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Names of New York

25,832,525 births across 15,625 different names since 1910. No name belongs to New York more than Gitty.

Most concentrated in New York

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Gitty 3,251 12.2×
Faigy 3,258 12.0×
Shimon 4,038 10.6×
Baila 2,461 10.4×
Yitzchok 3,827 9.7×
Mordechai 4,581 9.7×
Chaim 8,155 9.5×
Devorah 2,663 9.5×
Malka 4,239 9.4×
Seymour 8,088 9.3×
Menachem 4,342 9.2×
Moshe 11,778 9.1×
Hyman 3,030 9.1×
Chaya 9,957 9.0×
Rivka 6,254 8.9×
Yisroel 4,149 8.8×
Migdalia 2,334 8.8×
Chana 8,215 8.8×
Shlomo 3,275 8.6×
Meyer 2,152 8.4×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary277,582
2Patricia163,594
3Barbara147,292
4Elizabeth142,808
5Susan122,541
6Margaret116,752
7Linda114,109
8Jennifer112,121
9Nancy93,790
10Helen93,572
11Kathleen91,651
12Dorothy89,999
13Karen88,448
14Lisa87,365
15Carol86,223

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John499,164
2Michael441,269
3Robert441,116
4James348,452
5Joseph348,324
6William325,455
7David284,489
8Richard264,703
9Thomas242,659
10Anthony195,094
11Daniel179,652
12Christopher173,075
13Charles163,091
14Edward153,045
15George135,180

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.