{"id":240778,"date":"2026-05-22T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240778\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:54:12","slug":"last-years-most-popular-new-york-baby-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240778\/","title":{"rendered":"Last year\u2019s most popular New York baby names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Baby_503988100_C-1024x734.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tADOBE STOCK IMAGE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Meet Noah and Emma. No, they\u2019re not a new couple (give them 17-20 years, and maybe), but the top boy and girl baby names in New York State last year, according to the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The top five boy and girl names for 2025 in New York, the SSA reports were:<\/p>\n<p>Boys \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0        Girls<\/p>\n<p>1. Noah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Emma<\/p>\n<p>2. Liam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Olivia<\/p>\n<p>3. Theodore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   3. Mia<\/p>\n<p>4. Lucas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4. Sophia<\/p>\n<p>5. Oliver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5. Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>SSA has determined that Liam and Olivia were the most popular baby names in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to SSA, the agency began compiling the baby names list in 1997, with names dating back to 1880. \u201cEach year,\u201d SSA reports, \u201cthe list reveals the effect of pop-culture on naming trends. In addition to each state\u2019s top baby names (and names for U.S. territories), Social Security\u2019s website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 names for 2025 and the fastest rising girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 names.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost parents apply for their child\u2019s Social Security number (SSN) at birth, during their hospital stay. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano encourages families to take this vital step in ensuring valuable protection for any benefits their children may be eligible for in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn SSN is needed to claim a child as a dependent for income tax purposes or to open a bank account in the child\u2019s name and buy savings bonds. More information on getting a child\u2019s Social Security number and card is provided in Social Security Numbers for Children \u2026 Social Security encourages everyone to enjoy the baby names list. For the full list, visit ssa.gov\/babynames. While on ssa.gov, individuals aged 18 years can easily access Social Security services and conveniently manage their benefits online.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADOBE STOCK IMAGE Meet Noah and Emma. No, they\u2019re not a new couple (give them 17-20 years, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,88716,18533],"class_list":["post-240778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-shelter-island","tag-social-security-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}