Popular baby names in New York, 2016

The most popular baby names in New York in 2016 were Olivia for girls (1,220 babies) and Liam for boys (1,417). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 189,834 babies born in New York in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2016

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: 55 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Malky: 110 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Rivky: 81 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Shaindy: 69 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Yitty: 72 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Faigy: 113 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Blima: 52 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Raizy: 80 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Gitty: 113 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Hindy: 48 babies, 15.8× the national rate

Boys

Mendel: 51 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Shaya: 67 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Shimon: 142 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Yakov: 83 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 104 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 122 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Chaim: 207 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Moshe: 322 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Yisroel: 123 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Menachem: 109 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	1,220	–	2
2	Emma	1,185	–	1
3	Sophia	1,121	–	4
4	Isabella	1,021	–	5
5	Ava	1,007	↑1	3
6	Mia	953	↓1	6
7	Charlotte	787	↑1	7
8	Emily	745	↓1	9
9	Madison	696	–	15
10	Abigail	693	–	8
11	Amelia	680	↑1	10
12	Leah	587	↓1	37
13	Sofia	586	–	14
14	Chloe	526	–	20
15	Sarah	518	↑1	57
16	Grace	513	↓1	19
17	Ella	487	–	17
18	Elizabeth	484	–	13
19	Riley	473	↑12	22
20	Victoria	452	–	21
21	Harper	448	↑2	11
22	Avery	435	↓3	16
23	Scarlett	435	↑1	18
24	Evelyn	423	↑1	12
25	Gabriella	423	↓4	61
26	Zoe	392	↓4	35
27	Rachel	383	↑12	>100
28	Aria	379	↑13	23
29	Hannah	379	↓2	33
30	Maya	374	↑5	64
31	Esther	360	↓2	>100
32	Lily	349	↓6	24
33	Ariana	343	↓3	54
34	Natalie	341	↑2	31
35	Penelope	340	↑11	27
36	Savannah	337	↓4	38
37	Hailey	336	↓3	68
38	Samantha	331	↓10	44
39	Gianna	327	↑3	92
40	Camila	319	↑9	32
41	Valentina	317	↑9	>100
42	Layla	313	↓2	30
43	Skylar	311	↓5	42
44	Anna	302	–	49
45	Mila	294	new	48
46	Zoey	294	↑1	26
47	Sara	291	new	>100
48	Alexa	290	↓15	51
49	Arianna	287	↓12	69
50	Ashley	280	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	1,417	–	2
2	Jacob	1,230	–	7
3	Noah	1,223	↑1	1
4	Ethan	1,110	↓1	10
5	Michael	1,094	–	8
6	Lucas	1,057	↑3	14
7	Matthew	1,017	↓1	15
8	Joseph	989	↓1	20
9	Mason	970	↓1	4
10	Daniel	941	–	13
11	Alexander	933	–	11
12	Dylan	932	↑1	32
13	Aiden	906	↓1	16
14	Benjamin	880	↑3	6
15	James	879	↓1	5
16	Ryan	840	↑2	40
17	David	834	↓2	19
18	Anthony	754	↑2	30
19	Logan	753	–	18
20	Jayden	751	↓4	27
21	William	691	–	3
22	Christopher	656	–	36
23	Nicholas	650	↑1	63
24	Sebastian	638	↑3	23
25	John	632	↑3	28
26	Samuel	630	↓1	21
27	Joshua	623	↑2	35
28	Gabriel	619	↓2	25
29	Oliver	604	↑3	12
30	Jack	590	↓7	38
31	Jackson	584	↓1	17
32	Henry	580	↑1	22
33	Andrew	570	↓2	34
34	Owen	564	↑4	24
35	Elijah	563	↓1	9
36	Carter	519	–	26
37	Isaac	514	↓2	31
38	Aaron	489	↑1	49
39	Julian	473	↑8	39
40	Thomas	462	–	48
41	Nathan	460	↓4	43
42	Hunter	447	↑1	45
43	Christian	443	↓2	46
44	Jonathan	439	↓2	56
45	Luke	418	↓1	29
46	Adam	412	↓1	75
47	Connor	408	new	54
48	Leo	407	new	74
49	Cameron	386	new	57
50	Justin	378	new	>100

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