Popular baby names in New York, 2011

The most popular baby names in New York in 2011 were Sophia for girls (1,456 babies) and Michael for boys (1,458). Michael ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 197,207 babies born in New York in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2011

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

Chany: 52 babies, 19× the national rate
Malky: 77 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Yitty: 54 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Goldy: 47 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Rivky: 62 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Gitty: 111 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Raizy: 73 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Shaindy: 71 babies, 17× the national rate
Faigy: 88 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Toby: 51 babies, 15.9× the national rate

Boys

Yakov: 82 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Shimon: 131 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Menachem: 122 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Chaim: 194 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Moshe: 303 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Dov: 60 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 109 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Shlomo: 77 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Yisroel: 108 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Yehuda: 118 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	1,456	↑1	1
2	Isabella	1,418	↓1	2
3	Olivia	1,175	–	4
4	Emma	1,123	–	3
5	Ava	955	–	5
6	Emily	918	↑1	6
7	Mia	852	↑1	9
8	Madison	851	↓2	8
9	Abigail	749	–	7
10	Chloe	708	–	10
11	Leah	682	–	29
12	Ella	597	↑3	12
13	Sofia	583	↑9	19
14	Gabriella	568	↓2	34
15	Grace	557	↑6	16
16	Sarah	548	↓2	39
17	Samantha	539	↓4	17
18	Gianna	535	↓1	63
19	Victoria	525	↑9	23
20	Elizabeth	502	↓4	11
21	Hailey	481	↑2	32
22	Ashley	473	↓4	42
23	Lily	461	↓3	15
24	Charlotte	429	↑8	27
25	Julia	424	↓1	58
26	Brianna	423	↓7	45
27	Natalie	419	↓2	14
28	Zoe	409	↑5	31
29	Kayla	400	↓3	59
30	Amelia	396	↑10	30
31	Hannah	382	↓1	25
32	Arianna	376	↓5	52
33	Rachel	349	↓2	>100
34	Angelina	344	↑3	>100
35	Esther	342	↑6	>100
36	Maya	339	↑2	64
37	Alexandra	337	↑5	76
38	Alyssa	337	↓9	37
39	Kaylee	323	↑6	36
40	Alexa	320	↓4	55
41	Anna	316	↓7	38
42	Addison	308	↑1	13
43	Allison	308	↓4	40
44	Avery	299	–	18
45	Aaliyah	296	new	46
46	Savannah	294	new	41
47	Alexis	292	↓12	26
48	Lillian	290	new	22
49	Evelyn	289	new	24
50	Layla	288	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Michael	1,458	–	6
2	Jacob	1,410	↑1	1
3	Jayden	1,382	↓1	4
4	Joseph	1,264	↑1	22
5	Matthew	1,254	↑3	12
6	Ethan	1,240	↓2	7
7	Anthony	1,156	–	11
8	Mason	1,142	↑23	2
9	Daniel	1,140	↓3	10
10	Ryan	1,121	↓1	25
11	Alexander	1,088	↓1	8
12	Aiden	1,078	↑3	9
13	Christopher	983	↓2	20
14	David	965	↓2	18
15	Justin	958	↓2	59
16	Joshua	942	↓2	14
17	Liam	931	↑10	15
18	Nicholas	901	↓2	42
19	Noah	899	↓2	5
20	James	890	↓2	17
21	William	885	↓2	3
22	Andrew	875	↓1	16
23	Lucas	845	↓1	29
24	Benjamin	813	↓1	19
25	Dylan	786	↓1	33
26	John	757	↓6	27
27	Logan	751	↑7	21
28	Jack	716	↓2	45
29	Christian	706	↑1	30
30	Gabriel	670	↓1	24
31	Tyler	663	↓6	38
32	Samuel	660	–	26
33	Jonathan	659	↓5	31
34	Elijah	655	↑1	13
35	Brandon	587	↓2	47
36	Evan	554	–	40
37	Kevin	551	↑1	67
38	Thomas	534	↑1	63
39	Gavin	529	↑4	37
40	Jason	526	↓3	71
41	Jackson	516	new	23
42	Jeremiah	483	↑8	49
43	Aaron	479	↓1	51
44	Owen	476	↑2	44
45	Sebastian	472	↑2	68
46	Nathan	469	↓6	28
47	Luke	449	↓3	39
48	Henry	442	new	57
49	Charles	430	new	61
50	Jordan	418	new	46

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