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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1911 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,801 New York births in 1911 across 807 distinct names.

Distinctively New York

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New York more than they say America.

#56Angelina#199 nationally
#68Hymanoutside the national top 200
#69Murrayoutside the national top 200
#57Antoinette#183 nationally
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#82Solomonoutside the national top 200
#87Soloutside the national top 200
#53Salvatore#166 nationally
#88Emanueloutside the national top 200
#92Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#66Angelo#174 nationally
#93Meyeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,322US #1
#2Helen1,481US #2
#3Margaret1,194US #3
#4Dorothy1,101US #4
#5Rose1,054US #14
#6Anna1,006US #6
#7Ruth865US #5
#8Frances748US #10
#9Lillian689US #13
#10Florence676US #12
#11Elizabeth649US #7
#12Mildred645US #8
#13Catherine590US #20
#14Marie581US #9
#15Josephine497US #29
#16Alice476US #11
#17Evelyn407US #16
#18Gertrude400US #30
#19Marion400US #58
#20Anne385US #64
#21Sylvia374US #82
#22Beatrice363US #37
#23Grace363US #23
#24Ann338US #53
#25Edna320US #17
#26Eleanor320US #49
#27Irene318US #21
#28Jean313US #74
#29Ethel310US #15
#30Edith301US #31
#31Louise276US #19
#32Esther263US #34
#33Julia254US #44
#34Gladys244US #18
#35Agnes241US #39
#36Ida241US #45
#37Virginia233US #26
#38Betty231US #69
#39Katherine227US #55
#40Pauline223US #38
#41Marjorie221US #59
#42Theresa212US #100
#43Doris208US #56
#44Elsie201US #41
#45Bertha196US #36
#46Jennie193US #85
#47Martha191US #28
#48Sarah188US #42
#49Hazel177US #25
#50Emma166US #35
#51Sophie161US #125
#52Pearl158US #48
#53Clara157US #33
#54Lena156US #70
#55Mae156US #71
#56Angelina153US #199
#57Antoinette150US #183
#58Charlotte150US #95
#59Stella147US #72
#60Genevieve145US #93
#61Madeline141US #133
#62Lucy138US #77
#63Kathryn133US #73
#64Sally130US #151
#65Viola130US #47
#66Laura129US #57
#67Blanche125US #75
#68Miriam125US #164
#69Vera120US #67
#70Eva113US #46
#71Celia110US #178
#72Estelle110US #106
#73Jane110US #98
#74Emily108US #103
#75Marian108US #105
#76Loretta106US #118
#77Minnie106US #52
#78Harriet105US #115
#79Vivian105US #80
#80Mabel102US #43
#81Barbara100US #119
#82Hilda100US #101
#83Fannie99US #88
#84Bessie98US #40
#85Kathleen97US #126
#86Sadie97US #113
#87Bernice95US #51
#88Lucille94US #32
#89Rita94US #179
#90Ellen93US #84
#91Henrietta92US #144
#92Marguerite91US #87
#93Shirley91US #198
#94Thelma90US #27
#95Violet90US #83
#96Winifred88US #166
#97Carmela87
#98Caroline84US #146
#99Mollie82US #190
#100Veronica80

Boys

#1John1,624US #1
#2Joseph1,269US #6
#3William1,122US #2
#4George782US #4
#5James750US #3
#6Charles733US #7
#7Frank728US #8
#8Edward646US #9
#9Robert526US #5
#10Thomas444US #10
#11Louis420US #21
#12Harry415US #13
#13Anthony410US #35
#14Harold368US #16
#15Michael353US #38
#16Arthur322US #18
#17Henry301US #11
#18Albert286US #15
#19Walter279US #12
#20Jack263US #25
#21Irving258US #93
#22Samuel238US #30
#23Richard233US #20
#24David228US #27
#25Paul216US #17
#26Francis212US #33
#27Alfred209US #39
#28Philip193US #69
#29Peter189US #50
#30Raymond184US #19
#31Frederick178US #52
#32Morris177US #85
#33Benjamin172US #64
#34Sidney171US #92
#35Ralph166US #24
#36Bernard165US #54
#37Vincent160US #80
#38Fred155US #22
#39Abraham146US #124
#40Max141US #106
#41Milton140US #70
#42Donald138US #36
#43Howard138US #28
#44Stanley137US #44
#45Sam135US #47
#46Herbert133US #41
#47Kenneth133US #40
#48Leo124US #51
#49Martin121US #75
#50Daniel118US #53
#51Carl115US #26
#52Nathan113US #109
#53Salvatore110US #166
#54Lawrence109US #37
#55Nicholas105US #120
#56Andrew103US #42
#57Alexander101US #94
#58Herman101US #49
#59Stephen98US #84
#60Leonard97US #46
#61Theodore97US #56
#62Edwin96US #60
#63Clarence92US #23
#64Eugene90US #43
#65Julius86US #104
#66Angelo78US #174
#67Ernest77US #32
#68Hyman75
#69Murray75
#70Victor73US #81
#71Leon72US #77
#72Patrick71US #128
#73Norman69US #63
#74Gerald67US #88
#75Jacob64US #116
#76Dominick59
#77Lester58US #65
#78Roy57US #31
#79Earl56US #34
#80Jerome54US #159
#81Lewis53US #66
#82Solomon53
#83Chester50US #58
#84Matthew50US #153
#85Edmund48US #142
#86Maurice47US #99
#87Sol46
#88Emanuel44
#89Warren43US #113
#90Clifford41US #62
#91Ben40US #86
#92Isidore40
#93Meyer40
#94Oscar39US #68
#95Elmer38US #48
#96Pasquale38
#97Alex37US #129
#98Gordon36US #97
#99Russell36US #55
#100Antonio35US #187

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑28Miriam#68
↑18Vera#69
↑17Barbara#81
↑16Sam#45
↑16Lester#77
↑13Laura#66
↑13Donald#42
↑13Nathan#52

Falling

↓29Marguerite#92
↓20Sadie#86
↓18Ernest#67
↓17Emily#74
↓15Jacob#75
↓13Fannie#83
↓12Mabel#80
↓11Eva#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.