According to New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the most popular baby names in the city last year were Isabella/Sophia (tied) and Daniel.
Here are New York City’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2007:
Girl names
- Isabella, 539 baby girls (tie)
- Sophia, 539 (tie)
- Emily, 525
- Ashley, 480
- Sarah, 425
- Kayla, 414
- Mia, 381
- Olivia, 375
- Samantha, 368
- Rachel, 359
- Madison, 345
- Ava, 330
- Brianna, 316
- Emma, 286
- Sofia, 276
- Abigail, 272 (tie)
- Chloe, 272 (tie)
- Angelina, 265 (tie)
- Victoria, 265 (tie)
- Elizabeth, 261 (tie)
- Leah, 261 (tie)
- Nicole, 250
- Julia, 249
- Alexandra, 247
- Esther, 244
- Michelle, 234 (tie)
- Sara, 234 (tie)
- Alyssa, 231
- Maya, 227
- Gabriella, 223
- Jessica, 216
- Hannah, 202
- Arianna, 186
- Chaya, 184
- Ella, 182
- Anna, 179
- Katherine, 177
- Melanie, 176
- Natalie, 175
- Jada, 174
- Jasmine, 169 (tie)
- Sophie, 169 (tie)
- Miriam, 168
- Jennifer, 167
- Amanda, 164
- Grace, 160
- Zoe, 158
- Alexa, 156 (tie)
- Hailey, 156 (tie)
- Ariana, 154 (tie)
- Maria, 154 (tie)
Boy names
- Daniel, 865 baby boys
- Jayden, 846
- Michael, 801
- Matthew, 778
- Justin, 738
- Joshua, 719
- David, 705
- Anthony, 664
- Christopher, 652
- Joseph, 617
- Ryan, 576
- Ethan, 524
- Alexander, 503
- Kevin, 496
- Jacob, 474
- Brandon, 463
- Nicholas, 458
- Jonathan, 452
- John, 448
- Christian, 445
- William, 435
- Andrew, 424
- Jason, 414
- James, 377
- Elijah, 359
- Angel, 357
- Benjamin, 350
- Dylan, 347
- Samuel, 343
- Aaron, 334
- Gabriel, 327
- Eric, 301 (tie)
- Jaden, 301 (tie)
- Brian, 283
- Jack, 282
- Tyler, 276
- Noah, 269
- Jordan, 265
- Luis, 264
- Sebastian, 260
- Jose, 249
- Sean, 247
- Adam, 243
- Jeremiah, 242
- Henry, 239
- Isaiah, 238
- Thomas, 234
- Xavier, 232
- Bryan, 230
- Aidan, 228 (tie)
- Aiden, 228 (tie)
Jayden jumped from 10th place in 2006 to 2nd place in 2007, impressively.
If all the different spellings of Jayden (e.g., Jaden, Jaiden, Jadon, Jaeden, Jaydon, Jaidyn, Jaydan, Jaydin) had been counted together, in fact, the entire name-group would have easily overtaken Daniel with a grand total of more than 1,340 baby boys.
The top baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…
| Top girl name | Top boy name | |
| Hispanic | Ashley | Jayden |
| Asian | Sophia | Ryan |
| Non-Hispanic White | Sarah | Michael |
| Non-Hispanic Black | Madison | Jayden |
Among the names given to just 10 babies each in NYC last year were the girl names Binta, Djeneba, Fraida, Rowan, and Suki, and the boy names Aditya, Karim, Milton, Shimshon, and Wolf.
One year earlier, NYC’s top names (overall) were Ashley and Michael.
Source: Popular Baby Names – NYC.gov (pdf)
Image: Adapted from Flag of New York (public domain)
[Latest update: Nov. 2025]