State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1922 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 191,729 New York births in 1922 across 1,380 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.

#45Seymour#189 nationally
#59Murrayoutside the national top 200
#64Angelina#198 nationally
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#72Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#80Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#55Antoinette#175 nationally
#84Adeleoutside the national top 200
#84Mortonoutside the national top 200
#91Gerardoutside the national top 200
#92Roccooutside the national top 200
#47Salvatore#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,305US #1
#2Helen3,380US #3
#3Dorothy3,261US #2
#4Margaret2,539US #4
#5Ruth2,384US #5
#6Rose1,954US #23
#7Anna1,773US #12
#8Florence1,712US #18
#9Frances1,691US #10
#10Marie1,566US #14
#11Elizabeth1,453US #9
#12Josephine1,403US #27
#13Catherine1,355US #24
#14Mildred1,320US #8
#15Virginia1,239US #7
#16Evelyn1,238US #13
#17Doris1,234US #11
#18Lillian1,209US #19
#19Shirley1,198US #39
#20Betty1,148US #6
#21Jean1,132US #20
#22Eleanor1,096US #28
#23Alice1,094US #15
#24Marion1,058US #42
#25Irene987US #17
#26Gloria939US #61
#27Rita842US #52
#28Beatrice832US #43
#29Grace818US #38
#30Sylvia816US #94
#31Ann807US #49
#32Edith728US #34
#33Marjorie727US #16
#34Anne721US #66
#35Gertrude719US #48
#36Jane716US #55
#37Muriel685US #112
#38Louise645US #22
#39Ethel589US #32
#40Barbara586US #40
#41Theresa569US #109
#42Esther547US #44
#43Gladys517US #25
#44Eileen512US #96
#45Norma491US #46
#46Edna484US #29
#47Julia479US #60
#48Jennie473US #105
#49Agnes465US #62
#50Charlotte460US #76
#51June455US #45
#52Katherine453US #54
#53Pearl444US #71
#54Pauline428US #36
#55Antoinette426US #175
#56Martha426US #21
#57Phyllis425US #53
#58Geraldine413US #58
#59Patricia403US #69
#60Bernice399US #41
#61Lucille397US #33
#62Kathleen381US #80
#63Joan376US #127
#64Angelina368US #198
#65Elsie368US #59
#66Ida364US #65
#67Lucy362US #93
#68Clara360US #47
#69Jeanne354US #97
#70Harriet352US #117
#71Marian351US #67
#72Nancy348US #78
#73Genevieve343US #98
#74Thelma342US #31
#75Miriam332US #151
#76Madeline327US #143
#77Elaine316US #102
#78Stella305US #88
#79Blanche303US #115
#80Carmela301
#81Lorraine289US #56
#82Janet282US #129
#83Lena282US #107
#84Adele273
#85Laura271US #68
#86Loretta269US #125
#87Sarah268US #51
#88Vivian268US #74
#89Claire264US #167
#90Bertha263US #63
#91Constance263US #149
#92Audrey262US #89
#93Sophie257US #153
#94Olga254US #156
#95Anita252US #141
#96Hazel240US #37
#97Lois240US #35
#98Jeanette239US #128
#99Emily234US #121
#100Estelle234US #168

Boys

#1John6,105US #1
#2Robert4,488US #2
#3Joseph4,248US #7
#4William4,247US #3
#5James2,749US #4
#6George2,601US #6
#7Edward2,542US #8
#8Frank2,383US #10
#9Charles2,343US #5
#10Richard1,754US #9
#11Thomas1,702US #11
#12Anthony1,421US #39
#13Arthur1,395US #19
#14Harold1,385US #13
#15Donald1,295US #12
#16Walter1,236US #15
#17Louis1,068US #27
#18Michael1,039US #48
#19Raymond1,031US #16
#20Henry1,020US #17
#21Albert1,003US #20
#22Paul933US #14
#23Stanley919US #41
#24Harry879US #22
#25Vincent852US #71
#26Francis837US #34
#27Bernard820US #46
#28Jack809US #18
#29David800US #24
#30Peter790US #57
#31Howard733US #26
#32Herbert713US #40
#33Alfred695US #42
#34Kenneth691US #21
#35Leonard670US #38
#36Eugene657US #25
#37Irving639US #124
#38Ralph639US #23
#39Daniel628US #47
#40Lawrence613US #36
#41Philip605US #70
#42Martin550US #80
#43Norman533US #44
#44Frederick525US #60
#45Seymour515US #189
#46Fred493US #33
#47Salvatore492US #154
#48Theodore448US #62
#49Samuel436US #43
#50Nicholas424US #122
#51Warren405US #45
#52Gerald402US #58
#53Edwin387US #52
#54Milton383US #74
#55Leo380US #51
#56Carl378US #30
#57Andrew375US #53
#58Sidney374US #110
#59Murray368
#60Stephen325US #101
#61Ernest321US #37
#62Angelo315US #161
#63Morris313US #109
#64Jerome310US #121
#65Leon310US #77
#66Benjamin305US #82
#67Sam303US #84
#68Victor279US #86
#69Dominick273
#70Herman267US #66
#71Chester264US #64
#72Abraham260
#73Earl249US #31
#74Arnold240US #94
#75Alexander230US #125
#76Clarence223US #29
#77Melvin220US #50
#78Clifford215US #63
#79Marvin213US #56
#80Roy209US #32
#81Russell207US #49
#82Julius205US #129
#83Lester193US #69
#84Morton193
#85Patrick186US #152
#86Gordon180US #76
#87Nathan173US #185
#88Jacob159US #148
#89Jerry159US #135
#90Matthew159US #159
#91Gerard158
#92Rocco157
#93Floyd152US #61
#94Maurice151US #103
#95Edmund150US #153
#96Hyman150
#97Max150US #117
#98Carmine146
#99Douglas145US #106
#100Alvin144US #73

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑23June#51
↑14Kathleen#62
↑12Gloria#26
↑12Joan#63
↑9Phyllis#57
↑9Jeanne#69
↑9Elaine#77
↑9Blanche#79

Falling

↓16Sophie#93
↓15Genevieve#73
↓12Max#97
↓11Ida#66
↓9Marian#71
↓9Stella#78
↓8Sarah#87
↓8Warren#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.