The most common names of people born in New York

Social Security has recorded about 26 million births in New York since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 18 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 44. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in New York, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to New York from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in New York

Most common names of living women born in New York
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	120,000	68
2	Jennifer	110,000	47
3	Patricia	100,000	69
4	Elizabeth	94,000	52
5	Susan	92,000	68
6	Linda	83,000	70
7	Barbara	83,000	72
8	Lisa	78,000	56
9	Jessica	72,000	39
10	Karen	72,000	63
11	Kathleen	65,000	66
12	Michelle	64,000	48
13	Nicole	61,000	39
14	Nancy	61,000	68
15	Christine	59,000	57
16	Sarah	58,000	36
17	Deborah	55,000	65
18	Melissa	54,000	45
19	Donna	53,000	67
20	Emily	52,000	29
21	Stephanie	52,000	43
22	Carol	52,000	73
23	Laura	49,000	55
24	Maria	48,000	52
25	Ashley	48,000	31
26	Diane	47,000	69
27	Margaret	47,000	65
28	Amanda	47,000	37
29	Kimberly	46,000	46
30	Samantha	46,000	31

Men and boys born in New York

Most common names of living men born in New York
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	330,000	51
2	John	250,000	58
3	Robert	230,000	61
4	James	200,000	56
5	David	200,000	53
6	Joseph	200,000	50
7	William	160,000	56
8	Christopher	150,000	43
9	Thomas	150,000	56
10	Richard	140,000	62
11	Daniel	140,000	44
12	Anthony	130,000	46
13	Matthew	120,000	37
14	Kevin	97,000	47
15	Steven	91,000	53
16	Andrew	88,000	41
17	Brian	86,000	48
18	Mark	82,000	56
19	Paul	79,000	59
20	Nicholas	79,000	35
21	Charles	75,000	56
22	Jason	71,000	40
23	Peter	71,000	57
24	Jeffrey	67,000	55
25	Edward	66,000	60
26	Jonathan	66,000	37
27	Joshua	64,000	31
28	Eric	63,000	46
29	Ryan	62,000	29
30	Timothy	62,000	51

Average ages here are for people with the name born in New York, not the national average.

Names more common in New York than nationally

Among living people born in New York, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Chaim is 10.1× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in New York than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Chaim	10.1×	7,800	24
2	Moshe	9.8×	11,000	21
3	Chaya	9.5×	9,700	23
4	Chana	8.9×	8,000	25
5	Salvatore	6.6×	12,000	52
6	Gerard	4.0×	9,000	61
7	Rosemarie	3.7×	7,400	67
8	Eileen	3.5×	24,000	66
9	Miriam	3.4×	16,000	40
10	Doreen	3.3×	7,600	65
11	Maureen	3.2×	23,000	67
12	Lorraine	3.1×	18,000	69
13	Maryann	3.0×	8,100	69
14	Dominick	2.8×	9,500	42
15	Peter	2.8×	71,000	57

The newest New York babies

The most popular names for babies born in New York in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in New York
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Emma	774	20
2	Olivia	740	18
3	Mia	738	15
4	Sophia	721	16
5	Charlotte	664	30
6	Isabella	629	15
7	Amelia	622	16
8	Leah	550	28
9	Sofia	545	14
10	Zoe	478	16

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in New York
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	1,381	16
2	Liam	1,368	11
3	Theodore	738	29
4	Lucas	705	18
5	Oliver	703	13
6	Luca	680	8
7	Joseph	667	45
8	James	658	54
9	Jacob	631	26
10	Ethan	630	19

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in New York with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this