Popular baby names in New York, 2020

The most popular baby names in New York in 2020 were Olivia for girls (1,015 babies) and Liam for boys (1,360). Social Security records list 167,229 babies born in New York in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2020

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

Idy: 47 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Shaindy: 60 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Malky: 95 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Yitty: 104 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Blima: 47 babies, 18× the national rate
Esty: 60 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Rivky: 85 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Sury: 79 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Raizy: 76 babies, 17× the national rate
Faigy: 127 babies, 16.9× the national rate

Boys

Yakov: 91 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Shaya: 61 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Shimon: 148 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Mendel: 59 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Yitzchok: 123 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Mordechai: 162 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Moshe: 327 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Chaim: 225 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Menachem: 110 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Tzvi: 94 babies, 10.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	1,015	–	1
2	Emma	961	–	2
3	Sophia	854	–	4
4	Isabella	783	–	7
5	Ava	782	↑1	3
6	Mia	777	↓1	8
7	Charlotte	765	–	5
8	Amelia	688	–	6
9	Leah	572	–	45
10	Gianna	552	↑27	13
11	Ella	490	–	15
12	Madison	481	↑2	23
13	Luna	467	↑2	14
14	Emily	459	↓4	18
15	Chloe	451	↓2	25
16	Sarah	446	↑6	86
17	Sofia	439	–	17
18	Abigail	392	↓6	12
19	Evelyn	390	↑1	9
20	Esther	380	↑10	>100
21	Zoe	373	↑4	40
22	Harper	371	↓6	10
23	Mila	364	↓4	20
24	Scarlett	362	↓6	21
25	Elizabeth	361	↑1	16
26	Layla	361	↑6	24
27	Riley	361	↑2	33
28	Hannah	357	↑3	39
29	Penelope	357	↓5	26
30	Grace	354	↓7	28
31	Aria	337	↓10	27
32	Avery	333	↓4	19
33	Gabriella	329	↑3	77
34	Emilia	327	↑1	41
35	Lily	318	↑6	35
36	Camila	316	↓2	11
37	Victoria	316	↓10	34
38	Rachel	312	↑2	>100
39	Valentina	312	↓6	73
40	Nora	298	↑3	30
41	Hailey	289	↑1	81
42	Miriam	283	↓4	>100
43	Maya	279	↓4	61
44	Aurora	270	new	36
45	Eliana	265	new	53
46	Violet	258	↑3	37
47	Zoey	253	↓2	32
48	Natalie	251	↓4	51
49	Eleanor	244	↓1	22
50	Stella	236	↓4	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	1,360	–	1
2	Noah	1,239	–	2
3	Lucas	915	–	8
4	Jacob	879	–	15
5	Joseph	821	↑2	26
6	Ethan	805	–	13
7	Michael	784	↓2	12
8	Benjamin	733	↑5	7
9	James	709	↓1	6
10	Alexander	689	–	10
11	Mason	673	↑1	11
12	David	657	↑2	28
13	Oliver	657	↑5	3
14	Daniel	644	↓3	14
15	Jack	644	↑4	21
16	Matthew	640	↓7	30
17	Dylan	631	–	42
18	Logan	625	↓3	16
19	Aiden	612	↓3	24
20	Henry	550	↑4	9
21	Jayden	539	↑2	37
22	William	532	↓2	5
23	Ryan	527	↓2	57
24	Leo	521	↑2	36
25	Anthony	511	↓3	41
26	Samuel	503	↓1	25
27	John	481	–	27
28	Elijah	480	↑1	4
29	Jackson	479	↑3	17
30	Owen	462	↑5	22
31	Isaac	454	–	39
32	Theodore	441	↑2	23
33	Sebastian	438	↓5	19
34	Gabriel	432	↓1	38
35	Nicholas	421	↓5	87
36	Luca	417	↑5	67
37	Levi	415	↑13	18
38	Christopher	414	↓2	47
39	Carter	409	↑1	33
40	Julian	401	↓3	34
41	Aaron	397	↑1	63
42	Thomas	391	↓4	45
43	Andrew	371	–	52
44	Asher	366	new	32
45	Joshua	365	↓6	53
46	Nathan	359	↓2	55
47	Mateo	353	↑2	20
48	Luke	338	↓3	31
49	Adam	336	↓2	97
50	Grayson	327	new	35

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