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Popular baby names in New York City, 2006

Flag of New York
Flag of New York

According to New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the most popular baby names in the city in 2006 were Ashley and Michael.

Here are New York City’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2006:

Girl names

  1. Ashley, 518 baby girls
  2. Emily, 504
  3. Isabella, 457
  4. Sarah, 409
  5. Kayla, 406
  6. Sophia, 402
  7. Mia, 384
  8. Madison, 333
  9. Brianna, 326 (tie)
  10. Samantha, 326 (tie)
  11. Rachel, 322
  12. Olivia, 312
  13. Ava, 296
  14. Emma, 270
  15. Julia, 267
  16. Maya, 265
  17. Angelina, 264
  18. Victoria, 260
  19. Leah, 248
  20. Michelle, 244 (tie)
  21. Nicole, 244 (tie)
  22. Gabriella, 240
  23. Esther, 239
  24. Alexandra, 232 (3-way tie)
  25. Chloe, 232 (3-way tie)
  26. Elizabeth, 232 (3-way tie)
  27. Jessica, 229
  28. Sara, 228
  29. Abigail, 222
  30. Alyssa, 210
  31. Jennifer, 197
  32. Chaya, 193
  33. Natalie, 192 (tie)
  34. Sofia, 192 (tie)
  35. Destiny, 187
  36. Grace, 186
  37. Melanie, 181
  38. Amanda, 178 (3-way tie)
  39. Jasmine, 178 (3-way tie)
  40. Katherine, 178 (3-way tie)
  41. Anna, 177
  42. Arianna, 174
  43. Stephanie, 172
  44. Jada, 168
  45. Hannah, 165
  46. Alexa, 162
  47. Maria, 160
  48. Kimberly, 158
  49. Ariana, 156
  50. Gianna, 154 (tie)
  51. Zoe, 154 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Michael, 805 baby boys
  2. Daniel, 766
  3. Matthew, 748
  4. Joshua, 736
  5. Justin, 718
  6. David, 700
  7. Christopher, 675
  8. Joseph, 643
  9. Anthony, 639
  10. Jayden, 591
  11. Kevin, 540
  12. Brandon, 512
  13. Alexander, 509
  14. Ryan, 503
  15. Nicholas, 489
  16. Jonathan, 469
  17. Ethan, 450
  18. Andrew, 447
  19. Christian, 438
  20. John, 434
  21. Jacob, 423
  22. Jason, 419
  23. William, 407
  24. Angel, 405
  25. James, 402
  26. Gabriel, 352
  27. Samuel, 344
  28. Elijah, 341
  29. Benjamin, 306
  30. Dylan, 304
  31. Jack, 294
  32. Tyler, 290
  33. Aaron, 286
  34. Jordan, 284
  35. Isaiah, 283
  36. Sebastian, 279
  37. Jaden, 266
  38. Jose, 263
  39. Eric, 261
  40. Brian, 245
  41. Aidan, 237
  42. Adam, 234
  43. Sean, 233
  44. Alex, 231
  45. Noah, 230
  46. Jeremiah, 229 (tie)
  47. Xavier, 229 (tie)
  48. Bryan, 227 (tie)
  49. Steven, 227 (tie)
  50. Jeremy, 226

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

Top girl nameTop boy name
HispanicAshleyAngel
AsianEmilyRyan
Non-Hispanic WhiteSarahMichael
Non-Hispanic BlackKaylaJoshua

And among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC last year were the girl names Eleni, Louise, Nailah, Ruchy, and Winni, and the boy names Aldo, Gideon, Herman, Shiloh, and Yehudah.

Source: Popular Baby Names – NYC.gov (pdf)

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

[Latest update: Oct. 2025]

Typeface baby names: Georgia, Calisto, Rockwell

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I recently discovered that the name of my favorite font, Verdana, was created by combining the words verdant (in honor of the Pacific Northwest) and Ana (the name of the daughter of one of the developers).

Verdana may not be ready for broad use as a baby name, but this still made me wonder: which typeface names can be used as human names? Here’s what I came up with…

  • Albertus
  • Aldus (which was named after fifteenth-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius)
  • Arial
  • Calisto
  • Cambria
  • Cooper, from Cooper Old Style (which was designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1918)
  • Franklin, from Franklin Gothic (which was named after Benjamin Franklin)
  • Georgia (which, believe it or not, was named in honor of a quirky tabloid headline: “Alien heads found in Georgia”)
  • Gill, from Gill Sans (which was designed by Eric Gill in 1928)
  • Joanna (which was named after one of the daughters of its designer, Eric Gill)
  • Perpetua (which was named after Christian martyr Vibia Perpetua)
  • Rockwell
  • Roman, from Times New Roman (which was designed for the British newspaper The Times in 1931)
  • Trajan (which was named after Trajan’s Column in Rome).

Many script fonts (i.e., fonts that look like handwriting) also have traditional first names — examples include Andy, Ashley, Bradley, Gigi, Kristen, and Vladimir.

Sources: Wikipedia, Font Library – Microsoft

Image: Adapted from Pescia, stamperia benedetti, caratteri tipografici 02 by Sailko under CC BY-SA 4.0.

[Latest update: Jan. 2024]

Names from animated Disney movies: Jasmine, Hiro, Perdita, Kenai

The character Perdita from the movie "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961)
Perdita from “One Hundred and One Dalmatians“

Disney has put out over sixty animated feature films, and many of these films have ended up popularizing particular baby names.

The best example of this is probably Ariel, which ranked among the top 100 girl names in the U.S. from 1990 to 1992 thanks to the success of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which was released in November of 1989.

Here are dozens of other Disney character names that might make good baby names:

ElioElio (2025)
AshaWish (2023)
Ember, WadeElemental (2023)
Mirabel, BrunoEncanto (2021)
Luca, Alberto, GiuliaLuca (2021)
Raya, NamaariRaya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Miguel, Coco, Héctor, ImeldaCoco (2017)
Moana, MauiMoana (2016)
JudyZootopia (2016)
ArloThe Good Dinosaur (2015)
Riley, JoyInside Out (2015)
Hiro, TadashiBig Hero 6 (2014)
Anna, Elsa, KristoffFrozen (2013)
Ralph, VanellopeWreck-It Ralph (2012)
Merida, ElinorBrave (2012)
FlynnTangled (2010)
Tiana, NaveenThe Princess and the Frog (2009)
RemyRatatouille (2007)
Bob, Helen, Violet, DashiellIncredibles (2004)
Kenai, KodaBrother Bear (2003)
Nemo, DoryFinding Nemo (2003)
Lilo, NaniLilo & Stitch (2002)
Milo, KidaAtlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Kala, JaneTarzan (1999)
Mulan, ShangMulan (1998)
EsmeraldaThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
John, NakomaPocahontas (1995)
WoodyToy Story (1995)
Simba, NalaThe Lion King (1994)
Ali, JasmineAladdin (1992)
Belle, MauriceBeauty and the Beast (1991)
Eric, SebastianThe Little Mermaid (1989)
Oliver, JennyOliver & Company (1988)
Basil, OliviaThe Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Taran, EilonwyThe Black Cauldron (1985)
Tod, CopperThe Fox and the Hound (1981)
Bernard, Bianca, PennyThe Rescuers (1977)
Robin, Marian, JohnRobin Hood (1973)
Duchess, ThomasThe Aristocats (1970)
Arthur, MerlinThe Sword in the Stone (1963)
Anita, Roger, PerditaOne Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Aurora, Philip, Flora, FaunaSleeping Beauty (1959)
Jim, TonyLady and the Tramp (1955)
Peter, WendyPeter Pan (1953)
AliceAlice in Wonderland (1951)

Sources: List of Disney theatrical animated feature films – Wikipedia, SSA

Image: Screenshot of One Hundred and One Dalmatians