State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1916 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 174,254 New York births in 1916 across 1,331 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.

#63Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#67Dominickoutside the national top 200
#72Seymouroutside the national top 200
#73Murrayoutside the national top 200
#77Hymanoutside the national top 200
#61Antoinette#175 nationally
#87Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#89Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#90Solomonoutside the national top 200
#42Salvatore#150 nationally
#96Soloutside the national top 200
#94Adele#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,497US #1
#2Helen3,923US #2
#3Dorothy2,797US #3
#4Margaret2,706US #4
#5Ruth2,505US #5
#6Rose2,309US #15
#7Anna2,279US #7
#8Frances1,700US #9
#9Florence1,587US #14
#10Elizabeth1,578US #8
#11Josephine1,498US #21
#12Lillian1,447US #16
#13Catherine1,420US #20
#14Marie1,383US #12
#15Mildred1,362US #6
#16Evelyn1,175US #11
#17Sylvia1,140US #69
#18Eleanor1,056US #27
#19Marion1,033US #47
#20Alice942US #13
#21Anne937US #53
#22Gertrude923US #35
#23Grace897US #26
#24Beatrice884US #38
#25Jean852US #45
#26Virginia837US #10
#27Irene804US #17
#28Rita784US #67
#29Edith761US #28
#30Ann760US #40
#31Doris756US #32
#32Louise669US #18
#33Ethel652US #25
#34Esther643US #34
#35Edna607US #19
#36Marjorie599US #37
#37Julia573US #46
#38Betty553US #44
#39Ida540US #54
#40Katherine538US #51
#41Jane530US #62
#42Pauline527US #33
#43Agnes519US #50
#44Jennie518US #79
#45Gladys504US #22
#46Theresa487US #98
#47Elsie465US #48
#48Stella446US #63
#49Pearl423US #57
#50Martha415US #24
#51Sophie410US #101
#52Genevieve409US #76
#53Charlotte405US #80
#54Bertha403US #49
#55Clara395US #39
#56Sarah390US #52
#57Lucy381US #84
#58Muriel374US #134
#59Marian366US #72
#60Lena357US #85
#61Antoinette344US #175
#62Lucille335US #30
#63Angelina334
#64Madeline329US #131
#65Miriam326US #140
#66Blanche323US #89
#67Barbara310US #74
#68Viola300US #59
#69Emily299US #100
#70Laura295US #64
#71Emma293US #41
#72Thelma289US #29
#73Harriet274US #106
#74Bernice272US #42
#75Estelle268US #122
#76Olga266US #126
#77Nancy259US #102
#78Jeanette258US #135
#79Loretta253US #113
#80Ellen251US #87
#81Kathryn251US #60
#82Vera244US #66
#83Eileen241US #118
#84Hilda240US #105
#85Hazel238US #31
#86Mae237US #92
#87Carmela234
#88Eva233US #55
#89Shirley232US #160
#90Sally226US #162
#91Marguerite225US #78
#92Vivian225US #77
#93Caroline223US #144
#94Adele222US #198
#95Geraldine217US #94
#96Kathleen212US #104
#97Sadie204US #133
#98Veronica204US #186
#99Janet201US #142
#100Phyllis201US #95

Boys

#1John5,370US #1
#2Joseph3,978US #5
#3William3,776US #2
#4Robert2,438US #4
#5George2,351US #7
#6Charles2,327US #6
#7Edward2,264US #8
#8Frank2,219US #9
#9James2,211US #3
#10Thomas1,355US #10
#11Anthony1,257US #37
#12Louis1,240US #22
#13Harold1,202US #13
#14Arthur1,139US #18
#15Walter1,093US #11
#16Michael1,064US #44
#17Henry1,062US #14
#18Albert927US #17
#19Harry907US #19
#20Richard871US #15
#21Francis843US #31
#22Paul806US #12
#23Raymond751US #16
#24Peter713US #50
#25Vincent705US #67
#26Bernard698US #49
#27David686US #28
#28Stanley682US #34
#29Irving675US #109
#30Donald663US #20
#31Samuel615US #41
#32Alfred602US #43
#33Jack588US #26
#34Philip585US #70
#35Howard575US #25
#36Frederick568US #52
#37Herbert556US #40
#38Ralph541US #21
#39Sidney499US #95
#40Kenneth486US #27
#41Milton481US #72
#42Salvatore475US #150
#43Daniel468US #55
#44Fred464US #29
#45Morris440US #97
#46Lawrence439US #38
#47Leonard431US #42
#48Leo422US #47
#49Nicholas398US #107
#50Carl397US #23
#51Martin380US #81
#52Benjamin376US #79
#53Theodore373US #65
#54Andrew372US #46
#55Eugene371US #39
#56Abraham365US #158
#57Stephen340US #87
#58Norman333US #48
#59Sam332US #74
#60Alexander320US #99
#61Ernest319US #36
#62Edwin306US #53
#63Victor303US #78
#64Max298US #105
#65Herman293US #56
#66Angelo289US #146
#67Dominick265
#68Nathan262US #143
#69Clarence253US #24
#70Julius253US #111
#71Leon235US #85
#72Seymour235
#73Murray233
#74Earl230US #32
#75Chester228US #54
#76Gerald224US #76
#77Hyman224
#78Jerome212US #138
#79Clifford208US #61
#80Jacob196US #123
#81Arnold191US #89
#82Lester187US #59
#83Russell166US #51
#84Roy164US #33
#85Patrick157US #154
#86Matthew151US #148
#87Maurice147US #100
#88Edmund141US #134
#89Isidore140
#90Solomon136
#91Gordon132US #90
#92Lewis128US #71
#93Elmer127US #45
#94Alex126US #128
#95Melvin126US #57
#96Sol124
#97Oscar120US #86
#98Dominic119
#99Jerry114US #145
#100Warren113US #102

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑17Jeanette#78
↑12Ellen#80
↑11Blanche#66
↑10Pearl#49
↑10Marian#59
↑9Barbara#67
↑9Thelma#72
↑8Jane#41

Falling

↓17Kathryn#81
↓14Caroline#93
↓13Hazel#85
↓10Emma#71
↓10Kathleen#96
↓9Marguerite#91
↓8Estelle#75
↓8Lewis#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.