Baby Name: Ruchy

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…

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]