Popular baby names in New York, 2022
The most popular baby names in New York in 2022 were Olivia for girls (922 babies) and Liam for boys (1,461). Social Security records list 167,246 babies born in New York in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New York in 2022
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: 127 babies, 19.6× the national rate
- Malky: 117 babies, 19.5× the national rate
- Blima: 52 babies, 18.7× the national rate
- Shaindy: 65 babies, 18× the national rate
- Faigy: 150 babies, 17.9× the national rate
- Yitty: 84 babies, 17.7× the national rate
- Sury: 92 babies, 17.3× the national rate
- Hindy: 77 babies, 17.3× the national rate
- Goldy: 67 babies, 16.9× the national rate
- Raizy: 80 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Boys
- Shaya: 83 babies, 17.7× the national rate
- Mendel: 55 babies, 16.2× the national rate
- Mendy: 48 babies, 16× the national rate
- Yakov: 109 babies, 15.6× the national rate
- Shimon: 136 babies, 14.3× the national rate
- Yechiel: 48 babies, 13.7× the national rate
- Yitzchok: 133 babies, 12.8× the national rate
- Mordechai: 148 babies, 12.7× the national rate
- Simcha: 45 babies, 12.7× the national rate
- Moshe: 390 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2022
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2021 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 922 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 865 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Sophia | 811 | – | 5 |
| 4 | Mia | 776 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 740 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 6 | Isabella | 715 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 7 | Ava | 713 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 8 | Amelia | 676 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 9 | Luna | 554 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 10 | Leah | 547 | – | 52 |
| 11 | Sofia | 476 | ↑4 | 13 |
| 12 | Esther | 449 | ↑12 | >100 |
| 13 | Chloe | 448 | – | 19 |
| 14 | Gianna | 446 | ↓5 | 22 |
| 15 | Madison | 442 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 16 | Emily | 435 | ↑4 | 17 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 430 | ↑6 | 14 |
| 18 | Ella | 405 | ↓6 | 25 |
| 19 | Mila | 403 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 20 | Aria | 396 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 388 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 22 | Sarah | 387 | ↓3 | 95 |
| 23 | Abigail | 377 | ↓7 | 24 |
| 24 | Zoe | 373 | ↑7 | 38 |
| 25 | Grace | 362 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 26 | Penelope | 354 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 27 | Lily | 352 | ↑2 | 30 |
| 28 | Harper | 351 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 29 | Hannah | 347 | ↑1 | 47 |
| 30 | Valentina | 346 | ↑10 | 57 |
| 31 | Camila | 334 | ↓4 | 12 |
| 32 | Rachel | 323 | ↑5 | >100 |
| 33 | Layla | 319 | ↓12 | 29 |
| 34 | Avery | 314 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 35 | Riley | 311 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 36 | Maya | 302 | ↓4 | 51 |
| 37 | Violet | 302 | ↑7 | 20 |
| 38 | Elizabeth | 297 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 39 | Aurora | 294 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 40 | Miriam | 293 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 41 | Eliana | 291 | ↑4 | 41 |
| 42 | Hailey | 290 | ↓6 | 79 |
| 43 | Victoria | 285 | ↓1 | 43 |
| 44 | Nora | 284 | ↓10 | 28 |
| 45 | Stella | 279 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 46 | Chaya | 276 | ↑2 | >100 |
| 47 | Eleanor | 273 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 48 | Emilia | 264 | ↓13 | 44 |
| 49 | Sara | 256 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Ellie | 249 | new | 33 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2021 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 1,461 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 1,261 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Lucas | 849 | – | 8 |
| 4 | Joseph | 737 | – | 30 |
| 5 | Jacob | 698 | – | 32 |
| 6 | Oliver | 695 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 7 | Ethan | 694 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 8 | Michael | 652 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 9 | David | 645 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 629 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 11 | James | 619 | ↓5 | 4 |
| 12 | Jack | 618 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 13 | Leo | 585 | ↑9 | 22 |
| 14 | Theodore | 585 | ↑9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dylan | 578 | ↑4 | 42 |
| 16 | Aiden | 573 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 17 | Henry | 562 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 18 | Alexander | 561 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 19 | Luca | 560 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 20 | Daniel | 545 | ↓8 | 14 |
| 21 | Matthew | 545 | ↓3 | 39 |
| 22 | Logan | 529 | ↓9 | 33 |
| 23 | Anthony | 527 | ↑1 | 44 |
| 24 | Mason | 517 | ↓10 | 24 |
| 25 | Jayden | 503 | – | 46 |
| 26 | Sebastian | 476 | ↑8 | 13 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 474 | ↑10 | 36 |
| 28 | Elijah | 464 | – | 5 |
| 29 | John | 461 | – | 26 |
| 30 | Owen | 461 | – | 18 |
| 31 | Samuel | 460 | ↓4 | 19 |
| 32 | William | 460 | ↓6 | 6 |
| 33 | Levi | 458 | – | 12 |
| 34 | Ryan | 421 | ↓2 | 74 |
| 35 | Asher | 414 | ↑7 | 20 |
| 36 | Mateo | 411 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 37 | Isaac | 407 | ↓2 | 41 |
| 38 | Jackson | 398 | ↓7 | 23 |
| 39 | Nicholas | 392 | ↓3 | 97 |
| 40 | Julian | 390 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 41 | Moshe | 390 | – | >100 |
| 42 | Thomas | 372 | ↓2 | 45 |
| 43 | Christopher | 359 | ↑3 | 55 |
| 44 | Nathan | 359 | ↑5 | 57 |
| 45 | Joshua | 354 | ↓2 | 60 |
| 46 | Hudson | 348 | new | 27 |
| 47 | Carter | 342 | ↑1 | 47 |
| 48 | Adam | 330 | new | 99 |
| 49 | Cameron | 323 | ↑1 | 64 |
| 50 | Aaron | 321 | ↓6 | 71 |
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