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New York Baby Names

New York baby names capture everything that's cool about the city. Some New York baby names shout their affiliation to the city, such as Brooklyn, or York itself, while others have a quiet connection to the Big Apple, including Macy and Trinity.

Along with Brooklyn and Macy, other New York baby names in the US Top 1000 include Apollo, Christopher, Cooper, Harlem, Liberty, Sullivan, Tiffany, and Waverly. Unique New York neighborhood names include Nolita, Tribeca, Bronx, and Bellerose.

From New York landmarks and streets to notable New Yorkers, get inspired by these Big Apple baby names from the most populous city in the US.

New York CIty Baby Names

Kennedy

Meaning: misshapen head

Origin:Irish
793
Dawn

Meaning: dawn, sunrise

Origin:English
812
Tallulah

Meaning: leaping water, lady of abundance

Origin:Choctaw, Irish
95
Althea

Meaning: with healing power

Origin:Greek
155
Ellis

Meaning: benevolent

Origin:English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or Welsh
56
Finn

Meaning: fair or white

Origin:Irish
20
Madison

Meaning: son of Matthew

Origin:English
245
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365
Hudson

Meaning: Hugh's son

Origin:English
135
Lincoln

Meaning: town by the pool

Origin:English
234
Gideon

Meaning: hewer; or, having a stump for a hand

Origin:Hebrew
68
Apollo

Meaning: destroyer

Origin:Greek mythology name
97
Ambrose

Meaning: immortal

Origin:Latin
38
Cole

Meaning: swarthy, coal black

Origin:English
148
Jackson

Meaning: son of Jack

Origin:English
389
Sutton

Meaning: from the southern homestead

Origin:English
938
Sullivan

Meaning: black-eyed one

Origin:Irish surname
353
Fletcher

Meaning: arrow-maker

Origin:English occupational name
160
Cooper

Meaning: barrel maker

Origin:English occupational name
225
Cedar

Meaning: cedar tree

Origin:English and French from Latin tree name
851