Popular baby names in New York, 2025
The most popular baby names in New York in 2025 were Emma for girls (774 babies) and Noah for boys (1,381). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 162,752 babies born in New York in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New York in 2025
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
- Sury: 78 babies, 19.3× the national rate
- Shaindy: 84 babies, 19.2× the national rate
- Malky: 131 babies, 19.1× the national rate
- Zissy: 69 babies, 19.1× the national rate
- Rivky: 132 babies, 18.8× the national rate
- Yitty: 123 babies, 18.8× the national rate
- Chany: 80 babies, 18.7× the national rate
- Raizy: 111 babies, 18.4× the national rate
- Hindy: 98 babies, 18.1× the national rate
- Pessy: 44 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Boys
- Shulem: 73 babies, 18.7× the national rate
- Lipa: 53 babies, 18.5× the national rate
- Hershy: 70 babies, 18.4× the national rate
- Shloimy: 51 babies, 18.4× the national rate
- Mendel: 74 babies, 17.4× the national rate
- Yakov: 126 babies, 16.7× the national rate
- Usher: 64 babies, 16.6× the national rate
- Yossi: 47 babies, 16.4× the national rate
- Shimon: 173 babies, 14.5× the national rate
- Shaya: 91 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 2025
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 774 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 740 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 3 | Mia | 738 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sophia | 721 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 664 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 6 | Isabella | 629 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 7 | Amelia | 622 | – | 4 |
| 8 | Leah | 550 | ↑1 | 58 |
| 9 | Sofia | 545 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 10 | Zoe | 478 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 11 | Eliana | 466 | ↑7 | 10 |
| 12 | Ava | 458 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 13 | Ailany | 457 | new | 14 |
| 14 | Chloe | 437 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 15 | Esther | 428 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 16 | Lily | 426 | ↑11 | 18 |
| 17 | Sarah | 390 | ↓1 | 90 |
| 18 | Ella | 375 | ↑5 | 29 |
| 19 | Madison | 370 | ↑5 | 40 |
| 20 | Aurora | 367 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 21 | Luna | 363 | ↓8 | 27 |
| 22 | Aria | 361 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 23 | Nora | 359 | ↑5 | 20 |
| 24 | Evelyn | 352 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 25 | Violet | 352 | ↑5 | 13 |
| 26 | Penelope | 348 | ↑6 | 22 |
| 27 | Valentina | 339 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 28 | Layla | 326 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 29 | Grace | 322 | ↓4 | 38 |
| 30 | Emily | 318 | ↓9 | 34 |
| 31 | Gianna | 318 | ↓16 | 33 |
| 32 | Rachel | 312 | ↑4 | >100 |
| 33 | Scarlett | 312 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 34 | Eleanor | 302 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 35 | Mila | 298 | ↓15 | 43 |
| 36 | Emilia | 296 | ↑8 | 45 |
| 37 | Harper | 296 | ↓8 | 16 |
| 38 | Avery | 290 | ↑4 | 37 |
| 39 | Lucy | 284 | new | 25 |
| 40 | Miriam | 284 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 41 | Maya | 275 | ↓4 | 62 |
| 42 | Chaya | 271 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 43 | Elizabeth | 271 | ↓8 | 17 |
| 44 | Hannah | 270 | ↓1 | 56 |
| 45 | Camila | 262 | ↓12 | 19 |
| 46 | Abigail | 260 | ↓8 | 41 |
| 47 | Rivka | 258 | new | >100 |
| 48 | Riley | 257 | ↓9 | 48 |
| 49 | Hailey | 253 | – | >100 |
| 50 | Isla | 249 | ↓4 | 28 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 1,381 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 1,368 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Theodore | 738 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 4 | Lucas | 705 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 5 | Oliver | 703 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 6 | Luca | 680 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 7 | Joseph | 667 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 8 | James | 658 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 9 | Jacob | 631 | – | 43 |
| 10 | Ethan | 630 | ↓6 | 24 |
| 11 | Leo | 625 | ↑5 | 19 |
| 12 | Jack | 606 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 13 | Michael | 604 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 14 | Henry | 603 | ↑3 | 5 |
| 15 | David | 595 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 573 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 17 | Matthew | 520 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 18 | Daniel | 478 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 19 | Alexander | 476 | ↑3 | 30 |
| 20 | Dylan | 471 | ↓2 | 41 |
| 21 | William | 459 | – | 9 |
| 22 | Moshe | 441 | ↑11 | >100 |
| 23 | Levi | 438 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 24 | John | 431 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 25 | Owen | 422 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 26 | Mason | 416 | ↑4 | 39 |
| 27 | Mateo | 413 | ↑8 | 8 |
| 28 | Logan | 410 | – | 53 |
| 29 | Elias | 406 | ↑12 | 13 |
| 30 | Isaac | 400 | ↓3 | 47 |
| 31 | Julian | 398 | ↑9 | 25 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 395 | ↑7 | 37 |
| 33 | Asher | 393 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 34 | Anthony | 391 | ↓14 | 46 |
| 35 | Elijah | 391 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 36 | Thomas | 378 | ↓4 | 34 |
| 37 | Thiago | 377 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 38 | Samuel | 374 | ↓12 | 18 |
| 39 | Muhammad | 360 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 40 | Aiden | 355 | ↓17 | 62 |
| 41 | Charles | 348 | new | 48 |
| 42 | Adam | 347 | new | >100 |
| 43 | Hudson | 347 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 44 | Ezra | 338 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 45 | Ryan | 334 | ↑1 | 99 |
| 46 | Jayden | 332 | ↓9 | 70 |
| 47 | Sebastian | 330 | ↓11 | 16 |
| 48 | Nathan | 329 | – | 63 |
| 49 | Cameron | 326 | ↓6 | 76 |
| 50 | Enzo | 319 | new | 72 |