Popular baby names in New York, 2024

The most popular baby names in New York in 2024 were Mia for girls (837 babies) and Liam for boys (1,451). Mia ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 165,085 babies born in New York in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 2024

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

Yides: 48 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Sury: 99 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Chany: 85 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Malky: 113 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Shaindy: 69 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Ruchy: 42 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Goldy: 63 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Hindy: 85 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Esty: 78 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Pessy: 48 babies, 18× the national rate

Boys

Hershy: 68 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Lipa: 60 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Mendy: 52 babies, 17× the national rate
Usher: 52 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Mendel: 92 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Yakov: 138 babies, 16× the national rate
Shimon: 178 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yitzchok: 166 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Shaya: 87 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Moshe: 405 babies, 12.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Mia	837	↑3	5
2	Emma	834	↓1	2
3	Sophia	821	–	6
4	Olivia	777	↓2	1
5	Isabella	692	↑1	7
6	Charlotte	686	↑1	4
7	Amelia	655	↓2	3
8	Sofia	559	↑3	10
9	Leah	532	–	53
10	Ava	521	↓2	9
11	Chloe	505	↑1	20
12	Zoe	495	↑1	29
13	Luna	417	↓3	13
14	Esther	409	↑10	>100
15	Gianna	404	↓1	23
16	Sarah	384	↑5	93
17	Aria	383	↑13	26
18	Eliana	364	↑16	18
19	Aurora	360	↑14	16
20	Mila	360	↓5	33
21	Emily	355	↓3	25
22	Evelyn	353	↓5	8
23	Ella	347	↓7	30
24	Madison	342	↓4	45
25	Grace	340	↑3	40
26	Valentina	337	↓3	47
27	Lily	336	↓1	24
28	Nora	332	↑3	22
29	Harper	329	↓7	12
30	Violet	329	↑8	15
31	Layla	327	↓6	37
32	Penelope	324	–	28
33	Camila	320	↓6	11
34	Scarlett	320	↓15	27
35	Elizabeth	313	↑8	17
36	Rachel	307	↓1	>100
37	Maya	304	↓8	51
38	Abigail	303	↓2	32
39	Riley	295	↑2	42
40	Eleanor	292	new	14
41	Miriam	284	↓2	>100
42	Avery	281	↓5	31
43	Hannah	278	↑2	52
44	Emilia	272	↓2	43
45	Chaya	267	↓1	>100
46	Isla	262	↑4	35
47	Naomi	257	new	44
48	Stella	255	↓1	49
49	Hailey	254	↓9	100
50	Ellie	252	↓4	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	1,451	–	1
2	Noah	1,411	–	2
3	Lucas	776	–	9
4	Ethan	728	↑8	19
5	Joseph	686	–	32
6	Theodore	682	↑8	4
7	Oliver	675	↓1	3
8	David	670	↓4	31
9	Jacob	652	↑1	40
10	James	642	↓3	5
11	Luca	602	–	23
12	Michael	595	↓4	18
13	Benjamin	575	–	11
14	Jack	563	↓5	15
15	Daniel	562	↑3	16
16	Leo	557	↓1	24
17	Henry	545	–	6
18	Dylan	526	↑1	28
19	Matthew	506	↓3	33
20	Anthony	483	↑14	44
21	William	476	↑1	10
22	Alexander	475	↓2	27
23	Aiden	463	–	47
24	Levi	440	↑13	12
25	John	438	↑1	21
26	Samuel	438	↓2	17
27	Isaac	434	↑8	41
28	Logan	426	↓7	45
29	Asher	418	↑1	20
30	Mason	415	↓1	42
31	Owen	415	↑2	26
32	Thomas	413	↑6	39
33	Moshe	405	↑3	>100
34	Elijah	404	↓3	8
35	Mateo	399	↓7	7
36	Sebastian	392	↓9	14
37	Jayden	389	↓12	59
38	Thiago	384	↑3	55
39	Gabriel	382	↓7	43
40	Julian	372	↓1	30
41	Elias	369	new	25
42	Muhammad	368	↑5	>100
43	Cameron	367	↑5	66
44	Hudson	367	new	22
45	Ezra	363	–	13
46	Ryan	359	↓4	87
47	Joshua	351	↓4	57
48	Nathan	350	↓2	62
49	Jackson	337	↑1	35
50	Miles	337	new	37

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