What baby names are unique to New York?

The most distinctive baby names in New York. In 2025: Gitty and Mendel. Across 1910-2025: Goldy and Moishe.

Names unique to New York

The most distinctive New York baby names.

In 2025 the most distinctive New York names were Gitty and Mendel. Across the whole record it is Goldy and Moishe.

Unique New York names in 2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Gitty	159	14×	Mendel	74	13×
2	Faigy	145	14×	Shulem	73	13×
3	Raizy	111	14×	Yechiel	55	13×
4	Hindy	98	13×	Yossi	47	12×
5	Goldy	81	13×	Yakov	126	12×
6	Sury	78	13×	Hershy	70	12×
7	Esty	73	13×	Mendy	41	12×
8	Malky	131	13×	Usher	64	12×
9	Zissy	69	13×	Lazer	40	12×
10	Rivky	132	13×	Pinchas	35	12×
11	Yitty	123	13×	Lipa	53	12×
12	Shaindy	84	12×	Shloimy	51	11×
13	Blima	46	12×	Hersh	33	11×
14	Chany	80	12×	Shimon	173	11×
15	Pessy	44	12×	Hershel	30	11×
16	Breindy	33	11×	Duvid	28	11×
17	Frady	26	10×	Elimelech	26	11×
18	Toby	74	10×	Nachman	23	10×
19	Etty	24	10×	Shraga	22	10×
20	Mirel	24	10×	Chaim	260	10×
21	Fraidy	44	10×	Yitzchok	168	10×
22	Bruchy	37	10×	Shaya	91	10×
23	Gittel	22	10×	Dov	77	10×
24	Liba	47	10×	Moshe	441	10×
25	Baila	97	10×	Mordechai	144	10×

Decade by decade

The most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1910s	Toby	153	8×	Isidore	1,085	9×
1920s	Sydelle	164	9×	Isidore	613	10×
1930s	Sydelle	189	10×	Isidore	86	9×
1940s	Milagros	160	10×	Sol	103	9×
1950s	Milagros	1,050	10×	Moshe	263	10×
1960s	Chaya	230	10×	Moshe	298	10×
1970s	Rivka	404	11×	Chaim	624	12×
1980s	Malka	442	13×	Yoel	608	13×
1990s	Faigy	427	13×	Mayer	232	13×
2000s	Goldy	315	14×	Shulem	349	14×
2010s	Rivky	669	14×	Mendel	558	15×
2020s	Gitty	752	15×	Hershel	189	15×

All years, 1910–2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Goldy	1,307	12×	Moishe	882	12×
2	Chany	928	12×	Shulem	1,050	12×
3	Yides	709	12×	Isidore	1,861	12×
4	Malky	2,528	12×	Benzion	852	12×
5	Esty	696	12×	Usher	921	12×
6	Yitty	1,804	12×	Mendel	2,081	12×
7	Rivky	2,109	12×	Lazer	593	12×
8	Gitty	3,251	12×	Shmiel	588	12×
9	Rifka	562	12×	Lipa	981	12×
10	Brucha	535	12×	Pinchus	502	12×
11	Shaindy	2,113	12×	Shamel	706	12×
12	Blimy	530	12×	Cheskel	478	12×
13	Pessy	970	12×	Zalmen	471	12×
14	Frimet	460	12×	Mendy	660	12×
15	Raizy	2,388	12×	Hershy	780	12×
16	Rifky	421	11×	Shlome	437	12×
17	Trany	403	11×	Shloma	409	12×
18	Sydelle	487	11×	Ramel	697	12×
19	Faigy	3,258	11×	Moe	370	12×
20	Perl	385	11×	Naftuli	452	12×
21	Zissy	660	11×	Avrum	367	12×
22	Chanie	477	11×	Shloime	437	12×
23	Breindy	362	11×	Hersh	482	11×
24	Chavy	332	11×	Saverio	784	11×
25	Frady	320	11×	Yida	251	11×

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Multipliers compare each name’s share of New York births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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