Popular baby names in New York, 2021
The most popular baby names in New York in 2021 were Olivia for girls (997 babies) and Liam for boys (1,410). Social Security records list 170,383 babies born in New York in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New York in 2021
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
- Esty: 59 babies, 18.3× the national rate
- Malky: 107 babies, 18.2× the national rate
- Rivky: 104 babies, 18.1× the national rate
- Chany: 59 babies, 18.1× the national rate
- Raizy: 89 babies, 17.6× the national rate
- Yitty: 75 babies, 17.4× the national rate
- Faigy: 98 babies, 17.1× the national rate
- Gitty: 116 babies, 16.9× the national rate
- Goldy: 59 babies, 16.8× the national rate
- Shaindy: 80 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Boys
- Lipa: 45 babies, 17.3× the national rate
- Mendel: 79 babies, 16.9× the national rate
- Shimon: 146 babies, 14× the national rate
- Yakov: 84 babies, 14× the national rate
- Chaim: 239 babies, 12.2× the national rate
- Mayer: 57 babies, 12.2× the national rate
- Shaya: 65 babies, 12× the national rate
- Moshe: 378 babies, 11.9× the national rate
- Yitzchok: 117 babies, 11.8× the national rate
- Mordechai: 131 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 997 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 983 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Sophia | 829 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Mia | 770 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 5 | Amelia | 755 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 6 | Ava | 752 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 721 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Isabella | 715 | ↓4 | 7 |
| 9 | Gianna | 547 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 10 | Leah | 540 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 11 | Luna | 497 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 12 | Ella | 486 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 13 | Chloe | 482 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 14 | Madison | 468 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 15 | Sofia | 461 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 16 | Abigail | 427 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 17 | Evelyn | 408 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 18 | Grace | 404 | ↑12 | 33 |
| 19 | Sarah | 403 | ↓3 | 91 |
| 20 | Emily | 401 | ↓6 | 21 |
| 21 | Layla | 397 | ↑5 | 24 |
| 22 | Mila | 387 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 23 | Scarlett | 383 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 24 | Esther | 378 | ↓4 | >100 |
| 25 | Aria | 373 | ↑6 | 22 |
| 26 | Harper | 372 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 27 | Camila | 370 | ↑9 | 12 |
| 28 | Penelope | 370 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 29 | Lily | 347 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 30 | Hannah | 344 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 31 | Zoe | 343 | ↓10 | 42 |
| 32 | Maya | 334 | ↑11 | 55 |
| 33 | Avery | 333 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 34 | Nora | 332 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 35 | Emilia | 329 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 36 | Hailey | 327 | ↑5 | 77 |
| 37 | Rachel | 317 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 38 | Riley | 312 | ↓11 | 37 |
| 39 | Miriam | 309 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 40 | Valentina | 309 | ↓1 | 69 |
| 41 | Elizabeth | 302 | ↓16 | 14 |
| 42 | Victoria | 291 | ↓5 | 43 |
| 43 | Gabriella | 289 | ↓10 | 83 |
| 44 | Violet | 288 | ↑2 | 36 |
| 45 | Eliana | 284 | – | 47 |
| 46 | Aurora | 278 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 47 | Stella | 269 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 48 | Chaya | 265 | new | >100 |
| 49 | Isla | 262 | new | 34 |
| 50 | Eleanor | 259 | ↓1 | 15 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 1,410 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 1,351 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Lucas | 845 | – | 8 |
| 4 | Joseph | 797 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 5 | Jacob | 754 | ↓1 | 24 |
| 6 | James | 744 | ↑3 | 5 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 735 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 8 | Ethan | 727 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 9 | Michael | 716 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 10 | Oliver | 693 | ↑3 | 3 |
| 11 | Jack | 663 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 12 | Daniel | 648 | ↑2 | 16 |
| 13 | Logan | 629 | ↑5 | 21 |
| 14 | Mason | 625 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 15 | David | 616 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 16 | Luca | 612 | ↑20 | 42 |
| 17 | Alexander | 597 | ↓7 | 13 |
| 18 | Matthew | 588 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 19 | Dylan | 580 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 20 | Aiden | 578 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 21 | Henry | 572 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 22 | Leo | 569 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 23 | Theodore | 552 | ↑9 | 10 |
| 24 | Anthony | 551 | ↑1 | 43 |
| 25 | Jayden | 551 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 26 | William | 547 | ↓4 | 6 |
| 27 | Samuel | 519 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 28 | Elijah | 500 | – | 4 |
| 29 | John | 499 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 30 | Owen | 474 | – | 22 |
| 31 | Jackson | 462 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 32 | Ryan | 446 | ↓9 | 66 |
| 33 | Levi | 443 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 34 | Sebastian | 443 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 35 | Isaac | 424 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 36 | Nicholas | 411 | ↓1 | 92 |
| 37 | Gabriel | 399 | ↓3 | 38 |
| 38 | Julian | 393 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 39 | Mateo | 393 | ↑8 | 15 |
| 40 | Thomas | 380 | ↑2 | 46 |
| 41 | Moshe | 378 | new | >100 |
| 42 | Asher | 377 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 43 | Joshua | 377 | ↑2 | 58 |
| 44 | Aaron | 372 | ↓3 | 65 |
| 45 | Charles | 366 | new | 50 |
| 46 | Christopher | 358 | ↓8 | 52 |
| 47 | Grayson | 357 | ↑3 | 35 |
| 48 | Carter | 346 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 49 | Nathan | 346 | ↓3 | 59 |
| 50 | Cameron | 341 | new | 62 |
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