Popular baby names in New York City, 2011

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Last year, New York City welcomed 123,029 babies — 60,221 girls and 62,808 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Isabella and Jayden (for the third year in a row!) according to the New York City Department of Health.

Here are NYC’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2011:

Girl names

  1. Isabella, given to more than 600 baby girls
  2. Sophia
  3. Olivia
  4. Emma
  5. Mia
  6. Emily
  7. Madison
  8. Leah
  9. Chloe
  10. Sofia

Boy names

  1. Jayden, given to more than 800 baby boys
  2. Jacob
  3. Ethan
  4. Daniel
  5. Michael
  6. Matthew
  7. Justin
  8. David
  9. Aiden
  10. Alexander

The news release also mentioned that the boy names Ayden, Jaden, Aidan, and Jaiden ranked 39th, 49th, 59th, and 92nd, respectively.

The top baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…

Top girl namesTop boy names
Hispanic1. Isabella, 331
2. Mia, 229
3. Sophia, 223
4. Ashley, 190
5. Camila, 188		1. Jayden, 426
2. Justin, 310
3. Jacob, 303
4. Matthew, 276
5. Angel, 253
Asian and Pacific Islander1. Sophia, 119
2. Chloe, 106
3. Emily, 93
4. Olivia, 89
5. Emma, 75		1. Ethan, 177
2. Jayden, 173
3. Ryan, 150
4. Justin, 110
5. Lucas, 103
White, non-Hispanic1. Esther, 224
2. Emma, 213 (tie)
3. Olivia, 213 (tie)
4. Leah, 183
5. Sophia, 180		1. Michael, 292
2. Joseph, 281
3. Jacob, 265
4. David, 258
5. Benjamin, 230
Black, non-Hispanic1. Madison, 176
2. London, 92
3. Kayla, 78
4. Chloe, 72
5. Aaliyah, 69		1. Jayden, 184
2. Aiden, 167
3. Elijah, 156
4. Jeremiah, 153
5. Joshua, 128

Intriguingly, both Nyla and Nylah ranked inside the top 20 for non-Hispanic Black baby girls.

The last set of NYC rankings I posted were from 2007.

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Image: Adapted from Flag of New York (public domain)

[Latest update: Jan. 2026]