State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1918 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 190,944 New York births in 1918 across 1,373 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.

#62Seymouroutside the national top 200
#67Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#71Dominickoutside the national top 200
#76Murrayoutside the national top 200
#79Hymanoutside the national top 200
#57Abraham#174 nationally
#62Antoinette#179 nationally
#87Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#90Soloutside the national top 200
#46Salvatore#155 nationally
#94Solomonoutside the national top 200
#86Adele#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,523US #1
#2Helen4,091US #2
#3Dorothy3,252US #3
#4Margaret2,764US #4
#5Ruth2,720US #5
#6Anna2,243US #10
#7Rose2,196US #17
#8Frances1,894US #8
#9Florence1,893US #14
#10Elizabeth1,646US #9
#11Marie1,545US #12
#12Lillian1,475US #15
#13Catherine1,454US #20
#14Mildred1,438US #6
#15Josephine1,425US #24
#16Evelyn1,366US #11
#17Sylvia1,227US #71
#18Eleanor1,179US #26
#19Virginia1,142US #7
#20Marion1,044US #45
#21Alice975US #13
#22Grace957US #31
#23Jean950US #37
#24Doris946US #19
#25Gertrude911US #39
#26Beatrice880US #40
#27Anne840US #54
#28Rita835US #58
#29Irene832US #16
#30Ann802US #44
#31Edith792US #30
#32Betty753US #21
#33Marjorie702US #34
#34Louise673US #18
#35Ethel666US #28
#36Jane660US #53
#37Shirley622US #97
#38Edna600US #23
#39Julia600US #48
#40Esther594US #38
#41Gladys579US #22
#42Theresa573US #101
#43Katherine566US #50
#44Agnes531US #47
#45Pauline506US #35
#46Jennie503US #91
#47Muriel498US #130
#48Ida470US #57
#49Pearl468US #56
#50Martha456US #25
#51Stella455US #67
#52Charlotte435US #78
#53Sophie421US #108
#54Clara417US #43
#55Elsie406US #49
#56Lucy402US #90
#57Lucille397US #29
#58Genevieve393US #81
#59Miriam388US #138
#60Barbara386US #60
#61Marian380US #76
#62Antoinette374US #179
#63Bertha367US #51
#64Thelma364US #32
#65Madeline362US #135
#66Bernice357US #41
#67Angelina347
#68Harriet347US #106
#69Lorraine337US #69
#70Sarah337US #52
#71Blanche329US #96
#72Geraldine319US #77
#73Eileen318US #110
#74Viola318US #59
#75Kathryn305US #63
#76Loretta294US #116
#77Nancy294US #102
#78Laura293US #64
#79Lena291US #93
#80Estelle290US #139
#81Victoria290US #134
#82Phyllis289US #80
#83Norma286US #98
#84Emily285US #105
#85Vivian285US #72
#86Adele283US #191
#87Carmela283
#88June281US #66
#89Olga278US #141
#90Veronica278US #182
#91Marguerite269US #86
#92Janet266US #129
#93Emma263US #46
#94Kathleen261US #99
#95Jeanette251US #131
#96Hazel249US #33
#97Patricia241US #133
#98Ellen240US #92
#99Vera235US #68
#100Joan234US #160

Boys

#1John6,058US #1
#2Joseph4,319US #7
#3William4,040US #2
#4Robert3,293US #4
#5Charles2,547US #5
#6Edward2,543US #8
#7James2,507US #3
#8George2,474US #6
#9Frank2,385US #9
#10Thomas1,506US #10
#11Harold1,427US #13
#12Arthur1,422US #17
#13Anthony1,344US #39
#14Walter1,306US #11
#15Louis1,194US #24
#16Richard1,141US #12
#17Henry1,099US #16
#18Michael1,073US #45
#19Harry1,044US #20
#20Albert996US #19
#21Raymond945US #15
#22Francis927US #30
#23Donald879US #18
#24Paul861US #14
#25Stanley846US #36
#26Peter837US #53
#27Vincent796US #73
#28Bernard794US #47
#29Jack738US #21
#30David727US #28
#31Irving715US #108
#32Alfred703US #42
#33Ralph666US #22
#34Howard611US #26
#35Herbert602US #40
#36Philip591US #71
#37Kenneth571US #27
#38Leonard554US #41
#39Samuel549US #43
#40Frederick547US #59
#41Daniel546US #52
#42Milton533US #76
#43Sidney526US #94
#44Eugene515US #35
#45Lawrence502US #38
#46Salvatore474US #155
#47Victor457US #63
#48Morris440US #101
#49Leo437US #48
#50Fred434US #33
#51Nicholas432US #113
#52Carl428US #25
#53Martin421US #81
#54Theodore415US #64
#55Norman397US #49
#56Andrew395US #46
#57Abraham357US #174
#58Benjamin347US #79
#59Edwin331US #55
#60Sam329US #75
#61Stephen326US #96
#62Seymour321
#63Ernest318US #37
#64Chester300US #54
#65Max293US #106
#66Gerald287US #72
#67Jerome284US #136
#68Leon280US #77
#69Herman279US #65
#70Julius274US #118
#71Dominick273
#72Angelo268US #162
#73Clarence262US #23
#74Alexander261US #104
#75Earl258US #31
#76Murray255
#77Nathan246US #150
#78Jacob218US #133
#79Hyman212
#80Clifford210US #60
#81Lester203US #62
#82Arnold198US #92
#83Gordon195US #85
#84Patrick195US #161
#85Roy191US #32
#86Russell187US #50
#87Matthew174US #148
#88Melvin169US #56
#89Warren165US #90
#90Sol162
#91Douglas161US #115
#92Lewis159US #74
#93Edmund158US #140
#94Solomon154
#95Maurice153US #103
#96Gerard149
#97Jerry149US #147
#98Elmer145US #44
#99Isidore144
#100Morton143

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑16Shirley#37
↑16Victor#47
↑13Phyllis#82
↑11Norma#83
↑10Thelma#64
↑9Pearl#49
↑8Barbara#60
↑8Chester#64

Falling

↓15Vera#99
↓14Sarah#70
↓14Emma#93
↓13Lena#79
↓13Alexander#74
↓12Benjamin#58
↓9Marguerite#91
↓8Olga#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.