Baby names in New York in the 1990s

In New York in the 1990s the most given names were Michael (43,321 boys) and Ashley (20,883 girls), of 2,335,690 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in New York each year, the 1990s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New York, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New York, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#	Name	Births
1	Ashley	20,883
2	Jessica	19,649
3	Samantha	18,975
4	Amanda	16,796
5	Nicole	15,552
6	Emily	15,518
7	Sarah	14,168
8	Stephanie	14,019
9	Jennifer	12,490
10	Elizabeth	10,763
11	Danielle	10,461
12	Brittany	10,218
13	Rachel	9,918
14	Lauren	9,461
15	Victoria	9,042
16	Michelle	8,992
17	Melissa	8,465
18	Kayla	8,398
19	Alexandra	8,384
20	Alyssa	8,355

Boys, 1990-1999
#	Name	Births
1	Michael	43,321
2	Christopher	29,815
3	Matthew	28,913
4	Joseph	26,228
5	Nicholas	24,437
6	Daniel	23,108
7	Anthony	21,865
8	John	19,870
9	Joshua	18,762
10	David	18,639
11	Andrew	18,550
12	Kevin	17,661
13	Ryan	17,513
14	Jonathan	17,266
15	James	16,747
16	Justin	16,593
17	Brandon	16,435
18	Robert	15,263
19	Thomas	13,660
20	William	13,219

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New York in the 1990s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Frimet · 14.4×Yitty · 14.2×Brucha · 14.2×Malky · 14.1×Raizy · 14.0×Fraidy · 13.9×

Boys

Lipa · 14.2×Shulem · 14.2×Zalmen · 14.0×Moishe · 12.7×Benzion · 12.4×Mayer · 12.2×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1990-1999.

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