State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1912 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,046 New York births in 1912 across 977 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.

#65Hymanoutside the national top 200
#69Murrayoutside the national top 200
#70Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#70Dominickoutside the national top 200
#64Antoinette#194 nationally
#79Soloutside the national top 200
#84Solomonoutside the national top 200
#85Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#89Seymouroutside the national top 200
#50Salvatore#158 nationally
#94Emanueloutside the national top 200
#60Rita#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,909US #1
#2Helen2,089US #2
#3Dorothy1,442US #3
#4Rose1,438US #15
#5Margaret1,370US #4
#6Anna1,338US #7
#7Ruth1,223US #5
#8Frances940US #9
#9Elizabeth868US #8
#10Florence864US #12
#11Lillian835US #14
#12Mildred831US #6
#13Catherine784US #21
#14Marie761US #10
#15Josephine676US #28
#16Alice585US #11
#17Gertrude577US #30
#18Evelyn557US #13
#19Sylvia547US #77
#20Marion544US #55
#21Anne529US #58
#22Grace472US #24
#23Eleanor450US #39
#24Beatrice443US #37
#25Ethel438US #18
#26Louise432US #17
#27Jean415US #64
#28Edith414US #31
#29Irene411US #22
#30Ann410US #47
#31Edna368US #16
#32Esther365US #33
#33Ida328US #45
#34Julia328US #44
#35Doris323US #48
#36Agnes320US #40
#37Pauline308US #38
#38Betty307US #66
#39Gladys307US #19
#40Katherine306US #53
#41Virginia292US #20
#42Bertha278US #36
#43Jennie277US #81
#44Clara266US #34
#45Sarah264US #41
#46Theresa262US #97
#47Marjorie254US #56
#48Elsie247US #42
#49Martha234US #29
#50Hazel201US #25
#51Emma200US #35
#52Lucy198US #78
#53Sophie191US #117
#54Blanche188US #75
#55Mae187US #74
#56Lena185US #72
#57Madeline185US #124
#58Charlotte183US #91
#59Genevieve183US #92
#60Rita177US #165
#61Sally176US #136
#62Stella176US #73
#63Pearl172US #54
#64Antoinette170US #194
#65Harriet170US #113
#66Jane169US #89
#67Viola168US #52
#68Kathryn167US #71
#69Muriel166US #156
#70Angelina164
#71Laura163US #57
#72Estelle160US #111
#73Loretta158US #119
#74Emily155US #105
#75Eva154US #49
#76Minnie151US #60
#77Marian150US #93
#78Sadie150US #114
#79Mabel145US #46
#80Miriam144US #159
#81Lucille133US #32
#82Bernice129US #51
#83Fannie129US #87
#84Caroline127US #139
#85Celia127US #188
#86Henrietta127US #135
#87Thelma125US #26
#88Vivian124US #84
#89Barbara123US #102
#90Vera123US #68
#91Hilda121US #104
#92Kathleen121US #118
#93Marguerite121US #79
#94Veronica117US #178
#95Olga115US #154
#96Shirley114US #198
#97Carmela112
#98Bessie108US #43
#99Frieda108
#100Nancy108US #108

Boys

#1John2,709US #1
#2Joseph2,250US #5
#3William1,923US #2
#4Charles1,336US #7
#5George1,284US #6
#6James1,257US #3
#7Frank1,211US #9
#8Edward1,140US #8
#9Robert1,038US #4
#10Anthony738US #37
#11Thomas732US #10
#12Louis722US #20
#13Harry675US #16
#14Arthur647US #15
#15Harold603US #13
#16Henry587US #12
#17Michael538US #42
#18Walter519US #11
#19Albert495US #17
#20Samuel458US #30
#21Irving446US #94
#22David436US #29
#23Paul399US #14
#24Francis385US #35
#25Richard383US #19
#26Raymond377US #18
#27Jack376US #28
#28Vincent366US #72
#29Peter357US #48
#30Alfred351US #40
#31Sidney334US #80
#32Ralph332US #23
#33Bernard328US #60
#34Milton320US #64
#35Donald309US #27
#36Philip309US #69
#37Frederick303US #51
#38Herbert296US #39
#39Morris296US #82
#40Stanley293US #43
#41Fred287US #26
#42Howard281US #25
#43Max255US #101
#44Daniel250US #53
#45Carl246US #24
#46Benjamin235US #67
#47Lawrence233US #38
#48Abraham228US #125
#49Kenneth223US #33
#50Salvatore220US #158
#51Leonard218US #45
#52Leo216US #49
#53Nicholas216US #113
#54Herman204US #50
#55Andrew198US #44
#56Nathan191US #120
#57Theodore188US #52
#58Sam185US #63
#59Stephen185US #88
#60Eugene175US #41
#61Martin172US #75
#62Alexander167US #97
#63Julius161US #100
#64Ernest159US #32
#65Hyman158
#66Norman155US #61
#67Edwin151US #54
#68Jacob144US #110
#69Murray140
#70Dominick138
#71Angelo136US #155
#72Victor133US #81
#73Clarence130US #21
#74Leon123US #79
#75Jerome119US #133
#76Lester118US #58
#77Gerald115US #87
#78Earl109US #34
#79Sol107
#80Clifford97US #62
#81Maurice97US #95
#82Lewis95US #68
#83Chester94US #55
#84Solomon93
#85Isidore92
#86Patrick84US #145
#87Arnold80US #99
#88Roy80US #31
#89Seymour80
#90Edmund74US #143
#91Gordon71US #93
#92Russell71US #56
#93Elmer68US #47
#94Emanuel68
#95Oscar68US #73
#96Matthew65US #156
#97Meyer63
#98Saul63
#99Carmine62
#100Aaron61US #190

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑29Rita#60
↑14Caroline#84
↑13Blanche#54
↑13Harriet#65
↑10Lucy#52
↑10Clifford#80
↑9Clara#44
↑9Vincent#28

Falling

↓21Vera#90
↓14Angelina#70
↓14Celia#85
↓14Bessie#98
↓14Patrick#86
↓13Benjamin#46
↓13Sam#58
↓12Miriam#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.