Most popular baby names in New York — 2025

In 2025, the most popular baby names in New York were Emma, Olivia, and Mia for girls and Noah, Liam, and Theodore for boys. Some names are far more common here than nationwide: Faigy is 17x more common in New York than nationally, and Chaim is 13x more common in New York than nationally. See which names rose and fell the most below, or open the full top 100 lists.

Most distinctive baby names in New York

Girls

Most distinctive Leah 2.9x more common ▲50 #8 vs US #58
Also more common
Zoe 1.7x more common ▲21 #10 vs US #31 Mia 1.4x more common ▲3 #3 vs US #6 Sofia 1.4x more common ▲0 #9 vs US #9 Emma 1.2x more common ▲2 #1 vs US #3
Less common
Evelyn 1.3x less common ▼16 #24 vs US #8

Boys

Most distinctive Jacob 2.1x more common ▲34 #9 vs US #43
Also more common
Joseph 1.8x more common ▲22 #7 vs US #29 Ethan 1.6x more common ▲14 #10 vs US #24 Luca 1.6x more common ▲8 #6 vs US #14 Lucas 1.4x more common ▲6 #4 vs US #10
Less common
Elijah 1.4x less common ▼27 #34 vs US #7 Mateo 1.3x less common ▼19 #27 vs US #8 William 1.1x less common ▼12 #21 vs US #9 Oliver 1.1x less common ▼2 #5 vs US #3

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