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Top first names in New York

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in New York since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in New York account for 11,061,635 total births.

# Name Total in New York Trend
1 John 500,527
2 Michael 442,426
3 Robert 442,411
4 James 349,089
5 Joseph 348,873
6 William 326,157
7 David 284,748
8 Mary 278,292
9 Richard 265,448
10 Thomas 243,045
11 Anthony 195,499
12 Daniel 179,831
13 Christopher 173,410
14 Patricia 164,059
15 Charles 163,345
16 Edward 153,442
17 Barbara 147,602
18 Elizabeth 142,864
19 George 135,562
20 Matthew 134,907
21 Paul 133,942
22 Frank 123,208
23 Susan 122,727
24 Peter 117,199
25 Margaret 116,910
26 Steven 116,494
27 Kevin 114,798
28 Linda 114,357
29 Jennifer 112,426
30 Andrew 109,667
31 Mark 106,222
32 Donald 105,477
33 Brian 101,548
34 Kenneth 99,092
35 Nicholas 95,969
36 Nancy 93,965
37 Helen 93,698
38 Kathleen 91,785
39 Dorothy 90,151
40 Stephen 89,689
41 Karen 88,609
42 Lisa 87,585
43 Carol 86,495
44 Ronald 84,950
45 Jeffrey 84,160
46 Joan 82,274
47 Catherine 79,252
48 Jason 76,738
49 Timothy 76,038
50 Jessica 75,560
51 Raymond 75,128
52 Eric 73,959
53 Anna 72,649
54 Jonathan 72,576
55 Christine 71,094
56 Michelle 69,766
57 Rose 68,617
58 Donna 68,506
59 Vincent 68,386
60 Deborah 68,342
61 Joshua 67,679
62 Ruth 67,526
63 Sarah 67,121
64 Marie 67,069
65 Ryan 66,219
66 Patrick 65,528
67 Diane 64,125
68 Nicole 63,728
69 Gary 62,936
70 Laura 62,621
71 Alexander 61,029
72 Scott 60,507
73 Sandra 60,438
74 Arthur 60,308
75 Frances 60,259
76 Jean 60,019
77 Louis 59,898
78 Ann 59,868
79 Emily 59,480
80 Maria 58,670
81 Justin 57,473
82 Henry 57,082
83 Stephanie 57,065
84 Melissa 56,823
85 Theresa 56,618
86 Gregory 56,574
87 Lawrence 53,769
88 Samuel 52,593
89 Jacob 52,248
90 Jack 52,153
91 Sharon 52,001
92 Benjamin 51,830
93 Walter 51,617
94 Evelyn 51,312
95 Philip 50,354
96 Katherine 50,253
97 Ashley 49,901
98 Kimberly 48,905
99 Amanda 48,501
100 Janet 47,990