State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1915 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 169,884 New York births in 1915 across 1,313 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.

#63Angelina#199 nationally
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#71Hymanoutside the national top 200
#77Seymouroutside the national top 200
#80Murrayoutside the national top 200
#56Antoinette#173 nationally
#85Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#86Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#91Soloutside the national top 200
#92Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#96Roccooutside the national top 200
#97Solomonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary5,342US #1
#2Helen3,957US #2
#3Dorothy2,725US #3
#4Margaret2,584US #4
#5Ruth2,489US #5
#6Rose2,355US #16
#7Anna2,320US #7
#8Frances1,665US #9
#9Florence1,571US #14
#10Lillian1,546US #15
#11Elizabeth1,518US #8
#12Mildred1,438US #6
#13Marie1,413US #11
#14Catherine1,407US #19
#15Josephine1,384US #22
#16Evelyn1,147US #10
#17Sylvia1,109US #67
#18Eleanor1,048US #28
#19Alice1,005US #13
#20Gertrude949US #35
#21Marion937US #50
#22Grace911US #27
#23Anne871US #52
#24Jean809US #48
#25Irene772US #17
#26Rita742US #71
#27Beatrice740US #37
#28Doris726US #34
#29Edith695US #31
#30Ann688US #43
#31Louise684US #18
#32Virginia683US #12
#33Ethel667US #23
#34Edna632US #20
#35Esther578US #33
#36Julia567US #44
#37Pauline556US #32
#38Marjorie554US #39
#39Theresa543US #93
#40Jennie540US #73
#41Ida523US #54
#42Agnes507US #45
#43Katherine505US #49
#44Betty480US #53
#45Gladys467US #21
#46Elsie445US #41
#47Stella440US #64
#48Sophie439US #97
#49Jane434US #69
#50Bertha431US #46
#51Martha408US #25
#52Clara403US #38
#53Muriel394US #134
#54Sarah384US #51
#55Charlotte377US #81
#56Antoinette369US #173
#57Genevieve365US #76
#58Madeline347US #121
#59Pearl347US #56
#60Lucille345US #29
#61Emma341US #40
#62Lucy340US #79
#63Angelina324US #199
#64Kathryn324US #60
#65Lena312US #77
#66Miriam311US #138
#67Estelle300US #117
#68Bernice293US #42
#69Marian292US #86
#70Viola292US #59
#71Laura291US #61
#72Hazel290US #26
#73Loretta267US #115
#74Emily263US #99
#75Olga263US #130
#76Barbara259US #83
#77Blanche259US #87
#78Harriet256US #112
#79Caroline249US #137
#80Nancy249US #102
#81Thelma248US #30
#82Marguerite234US #85
#83Vera232US #65
#84Eva231US #55
#85Carmela229
#86Kathleen229US #104
#87Vivian228US #78
#88Adele222US #188
#89Hilda217US #107
#90Mabel216US #62
#91Veronica215US #185
#92Ellen211US #88
#93Sally209US #163
#94Winifred209US #143
#95Jeanette207US #148
#96Phyllis206US #100
#97Bessie200US #57
#98Janet200US #158
#99Claire199
#100Fannie199US #105

Boys

#1John5,180US #1
#2Joseph3,764US #5
#3William3,666US #2
#4Charles2,315US #7
#5Robert2,242US #4
#6Frank2,215US #9
#7James2,215US #3
#8Edward2,186US #8
#9George2,178US #6
#10Anthony1,297US #36
#11Thomas1,289US #10
#12Harold1,201US #12
#13Louis1,188US #23
#14Arthur1,086US #18
#15Walter1,046US #11
#16Harry1,017US #19
#17Michael1,016US #43
#18Henry974US #14
#19Richard872US #15
#20Albert868US #17
#21Paul850US #13
#22Francis787US #29
#23Vincent716US #65
#24Raymond710US #16
#25David687US #31
#26Peter685US #49
#27Irving667US #107
#28Stanley662US #34
#29Bernard659US #48
#30Jack652US #27
#31Samuel635US #39
#32Donald628US #20
#33Alfred611US #42
#34Ralph549US #21
#35Philip536US #69
#36Frederick531US #52
#37Herbert528US #40
#38Sidney526US #94
#39Howard520US #25
#40Daniel503US #55
#41Milton486US #73
#42Kenneth467US #28
#43Morris463US #93
#44Fred460US #26
#45Leonard437US #44
#46Lawrence432US #37
#47Nicholas415US #104
#48Carl411US #22
#49Salvatore397US #148
#50Leo396US #47
#51Abraham393US #152
#52Benjamin386US #71
#53Sam376US #68
#54Eugene370US #41
#55Martin354US #79
#56Andrew348US #46
#57Stephen338US #86
#58Ernest326US #35
#59Edwin317US #53
#60Theodore315US #64
#61Norman304US #50
#62Victor304US #74
#63Max299US #102
#64Alexander297US #103
#65Nathan291US #139
#66Herman287US #56
#67Angelo274US #149
#68Julius262US #109
#69Dominick257
#70Leon249US #82
#71Hyman238
#72Gerald231US #78
#73Clarence222US #24
#74Chester216US #54
#75Jacob215US #121
#76Jerome206US #140
#77Seymour190
#78Earl183US #33
#79Clifford180US #61
#80Murray180
#81Lester171US #57
#82Russell163US #51
#83Roy155US #32
#84Lewis154US #70
#85Arnold153US #91
#86Isidore150
#87Matthew149US #150
#88Elmer146US #45
#89Patrick143US #164
#90Maurice137US #101
#91Sol134
#92Pasquale133
#93Edmund132US #136
#94Gordon128US #90
#95Floyd126US #59
#96Rocco124
#97Solomon123
#98Warren123US #105
#99Gerard122
#100Lloyd119US #62

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑21Hazel#72
↑17Olga#75
↑16Emma#61
↑10Viola#70
↑10Mabel#90
↑10Victor#62
↑9Muriel#53
↑8Doris#28

Falling

↓25Sally#93
↓12Blanche#77
↓10Ethel#33
↓10Max#63
↓9Eva#84
↓9Samuel#31
↓9Jacob#75
↓8Lena#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.