Popular baby names in New York, 2015

The most popular baby names in New York in 2015 were Olivia for girls (1,298 babies) and Liam for boys (1,396). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 194,165 babies born in New York in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2015

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: 90 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Rivky: 73 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Yitty: 60 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Faigy: 97 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Gitty: 107 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Shaindy: 58 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Raizy: 86 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Toby: 65 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Sury: 46 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Baila: 85 babies, 13.4× the national rate

Boys

Mendel: 69 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Shimon: 135 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Yakov: 91 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 107 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Moshe: 335 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Mordechai: 108 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Menachem: 110 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chaim: 208 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Yisroel: 121 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Dov: 68 babies, 10.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Olivia	1,298	↑1	2
2	Emma	1,259	↑1	1
3	Sophia	1,123	↓2	3
4	Isabella	1,072	–	5
5	Mia	1,018	–	6
6	Ava	924	–	4
7	Emily	808	–	8
8	Charlotte	759	↑3	9
9	Madison	740	–	11
10	Abigail	728	↓2	7
11	Leah	641	↑1	36
12	Amelia	633	↑5	12
13	Sofia	594	↓3	14
14	Chloe	572	↓1	17
15	Grace	510	–	19
16	Sarah	503	↑4	57
17	Ella	492	↓3	18
18	Elizabeth	486	↑3	13
19	Avery	469	–	16
20	Victoria	465	↓2	20
21	Gabriella	452	↓5	54
22	Zoe	430	↑3	33
23	Harper	424	↑16	10
24	Scarlett	417	↑18	22
25	Evelyn	376	↑3	15
26	Lily	369	↑1	25
27	Hannah	359	↑9	28
28	Samantha	358	↓6	40
29	Esther	356	↓3	>100
30	Ariana	354	↓6	46
31	Riley	354	new	35
32	Savannah	354	↑5	38
33	Alexa	350	↑17	32
34	Hailey	347	–	64
35	Maya	338	↓3	68
36	Natalie	337	↓6	27
37	Arianna	336	↓6	56
38	Skylar	335	new	42
39	Rachel	332	↓10	>100
40	Layla	331	↓7	30
41	Aria	327	↑2	29
42	Gianna	326	↓19	96
43	Ashley	321	↓3	86
44	Anna	320	↓9	44
45	Brianna	320	new	82
46	Penelope	320	↑2	34
47	Zoey	310	–	23
48	Aubrey	298	↓2	21
49	Camila	296	↓4	43
50	Valentina	288	↓12	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Liam	1,396	↑1	2
2	Jacob	1,297	↓1	4
3	Ethan	1,245	–	6
4	Noah	1,243	↑1	1
5	Michael	1,176	↓1	9
6	Matthew	1,155	↑2	15
7	Joseph	1,057	↓1	21
8	Mason	1,057	↓1	3
9	Lucas	1,020	↑1	16
10	Daniel	1,013	↑1	12
11	Alexander	989	↓2	8
12	Aiden	987	↑4	13
13	Dylan	968	↑1	27
14	James	924	↑3	7
15	David	910	–	18
16	Jayden	887	↓4	20
17	Benjamin	875	↑2	10
18	Ryan	864	↓5	39
19	Logan	846	↑1	14
20	Anthony	837	↓2	25
21	William	741	–	5
22	Christopher	667	↑1	32
23	Jack	663	↑3	40
24	Nicholas	652	↓2	62
25	Samuel	648	↑3	23
26	Gabriel	643	↑3	22
27	Sebastian	637	↑4	35
28	John	634	↓3	26
29	Joshua	611	↓5	33
30	Jackson	603	–	17
31	Andrew	601	↓4	30
32	Oliver	574	↑15	19
33	Henry	552	↑3	29
34	Elijah	535	↓2	11
35	Isaac	515	↑7	31
36	Carter	512	↓3	24
37	Nathan	505	↓2	38
38	Owen	503	–	36
39	Aaron	496	↑1	52
40	Thomas	492	↓1	51
41	Christian	485	↓7	43
42	Jonathan	482	↓5	48
43	Hunter	468	–	41
44	Luke	463	↑1	28
45	Adam	451	↓4	73
46	Caleb	448	new	37
47	Julian	433	↑3	45
48	Tyler	413	–	81
49	Chase	399	new	74
50	Evan	391	↓1	67

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