Popular baby names in New York, 2008

The most popular baby names in New York in 2008 were Isabella for girls (1,283 babies) and Michael for boys (1,748). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 204,645 babies born in New York in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2008

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

Gitty: 63 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Malky: 64 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Rivky: 48 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Raizy: 61 babies, 18× the national rate
Faigy: 79 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Shaindy: 69 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Hindy: 51 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Baila: 62 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Malka: 81 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Rivka: 139 babies, 12.7× the national rate

Boys

Shimon: 99 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yakov: 67 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Chaim: 178 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Yitzchok: 70 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Moshe: 247 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Mordechai: 93 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Menachem: 103 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Shlomo: 66 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Yehuda: 102 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Yisroel: 91 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Isabella	1,283	–	2
2	Olivia	1,195	↑2	4
3	Sophia	1,155	↓1	7
4	Madison	1,072	↑2	6
5	Ava	1,067	–	5
6	Emma	1,052	↑1	1
7	Emily	1,028	↓4	3
8	Abigail	743	↑3	8
9	Sarah	740	–	20
10	Samantha	723	↓2	11
11	Mia	695	↑2	14
12	Ashley	657	↓2	18
13	Elizabeth	611	↑1	9
14	Chloe	610	↑7	10
15	Kayla	607	↓3	28
16	Gabriella	605	↑3	35
17	Brianna	604	↓2	23
18	Gianna	556	↑4	88
19	Grace	554	↓1	21
20	Leah	545	↑6	40
21	Julia	540	↓4	41
22	Alyssa	529	↓2	16
23	Ella	507	↑4	19
24	Rachel	501	↑1	74
25	Natalie	494	↑3	13
26	Hannah	493	↓10	17
27	Victoria	490	↓4	27
28	Angelina	465	↓4	69
29	Hailey	446	↑2	25
30	Sofia	439	–	36
31	Anna	405	↑1	26
32	Alexis	396	↑6	15
33	Lily	389	↑8	24
34	Nicole	366	–	>100
35	Alexandra	362	↓6	61
36	Arianna	357	↑4	66
37	Alexa	351	↑2	50
38	Lauren	347	↑4	30
39	Katherine	346	↓4	45
40	Esther	343	↑6	>100
41	Maya	340	↓5	71
42	Brooke	334	↑3	52
43	Sara	320	↓6	92
44	Jessica	317	↓11	59
45	Kaitlyn	317	↑3	53
46	Makayla	310	new	37
47	Allison	299	new	32
48	Madeline	299	new	56
49	Taylor	299	new	22
50	Amelia	295	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	1,748	–	2
2	Matthew	1,578	–	10
3	Anthony	1,492	–	7
4	Daniel	1,452	–	5
5	Joseph	1,442	–	13
6	Ryan	1,436	–	18
7	Jayden	1,422	↑2	11
8	Jacob	1,293	↑4	1
9	Christopher	1,284	↓2	9
10	Alexander	1,248	↑3	6
11	Joshua	1,229	↓3	4
12	Nicholas	1,200	↓2	29
13	Ethan	1,152	↑2	3
14	David	1,126	↓3	14
15	Justin	1,077	↓1	44
16	James	959	↑2	17
17	Andrew	930	–	12
18	John	911	↓2	20
19	William	897	–	8
20	Dylan	887	↑1	31
21	Jonathan	858	↑2	26
22	Christian	843	–	23
23	Brandon	826	↑2	33
24	Aiden	817	↑8	16
25	Jack	817	↓1	39
26	Tyler	803	↓6	28
27	Kevin	796	↓1	41
28	Noah	792	–	15
29	Benjamin	704	↓2	25
30	Lucas	696	↑8	46
31	Samuel	687	↓2	27
32	Logan	679	↑2	19
33	Jason	674	↓3	60
34	Thomas	670	↓3	52
35	Gabriel	667	–	24
36	Elijah	659	–	22
37	Aidan	620	↓4	59
38	Evan	611	↑1	38
39	Zachary	603	↑4	47
40	Gavin	555	↑5	30
41	Aaron	536	↑1	50
42	Nathan	535	↑2	21
43	Sean	523	↓6	83
44	Robert	509	↓3	49
45	Liam	502	↑3	75
46	Angel	476	↑1	36
47	Brian	459	↓1	87
48	Jordan	459	↓8	48
49	Sebastian	455	new	74
50	Luke	449	new	43

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