State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1914 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 136,839 New York births in 1914 across 1,182 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.

#60Angelina#195 nationally
#69Hymanoutside the national top 200
#68Dominick#197 nationally
#74Murrayoutside the national top 200
#78Seymouroutside the national top 200
#84Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#85Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#56Antoinette#170 nationally
#88Soloutside the national top 200
#91Solomonoutside the national top 200
#94Angelaoutside the national top 200
#95Meyeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,245US #1
#2Helen3,075US #2
#3Dorothy2,153US #3
#4Margaret2,032US #4
#5Rose2,025US #15
#6Ruth1,903US #5
#7Anna1,894US #6
#8Frances1,338US #9
#9Florence1,337US #13
#10Elizabeth1,238US #8
#11Lillian1,185US #16
#12Mildred1,160US #7
#13Catherine1,142US #18
#14Josephine1,106US #23
#15Marie1,092US #10
#16Sylvia914US #70
#17Evelyn911US #11
#18Eleanor811US #28
#19Alice810US #12
#20Gertrude808US #32
#21Marion799US #50
#22Anne734US #53
#23Ethel684US #21
#24Grace647US #25
#25Jean629US #54
#26Beatrice615US #38
#27Ann611US #40
#28Rita585US #87
#29Edith578US #31
#30Irene552US #22
#31Louise549US #17
#32Virginia496US #14
#33Esther495US #35
#34Ida480US #49
#35Edna468US #19
#36Doris455US #36
#37Pauline435US #34
#38Katherine432US #48
#39Julia426US #42
#40Marjorie418US #45
#41Agnes417US #44
#42Gladys415US #20
#43Theresa408US #93
#44Jennie403US #77
#45Betty380US #62
#46Martha349US #27
#47Sarah339US #47
#48Elsie337US #46
#49Clara335US #37
#50Sophie335US #100
#51Jane331US #71
#52Stella326US #65
#53Bertha323US #41
#54Charlotte303US #88
#55Pearl296US #56
#56Antoinette291US #170
#57Lena288US #75
#58Genevieve282US #76
#59Lucy279US #73
#60Angelina275US #195
#61Madeline273US #116
#62Muriel260US #133
#63Lucille259US #30
#64Marian256US #90
#65Blanche253US #80
#66Laura251US #59
#67Bernice242US #43
#68Sally238US #139
#69Mae235US #85
#70Emily234US #98
#71Miriam234US #149
#72Kathryn226US #63
#73Barbara224US #82
#74Estelle218US #112
#75Eva217US #52
#76Harriet217US #111
#77Emma215US #39
#78Thelma211US #26
#79Loretta210US #122
#80Viola209US #57
#81Sadie208US #124
#82Vera203US #68
#83Caroline198US #148
#84Carmela196
#85Minnie191US #67
#86Vivian191US #81
#87Nancy190US #102
#88Hilda189US #103
#89Marguerite180US #84
#90Veronica179US #176
#91Kathleen175US #110
#92Olga175US #136
#93Hazel172US #29
#94Angela167
#95Ellen166US #86
#96Adele165US #187
#97Bessie165US #55
#98Phyllis162US #113
#99Concetta160
#100Mabel159US #58

Boys

#1John4,289US #1
#2Joseph3,328US #5
#3William2,986US #2
#4Charles1,854US #7
#5George1,839US #6
#6Edward1,771US #8
#7Frank1,751US #9
#8James1,743US #3
#9Robert1,723US #4
#10Louis1,070US #20
#11Thomas1,051US #11
#12Anthony1,029US #37
#13Harold945US #14
#14Arthur890US #18
#15Harry871US #19
#16Walter831US #10
#17Henry825US #12
#18Michael800US #40
#19Albert761US #15
#20Richard651US #17
#21Paul650US #13
#22Samuel614US #36
#23Francis610US #31
#24Vincent606US #61
#25Raymond605US #16
#26David588US #29
#27Irving581US #100
#28Jack557US #27
#29Peter554US #48
#30Alfred537US #41
#31Bernard497US #50
#32Stanley484US #39
#33Sidney453US #89
#34Donald449US #23
#35Ralph440US #21
#36Morris438US #86
#37Frederick436US #52
#38Milton436US #69
#39Philip419US #68
#40Herbert381US #42
#41Howard377US #26
#42Kenneth376US #30
#43Abraham349US #141
#44Salvatore345US #148
#45Daniel338US #55
#46Leo336US #47
#47Lawrence334US #35
#48Carl331US #24
#49Fred331US #28
#50Nicholas328US #102
#51Benjamin324US #70
#52Leonard312US #45
#53Max308US #99
#54Sam300US #67
#55Andrew291US #44
#56Stephen276US #80
#57Martin272US #73
#58Eugene254US #43
#59Edwin250US #53
#60Alexander243US #98
#61Theodore242US #64
#62Herman239US #51
#63Nathan232US #124
#64Ernest230US #38
#65Julius224US #106
#66Jacob218US #113
#67Norman210US #54
#68Dominick205US #197
#69Hyman203
#70Angelo202US #146
#71Leon198US #85
#72Victor190US #76
#73Chester181US #56
#74Murray180
#75Clarence163US #22
#76Gerald163US #81
#77Jerome159US #136
#78Seymour155
#79Earl147US #33
#80Lester145US #57
#81Clifford133US #62
#82Russell132US #49
#83Lewis131US #72
#84Maurice130US #94
#85Isidore128
#86Roy127US #32
#87Matthew126US #151
#88Sol123
#89Edmund122US #130
#90Patrick122US #149
#91Solomon122
#92Arnold117US #97
#93Elmer115US #46
#94Gordon114US #88
#95Meyer103
#96Alex101US #131
#97Dominic100
#98Emanuel100
#99Melvin98US #59
#100Aaron89US #183

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑23Harriet#76
↑17Lucille#63
↑15Laura#66
↑13Jane#51
↑12Rita#28
↑12Eva#75
↑11Caroline#83
↑11Salvatore#44

Falling

↓28Hazel#93
↓15Emma#77
↓12Sadie#81
↓12Arnold#92
↓11Thelma#78
↓11Mabel#100
↓8Lucy#59
↓8Viola#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.