Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,461 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,672 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,457 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 2,432 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,366 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,875 |
| 7 | Anthony | 1,873 |
| 8 | Brandon | 1,736 |
| 9 | Joshua | 1,715 |
| 10 | John | 1,713 |
| 11 | Andrew | 1,609 |
| 12 | Justin | 1,584 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,582 |
| 14 | David | 1,575 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,396 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 1,388 |
| 17 | James | 1,376 |
| 18 | Tyler | 1,357 |
| 19 | Jacob | 1,356 |
| 20 | Zachary | 1,216 |
| 21 | William | 1,190 |
| 22 | Robert | 1,168 |
| 23 | Alexander | 1,161 |
| 24 | Thomas | 1,155 |
| 25 | Kyle | 1,076 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brian | 1,026 |
| 27 | Christian | 946 |
| 28 | Steven | 863 |
| 29 | Jason | 843 |
| 30 | Austin | 839 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 791 |
| 32 | Jordan | 789 |
| 33 | Dylan | 775 |
| 34 | Samuel | 763 |
| 35 | Eric | 752 |
| 36 | Sean | 731 |
| 37 | Patrick | 677 |
| 38 | Richard | 622 |
| 39 | Aaron | 617 |
| 40 | Timothy | 570 |
| 41 | Adam | 558 |
| 42 | Peter | 522 |
| 43 | Bryan | 513 |
| 44 | Jose | 502 |
| 45 | Mark | 480 |
| 46 | Connor | 475 |
| 47 | Alex | 453 |
| 48 | Luis | 450 |
| 49 | Charles | 448 |
| 50 | Jeremy | 436 |
| 51 | Stephen | 435 |
| 52 | Noah | 424 |
| 53 | Vincent | 421 |
| 54 | Isaiah | 418 |
| 55 | Jack | 398 |
| 56 | Paul | 394 |
| 57 | Jeffrey | 387 |
| 58 | Elijah | 375 |
| 59 | Edward | 372 |
| 60 | Ethan | 370 |
| 61 | Nathan | 366 |
| 62 | Evan | 362 |
| 63 | Gabriel | 354 |
| 64 | Gregory | 349 |
| 65 | Jared | 345 |
| 66 | Jake | 331 |
| 67 | Carlos | 330 |
| 68 | Kenneth | 325 |
| 69 | Brendan | 321 |
| 70 | Ian | 316 |
| 71 | George | 308 |
| 72 | Angel | 299 |
| 72 | Antonio | 299 |
| 74 | Joel | 298 |
| 75 | Cody | 296 |
| 76 | Nathaniel | 295 |
| 77 | Liam | 294 |
| 78 | Devin | 286 |
| 78 | Jesse | 286 |
| 80 | Malik | 285 |
| 81 | Raymond | 280 |
| 82 | Juan | 278 |
| 83 | Luke | 270 |
| 84 | Shawn | 263 |
| 85 | Cameron | 262 |
| 86 | Frank | 260 |
| 87 | Marcus | 254 |
| 88 | Shane | 252 |
| 89 | Scott | 243 |
| 90 | Victor | 236 |
| 91 | Henry | 232 |
| 92 | Trevor | 228 |
| 93 | Isaac | 227 |
| 94 | Andy | 225 |
| 95 | Travis | 222 |
| 96 | Derek | 221 |
| 97 | Hunter | 219 |
| 98 | Lucas | 215 |
| 99 | Edwin | 213 |
| 100 | Colin | 211 |