Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,559 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,677 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,541 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 2,492 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,459 |
| 6 | Daniel | 2,132 |
| 7 | Anthony | 2,033 |
| 8 | Brandon | 1,863 |
| 9 | Joshua | 1,805 |
| 10 | John | 1,795 |
| 11 | Justin | 1,711 |
| 12 | Kevin | 1,701 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,677 |
| 14 | Andrew | 1,642 |
| 15 | David | 1,600 |
| 16 | James | 1,492 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 1,490 |
| 18 | Tyler | 1,381 |
| 19 | Robert | 1,287 |
| 20 | Alexander | 1,279 |
| 21 | Thomas | 1,262 |
| 22 | Zachary | 1,240 |
| 23 | Jacob | 1,231 |
| 24 | William | 1,176 |
| 25 | Brian | 1,135 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Christian | 1,080 |
| 27 | Kyle | 1,007 |
| 28 | Steven | 928 |
| 29 | Eric | 859 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 829 |
| 31 | Jason | 803 |
| 32 | Austin | 779 |
| 33 | Jordan | 761 |
| 34 | Samuel | 739 |
| 35 | Sean | 729 |
| 36 | Richard | 720 |
| 37 | Dylan | 718 |
| 38 | Patrick | 691 |
| 39 | Adam | 651 |
| 40 | Aaron | 648 |
| 41 | Timothy | 647 |
| 42 | Jose | 581 |
| 43 | Mark | 545 |
| 44 | Peter | 514 |
| 45 | Bryan | 511 |
| 46 | Luis | 509 |
| 47 | Connor | 504 |
| 48 | Stephen | 472 |
| 49 | Alex | 463 |
| 50 | Paul | 457 |
| 51 | Charles | 449 |
| 52 | Vincent | 444 |
| 53 | Isaiah | 437 |
| 54 | Jeffrey | 435 |
| 55 | Cody | 431 |
| 56 | Jeremy | 425 |
| 57 | Kenneth | 413 |
| 58 | Edward | 409 |
| 59 | Jack | 399 |
| 60 | Malik | 396 |
| 61 | Jesse | 382 |
| 62 | Elijah | 376 |
| 63 | Noah | 371 |
| 64 | Gregory | 370 |
| 65 | Ian | 361 |
| 66 | Carlos | 360 |
| 67 | Gabriel | 349 |
| 68 | Nathan | 345 |
| 69 | Jake | 316 |
| 70 | Evan | 311 |
| 71 | Jared | 305 |
| 72 | Joel | 299 |
| 73 | Devin | 298 |
| 74 | Angel | 294 |
| 75 | Brendan | 290 |
| 76 | Luke | 286 |
| 77 | Victor | 284 |
| 78 | George | 282 |
| 79 | Nathaniel | 272 |
| 80 | Raymond | 271 |
| 81 | Frank | 265 |
| 81 | Shawn | 265 |
| 83 | Henry | 262 |
| 84 | Juan | 261 |
| 85 | Travis | 255 |
| 86 | Marcus | 254 |
| 87 | Corey | 252 |
| 88 | Scott | 251 |
| 89 | Ethan | 250 |
| 90 | Antonio | 249 |
| 91 | Miguel | 246 |
| 92 | Liam | 240 |
| 93 | Edwin | 233 |
| 94 | Isaac | 232 |
| 94 | Lucas | 232 |
| 96 | Shane | 229 |
| 97 | Derek | 226 |
| 98 | Trevor | 225 |
| 99 | Cameron | 219 |
| 100 | Mitchell | 212 |