State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1923 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 193,930 New York births in 1923 across 1,368 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.

#47Seymour#192 nationally
#62Murrayoutside the national top 200
#67Dominickoutside the national top 200
#70Angelina#199 nationally
#75Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#77Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#82Mortonoutside the national top 200
#58Antoinette#175 nationally
#87Irwinoutside the national top 200
#90Gerardoutside the national top 200
#45Salvatore#151 nationally
#97Soloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary5,158US #1
#2Dorothy3,395US #2
#3Helen3,224US #3
#4Margaret2,379US #4
#5Ruth2,361US #6
#6Rose1,796US #23
#7Anna1,641US #13
#8Frances1,627US #10
#9Florence1,625US #18
#10Elizabeth1,558US #9
#11Marie1,512US #14
#12Josephine1,376US #30
#13Shirley1,358US #26
#14Betty1,348US #5
#15Catherine1,311US #24
#16Doris1,269US #11
#17Mildred1,264US #8
#18Lillian1,261US #20
#19Gloria1,247US #48
#20Eleanor1,225US #28
#21Virginia1,224US #7
#22Jean1,214US #19
#23Evelyn1,133US #12
#24Marion1,097US #44
#25Irene1,058US #17
#26Alice1,018US #15
#27Ann861US #52
#28Rita834US #50
#29Grace818US #39
#30Beatrice786US #46
#31Anne756US #71
#32Sylvia743US #98
#33Gertrude728US #59
#34Jane716US #55
#35Edith712US #36
#36Barbara697US #33
#37Muriel693US #114
#38Marjorie689US #16
#39Louise646US #22
#40Theresa556US #105
#41Ethel555US #38
#42Eileen530US #95
#43Norma520US #41
#44June519US #42
#45Gladys495US #29
#46Esther494US #47
#47Patricia494US #56
#48Edna481US #32
#49Agnes473US #63
#50Jennie468US #107
#51Lucille458US #35
#52Julia448US #62
#53Bernice437US #43
#54Charlotte436US #77
#55Phyllis429US #45
#56Joan428US #117
#57Katherine425US #60
#58Antoinette422US #175
#59Pauline417US #37
#60Elaine400US #87
#61Pearl399US #78
#62Jeanne396US #90
#63Martha396US #21
#64Nancy392US #75
#65Thelma391US #31
#66Lucy389US #92
#67Miriam389US #145
#68Harriet385US #122
#69Geraldine384US #58
#70Angelina381US #199
#71Marian373US #65
#72Kathleen372US #70
#73Madeline360US #143
#74Clara339US #49
#75Ida339US #68
#76Stella327US #96
#77Carmela323
#78Genevieve319US #97
#79Lorraine312US #57
#80Audrey310US #85
#81Janet306US #121
#82Laura299US #73
#83Sarah297US #54
#84Elsie289US #61
#85Dolores284US #83
#86Rosemary277US #110
#87Anita276US #138
#88Blanche267US #119
#89Lena266US #108
#90Loretta266US #124
#91Claire263US #167
#92Viola261US #79
#93Emily257US #128
#94Lois256US #27
#95Sophie256US #159
#96Marilyn253US #118
#97Kathryn252US #72
#98Bertha251US #64
#99Vivian250US #69
#100Carol245US #139

Boys

#1John6,228US #1
#2Robert4,700US #2
#3William4,406US #3
#4Joseph4,208US #7
#5James2,690US #4
#6Edward2,637US #8
#7George2,595US #6
#8Charles2,421US #5
#9Frank2,304US #11
#10Richard1,819US #9
#11Thomas1,788US #12
#12Anthony1,455US #39
#13Donald1,426US #10
#14Harold1,414US #13
#15Arthur1,334US #19
#16Walter1,194US #16
#17Raymond1,104US #15
#18Albert1,045US #20
#19Louis1,035US #27
#20Michael1,004US #50
#21Henry996US #18
#22Paul973US #14
#23Stanley913US #41
#24Harry897US #22
#25Bernard886US #46
#26Francis830US #34
#27Vincent830US #72
#28David815US #24
#29Jack760US #17
#30Peter760US #58
#31Alfred739US #42
#32Herbert716US #40
#33Eugene709US #25
#34Ralph693US #23
#35Kenneth686US #21
#36Howard672US #26
#37Lawrence661US #36
#38Irving643US #124
#39Daniel635US #47
#40Leonard632US #37
#41Philip581US #70
#42Fred555US #33
#43Martin535US #80
#44Norman531US #44
#45Salvatore528US #151
#46Frederick527US #60
#47Seymour514US #192
#48Theodore461US #62
#49Samuel439US #45
#50Nicholas418US #120
#51Edwin415US #56
#52Warren411US #43
#53Leo398US #49
#54Gerald390US #54
#55Carl388US #28
#56Milton386US #81
#57Andrew381US #53
#58Jerome364US #118
#59Sidney356US #115
#60Angelo351US #157
#61Morris343US #111
#62Murray334
#63Ernest311US #38
#64Sam309US #89
#65Stephen304US #109
#66Leon302US #77
#67Dominick287
#68Chester275US #63
#69Victor264US #88
#70Benjamin262US #86
#71Melvin258US #48
#72Herman253US #66
#73Alexander249US #129
#74Arnold248US #93
#75Abraham241
#76Clarence237US #29
#77Marvin236US #51
#78Earl232US #31
#79Lester218US #71
#80Gordon212US #76
#81Roy201US #32
#82Morton196
#83Patrick191US #147
#84Clifford190US #65
#85Julius188US #137
#86Russell183US #52
#87Irwin180
#88Rudolph177US #128
#89Alvin176US #73
#90Gerard174
#91Nathan171US #187
#92Edmund170US #143
#93Jerry169US #131
#94Jacob159US #160
#95Matthew157US #163
#96Max156US #122
#97Sol156
#98Lewis154US #74
#99Maurice154US #101
#100Roger151US #95

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑17Elaine#60
↑12Patricia#47
↑12Audrey#80
↑11Alvin#89
↑10Lucille#51
↑9Thelma#65
↑8Nancy#64
↑8Miriam#67

Falling

↓19Elsie#84
↓11Geraldine#69
↓11Vivian#99
↓10Kathleen#72
↓9Ida#75
↓9Blanche#88
↓8Pearl#61
↓8Bertha#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.