Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1990
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,170 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,051 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,529 |
| 4 | Joseph | 3,062 |
| 5 | Daniel | 3,004 |
| 6 | Anthony | 2,657 |
| 7 | David | 2,548 |
| 8 | John | 2,466 |
| 9 | Andrew | 2,424 |
| 10 | Jonathan | 2,312 |
| 11 | Nicholas | 2,249 |
| 12 | Robert | 2,196 |
| 13 | James | 2,192 |
| 14 | Joshua | 2,125 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,927 |
| 16 | Ryan | 1,868 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,799 |
| 18 | Thomas | 1,695 |
| 19 | Steven | 1,665 |
| 20 | William | 1,656 |
| 21 | Brian | 1,532 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,371 |
| 23 | Alexander | 1,247 |
| 24 | Kyle | 1,226 |
| 25 | Richard | 1,177 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Sean | 1,097 |
| 27 | Timothy | 1,087 |
| 28 | Patrick | 1,053 |
| 29 | Adam | 1,025 |
| 30 | Jeffrey | 973 |
| 31 | Brandon | 962 |
| 32 | Zachary | 960 |
| 33 | Stephen | 945 |
| 34 | Jason | 937 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 877 |
| 36 | Mark | 866 |
| 37 | Gregory | 853 |
| 38 | Jacob | 812 |
| 39 | Jose | 793 |
| 40 | Paul | 765 |
| 41 | Peter | 740 |
| 42 | Jordan | 739 |
| 43 | Vincent | 718 |
| 44 | Charles | 716 |
| 45 | Aaron | 683 |
| 46 | Christian | 674 |
| 46 | Samuel | 674 |
| 46 | Tyler | 674 |
| 49 | Jeremy | 636 |
| 50 | Luis | 595 |
| 51 | Bryan | 588 |
| 52 | Kenneth | 583 |
| 53 | Scott | 550 |
| 54 | Edward | 539 |
| 55 | Jesse | 521 |
| 56 | Travis | 520 |
| 57 | Alex | 492 |
| 58 | George | 487 |
| 59 | Corey | 462 |
| 60 | Raymond | 459 |
| 61 | Frank | 440 |
| 61 | Joel | 440 |
| 63 | Carlos | 437 |
| 64 | Shawn | 430 |
| 65 | Cody | 406 |
| 66 | Evan | 384 |
| 67 | Juan | 380 |
| 68 | Nathan | 377 |
| 69 | Keith | 372 |
| 70 | Derek | 370 |
| 71 | Ian | 366 |
| 72 | Victor | 361 |
| 73 | Philip | 352 |
| 74 | Angel | 347 |
| 75 | Jared | 331 |
| 76 | Ronald | 327 |
| 77 | Edwin | 300 |
| 77 | Shane | 300 |
| 79 | Miguel | 298 |
| 80 | Erik | 284 |
| 81 | Marc | 282 |
| 82 | Brendan | 278 |
| 83 | Ethan | 276 |
| 84 | Dylan | 274 |
| 85 | Douglas | 261 |
| 86 | Dennis | 259 |
| 86 | Gabriel | 259 |
| 88 | Julian | 258 |
| 89 | Marcus | 253 |
| 90 | Cory | 252 |
| 91 | Andre | 251 |
| 91 | Johnathan | 251 |
| 91 | Louis | 251 |
| 94 | Donald | 242 |
| 95 | Henry | 240 |
| 96 | Nathaniel | 234 |
| 97 | Antonio | 232 |
| 97 | Brett | 232 |
| 99 | Phillip | 231 |
| 99 | Trevor | 231 |