Most Popular Baby Names in New York (2025)

The most popular baby names in New York in 2025 were Emma for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in New York than in the country as a whole include Leah, Esther, Sarah, Moshe, Muhammad, and Adam.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in New York

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	774	↑ 1
2	Olivia	740	↑ 2
3	Mia	738	↓ 2
4	Sophia	721	↓ 1
5	Charlotte	664	↑ 1
6	Isabella	629	↓ 1
7	Amelia	622	–
8	Leah	550	↑ 1
9	Sofia	545	↓ 1
10	Zoe	478	↑ 2
11	Eliana	466	↑ 7
12	Ava	458	↓ 2
13	Ailany	457	new
14	Chloe	437	↓ 3
15	Esther	428	↓ 1
16	Lily	426	↑ 11
17	Sarah	390	↓ 1
18	Ella	375	↑ 5
19	Madison	370	↑ 5
20	Aurora	367	↓ 1
21	Luna	363	↓ 8
22	Aria	361	↓ 5
23	Nora	359	↑ 5
24	Evelyn	352	↓ 2
25	Violet	352	↑ 5
26	Penelope	348	↑ 6
27	Valentina	339	↓ 1
28	Layla	326	↑ 3
29	Grace	322	↓ 4
30	Emily	318	↓ 9
31	Gianna	318	↓ 16
32	Rachel	312	↑ 4
33	Scarlett	312	↑ 1
34	Eleanor	302	↑ 6
35	Mila	298	↓ 15
36	Emilia	296	↑ 8
37	Harper	296	↓ 8
38	Avery	290	↑ 4
39	Lucy	284	↑ 13
40	Miriam	284	↑ 1
41	Maya	275	↓ 4
42	Chaya	271	↑ 3
43	Elizabeth	271	↓ 8
44	Hannah	270	↓ 1
45	Camila	262	↓ 12
46	Abigail	260	↓ 8
47	Rivka	258	↑ 18
48	Riley	257	↓ 9
49	Hailey	253	–
50	Isla	249	↓ 4
51	Victoria	248	↑ 2
52	Stella	241	↓ 4
53	Sophie	235	↑ 6
54	Sara	232	↓ 3
55	Naomi	228	↓ 8
56	Maeve	226	↑ 4
57	Chana	222	↓ 3
58	Elena	222	↓ 1
59	Ellie	219	↓ 9
60	Eloise	219	↑ 14
61	Ayla	216	↑ 1
62	Hazel	214	↓ 4
63	Sienna	214	↑ 16
64	Willow	209	↑ 16
65	Gabriella	204	↓ 4
66	Josephine	203	↓ 2
67	Alaia	201	↓ 12
68	Sadie	200	↑ 23
69	Rose	190	↓ 3
70	Clara	188	new
71	Ruby	188	↑ 25
72	Melody	185	↑ 22
73	Alice	183	↑ 9
74	Zoey	183	↑ 4
75	Claire	180	↑ 2
76	Liliana	180	↑ 7
77	Ivy	177	↓ 14
78	Juliette	175	↓ 6
79	Lucia	173	↓ 9
80	Nova	170	↓ 24
81	Madelyn	169	↓ 10
82	Amira	166	↑ 5
83	Eva	166	↑ 9
84	Madeline	165	↓ 16
85	Lainey	163	↑ 10
86	Gitty	159	new
87	Celine	158	new
88	Iris	158	new
89	Lyla	157	new
90	Natalie	156	↓ 17
91	Quinn	155	↓ 10
92	Delilah	154	↓ 7
93	Cecilia	150	new
94	Alina	149	new
95	Jade	149	↓ 7
96	Vivian	149	↑ 3
97	Lillian	148	↓ 22
98	Ariella	147	new
99	Aisha	146	↑ 1
100	Adeline	145	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	1,381	↑ 1
2	Liam	1,368	↓ 1
3	Theodore	738	↑ 3
4	Lucas	705	↓ 1
5	Oliver	703	↑ 2
6	Luca	680	↑ 5
7	Joseph	667	↓ 2
8	James	658	↑ 2
9	Jacob	631	–
10	Ethan	630	↓ 6
11	Leo	625	↑ 5
12	Jack	606	↑ 2
13	Michael	604	↓ 1
14	Henry	603	↑ 3
15	David	595	↓ 7
16	Benjamin	573	↓ 3
17	Matthew	520	↑ 2
18	Daniel	478	↓ 3
19	Alexander	476	↑ 3
20	Dylan	471	↓ 2
21	William	459	–
22	Moshe	441	↑ 11
23	Levi	438	↑ 1
24	John	431	↑ 1
25	Owen	422	↑ 6
26	Mason	416	↑ 4
27	Mateo	413	↑ 8
28	Logan	410	–
29	Elias	406	↑ 12
30	Isaac	400	↓ 3
31	Julian	398	↑ 9
32	Gabriel	395	↑ 7
33	Asher	393	↓ 4
34	Anthony	391	↓ 14
35	Elijah	391	↓ 1
36	Thomas	378	↓ 4
37	Thiago	377	↑ 1
38	Samuel	374	↓ 12
39	Muhammad	360	↑ 3
40	Aiden	355	↓ 17
41	Charles	348	↑ 21
42	Adam	347	↑ 9
43	Hudson	347	↑ 1
44	Ezra	338	↑ 1
45	Ryan	334	↑ 1
46	Jayden	332	↓ 9
47	Sebastian	330	↓ 11
48	Nathan	329	–
49	Cameron	326	↓ 6
50	Enzo	319	↑ 5
51	Cooper	311	↑ 25
52	Nicholas	310	–
53	Christopher	306	↑ 5
54	Miles	303	↓ 4
55	Jackson	297	↓ 6
56	Caleb	293	–
57	Carter	292	–
58	Eithan	289	new
59	Aaron	282	↓ 6
60	Luke	278	↑ 1
61	Roman	274	↑ 4
62	Chaim	260	↑ 16
63	Joshua	258	↓ 16
64	Theo	258	↓ 5
65	Abraham	256	↓ 1
66	Wesley	249	↑ 4
67	Eli	248	↑ 7
68	Ian	246	↓ 14
69	Amir	240	↓ 9
70	Nolan	240	↓ 3
71	Lorenzo	239	↑ 9
72	Bennett	236	new
73	Grayson	235	↓ 10
74	Austin	234	↑ 1
75	Adrian	230	↓ 6
76	Axel	229	↑ 8
77	Dominic	222	↓ 5
78	Kai	222	↑ 4
79	Rowan	222	new
80	Wyatt	220	↓ 9
81	Vincent	219	↑ 19
82	Andrew	218	↓ 9
83	Josiah	217	↓ 17
84	Arthur	214	↑ 14
85	Maverick	213	↓ 8
86	Robert	213	↓ 18
87	Kayden	212	↓ 2
88	Leonardo	207	↓ 5
89	Giovanni	200	↑ 2
90	Jonathan	199	↓ 2
91	Angel	196	↓ 4
92	Matteo	195	new
93	Jeremiah	189	↑ 1
94	Christian	188	↓ 13
95	Leon	188	new
96	Isaiah	183	↓ 4
97	Jace	180	new
98	Yosef	179	↓ 12
99	Gael	176	↓ 20
100	George	174	↓ 3

Names more popular in New York

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in New York than across the US.

Girls

Name	New York	US
Leah	#8	#58
Esther	#15	#119
Sarah	#17	#90
Rachel	#32	#250
Miriam	#40	#246
Chaya	#42	#588
Rivka	#47	#629
Hailey	#49	#104

Boys

Name	New York	US
Moshe	#22	#436
Muhammad	#39	#239
Adam	#42	#101
Ryan	#45	#99

Number-one names in New York by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Emma (774)	Noah (1,381)
2024	Mia (837)	Liam (1,451)
2023	Emma (856)	Liam (1,485)
2022	Olivia (922)	Liam (1,461)
2021	Olivia (997)	Liam (1,410)
2020	Olivia (1,015)	Liam (1,360)
2019	Olivia (1,066)	Liam (1,495)
2018	Emma (1,101)	Liam (1,517)
2017	Olivia (1,230)	Liam (1,429)
2016	Olivia (1,220)	Liam (1,417)
2015	Olivia (1,298)	Liam (1,396)
2014	Sophia (1,275)	Jacob (1,304)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in New York

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in New York

Girls

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Number-one names in New York by year

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