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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1921 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 193,436 New York births in 1921 across 1,371 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.

#48Seymour#196 nationally
#63Murrayoutside the national top 200
#68Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#65Angelina#192 nationally
#59Antoinette#180 nationally
#82Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#87Gerardoutside the national top 200
#89Mortonoutside the national top 200
#49Salvatore#159 nationally
#95Vitooutside the national top 200
#82Nathan#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,413US #1
#2Helen3,605US #3
#3Dorothy3,367US #2
#4Margaret2,699US #4
#5Ruth2,569US #5
#6Rose2,029US #20
#7Anna1,928US #11
#8Frances1,854US #9
#9Florence1,725US #17
#10Marie1,661US #14
#11Elizabeth1,589US #10
#12Josephine1,404US #28
#13Catherine1,396US #23
#14Mildred1,350US #7
#15Virginia1,272US #6
#16Doris1,239US #13
#17Lillian1,239US #19
#18Evelyn1,213US #12
#19Eleanor1,208US #29
#20Marion1,107US #43
#21Jean1,093US #25
#22Alice1,064US #15
#23Shirley1,053US #44
#24Irene1,023US #18
#25Betty974US #8
#26Sylvia917US #88
#27Beatrice902US #41
#28Grace876US #35
#29Marjorie858US #16
#30Rita853US #48
#31Gertrude772US #46
#32Edith762US #33
#33Anne747US #70
#34Ann709US #53
#35Jane694US #47
#36Louise649US #22
#37Muriel628US #119
#38Gloria611US #102
#39Ethel610US #32
#40Theresa601US #107
#41Barbara591US #40
#42Gladys559US #24
#43Esther544US #42
#44Edna535US #27
#45Katherine534US #49
#46Norma503US #51
#47Jennie497US #99
#48Charlotte477US #79
#49Eileen469US #100
#50Agnes467US #56
#51Julia464US #58
#52Pearl456US #65
#53Pauline435US #37
#54Bernice414US #39
#55Ida402US #67
#56Martha402US #21
#57Lucille397US #31
#58Genevieve396US #90
#59Antoinette394US #180
#60Patricia392US #84
#61Clara391US #45
#62Marian389US #69
#63Lucy385US #93
#64Geraldine380US #62
#65Angelina378US #192
#66Phyllis370US #60
#67Thelma370US #30
#68Nancy369US #87
#69Stella369US #86
#70Harriet363US #114
#71Miriam357US #147
#72Madeline354US #139
#73Elsie353US #55
#74June346US #50
#75Joan345US #142
#76Kathleen336US #83
#77Sophie321US #136
#78Jeanne320US #109
#79Sarah308US #54
#80Lena305US #104
#81Laura303US #71
#82Carmela301
#83Bertha298US #59
#84Janet296US #124
#85Viola296US #66
#86Elaine291US #97
#87Lorraine291US #61
#88Blanche279US #112
#89Vivian279US #68
#90Audrey276US #82
#91Loretta274US #122
#92Emily268US #121
#93Constance263US #149
#94Veronica263US #194
#95Ellen262US #95
#96Olga260US #153
#97Marguerite258US #98
#98Estelle253US #161
#99Jeanette249US #125
#100Anita248US #134

Boys

#1John6,036US #1
#2William4,271US #3
#3Robert4,255US #2
#4Joseph4,195US #7
#5James2,816US #4
#6George2,613US #6
#7Edward2,544US #8
#8Charles2,450US #5
#9Frank2,355US #9
#10Richard1,558US #10
#11Thomas1,554US #11
#12Anthony1,478US #40
#13Harold1,393US #12
#14Arthur1,363US #19
#15Walter1,251US #15
#16Donald1,187US #13
#17Raymond1,083US #16
#18Henry1,080US #17
#19Louis1,049US #29
#20Michael1,046US #47
#21Albert966US #20
#22Paul963US #14
#23Harry922US #21
#24Bernard884US #45
#25Stanley841US #41
#26Vincent824US #70
#27Francis815US #35
#28Peter787US #57
#29Jack786US #18
#30David747US #25
#31Herbert706US #42
#32Alfred700US #43
#33Howard699US #27
#34Ralph685US #23
#35Leonard647US #39
#36Irving646US #124
#37Eugene644US #26
#38Kenneth638US #22
#39Frederick586US #61
#40Lawrence584US #37
#41Philip576US #72
#42Daniel574US #49
#43Warren573US #24
#44Fred514US #33
#45Norman503US #46
#46Samuel503US #44
#47Martin500US #78
#48Seymour480US #196
#49Salvatore459US #159
#50Nicholas454US #114
#51Carl429US #30
#52Leo422US #50
#53Theodore417US #65
#54Milton414US #75
#55Sidney410US #110
#56Andrew380US #51
#57Edwin370US #54
#58Morris357US #104
#59Gerald339US #60
#60Stephen338US #97
#61Sam329US #85
#62Ernest322US #38
#63Murray317
#64Angelo315US #148
#65Jerome315US #125
#66Leon315US #74
#67Benjamin298US #82
#68Abraham293
#69Herman279US #64
#70Alexander273US #116
#71Chester268US #56
#72Dominick266
#73Earl259US #31
#74Victor255US #83
#75Clarence254US #28
#76Arnold233US #91
#77Roy225US #32
#78Gordon224US #84
#79Clifford209US #62
#80Julius206US #128
#81Patrick199US #152
#82Nathan194US #186
#83Russell193US #52
#84Melvin192US #53
#85Max186US #112
#86Jacob183US #143
#87Gerard180
#88Marvin175US #59
#89Morton175
#90Lester161US #66
#91Lewis160US #71
#92Matthew153US #161
#93Tony149US #134
#94Edmund148US #142
#95Vito148
#96Alvin145US #73
#97Lloyd144US #58
#98Douglas140US #111
#99Elmer140US #48
#100Hyman140

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑30Patricia#60
↑17Bernice#54
↑16Warren#43
↑14Jeanne#78
↑12Norma#46
↑12Sam#61
↑11Phyllis#66
↑8Patrick#81

Falling

↓15Blanche#88
↓15Jeanette#99
↓15Anita#100
↓11Harriet#70
↓11Sophie#77
↓11Milton#54
↓9Stella#69
↓9Elsie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.