What baby names are unique to New York?

Christop is the name most distinctive to New York, given about 13 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Malky, Trany and Yitty follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in New York is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to New York

The most distinctive New York baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in New York than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Christop leads: it is given about 13× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of New York births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Christop	1,082	13×
2	Malky	2,528	13×
3	Trany	403	13×
4	Yitty	1,804	13×
5	Shaindy	2,113	12×
6	Faigy	3,258	12×
7	Raizy	2,388	12×
8	Rivky	2,109	12×
9	Gitty	3,251	12×
10	Alexande	299	12×
11	Jacqueli	157	12×
12	Cassandr	152	12×
13	Hindy	1,726	12×
14	Brucha	535	11×
15	Rifky	421	11×
16	Blima	1,306	11×
17	Fraidy	926	11×
18	Mordcha	63	11×
19	Pessy	970	11×
20	Yakov	2,607	11×
21	Feigy	59	11×
22	Goldy	1,307	10×
23	Lipa	986	10×
24	Benzion	852	10×
25	Naftuly	52	10×
26	Feige	160	10×
27	Blimie	276	10×
28	Shloma	409	10×
29	Shimon	4,038	10×
30	Nogivenname	46	10×
31	Shlomie	124	10×
32	Shmeil	45	10×
33	Etty	589	10×
34	Sury	1,151	10×
35	Pinches	91	10×
36	Rifka	562	10×
37	Roizy	319	10×
38	Baila	2,461	10×
39	Moishe	882	10×
40	Tzivy	69	10×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to New York in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Gitty	159	14×
Faigy	145	14×
Raizy	111	14×
Hindy	98	14×
Goldy	81	13×
Sury	78	13×
Mendel	74	13×
Esty	73	13×
Shulem	73	13×
Malky	131	13×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Isidore	8×
1920s	Sydelle	8×
1930s	Sydell	9×
1940s	Milagros	9×
1950s	Milagros	10×
1960s	Chaim	9×
1970s	Blima	11×
1980s	Christop	15×
1990s	Faigy	14×
2000s	Shulem	16×
2010s	Malky	17×
2020s	Malky	17×

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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