Popular baby names in New York, 2009

The most popular baby names in New York in 2009 were Isabella for girls (1,401 babies) and Michael for boys (1,716). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 202,485 babies born in New York in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2009

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: 57 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Gitty: 74 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Malky: 63 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Raizy: 73 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Rivky: 57 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Faigy: 77 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Baila: 77 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Fatoumata: 52 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chana: 207 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Malka: 101 babies, 11.6× the national rate

Boys

Shulem: 56 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Mendel: 61 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Yakov: 93 babies, 15× the national rate
Shimon: 136 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Yitzchok: 80 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Mordechai: 111 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaim: 179 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Moshe: 278 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 97 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Yisroel: 115 babies, 11.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	1,401	–	1
2	Sophia	1,193	↑1	4
3	Olivia	1,188	↓1	3
4	Emma	1,066	↑2	2
5	Emily	1,056	↑2	6
6	Madison	1,040	↓2	7
7	Ava	995	↓2	5
8	Mia	887	↑3	10
9	Abigail	764	↓1	8
10	Sarah	696	↓1	21
11	Leah	665	↑9	29
12	Samantha	657	↓2	14
13	Chloe	639	↑1	9
14	Gabriella	608	↑2	33
15	Ashley	600	↓3	20
16	Grace	588	↑3	17
17	Gianna	564	↑1	76
18	Elizabeth	559	↓5	11
19	Kayla	558	↓4	35
20	Brianna	547	↓3	24
21	Ella	539	↑2	15
22	Julia	487	↓1	50
23	Lily	482	↑10	18
24	Hailey	478	↑5	25
25	Victoria	476	↑2	31
26	Rachel	456	↓2	89
27	Natalie	452	↓2	16
28	Arianna	431	↑8	52
29	Sofia	428	↑1	36
30	Alyssa	419	↓8	19
31	Alexis	409	↑1	13
32	Anna	405	↓1	28
33	Angelina	402	↓5	86
34	Hannah	400	↓8	23
35	Maya	389	↑6	61
36	Alexandra	384	↓1	69
37	Alexa	373	–	43
38	Allison	351	↑9	30
39	Zoe	347	new	47
40	Kaylee	334	new	26
41	Nicole	332	↓7	>100
42	Sara	331	↑1	>100
43	Addison	313	new	12
44	Brooke	311	↓2	54
45	Taylor	311	↑4	22
46	Katherine	308	↓7	60
47	Esther	305	↓7	>100
48	Jessica	294	↓4	78
49	Amelia	293	↑1	55
50	Charlotte	291	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Michael	1,716	–	3
2	Jayden	1,478	↑5	8
3	Matthew	1,451	↓1	13
4	Daniel	1,364	–	7
5	Ethan	1,363	↑8	2
6	Ryan	1,334	–	20
7	Joseph	1,293	↓2	15
8	Anthony	1,269	↓5	11
9	Jacob	1,243	↓1	1
10	Christopher	1,208	↓1	10
11	Alexander	1,171	↓1	4
12	David	1,160	↑2	14
13	Justin	1,118	↑2	46
14	Joshua	1,107	↓3	6
15	Nicholas	1,093	↓3	32
16	Aiden	934	↑8	12
17	James	933	↓1	18
18	Andrew	895	↓1	16
19	Dylan	887	↑1	30
20	Noah	875	↑8	9
21	William	873	↓2	5
22	Christian	863	–	23
23	John	842	↓5	26
24	Benjamin	783	↑5	19
25	Tyler	775	↑1	28
26	Jonathan	766	↓5	29
27	Jack	757	↓2	42
28	Lucas	733	↑2	39
29	Samuel	716	↑2	24
30	Brandon	713	↓7	38
31	Logan	709	↑1	17
32	Gabriel	694	↑3	22
33	Kevin	673	↓6	44
34	Elijah	670	↑2	21
35	Jason	635	↓2	66
36	Evan	614	↑2	35
37	Liam	609	↑8	49
38	Thomas	563	↓4	57
39	Nathan	555	↑3	25
40	Aidan	527	↓3	72
41	Gavin	520	↓1	33
42	Aaron	494	↓1	54
43	Angel	480	↑3	37
44	Robert	463	–	55
45	Sebastian	462	↑4	70
46	Zachary	460	↓7	53
47	Jordan	447	↑1	45
48	Owen	443	new	51
49	Luke	442	↑1	47
50	Jeremiah	440	new	65

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