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Baby names in New York, 2020s

2020–2025 · 996,216 recorded births

Liam was the most common name given in New York across the 2020s, with 8,535 births in the decade. The state recorded 996,216 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New York in the 2020s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Malky67717×
Rivky66617×
Yitty58016×
Shaindy43816×
Raizy56016×
Sury49116×
Faigy76816×
Gitty75215×

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Liam8,535
#2Noah7,976
#3Emma5,273
#3Olivia5,273
#5Lucas4,920
#6Sophia4,809
#7Mia4,665
#8Joseph4,398
#9Charlotte4,252
#10Jacob4,243
#11Isabella4,214
#12Ethan4,187
#13Amelia4,109
#14Oliver4,106
#15James4,062
#16Michael4,016
#17David3,892
#18Benjamin3,823
#19Ava3,797
#20Jack3,726
#21Theodore3,574
#22Luca3,523
#23Dylan3,508
#24Leo3,442
#25Daniel3,401

Other decades in New York

All New York names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org