Table 15: Most Popular Birth Names by Sex, New York State - 2011
| Males | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 1 | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael |
| 2 | Christopher | Christopher | Christopher | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Jayden | Jayden | Jacob |
| 3 | Jason | Matthew | Matthew | Nicholas | Joseph | Joseph | Anthony | Anthony | Matthew | Jacob | Jayden |
| 4 | Matthew | Joseph | Nicholas | Christopher | Anthony | Anthony | Joseph | Daniel | Daniel | Ethan | Joseph |
| 5 | Brian | Daniel | Joseph | Joseph | Nicholas | Christopher | Daniel | Joseph | Ethan | Joseph | Matthew |
| 6 | David | Anthony | Daniel | Anthony | Ryan | Daniel | Ryan | Ryan | Ryan | Daniel | Ethan |
| 7 | John | Steven | Anthony | Daniel | Daniel | Nicholas | Christopher | Jayden | Joseph | Anthony | Anthony |
| 8 | Joseph | John | John | Justin | Christopher | Ryan | Nicholas | Jacob | Anthony | Matthew | Mason |
| 9 | Robert | David | Joshua | John | Joshua | Joshua | Jayden | Christopher | Jacob | Ryan | Daniel |
| 10 | James | Andrew | Ryan | Ryan | David | Alexander | Joshua | Alexander | Christopher | Alexander | Ryan |
| Females | |||||||||||
| 1 | Jennifer | Jessica | Ashley | Emily | Emily | Emily | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella | Sophia |
| 2 | Sarah | Ashley | Samantha | Sarah | Emma | Isabella | Emily | Olivia | Sophia | Sophia | Isabella |
| 3 | Jessica | Amanda | Jessica | Samantha | Isabella | Ava | Sophia | Sophia | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia |
| 4 | Melissa | Stephanie | Sarah | Ashley | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia | Madison | Emma | Emma | Emma |
| 5 | Nicole | Samantha | Emily | Jessica | Madison | Madison | Ava | Ava | Emily | Ava | Ava |
| 6 | Christine | Christine | Amanda | Brianna | Samantha | Sophia | Emma | Emma | Madison | Madison | Emily |
| 7 | Michelle | Nicole | Nicole | Kayla | Sophia | Emma | Madison | Emily | Ava | Emily | Madison |
| 8 | Amanda | Jenifer | Stephanie | Hannah | Ashley | Ashley | Samantha | Abigail | Mia | Mia | Mia |
| 9 | Heather | Brittany | Jennifer | Nicole | Ava | Samantha | Sarah | Sarah | Abigail | Abigail | Abigail |
| 10 | Katherine | Sarah | Rachel | Julia | Sarah | Sarah | Ashley | Samantha | Sarah | Chloe | Chloe |
Similar names with different spellings ( eg., Sarah, Sara ) are not grouped together.
