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Posted on October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by jamesstewart

Long Island’s Top Baby Names

by Jen Berger

Top boys’ names on Long Island

Micahel

Matthew

Anthony

Joseph

Ryan

Christopher

Nicholas

Dylan

James

Daniel

Top girls’ names on Long Island

Isabella

Sophia

Olivia

Ava

Emma

Mia

Emily

Madison

Samantha

Abigail

Game of Thrones

HBO’s popular series “Game of Thrones” debuted in 2011. Since 2012, parents have been inspired to name their newborns after the show’s characters.

Tyrion

Khaleesi

Renly

Arya

Meera

Freya

What was the longest baby name last year?

Answer in 5

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Royalty

Of course every parent looks at their little one as a prince or princess, but in some cases, mom and dad are giving their baby regal names.

Reign

Princess

Prince

King

Kingdom

Tiara

Royalty

Majesty

Long Island Based

Of course every parent looks at their little one as a prince or princess, but in some cases, mom and dad are giving their baby regal names.

Billy

Joel

Mariah

Amy

Lindsay

Theodore

Alec

Nelson

Tatyana

Ashanti

Town Names

Wherever these babies go in life, they’ll always have a connection to home — their name.

Roosevelt

Shirley

Sinai

Jefferson

Hyde

Bellerose

Rosyln

Jericho

Sports Star Names

Long Islanders are passionate about their local sports teams. Here are some NY sports-related names.

Shea The name of the stadium the Mets used to play at from 1964-2008.

Johan In 2012, Mets pitcher Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in franchise history.

Henrik Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers goalie since 2005.

Jeter Derek Jeter spent his 20-year career with the Yankees, winning five World Series.

What was the longest baby name last year?

Answer in 5

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Pop Culture Names

Jaslene Gonzales was “La Madrina” of the Annual National New York City Puerto Rican Day Parade held June 16, 2007, appearing in a yellow convertible.

And she had a number of high-profile modeling assignments in 2008. Also in 2008, 12 newborns on Long Island were named Jaslene. The name has not been used on LI since.

Super Hero Names

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Aurora

Pepper

Rey

Odin

Thor

Elsa

Tiana

Ariel

Baby Name Search

Search below to find out the popularity of your child’s name based on data from 2007-2016.

Electoral Votes Sample

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Matthew Cassella

Electoral Vote Popular Vote Senate Trends House Trends

290Trump

Clinton228

270 needed to win

60,072,551Trump

Clinton60,467,601

50%

51Republicans

Democrats46

50%

239Republicans

Democrats192

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See results from LI races

Long Island Baby Names

Posted on October 3, 2018February 10, 2019 by jamesstewart

Long Island’s Top Baby Names

From Isabella to Michael, Thor to Khaleesi, here are what LI parents are naming their little ones (based on 2007-2016 data from the NYS Board of Health). See the trends, and search for names below.

Top girls’ names on Long Island

Isabella

Sophia

Olivia

Ava

Emma

Mia

Emily

Madison

Samantha

Abigail

What are the most popular two-letter names on Long Island?

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Ty, Om and Bo

Top boys’ names on Long Island

Michael

Matthew

Anthony

Joseph

Ryan

Christopher

Nicholas

Dylan

James

Daniel

Town names

Wherever these babies go in life, they’ll always have a connection to home — their names.

Jefferson

Shirley

Sinai

Jericho

Roosevelt

Merrick

Bellerose

Roslyn

“Game of Thrones” names

Newborn names have been inspired by “Game of Thrones” characters since 2012, a year after the popular HBO series debuted.

Arya

Meera

Tyrion

Khaleesi

Freya

Renly

Royal names

Many parents see their little ones as princes or princesses, but some go the extra mile by giving their babies regal names.

King

Prince

Reign

Royalty

Princess

Tiara

Kingdom

Majesty

Superhero & Princess names

While parents can’t give their children super powers, they can name them after superhero and princess characters, and many did.

Ariel

Aurora

Tiana

Odin

Elsa

Pepper

Rey

Thor

LI celebrity names

We can’t confirm these kids were named after famous Long Islanders, but they do share their names with local celebrities.

Billy

Joel

Mariah

Amy

Lindsay

Alec

Nelson

Tatyana

Ralph

Ashanti

Sports names

Many Long Island parents are passionate about their local sports teams, but there’s no telling whether babies will grow up to be athletes.

Jeter

Henrik

Johan

Shea

How many local babies have one-of-a-kind names?

Answer in 5

There were 6,736 babies born on LI from 2007-2016 who were given unique names.
(Data from the New York State Board of Health)

Fashion icon

Puerto Rican model and TV host Jaslene Gonzalez, who was a winner of “America’s Next Top Model,” also served as “La Madrina” in the 2007 National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, appearing in a yellow convertible that paraded alongside a car carrying singer Daddy Yankee. In 2008, 12 Long Island newborns were named Jaslene, but none have been given that name since.

Baby Name Search

Search below to see how popular any name was on LI, based on data from 2007-2016. See the full list here.

Credits

Jennifer Berger, Joe Diglio, Seth Mates, Sumeet Kaur, Tim Healy, James Stewart, Matthew Cassella, Will Welch