Popular baby names in New York, 2014

The most popular baby names in New York in 2014 were Sophia for girls (1,275 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,304). Sophia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 195,186 babies born in New York in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2014

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

Yitty: 78 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Malky: 93 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Rivky: 68 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Faigy: 105 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Raizy: 107 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Shaindy: 78 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Gitty: 87 babies, 17× the national rate
Toby: 61 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Baila: 61 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Malka: 109 babies, 11.9× the national rate

Boys

Shulem: 58 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Mendel: 57 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Shimon: 130 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Yechiel: 58 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Yakov: 67 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 94 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Moshe: 350 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Mordechai: 119 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Menachem: 132 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Chaim: 174 babies, 11.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Sophia	1,275	–	3
2	Olivia	1,255	↑1	2
3	Emma	1,211	↑1	1
4	Isabella	1,165	↓2	4
5	Mia	991	–	6
6	Ava	928	–	5
7	Emily	881	–	7
8	Abigail	727	↑1	8
9	Madison	726	↓1	9
10	Sofia	632	–	12
11	Charlotte	628	↑2	10
12	Leah	626	↓1	35
13	Chloe	616	↓1	18
14	Ella	562	↑2	17
15	Grace	549	–	20
16	Gabriella	547	↑1	42
17	Amelia	530	↑7	15
18	Victoria	522	↓4	19
19	Avery	491	↑6	14
20	Sarah	481	↓2	50
21	Elizabeth	442	↓2	13
22	Samantha	428	↓2	33
23	Gianna	402	–	95
24	Ariana	398	↑21	37
25	Zoe	391	↓3	32
26	Esther	385	↑5	>100
27	Lily	384	↑2	27
28	Evelyn	383	↑4	16
29	Rachel	381	↑7	>100
30	Natalie	377	↓4	23
31	Arianna	368	↓4	40
32	Maya	359	↑3	74
33	Layla	346	↑6	29
34	Hailey	345	↓6	51
35	Anna	341	↓2	34
36	Hannah	339	↓15	28
37	Savannah	334	new	38
38	Valentina	334	new	>100
39	Harper	332	new	11
40	Ashley	327	↓10	87
41	Allison	325	↑8	39
42	Scarlett	323	↓1	30
43	Aria	318	new	31
44	Julia	316	↓10	86
45	Camila	310	new	41
46	Aubrey	308	↓6	21
47	Zoey	303	↓9	22
48	Penelope	301	new	43
49	Lillian	289	↑1	25
50	Alexa	285	↓4	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Jacob	1,304	–	4
2	Liam	1,277	↑2	2
3	Ethan	1,256	–	6
4	Michael	1,245	↓2	7
5	Noah	1,145	↑3	1
6	Joseph	1,121	↑1	20
7	Mason	1,081	↓1	3
8	Matthew	1,062	↑1	16
9	Alexander	1,051	↑2	8
10	Lucas	1,038	↑4	19
11	Daniel	1,029	↓1	10
12	Jayden	984	↓7	15
13	Ryan	928	↓1	37
14	Dylan	917	↑1	29
15	David	911	↑1	17
16	Aiden	907	↑1	14
17	James	905	↑1	9
18	Anthony	895	↓5	21
19	Benjamin	870	↑1	12
20	Logan	824	↑4	13
21	William	755	↑1	5
22	Nicholas	732	↓3	57
23	Christopher	722	↓2	30
24	Joshua	684	↓1	25
25	John	681	–	26
26	Jack	676	–	41
27	Andrew	649	–	22
28	Samuel	642	↑1	23
29	Gabriel	620	↓1	24
30	Jackson	617	↑2	18
31	Sebastian	610	↑7	34
32	Elijah	601	↓1	11
33	Carter	554	↑4	27
34	Christian	546	↓4	42
35	Nathan	528	↑1	38
36	Henry	524	↑3	33
37	Jonathan	522	↓3	44
38	Owen	506	↑4	36
39	Thomas	504	↑6	54
40	Aaron	485	–	50
41	Adam	475	new	79
42	Isaac	473	↑1	31
43	Hunter	469	↑6	40
44	Jason	454	↑3	75
45	Luke	452	new	28
46	Justin	450	↓13	96
47	Oliver	448	new	32
48	Tyler	444	↓13	72
49	Evan	436	↓5	58
50	Julian	423	new	47

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