Popular baby names in New York, 2013

The most popular baby names in New York in 2013 were Sophia for girls (1,394 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,298). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 193,742 babies born in New York in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2013

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

Malky: 84 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Yitty: 61 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Rivky: 72 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Gitty: 97 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Hindy: 57 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Shaindy: 73 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Raizy: 86 babies, 17× the national rate
Faigy: 100 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Toby: 58 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Baila: 77 babies, 13.7× the national rate

Boys

Lipa: 52 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Yakov: 86 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Shimon: 129 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Moshe: 344 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaim: 214 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Yitzchok: 105 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Menachem: 93 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Yisroel: 110 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 107 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Tzvi: 66 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Sophia	1,394	–	1
2	Isabella	1,271	–	4
3	Olivia	1,263	↑1	3
4	Emma	1,258	↓1	2
5	Mia	1,001	↑3	6
6	Ava	911	↓1	5
7	Emily	900	↓1	7
8	Madison	776	↓1	9
9	Abigail	716	–	8
10	Sofia	679	↑5	13
11	Leah	629	–	32
12	Chloe	598	↓2	14
13	Charlotte	580	↑7	11
14	Victoria	530	↑3	25
15	Grace	515	↑4	22
16	Ella	509	↓4	15
17	Gabriella	499	↓3	38
18	Sarah	491	↓5	48
19	Elizabeth	481	↓1	10
20	Samantha	452	↓4	29
21	Hannah	434	↑3	23
22	Zoe	434	↑4	31
23	Gianna	432	↑2	87
24	Amelia	431	↓1	17
25	Avery	413	↑6	12
26	Natalie	411	↑2	21
27	Arianna	409	↑2	44
28	Hailey	402	↓6	43
29	Lily	401	↓8	27
30	Ashley	378	↓3	67
31	Esther	364	↑12	>100
32	Evelyn	362	↑9	20
33	Anna	350	↑2	35
34	Julia	338	↑4	75
35	Maya	335	↑1	72
36	Rachel	334	↓4	>100
37	Brianna	325	↓7	71
38	Zoey	325	↑1	24
39	Layla	323	↑3	30
40	Aubrey	311	↑7	18
41	Scarlett	309	new	42
42	Kayla	307	↓9	96
43	Kaylee	307	↓9	40
44	Aaliyah	306	↑5	37
45	Ariana	306	↑5	54
46	Alexa	301	↓6	60
47	Alexandra	295	↓10	82
48	Addison	291	↓3	19
49	Allison	291	new	34
50	Lillian	286	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Jacob	1,298	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,230	↓1	7
3	Ethan	1,218	↑1	6
4	Liam	1,203	↑6	3
5	Jayden	1,152	↓2	9
6	Mason	1,148	–	4
7	Joseph	1,145	↓2	20
8	Noah	1,128	↑7	1
9	Matthew	1,117	↓2	15
10	Daniel	1,110	↓1	10
11	Alexander	1,047	–	8
12	Ryan	999	↓4	30
13	Anthony	985	↓1	19
14	Lucas	977	↑3	23
15	Dylan	961	↑1	29
16	David	950	↓2	17
17	Aiden	948	↓4	12
18	James	884	–	13
19	Nicholas	833	↑1	54
20	Benjamin	799	↑4	14
21	Christopher	794	↓2	26
22	William	770	–	5
23	Joshua	751	↓2	21
24	Logan	738	↑3	18
25	John	724	↑1	27
26	Jack	676	↑6	40
27	Andrew	652	↓4	22
28	Gabriel	625	↑1	24
29	Samuel	624	↑1	25
30	Christian	605	↓2	35
31	Elijah	593	↑5	11
32	Jackson	590	↑2	16
33	Justin	580	↓8	85
34	Jonathan	540	↓3	41
35	Tyler	518	↓2	63
36	Nathan	517	↑5	31
37	Carter	505	new	33
38	Sebastian	505	↑8	46
39	Henry	501	↑6	37
40	Aaron	495	↓2	51
41	Gavin	477	new	50
42	Owen	476	↑1	38
43	Isaac	473	↑5	28
44	Evan	456	↓9	55
45	Thomas	453	↓3	61
46	Brandon	452	↓9	70
47	Jason	450	↓7	79
48	Kevin	446	↓9	72
49	Hunter	427	new	36
50	Caleb	425	new	32

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