State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1913 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,333 New York births in 1913 across 1,036 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.

#58Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#71Murrayoutside the national top 200
#72Hymanoutside the national top 200
#59Antoinette#181 nationally
#81Soloutside the national top 200
#84Seymouroutside the national top 200
#91Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#92Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#93Solomonoutside the national top 200
#55Salvatore#162 nationally
#96Meyeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,267US #1
#2Helen2,265US #2
#3Dorothy1,623US #3
#4Margaret1,620US #4
#5Rose1,529US #14
#6Anna1,470US #7
#7Ruth1,327US #5
#8Frances1,012US #9
#9Elizabeth996US #8
#10Florence981US #13
#11Lillian930US #16
#12Mildred908US #6
#13Catherine885US #22
#14Josephine822US #24
#15Marie759US #10
#16Sylvia623US #72
#17Evelyn607US #12
#18Alice603US #11
#19Anne600US #57
#20Gertrude582US #33
#21Marion559US #51
#22Eleanor545US #34
#23Beatrice515US #37
#24Grace513US #25
#25Ethel480US #20
#26Edith474US #29
#27Jean463US #60
#28Irene443US #21
#29Ann432US #46
#30Edna422US #18
#31Louise418US #17
#32Esther415US #32
#33Virginia395US #15
#34Ida356US #49
#35Julia353US #42
#36Agnes345US #41
#37Doris333US #44
#38Pauline333US #35
#39Gladys332US #19
#40Rita327US #116
#41Theresa319US #97
#42Marjorie307US #48
#43Betty306US #67
#44Katherine298US #54
#45Jennie284US #80
#46Martha281US #28
#47Elsie277US #40
#48Bertha269US #39
#49Clara244US #36
#50Sarah244US #43
#51Lucy238US #77
#52Charlotte229US #87
#53Sophie229US #113
#54Lena227US #73
#55Stella225US #69
#56Madeline220US #117
#57Muriel217US #137
#58Angelina216
#59Antoinette209US #181
#60Genevieve208US #84
#61Pearl202US #55
#62Emma199US #38
#63Blanche195US #76
#64Jane195US #81
#65Hazel191US #27
#66Sally190US #138
#67Thelma175US #26
#68Estelle172US #112
#69Sadie172US #115
#70Bernice171US #45
#71Miriam171US #146
#72Viola171US #52
#73Marian168US #93
#74Kathryn167US #66
#75Mae167US #79
#76Loretta163US #118
#77Barbara162US #94
#78Emily162US #99
#79Fannie162US #91
#80Lucille162US #31
#81Laura161US #62
#82Hilda158US #105
#83Marguerite153US #78
#84Vivian151US #83
#85Minnie149US #63
#86Nancy148US #102
#87Eva142US #50
#88Jessie139US #61
#89Mabel138US #56
#90Vera137US #68
#91Carmela135
#92Ellen134US #88
#93Veronica134US #183
#94Caroline131US #149
#95Kathleen131US #110
#96Bessie130US #47
#97Frieda125
#98Mollie123
#99Harriet121US #125
#100Celia120US #200

Boys

#1John3,149US #1
#2Joseph2,517US #5
#3William2,271US #2
#4Charles1,415US #7
#5James1,387US #3
#6George1,370US #6
#7Frank1,340US #9
#8Edward1,265US #8
#9Robert1,153US #4
#10Louis838US #20
#11Thomas790US #10
#12Anthony778US #38
#13Harry723US #15
#14Harold701US #13
#15Arthur689US #17
#16Michael663US #40
#17Henry634US #12
#18Walter627US #11
#19Albert559US #16
#20Francis511US #30
#21David503US #29
#22Richard498US #19
#23Jack457US #28
#24Vincent455US #66
#25Paul454US #14
#26Samuel452US #36
#27Raymond443US #18
#28Peter434US #51
#29Irving431US #104
#30Alfred388US #42
#31Bernard383US #52
#32Philip375US #69
#33Sidney371US #90
#34Donald350US #25
#35Frederick335US #49
#36Stanley332US #41
#37Morris320US #89
#38Ralph319US #22
#39Daniel318US #54
#40Howard318US #26
#41Herbert315US #39
#42Fred310US #27
#43Milton305US #71
#44Benjamin291US #70
#45Lawrence275US #35
#46Nicholas270US #110
#47Carl264US #23
#48Leo260US #48
#49Abraham256US #142
#50Kenneth255US #33
#51Max254US #101
#52Leonard240US #46
#53Andrew230US #47
#54Martin228US #75
#55Salvatore226US #162
#56Herman221US #53
#57Stephen221US #86
#58Eugene218US #43
#59Nathan213US #127
#60Sam209US #65
#61Theodore208US #60
#62Alexander201US #98
#63Ernest190US #34
#64Edwin189US #55
#65Norman182US #57
#66Leon166US #81
#67Julius164US #106
#68Angelo159US #153
#69Dominick157
#70Victor153US #80
#71Murray147
#72Hyman144
#73Jacob140US #117
#74Clarence128US #21
#75Jerome121US #141
#76Earl117US #31
#77Chester115US #56
#78Lester114US #59
#79Maurice114US #95
#80Arnold113US #92
#81Sol112
#82Gerald111US #84
#83Clifford110US #68
#84Seymour105
#85Russell97US #50
#86Matthew92US #151
#87Patrick91US #148
#88Edmund89US #131
#89Elmer88US #45
#90Lewis84US #72
#91Gordon83US #94
#92Isidore83
#93Solomon83
#94Aaron80US #166
#95Roy79US #32
#96Meyer75
#97Vito72
#98Emanuel70
#99Rocco69
#100Melvin68US #61

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑20Rita#40
↑20Thelma#67
↑14Nancy#86
↑12Muriel#57
↑12Angelina#58
↑12Bernice#70
↑12Barbara#77
↑10Marguerite#83

Falling

↓34Harriet#99
↓20Mae#75
↓15Hazel#65
↓15Celia#100
↓12Eva#87
↓11Emma#62
↓10Laura#81
↓10Mabel#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.