State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1917 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 182,227 New York births in 1917 across 1,348 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
#66Seymouroutside the national top 200
#75Dominickoutside the national top 200
#78Murrayoutside the national top 200
#80Hymanoutside the national top 200
#83Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#87Solomonoutside the national top 200
#57Antoinette#170 nationally
#59Abraham#171 nationally
#93Soloutside the national top 200
#95Isidoreoutside the national top 200
#50Salvatore#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,502US #1
#2Helen4,015US #2
#3Dorothy2,928US #3
#4Ruth2,676US #5
#5Margaret2,673US #4
#6Anna2,276US #7
#7Rose2,254US #16
#8Frances1,823US #9
#9Florence1,697US #14
#10Elizabeth1,581US #8
#11Marie1,542US #12
#12Josephine1,500US #21
#13Lillian1,477US #15
#14Catherine1,422US #18
#15Mildred1,378US #6
#16Evelyn1,199US #11
#17Sylvia1,145US #69
#18Eleanor1,114US #26
#19Marion994US #45
#20Virginia989US #10
#21Alice982US #13
#22Anne964US #53
#23Gertrude956US #37
#24Jean931US #40
#25Beatrice915US #39
#26Grace909US #30
#27Doris813US #25
#28Ann812US #44
#29Irene768US #17
#30Rita762US #63
#31Edith715US #28
#32Ethel715US #24
#33Esther637US #38
#34Louise636US #19
#35Marjorie629US #36
#36Betty618US #34
#37Jane613US #55
#38Edna589US #20
#39Julia570US #47
#40Agnes569US #48
#41Theresa557US #97
#42Ida549US #56
#43Katherine539US #49
#44Gladys519US #23
#45Martha506US #22
#46Jennie498US #81
#47Pauline480US #33
#48Clara479US #41
#49Sophie478US #100
#50Stella473US #62
#51Elsie456US #50
#52Muriel446US #128
#53Shirley417US #123
#54Miriam415US #134
#55Charlotte403US #76
#56Sarah402US #52
#57Antoinette400US #170
#58Pearl396US #57
#59Bertha395US #51
#60Lucille376US #29
#61Lucy373US #88
#62Marian372US #74
#63Angelina363
#64Genevieve361US #77
#65Madeline352US #127
#66Lena349US #85
#67Bernice340US #42
#68Barbara339US #67
#69Blanche318US #91
#70Harriet315US #104
#71Kathryn313US #60
#72Viola312US #59
#73Nancy298US #98
#74Thelma298US #32
#75Estelle293US #129
#76Geraldine293US #89
#77Laura284US #65
#78Loretta280US #114
#79Emma279US #46
#80Eileen273US #106
#81Olga262US #131
#82Marguerite260US #78
#83Carmela254
#84Vera249US #66
#85Emily248US #103
#86Vivian245US #79
#87Anita244US #137
#88Eva244US #54
#89Hazel243US #31
#90Veronica237US #183
#91Janet235US #136
#92Adele233US #192
#93Hilda230US #112
#94Norma226US #108
#95Phyllis222US #92
#96Jeanette220US #132
#97Caroline218US #152
#98Ellen218US #90
#99Minnie218US #75
#100Kathleen213US #101

Boys

#1John5,759US #1
#2Joseph4,232US #5
#3William3,894US #2
#4Robert2,820US #4
#5Charles2,382US #7
#6George2,373US #6
#7Edward2,315US #8
#8James2,292US #3
#9Frank2,248US #9
#10Anthony1,388US #38
#11Thomas1,343US #10
#12Arthur1,236US #17
#13Harold1,224US #12
#14Walter1,161US #11
#15Louis1,153US #23
#16Michael1,077US #44
#17Henry1,069US #15
#18Harry1,038US #19
#19Richard1,007US #14
#20Albert933US #18
#21Paul889US #13
#22Raymond843US #16
#23Francis812US #30
#24Donald791US #20
#25Stanley781US #34
#26Peter777US #50
#27Vincent777US #65
#28Bernard737US #49
#29David718US #28
#30Irving707US #106
#31Jack694US #22
#32Alfred676US #43
#33Frederick632US #51
#34Herbert622US #40
#35Samuel618US #42
#36Ralph609US #21
#37Howard595US #26
#38Philip570US #66
#39Leonard544US #41
#40Daniel540US #54
#41Kenneth538US #27
#42Sidney517US #95
#43Fred488US #29
#44Milton474US #75
#45Lawrence470US #36
#46Benjamin469US #76
#47Carl468US #24
#48Eugene449US #39
#49Leo440US #47
#50Salvatore430US #155
#51Morris425US #99
#52Nicholas403US #109
#53Martin401US #77
#54Andrew385US #48
#55Theodore375US #63
#56Sam373US #72
#57Norman372US #46
#58Edwin367US #55
#59Abraham351US #171
#60Stephen341US #89
#61Alexander325US #97
#62Max321US #104
#63Victor313US #78
#64Ernest310US #37
#65Angelo301US #152
#66Seymour291
#67Julius283US #113
#68Herman272US #58
#69Gerald264US #69
#70Clarence262US #25
#71Jerome261US #133
#72Chester251US #56
#73Nathan249US #148
#74Leon239US #82
#75Dominick237
#76Jacob211US #130
#77Clifford209US #59
#78Murray201
#79Gordon192US #84
#80Hyman190
#81Arnold187US #91
#82Lester186US #61
#83Earl180US #32
#84Russell178US #52
#85Roy177US #33
#86Patrick173US #154
#87Solomon158
#88Matthew155US #149
#89Edmund152US #135
#90Warren152US #93
#91Lewis151US #70
#92Maurice150US #101
#93Sol150
#94Tony145US #131
#95Isidore139
#96Rocco136
#97Morton133
#98Elmer129US #45
#99Alex128US #132
#100Emanuel126

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑36Shirley#53
↑19Geraldine#76
↑12Gordon#79
↑11Miriam#54
↑10Kathryn#71
↑10Warren#90
↑9Marguerite#82
↑8Veronica#90

Falling

↓18Jeanette#96
↓18Ellen#98
↓16Emily#85
↓12Genevieve#64
↓9Pearl#58
↓9Hilda#93
↓9Earl#83
↓8Emma#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.