Table 15: Most Popular Birth Names by Sex, New York State - 2016
| Males | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Michael | Jacob | Jacob | Liam | Liam |
| 2 | Christopher | Christopher | Christopher | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Matthew | Jayden | Jayden | Jacob | Jacob | Michael | Liam | Jacob | Jacob |
| 3 | Jason | Matthew | Matthew | Nicholas | Joseph | Joseph | Anthony | Anthony | Matthew | Jacob | Jayden | Jayden | Ethan | Ethan | Noah | Noah |
| 4 | Matthew | Joseph | Nicholas | Christopher | Anthony | Anthony | Joseph | Daniel | Daniel | Ethan | Joseph | Ethan | Liam | Michael | Ethan | Ethan |
| 5 | Brian | Daniel | Joseph | Joseph | Nicholas | Christopher | Daniel | Joseph | Ethan | Joseph | Matthew | Joseph | Jayden | Noah | Michael | Michael |
| 6 | David | Anthony | Daniel | Anthony | Ryan | Daniel | Ryan | Ryan | Ryan | Daniel | Ethan | Matthew | Joseph | Joseph | Matthew | Lucas |
| 7 | John | Steven | Anthony | Daniel | Daniel | Nicholas | Christopher | Jayden | Joseph | Anthony | Anthony | Mason | Mason | Mason | Joseph | Matthew |
| 8 | Joseph | John | John | Justin | Christopher | Ryan | Nicholas | Jacob | Anthony | Matthew | Mason | Ryan | Noah | Matthew | Mason | Joseph |
| 9 | Robert | David | Joshua | John | Joshua | Joshua | Jayden | Christopher | Jacob | Ryan | Daniel | Liam | Matthew | Alexander | Daniel | Mason |
| 10 | James | Andrew | Ryan | Ryan | David | Alexander | Joshua | Alexander | Christopher | Alexander | Ryan | Daniel | Daniel | Lucas | Lucas | Daniel |
| Females | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jennifer | Jessica | Ashley | Emily | Emily | Emily | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella | Sophia | Sophia | Sophia | Sophia | Olivia | Olivia |
| 2 | Sarah | Ashley | Samantha | Sarah | Emma | Isabella | Emily | Olivia | Sophia | Sophia | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella | Olivia | Emma | Emma |
| 3 | Jessica | Amanda | Jessica | Samantha | Isabella | Ava | Sophia | Sophia | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia | Emma | Emma | Emma | Sophia | Sophia |
| 4 | Melissa | Stephanie | Sarah | Ashley | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia | Madison | Emma | Emma | Emma | Olivia | Olivia | Isabella | Isabella | Isabella |
| 5 | Nicole | Samantha | Emily | Jessica | Madison | Madison | Ava | Ava | Emily | Ava | Ava | Ava | Mia | Mia | Mia | Ava |
| 6 | Christine | Christine | Amanda | Brianna | Samantha | Sophia | Emma | Emma | Madison | Madison | Emily | Emily | Ava | Ava | Ava | Mia |
| 7 | Michelle | Nicole | Nicole | Kayla | Sophia | Emma | Madison | Emily | Ava | Emily | Madison | Mia | Emily | Emily | Emily | Charlotte |
| 8 | Amanda | Jenifer | Stephanie | Hannah | Ashley | Ashley | Samantha | Abigail | Mia | Mia | Mia | Madison | Madison | Abigail | Charlotte | Emily |
| 9 | Heather | Brittany | Jennifer | Nicole | Ava | Samantha | Sarah | Sarah | Abigail | Abigail | Abigail | Abigail | Abigail | Madison | Madison | Abigail |
| 10 | Katherine | Sarah | Rachel | Julia | Sarah | Sarah | Ashley | Samantha | Sarah | Chloe | Chloe | Chloe | Sofia | Leah | Abigail | Madison |
Similar names with different spellings ( eg., Sarah, Sara ) are not grouped together.