy: 52 babies, 18× the national rate
Gitty: 80 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Baila: 50 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Rivka: 128 babies, 13× the national rate
Malka: 82 babies, 13× the national rate
Chaya: 237 babies, 12.7× the national rate

Boys

Yakov: 60 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Shimon: 98 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Yitzchok: 89 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Moshe: 279 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Mordechai: 90 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaim: 146 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Menachem: 118 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Shlomo: 92 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Yisroel: 89 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 99 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emily	1,320	–	1
2	Isabella	1,222	–	4
3	Ava	1,064	↑6	5
4	Olivia	1,035	–	7
5	Madison	1,013	–	3
6	Sophia	1,013	↑1	9
7	Emma	997	↓4	2
8	Ashley	899	–	12
9	Samantha	854	↓3	10
10	Sarah	853	–	15
11	Mia	781	↑8	13
12	Kayla	769	–	26
13	Abigail	724	↓2	6
14	Julia	715	↓1	31
15	Grace	694	↓1	16
16	Brianna	681	–	20
17	Elizabeth	632	↓2	11
18	Hannah	598	↓1	8
19	Alyssa	594	↓1	19
20	Gabriella	567	↑2	50
21	Victoria	561	–	27
22	Angelina	560	↑1	49
23	Rachel	542	↑2	48
24	Natalie	520	↑2	17
25	Gianna	518	↑2	98
26	Alexandra	507	↑2	40
27	Chloe	506	↑7	18
28	Leah	504	↑5	68
29	Ella	493	–	21
30	Anna	480	↑5	22
31	Jessica	476	↓11	32
32	Alexis	456	↓2	14
33	Maya	450	↑10	57
34	Nicole	434	↓10	74
35	Hailey	427	↑1	25
36	Alexa	420	↑6	39
37	Katherine	414	↑1	37
38	Lauren	410	↓7	24
39	Sofia	392	↓7	55
40	Sara	391	–	72
41	Amanda	358	↓4	100
42	Lily	353	new	33
43	Kaitlyn	352	↓4	41
44	Michelle	343	↓3	81
45	Jasmine	338	–	29
46	Jennifer	338	↓2	51
47	Taylor	336	↓1	23
48	Arianna	335	new	76
49	Brooke	330	new	44
50	Stephanie	327	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Michael	1,983	–	2
2	Matthew	1,767	–	5
3	Joseph	1,615	–	11
4	Anthony	1,542	–	9
5	Daniel	1,489	↑2	6
6	Christopher	1,474	↑2	8
7	Nicholas	1,439	↓1	17
8	Ryan	1,432	↓3	14
9	Joshua	1,387	–	3
10	Alexander	1,210	↑3	12
11	Jacob	1,189	↑1	1
12	David	1,175	↓2	13
13	Justin	1,144	↑2	45
14	Andrew	1,122	↓3	7
15	John	1,107	↓1	19
16	Ethan	1,068	–	4
17	James	1,048	↑2	16
18	Tyler	967	↓1	18
19	William	955	↑5	10
20	Jayden	945	↑9	49
21	Jack	930	–	36
22	Brandon	925	↑1	27
23	Kevin	924	↓3	37
24	Jonathan	915	↓6	22
25	Christian	903	↓3	21
26	Dylan	856	↓1	26
27	Jason	793	↓1	55
28	Benjamin	778	–	24
29	Aidan	758	↓2	44
30	Thomas	735	–	51
31	Samuel	712	–	25
32	Noah	673	↑5	15
33	Gabriel	649	↑3	28
34	Zachary	617	↓2	33
35	Elijah	611	↓2	29
36	Logan	592	↑8	20
37	Robert	586	↓2	47
38	Aiden	582	new	32
39	Jordan	581	↑1	46
40	Sean	573	↓1	68
41	Evan	560	↓3	42
42	Angel	556	↓1	31
43	Lucas	532	↑3	59
44	Brian	529	↓10	72
45	Luke	521	↓3	43
46	Nathan	521	↓3	23
47	Aaron	519	–	57
48	Isaiah	507	–	39
49	Connor	499	↓4	53
50	Adam	476	–	64

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