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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1919 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 179,628 New York births in 1919 across 1,319 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.

#51Seymouroutside the national top 200
#64Angelina#199 nationally
#67Murrayoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#59Antoinette#180 nationally
#81Hymanoutside the national top 200
#58Abraham#176 nationally
#47Salvatore#160 nationally
#91Adeleoutside the national top 200
#92Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#96Mortonoutside the national top 200
#97Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary5,060US #1
#2Helen3,737US #2
#3Dorothy3,087US #3
#4Ruth2,664US #5
#5Margaret2,363US #4
#6Anna2,037US #10
#7Rose2,019US #19
#8Frances1,775US #9
#9Florence1,671US #14
#10Elizabeth1,541US #8
#11Josephine1,490US #26
#12Mildred1,446US #6
#13Marie1,424US #12
#14Lillian1,413US #17
#15Catherine1,322US #23
#16Evelyn1,279US #11
#17Virginia1,139US #7
#18Eleanor1,134US #30
#19Sylvia1,083US #77
#20Alice1,030US #13
#21Marion995US #44
#22Jean977US #37
#23Doris954US #18
#24Gertrude937US #39
#25Grace888US #34
#26Irene885US #16
#27Beatrice882US #41
#28Rita832US #54
#29Betty787US #15
#30Anne759US #63
#31Edith758US #29
#32Shirley728US #89
#33Ann713US #49
#34Jane654US #53
#35Marjorie605US #33
#36Louise600US #20
#37Ethel598US #28
#38Esther596US #38
#39Edna566US #22
#40Gladys562US #21
#41Jennie535US #93
#42Theresa535US #102
#43Julia522US #48
#44Katherine504US #51
#45Muriel496US #133
#46Pauline482US #36
#47Agnes481US #50
#48Charlotte466US #79
#49Ida450US #57
#50Pearl442US #56
#51Martha436US #25
#52Sophie419US #109
#53Elsie413US #47
#54Lucy396US #91
#55Stella394US #70
#56Clara385US #43
#57Lucille383US #27
#58Genevieve380US #88
#59Antoinette378US #180
#60Marian365US #82
#61Madeline363US #139
#62Miriam357US #145
#63Bertha355US #52
#64Angelina354US #199
#65Thelma353US #31
#66Barbara352US #60
#67Norma351US #83
#68Sarah336US #46
#69Bernice330US #42
#70Geraldine320US #68
#71Lena313US #94
#72Harriet312US #113
#73Eileen309US #103
#74Blanche307US #97
#75Olga296US #137
#76Estelle284US #141
#77Lorraine282US #62
#78Emily281US #105
#79June270US #64
#80Laura270US #71
#81Janet269US #126
#82Loretta267US #118
#83Nancy267US #100
#84Viola261US #58
#85Kathleen260US #101
#86Vivian259US #72
#87Vera258US #65
#88Kathryn256US #66
#89Patricia254US #114
#90Phyllis254US #84
#91Adele250
#92Carmela245
#93Marguerite244US #96
#94Hazel241US #32
#95Veronica238US #187
#96Jeanette237US #135
#97Eva235US #55
#98Joan228US #174
#99Violet228US #74
#100Caroline226US #169

Boys

#1John5,764US #1
#2Joseph3,899US #7
#3William3,835US #2
#4Robert3,275US #4
#5Edward2,393US #8
#6James2,372US #3
#7George2,351US #6
#8Charles2,252US #5
#9Frank2,175US #9
#10Thomas1,447US #10
#11Harold1,371US #13
#12Anthony1,296US #41
#13Walter1,232US #11
#14Arthur1,201US #19
#15Richard1,175US #12
#16Louis1,087US #28
#17Henry1,037US #16
#18Albert970US #18
#19Raymond950US #14
#20Michael939US #46
#21Harry914US #20
#22Paul891US #15
#23Donald845US #17
#24Francis829US #34
#25Bernard820US #45
#26Stanley781US #37
#27David722US #27
#28Vincent720US #72
#29Peter713US #57
#30Jack692US #21
#31Irving691US #111
#32Alfred686US #42
#33Herbert614US #40
#34Howard598US #24
#35Ralph571US #22
#36Philip549US #71
#37Leonard545US #39
#38Daniel541US #51
#39Lawrence533US #38
#40Frederick522US #64
#41Kenneth506US #26
#42Eugene500US #33
#43Milton483US #73
#44Fred480US #30
#45Theodore475US #54
#46Samuel473US #43
#47Salvatore472US #160
#48Sidney443US #96
#49Martin429US #81
#50Norman420US #48
#51Seymour404
#52Morris397US #100
#53Victor379US #68
#54Leo378US #49
#55Carl368US #29
#56Nicholas363US #122
#57Andrew357US #47
#58Abraham339US #176
#59Stephen329US #97
#60Edwin320US #52
#61Benjamin316US #79
#62Ernest308US #36
#63Gerald307US #70
#64Herman307US #61
#65Sam298US #75
#66Angelo286US #161
#67Murray275
#68Chester274US #53
#69Leon259US #80
#70Jerome238US #134
#71Nathan236US #156
#72Dominick228
#73Earl227US #31
#74Julius227US #123
#75Alexander225US #113
#76Max222US #110
#77Jacob216US #138
#78Clarence203US #25
#79Clifford195US #60
#80Russell193US #50
#81Hyman185
#82Lester185US #62
#83Arnold183US #94
#84Roy183US #32
#85Warren181US #83
#86Melvin171US #56
#87Patrick167US #166
#88Gordon165US #86
#89Lewis151US #74
#90Douglas149US #121
#91Edmund147US #144
#92Matthew145US #152
#93Alex144US #137
#94Elmer140US #44
#95Marvin140US #63
#96Morton140
#97Gerard137
#98Tony137US #136
#99Isidore135
#100Rocco135

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑16Norma#67
↑14Olga#75
↑12Vera#87
↑11Janet#81
↑11Seymour#51
↑9June#79
↑9Kathleen#85
↑9Theodore#45

Falling

↓13Kathryn#88
↓11Max#76
↓10Viola#84
↓8Lorraine#77
↓8Phyllis#90
↓7Samuel#46
↓6Barbara#66
↓6Loretta#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.