Popular baby names in New York, 2018

The most popular baby names in New York in 2018 were Emma for girls (1,101 babies) and Liam for boys (1,517). Social Security records list 182,430 babies born in New York in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2018

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

Shaindy: 78 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Malky: 85 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Sury: 71 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Yitty: 60 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Raizy: 93 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Goldy: 54 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Faigy: 107 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Pessy: 46 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Hindy: 61 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Gitty: 116 babies, 15.6× the national rate

Boys

Hershy: 51 babies, 17× the national rate
Shaya: 68 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Yakov: 100 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Shimon: 148 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Mordechai: 234 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Yitzchok: 116 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Chaim: 188 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Moshe: 327 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Menachem: 108 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Yisroel: 109 babies, 10.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	1,101	↑1	1
2	Olivia	1,092	↓1	2
3	Isabella	1,006	↑3	4
4	Sophia	965	↓1	5
5	Mia	868	↓1	7
6	Ava	856	↓1	3
7	Charlotte	746	–	6
8	Amelia	737	–	8
9	Leah	622	↑2	41
10	Abigail	609	↓1	11
11	Emily	571	↓1	12
12	Sofia	531	↑2	17
13	Ella	526	–	15
14	Madison	519	↓2	22
15	Chloe	507	–	25
16	Grace	501	↑3	24
17	Sarah	499	↓1	66
18	Evelyn	459	↓1	10
19	Aria	444	↑7	19
20	Mila	439	↑17	14
21	Victoria	432	–	21
22	Harper	430	–	9
23	Elizabeth	419	↓5	13
24	Riley	415	↓4	28
25	Esther	414	–	>100
26	Scarlett	409	↓2	20
27	Luna	407	↑15	23
28	Hannah	404	↓5	33
29	Avery	391	↓2	16
30	Penelope	373	↓1	26
31	Valentina	371	↑2	81
32	Layla	356	↑4	27
33	Gabriella	355	↓5	69
34	Zoe	355	↓2	40
35	Gianna	351	–	80
36	Camila	346	↓2	18
37	Maya	332	↓6	62
38	Hailey	313	↑9	79
39	Natalie	311	↑1	39
40	Nora	311	↓2	30
41	Rachel	310	–	>100
42	Zoey	307	↑8	29
43	Savannah	306	↑1	45
44	Stella	305	↑5	38
45	Lily	303	↓15	31
46	Emilia	295	↑2	58
47	Samantha	280	↓4	61
48	Ariana	278	↓3	68
49	Eliana	276	new	84
50	Anna	272	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	1,517	–	1
2	Noah	1,274	–	2
3	Jacob	1,022	–	13
4	Lucas	1,001	–	8
5	Ethan	971	↑3	12
6	Michael	968	–	14
7	Joseph	887	↓2	23
8	Matthew	862	↓1	20
9	Alexander	858	↑4	11
10	Mason	855	–	9
11	Logan	854	↓2	10
12	Daniel	810	↑3	15
13	Dylan	797	↓1	31
14	Benjamin	780	↑3	6
15	David	779	↓1	22
16	Aiden	764	↑2	19
17	James	762	↓6	4
18	William	713	↑3	3
19	Ryan	700	↓3	46
20	Jayden	689	↓1	29
21	Jack	647	↑2	28
22	Oliver	632	–	5
23	Anthony	623	↓3	38
24	Henry	598	↑1	16
25	Samuel	592	↑2	21
26	John	581	↓2	26
27	Sebastian	571	↓1	18
28	Gabriel	538	↑5	35
29	Joshua	535	↓1	40
30	Leo	519	↑14	50
31	Carter	506	↑4	24
32	Nicholas	503	↓2	74
33	Christopher	501	↓1	42
34	Elijah	494	↑3	7
35	Jackson	485	↓6	17
36	Isaac	482	–	34
37	Owen	482	↑1	25
38	Aaron	481	↓7	60
39	Andrew	451	–	43
40	Hunter	450	new	56
41	Thomas	442	↓7	49
42	Julian	433	–	36
43	Nathan	430	↓3	48
44	Theodore	430	↑1	44
45	Christian	410	↓4	54
46	Charles	389	↑1	53
47	Adam	381	↓4	78
48	Luke	367	new	30
49	Luca	360	new	>100
50	Grayson	350	↓1	32

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