State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1920 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 189,173 New York births in 1920 across 1,363 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.

#48Seymouroutside the national top 200
#66Murrayoutside the national top 200
#68Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#70Dominickoutside the national top 200
#51Antoinette#180 nationally
#69Angelina#193 nationally
#83Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#86Mortonoutside the national top 200
#46Salvatore#156 nationally
#91Adeleoutside the national top 200
#100Roccooutside the national top 200
#96Veronica#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,299US #1
#2Helen3,608US #3
#3Dorothy3,420US #2
#4Margaret2,717US #4
#5Ruth2,712US #5
#6Anna2,125US #10
#7Rose2,079US #20
#8Frances1,774US #9
#9Florence1,718US #16
#10Elizabeth1,585US #8
#11Marie1,583US #13
#12Mildred1,535US #6
#13Lillian1,416US #18
#14Josephine1,396US #28
#15Catherine1,378US #21
#16Eleanor1,251US #25
#17Evelyn1,228US #12
#18Virginia1,194US #7
#19Doris1,125US #14
#20Alice1,109US #15
#21Marion1,073US #43
#22Jean986US #33
#23Sylvia965US #85
#24Betty916US #11
#25Shirley911US #56
#26Grace907US #37
#27Irene875US #17
#28Beatrice840US #41
#29Rita833US #52
#30Gertrude813US #42
#31Anne773US #65
#32Ann730US #49
#33Edith721US #32
#34Marjorie694US #24
#35Jane663US #48
#36Louise639US #19
#37Ethel604US #30
#38Muriel603US #123
#39Gladys572US #22
#40Esther557US #39
#41Edna536US #27
#42Agnes506US #54
#43Katherine506US #45
#44Julia496US #55
#45Theresa495US #108
#46Barbara482US #47
#47Jennie471US #97
#48Pauline468US #36
#49Lucille465US #29
#50Charlotte439US #79
#51Antoinette426US #180
#52Pearl415US #62
#53Eileen410US #100
#54Martha407US #23
#55Marian400US #73
#56Clara399US #44
#57Lucy397US #94
#58Norma397US #69
#59Harriet380US #112
#60Stella380US #82
#61Thelma380US #31
#62Ida366US #66
#63Geraldine365US #60
#64Elsie360US #51
#65Genevieve359US #86
#66Sophie358US #129
#67Miriam356US #140
#68Madeline354US #138
#69Angelina341US #193
#70June341US #53
#71Bernice338US #40
#72Nancy335US #95
#73Blanche331US #102
#74Laura322US #63
#75Sarah322US #50
#76Janet313US #124
#77Phyllis307US #72
#78Joan305US #143
#79Viola293US #59
#80Kathleen287US #91
#81Vivian283US #64
#82Lena279US #98
#83Carmela278
#84Jeanette275US #126
#85Anita274US #131
#86Emily271US #119
#87Loretta267US #120
#88Bertha266US #57
#89Emma259US #46
#90Patricia255US #104
#91Adele254
#92Jeanne254US #114
#93Estelle252US #158
#94Ellen249US #92
#95Olga247US #146
#96Veronica245US #192
#97Constance243US #165
#98Hazel240US #34
#99Marguerite238US #93
#100Kathryn236US #67

Boys

#1John5,962US #1
#2Joseph4,284US #7
#3William4,236US #2
#4Robert3,851US #3
#5George2,672US #6
#6Edward2,518US #8
#7James2,517US #4
#8Frank2,422US #9
#9Charles2,399US #5
#10Thomas1,602US #11
#11Harold1,411US #12
#12Richard1,410US #10
#13Anthony1,367US #43
#14Arthur1,270US #18
#15Walter1,261US #13
#16Donald1,062US #16
#17Louis1,051US #28
#18Henry1,048US #17
#19Raymond1,022US #15
#20Harry1,013US #21
#21Michael991US #50
#22Albert972US #19
#23Paul891US #14
#24Francis875US #34
#25Bernard845US #46
#26Stanley792US #40
#27Vincent786US #73
#28Alfred779US #42
#29Jack779US #20
#30Peter723US #57
#31David717US #25
#32Howard701US #24
#33Irving688US #116
#34Herbert685US #41
#35Ralph660US #22
#36Kenneth623US #23
#37Daniel597US #52
#38Eugene596US #30
#39Leonard582US #38
#40Frederick568US #60
#41Philip558US #71
#42Lawrence541US #36
#43Milton511US #74
#44Martin508US #78
#45Fred493US #33
#46Salvatore483US #156
#47Norman464US #47
#48Seymour446
#49Leo442US #48
#50Samuel439US #44
#51Theodore424US #63
#52Carl419US #27
#53Nicholas403US #124
#54Sidney402US #107
#55Edwin394US #53
#56Andrew388US #49
#57Morris358US #108
#58Ernest338US #37
#59Warren332US #39
#60Stephen328US #96
#61Gerald326US #64
#62Jerome315US #126
#63Leon306US #75
#64Benjamin290US #83
#65Chester288US #55
#66Murray284
#67Alexander280US #117
#68Abraham279
#69Angelo279US #155
#70Dominick277
#71Victor271US #81
#72Herman270US #66
#73Sam265US #84
#74Earl256US #31
#75Clarence248US #26
#76Clifford241US #59
#77Julius221US #125
#78Melvin217US #54
#79Max215US #112
#80Nathan210US #172
#81Russell207US #51
#82Arnold196US #91
#83Gordon195US #85
#84Roy192US #32
#85Jacob188US #143
#86Morton187
#87Lester177US #69
#88Matthew173US #152
#89Patrick169US #159
#90Douglas164US #106
#91Marvin157US #62
#92Alex155US #142
#93Lewis154US #72
#94Elmer153US #45
#95Maurice151US #102
#96Tony150US #136
#97Alvin149US #76
#98Edmund148US #138
#99Jerry147US #144
#100Rocco145

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑26Warren#59
↑20Barbara#46
↑20Eileen#53
↑20Joan#78
↑13Harriet#59
↑13Phyllis#77
↑12Jeanette#84
↑11Nancy#72

Falling

↓25Bertha#88
↓20Olga#95
↓18Victor#71
↓17Estelle#93
↓14Sophie#66
↓13Ida#62
↓12Kathryn#100
↓11Elsie#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.