Popular baby names in New York City, 2013

Last year, New York City welcomed 120,457 babies — 58,688 baby girls and 61,769 baby boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sophia and Jayden, according to New York City’s Health Department.

Here are NYC’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2013:

Girl names

1. Sophia, 631 baby girls
2. Isabella, 593
3. Emma, 517
4. Olivia, 498
5. Mia, 472
6. Emily, 429
7. Leah, 367
8. Sofia, 354
9. Madison, 353
10. Chloe, 346
11. Ava, 338
12. Sarah, 305
13. Victoria, 291
14. Abigail, 275
15. Zoe, 268
16. Esther, 255
17. Rachel, 227
18. Samantha, 210
19. Ashley, 208
20. Maya, 207
21. Elizabeth, 202 (tie)
22. Hannah, 202 (tie)
23. Charlotte, 197
24. Gabriella, 196
25. Sara, 190
26. Grace, 187
27. Hailey, 184
28. Ella, 183
29. Chaya, 178
30. Arianna, 176 (3-way tie)
31. Miriam, 176 (3-way tie)
32. Nicole, 176 (3-way tie)
33. Camila, 166
34. Ariana, 165
35. Kayla, 159
36. Amelia, 155
37. Evelyn, 154 (tie)
38. Valentina, 154 (tie)
39. Alexandra, 153 (tie)
40. Scarlett, 153 (tie)
41. Chana, 152
42. Kaylee, 150
43. Aaliyah, 148
44. Anna, 146
45. Brianna, 143 (tie)
46. Lily, 143 (tie)
47. Eva, 142
48. Angelina, 138
49. Julia, 137
50. Bella, 136 (tie)
51. Sophie, 136 (tie)

Boy names

1. Jayden, 747 baby names
2. Ethan, 697
3. Jacob, 658
4. Daniel, 629
5. David, 585
6. Noah, 570
7. Michael, 545
8. Matthew, 541
9. Alexander, 528
10. Liam, 505
11. Aiden, 504
12. Dylan, 499
13. Joseph, 487
14. Ryan, 468
15. Lucas, 457
16. Mason, 448
17. Joshua, 407
18. Anthony, 400
19. James, 382
20. Benjamin, 355
21. Christopher, 346
22. Justin, 343
23. William, 341
24. Nicholas, 320
25. Gabriel, 312
26. Aaron, 308 (tie)
27. Sebastian, 308 (tie)
28. Samuel, 307
29. Elijah, 293
30. Jonathan, 292
31. Kevin, 280
32. John, 277
33. Jack, 271
34. Andrew, 265
35. Adam, 264 (3-way tie)
36. Isaac, 264 (3-way tie)
37. Moshe, 264 (3-way tie)
38. Christian, 257
39. Nathan, 256
40. Brandon, 244
41. Henry, 234
42. Logan, 233
43. Angel, 232
44. Jason, 228
45. Julian, 224
46. Adrian, 217
47. Jeremiah, 216
48. Tyler, 211
49. Charles, 190
50. Oliver, 189

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

	Top girl names	Top boy names
Hispanic	1. Isabella, 326 2. Sophia, 291 3. Mia, 237 4. Sofia, 187 5. Emily, 184	1. Jayden, 352 2. Jacob, 297 3. Dylan, 270 4. Matthew, 253 5. Ethan, 252
Asian and Pacific Islander	1. Sophia, 124 2. Chloe, 122 3. Olivia, 109 4. Emily, 92 5. Emma, 79	1. Jayden, 220 2. Ethan, 165 3. Ryan, 162 4. Lucas, 148 5. Aiden, 113
Non-Hispanic White	1. Olivia, 233 2. Emma, 228 3. Esther, 214 4. Sophia, 187 5. Sarah, 182	1. David, 304 2. Joseph, 283 3. Michael, 266 4. Moshe, 262 5. Daniel, 233
Non-Hispanic Black	1. Madison, 134 2. London, 76 3. Aaliyah, 73 4. Ava, 70 5. Chloe, 68	1. Ethan, 146 2. Jayden, 138 3. Aiden, 133 (tie) 4. Noah, 133 (tie) 5. Elijah, 132

Among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC last year were the girl names Bethany, Dariana, Maite, Sherry, and Yachet, and the boy names Dexter, Enoch, Giuseppe, Mahamadou, and Shloimy.

One year earlier, in 2012, NYC’s top names (overall) were Sophia and Jayden.

Sources:

• Health Department Announces Jayden and Sophia are 2013’s Most Popular Baby Names – NYC Health
• Popularity of New York City Baby Names, 2013 – NYC Health (pdf)
• Popularity of New York City Female Baby Names by Ethnicity, 2013 – NYC Health (pdf)
• Popularity of New York City Male Baby Names by Ethnicity, 2013 – NYC Health (pdf)

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

[Latest update: Jan. 2026]