Popular baby names in New York, 2012

The most popular baby names in New York in 2012 were Sophia for girls (1,414 babies) and Michael for boys (1,395). Michael ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 196,575 babies born in New York in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2012

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: 53 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Yitty: 52 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Rivky: 69 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Malky: 84 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Shaindy: 85 babies, 18× the national rate
Faigy: 87 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Gitty: 97 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Raizy: 65 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Hindy: 55 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Toby: 77 babies, 15× the national rate

Boys

Mendel: 61 babies, 15× the national rate
Yakov: 82 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Shimon: 128 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Yitzchok: 100 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Moshe: 330 babies, 12× the national rate
Mordechai: 130 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Yisroel: 119 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chaim: 206 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Meir: 76 babies, 11× the national rate
Menachem: 97 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	1,414	–	1
2	Isabella	1,279	–	3
3	Emma	1,234	↑1	2
4	Olivia	1,141	↓1	4
5	Ava	968	–	5
6	Emily	921	–	6
7	Madison	848	↑1	9
8	Mia	845	↓1	8
9	Abigail	765	–	7
10	Chloe	670	–	11
11	Leah	630	–	33
12	Ella	612	–	12
13	Sarah	552	↑3	42
14	Gabriella	546	–	37
15	Sofia	526	↓2	18
16	Samantha	509	↑1	26
17	Victoria	500	↑2	28
18	Elizabeth	498	↑2	10
19	Grace	482	↓4	21
20	Charlotte	467	↑4	19
21	Lily	465	↑2	16
22	Hailey	459	↓1	32
23	Amelia	432	↑7	23
24	Hannah	431	↑7	22
25	Gianna	423	↓7	73
26	Zoe	421	↑2	30
27	Ashley	408	↓5	50
28	Natalie	407	↓1	17
29	Arianna	393	↑3	49
30	Brianna	389	↓4	51
31	Avery	379	↑13	13
32	Rachel	375	↑1	>100
33	Kayla	358	↓4	69
34	Kaylee	348	↑5	35
35	Anna	335	↑6	34
36	Maya	326	–	63
37	Alexandra	325	–	76
38	Julia	323	↓13	65
39	Zoey	317	new	20
40	Alexa	315	–	57
41	Evelyn	315	↑8	27
42	Layla	311	↑8	31
43	Esther	310	↓8	>100
44	Sophie	301	new	52
45	Addison	299	↓3	14
46	Riley	292	new	47
47	Aubrey	286	new	15
48	Savannah	284	↓2	43
49	Aaliyah	278	↓4	36
50	Ariana	275	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Michael	1,395	–	7
2	Jacob	1,354	–	1
3	Jayden	1,280	–	8
4	Ethan	1,262	↑2	3
5	Joseph	1,239	↓1	19
6	Mason	1,223	↑2	2
7	Matthew	1,213	↓2	12
8	Ryan	1,141	↑2	26
9	Daniel	1,101	–	11
10	Liam	1,099	↑7	6
11	Alexander	1,091	–	9
12	Anthony	1,079	↓5	15
13	Aiden	1,044	↓1	10
14	David	982	–	20
15	Noah	974	↑4	4
16	Dylan	892	↑9	31
17	Lucas	877	↑6	27
18	James	849	↑2	14
19	Christopher	846	↓6	23
20	Nicholas	835	↓2	49
21	Joshua	825	↓5	17
22	William	813	↓1	5
23	Andrew	797	↓1	18
24	Benjamin	796	–	16
25	Justin	754	↓10	74
26	John	721	–	28
27	Logan	698	–	22
28	Christian	697	↑1	33
29	Gabriel	666	↑1	24
30	Samuel	661	↑2	25
31	Jonathan	644	↑2	34
32	Jack	618	↓4	46
33	Tyler	593	↓2	50
34	Jackson	584	↑7	21
35	Evan	567	↑1	47
36	Elijah	561	↓2	13
37	Brandon	558	↓2	56
38	Aaron	531	↑5	51
39	Kevin	530	↓2	69
40	Jason	523	–	76
41	Nathan	515	↑5	29
42	Thomas	498	↓4	63
43	Owen	486	↑1	38
44	Luke	485	↑3	37
45	Henry	478	↑3	44
46	Sebastian	470	↓1	64
47	Jeremiah	466	↓5	52
48	Isaac	443	new	30
49	Zachary	441	new	67
50	Adam	436	new	82

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