Popular baby names in New York, 2017

The most popular baby names in New York in 2017 were Olivia for girls (1,230 babies) and Liam for boys (1,429). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 185,551 babies born in New York in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2017

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: 96 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Yitty: 71 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Rivky: 86 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Hindy: 58 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Raizy: 102 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Shaindy: 72 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Faigy: 105 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Gitty: 117 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Sury: 60 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Toby: 60 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Boys

Mendel: 58 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Yakov: 91 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Shimon: 134 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Chaim: 209 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Menachem: 116 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Moshe: 317 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Mordechai: 120 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Yitzchok: 109 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Shlomo: 95 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Yisroel: 111 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	1,230	–	2
2	Emma	1,210	–	1
3	Sophia	1,009	–	5
4	Mia	1,002	↑2	6
5	Ava	994	–	3
6	Isabella	958	↓2	4
7	Charlotte	829	–	7
8	Amelia	731	↑3	8
9	Abigail	677	↑1	10
10	Emily	662	↓2	12
11	Leah	645	↑1	40
12	Madison	573	↓3	17
13	Ella	547	↑4	16
14	Sofia	526	↓1	15
15	Chloe	493	↓1	22
16	Sarah	482	↓1	62
17	Evelyn	476	↑7	9
18	Elizabeth	466	–	13
19	Grace	461	↓3	21
20	Riley	446	↓1	25
21	Victoria	434	↓1	19
22	Harper	416	↓1	11
23	Hannah	415	↑6	32
24	Scarlett	413	↓1	18
25	Esther	398	↑6	>100
26	Aria	397	↑2	20
27	Avery	394	↓5	14
28	Gabriella	378	↓3	65
29	Penelope	368	↑6	24
30	Lily	366	↑2	33
31	Maya	356	↓1	60
32	Zoe	356	↓6	41
33	Valentina	337	↑8	96
34	Camila	335	↑6	23
35	Gianna	320	↑4	91
36	Layla	318	↑6	26
37	Mila	316	↑8	30
38	Nora	316	new	29
39	Skylar	316	↑4	48
40	Natalie	315	↓6	35
41	Rachel	306	↓14	>100
42	Luna	305	new	37
43	Samantha	302	↓5	54
44	Savannah	300	↓8	38
45	Ariana	298	↓12	67
46	Bella	290	new	50
47	Hailey	289	↓10	72
48	Emilia	282	new	77
49	Stella	274	new	42
50	Zoey	271	↓4	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	1,429	–	1
2	Noah	1,243	↑1	2
3	Jacob	1,149	↓1	9
4	Lucas	1,052	↑2	11
5	Joseph	1,028	↑3	18
6	Michael	1,000	↓1	12
7	Matthew	984	–	16
8	Ethan	944	↓4	14
9	Logan	935	↑10	5
10	Mason	915	↓1	7
11	James	890	↑4	4
12	Dylan	870	–	29
13	Alexander	836	↓2	13
14	David	828	↑3	22
15	Daniel	826	↓5	15
16	Ryan	819	–	44
17	Benjamin	795	↓3	6
18	Aiden	773	↓5	17
19	Jayden	756	↑1	26
20	Anthony	710	↓2	33
21	William	693	–	3
22	Oliver	647	↑7	10
23	Jack	643	↑7	36
24	John	633	↑1	27
25	Henry	621	↑7	19
26	Sebastian	599	↓2	23
27	Samuel	588	↓1	21
28	Joshua	580	↓1	38
29	Jackson	566	↑2	20
30	Nicholas	560	↓7	68
31	Aaron	536	↑7	47
32	Christopher	531	↓10	39
33	Gabriel	518	↓5	31
34	Thomas	506	↑6	49
35	Carter	497	↑1	24
36	Isaac	492	↑1	32
37	Elijah	479	↓2	8
38	Owen	478	↓4	28
39	Andrew	477	↓6	40
40	Nathan	466	↑1	45
41	Christian	436	↑2	52
42	Julian	432	↓3	37
43	Adam	425	↑3	77
44	Leo	421	↑4	62
45	Theodore	419	new	61
46	Connor	399	↑1	56
47	Charles	398	new	48
48	Jonathan	393	↓4	55
49	Grayson	382	new	34
50	Levi	376	new	35

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