Popular baby names in New York, 2019

The most popular baby names in New York in 2019 were Olivia for girls (1,066 babies) and Liam for boys (1,495). Social Security records list 178,449 babies born in New York in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2019

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

Rivky: 97 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Malky: 102 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Shaindy: 71 babies, 18× the national rate
Hindy: 63 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Faigy: 120 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Goldy: 44 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Yitty: 58 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Sury: 62 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Gitty: 123 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Raizy: 74 babies, 16.3× the national rate

Boys

Hershy: 47 babies, 17× the national rate
Shimon: 143 babies, 15× the national rate
Mendel: 58 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Yechiel: 52 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Yakov: 83 babies, 14× the national rate
Shaya: 81 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 121 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Mordechai: 190 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Moshe: 338 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Simcha: 52 babies, 11.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	1,066	↑1	1
2	Emma	1,048	↓1	2
3	Sophia	939	↑1	4
4	Isabella	885	↓1	5
5	Mia	861	–	8
6	Ava	843	–	3
7	Charlotte	839	–	6
8	Amelia	737	–	7
9	Leah	579	–	43
10	Emily	571	↑1	12
11	Ella	534	↑2	13
12	Abigail	520	↓2	11
13	Chloe	491	↑2	24
14	Madison	455	–	26
15	Luna	453	↑12	16
16	Harper	448	↑6	9
17	Sofia	445	↓5	17
18	Scarlett	442	↑8	21
19	Mila	430	↑1	19
20	Evelyn	428	↓2	10
21	Aria	422	↓2	20
22	Sarah	422	↓5	81
23	Grace	411	↓7	28
24	Penelope	393	↑6	22
25	Zoe	386	↑9	38
26	Elizabeth	383	↓3	14
27	Victoria	383	↓6	25
28	Avery	380	↑1	18
29	Riley	372	↓5	30
30	Esther	364	↓5	>100
31	Hannah	364	↓3	32
32	Layla	359	–	23
33	Valentina	351	↓2	65
34	Camila	343	↑2	15
35	Emilia	342	↑11	44
36	Gabriella	335	↓3	75
37	Gianna	333	↓2	79
38	Miriam	326	new	>100
39	Maya	322	↓2	64
40	Rachel	316	↑1	>100
41	Lily	309	↑4	34
42	Hailey	308	↓4	76
43	Nora	300	↓3	29
44	Natalie	292	↓5	41
45	Zoey	282	↓3	31
46	Stella	280	↓2	40
47	Ariana	273	↑1	69
48	Eleanor	269	new	27
49	Violet	268	new	36
50	Chaya	260	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	1,495	–	1
2	Noah	1,261	–	2
3	Lucas	1,005	↑1	8
4	Jacob	952	↓1	12
5	Michael	911	↑1	14
6	Ethan	883	↓1	11
7	Joseph	869	–	24
8	James	827	↑9	6
9	Matthew	783	↓1	23
10	Alexander	780	↓1	10
11	Daniel	774	↑1	15
12	Mason	755	↓2	9
13	Benjamin	753	↑1	7
14	David	711	↑1	27
15	Logan	700	↓4	16
16	Aiden	698	–	20
17	Dylan	693	↓4	39
18	Oliver	666	↑4	3
19	Jack	651	↑2	19
20	William	616	↓2	4
21	Ryan	606	↓2	54
22	Anthony	602	↑1	38
23	Jayden	587	↓3	35
24	Henry	583	–	13
25	Samuel	570	–	22
26	Leo	567	↑4	40
27	John	554	↓1	28
28	Sebastian	543	↓1	18
29	Elijah	519	↑5	5
30	Nicholas	513	↑2	78
31	Isaac	509	↑5	34
32	Jackson	502	↑3	17
33	Gabriel	501	↓5	37
34	Theodore	500	↑10	36
35	Owen	479	↑2	21
36	Christopher	464	↓3	44
37	Julian	431	↑5	31
38	Thomas	430	↑3	47
39	Joshua	424	↓10	48
40	Carter	421	↓9	30
41	Luca	409	↑8	87
42	Aaron	404	↓4	61
43	Andrew	403	↓4	46
44	Nathan	401	↓1	55
45	Luke	376	↑3	32
46	Jonathan	368	new	64
47	Adam	366	–	91
48	Charles	365	↓2	52
49	Mateo	364	new	26
50	Levi	361	new	25

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