Popular baby names in New York, 2023

The most popular baby names in New York in 2023 were Emma for girls (856 babies) and Liam for boys (1,485). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 163,521 babies born in New York in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2023

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: 41 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Malky: 114 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Rivky: 111 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Yitty: 91 babies, 19× the national rate
Esty: 68 babies, 19× the national rate
Blimy: 61 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Pessy: 51 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Shaindy: 80 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Zissy: 43 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Raizy: 105 babies, 17.6× the national rate

Boys

Shulem: 84 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Lipa: 50 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Mendel: 87 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Mendy: 48 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Yakov: 99 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Usher: 47 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Lazer: 43 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Shaya: 87 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Shimon: 145 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 156 babies, 12.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Emma	856	↑1	2
2	Olivia	822	↓1	1
3	Sophia	773	–	5
4	Mia	760	–	6
5	Amelia	713	↑3	4
6	Isabella	680	–	7
7	Charlotte	676	↓2	3
8	Ava	571	↓1	8
9	Leah	499	↑1	53
10	Luna	481	↓1	10
11	Sofia	457	–	12
12	Chloe	442	↑1	26
13	Zoe	427	↑11	36
14	Gianna	400	–	21
15	Mila	400	↑4	28
16	Ella	388	↑2	32
17	Evelyn	375	↑4	9
18	Emily	370	↓2	19
19	Scarlett	370	↓2	17
20	Madison	369	↓5	37
21	Sarah	364	↑1	91
22	Harper	363	↑6	11
23	Valentina	349	↑7	50
24	Esther	348	↓12	>100
25	Layla	343	↑8	30
26	Lily	343	↑1	20
27	Camila	336	↑4	13
28	Grace	334	↓3	39
29	Maya	334	↑7	49
30	Aria	327	↓10	25
31	Nora	326	↑13	24
32	Penelope	325	↓6	23
33	Aurora	317	↑6	22
34	Eliana	317	↑7	34
35	Rachel	307	↓3	>100
36	Abigail	304	↓13	31
37	Avery	304	↓3	29
38	Violet	298	↓1	16
39	Miriam	293	↑1	>100
40	Hailey	292	↑2	90
41	Riley	285	↓6	43
42	Emilia	282	↑6	42
43	Elizabeth	281	↓5	15
44	Chaya	277	↑2	>100
45	Hannah	274	↓16	48
46	Ellie	266	↑4	27
47	Stella	263	↓2	46
48	Victoria	262	↓5	45
49	Nova	249	new	35
50	Isla	248	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	1,485	–	1
2	Noah	1,258	–	2
3	Lucas	830	–	9
4	David	709	↑5	27
5	Joseph	690	↓1	29
6	Oliver	683	–	3
7	James	678	↑4	4
8	Michael	665	–	16
9	Jack	632	↑3	14
10	Jacob	629	↓5	35
11	Luca	623	↑8	25
12	Ethan	603	↓5	24
13	Benjamin	578	↓3	11
14	Theodore	576	–	7
15	Leo	572	↓2	18
16	Matthew	536	↑5	32
17	Henry	528	–	8
18	Daniel	524	↑2	17
19	Dylan	520	↓4	34
20	Alexander	507	↓2	22
21	Logan	473	↑1	39
22	William	471	↑10	10
23	Aiden	469	↓7	40
24	Samuel	462	↑7	19
25	Jayden	442	–	49
26	John	442	↑3	26
27	Sebastian	434	↓1	13
28	Mateo	432	↑8	6
29	Mason	425	↓5	30
30	Asher	423	↑5	23
31	Elijah	415	↓3	5
32	Gabriel	414	↓5	38
33	Owen	414	↓3	20
34	Anthony	413	↓11	46
35	Isaac	411	↑2	42
36	Moshe	405	↑5	>100
37	Levi	401	↓4	12
38	Thomas	389	↑4	41
39	Julian	387	↑1	33
40	Nicholas	373	↓1	>100
41	Thiago	362	new	72
42	Ryan	359	↓8	83
43	Joshua	355	↑2	60
44	Aaron	342	↑6	68
45	Ezra	336	new	15
46	Nathan	335	↓2	59
47	Muhammad	334	new	>100
48	Cameron	331	↑1	58
49	Christopher	330	↓6	55
50	Jackson	328	↓12	28

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