Popular baby names in New York, 2010

The most popular baby names in New York in 2010 were Isabella for girls (1,524 babies) and Michael for boys (1,518). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 199,281 babies born in New York in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2010

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

Rivky: 61 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Chany: 50 babies, 18× the national rate
Gitty: 106 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Malky: 68 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Raizy: 66 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Faigy: 79 babies, 17× the national rate
Baila: 67 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Rivka: 159 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Malka: 89 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Chana: 204 babies, 11.6× the national rate

Boys

Mendel: 59 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Yakov: 67 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Shimon: 118 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Moshe: 305 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 108 babies, 12× the national rate
Chaim: 162 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 95 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Tzvi: 75 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Menachem: 121 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Yisroel: 111 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Isabella	1,524	–	1
2	Sophia	1,386	–	2
3	Olivia	1,185	–	4
4	Emma	1,047	–	3
5	Ava	989	↑2	5
6	Madison	981	–	8
7	Emily	947	↓2	6
8	Mia	815	–	10
9	Abigail	784	–	7
10	Chloe	731	↑3	9
11	Leah	679	–	24
12	Gabriella	620	↑2	33
13	Samantha	617	↓1	15
14	Sarah	600	↓4	26
15	Ella	572	↑6	13
16	Elizabeth	568	↑2	12
17	Gianna	534	–	67
18	Ashley	523	↓3	29
19	Brianna	498	↑1	30
20	Lily	493	↑3	17
21	Grace	491	↓5	18
22	Sofia	489	↑7	28
23	Hailey	478	↑1	19
24	Julia	474	↓2	55
25	Natalie	468	↑2	14
26	Kayla	456	↓7	49
27	Arianna	450	↑1	54
28	Victoria	438	↓3	32
29	Alyssa	428	↑1	21
30	Hannah	397	↑4	20
31	Rachel	395	↓5	99
32	Charlotte	384	↑18	46
33	Zoe	379	↑6	31
34	Anna	374	↓2	27
35	Alexis	372	↓4	16
36	Alexa	370	↑1	50
37	Angelina	368	↓4	93
38	Maya	354	↓3	66
39	Allison	336	↓1	38
40	Amelia	333	↑9	41
41	Esther	331	↑6	>100
42	Alexandra	327	↓6	64
43	Addison	311	–	11
44	Avery	304	new	23
45	Kaylee	303	↓5	35
46	Sara	303	↓4	>100
47	Taylor	293	↓2	37
48	Makayla	290	new	43
49	Nicole	289	↓8	>100
50	Sophie	289	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Michael	1,518	–	3
2	Jayden	1,428	–	4
3	Jacob	1,409	↑6	1
4	Ethan	1,342	↑1	2
5	Joseph	1,305	↑2	20
6	Daniel	1,299	↓2	8
7	Anthony	1,275	↑1	10
8	Matthew	1,251	↓5	16
9	Ryan	1,226	↓3	23
10	Alexander	1,142	↑1	6
11	Christopher	1,080	↓1	13
12	David	1,066	–	15
13	Justin	1,053	–	50
14	Joshua	1,041	–	11
15	Aiden	988	↑1	9
16	Nicholas	979	↓1	37
17	Noah	903	↑3	7
18	James	901	↓1	19
19	William	859	↑2	5
20	John	851	↑3	26
21	Andrew	850	↓3	14
22	Lucas	845	↑6	35
23	Benjamin	803	↑1	22
24	Dylan	782	↓5	31
25	Tyler	755	–	34
26	Jack	736	↑1	45
27	Liam	736	↑10	30
28	Jonathan	723	↓2	28
29	Gabriel	719	↑3	21
30	Christian	717	↓8	29
31	Mason	703	new	12
32	Samuel	691	↓3	24
33	Brandon	686	↓3	44
34	Logan	669	↓3	17
35	Elijah	649	↓1	18
36	Evan	621	–	36
37	Jason	578	↓2	69
38	Kevin	572	↓5	59
39	Thomas	563	↓1	62
40	Nathan	549	↓1	27
41	Robert	506	↑3	54
42	Aaron	505	–	55
43	Gavin	505	↓2	38
44	Luke	479	↑5	41
45	Zachary	471	↑1	61
46	Owen	463	↑2	47
47	Sebastian	456	↓2	68
48	Angel	455	↓5	42
49	Connor	451	new	49
50	Jeremiah	450	–	51

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