State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1924 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 197,566 New York births in 1924 across 1,419 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.

#61Murrayoutside the national top 200
#44Seymour#182 nationally
#66Dominickoutside the national top 200
#65Angelina#195 nationally
#49Antoinette#173 nationally
#79Irwinoutside the national top 200
#86Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#88Mortonoutside the national top 200
#90Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#47Salvatore#157 nationally
#92Gerardoutside the national top 200
#64Angelo#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,144US #1
#2Dorothy3,421US #2
#3Helen3,088US #3
#4Margaret2,457US #5
#5Ruth2,174US #6
#6Rose1,786US #25
#7Anna1,685US #13
#8Florence1,611US #20
#9Frances1,605US #10
#10Marie1,574US #14
#11Gloria1,546US #41
#12Elizabeth1,523US #11
#13Shirley1,499US #19
#14Betty1,439US #4
#15Jean1,412US #16
#16Doris1,324US #9
#17Josephine1,271US #34
#18Mildred1,254US #8
#19Catherine1,253US #27
#20Virginia1,233US #7
#21Eleanor1,223US #29
#22Lillian1,190US #23
#23Evelyn1,175US #12
#24Alice1,139US #15
#25Marion1,090US #46
#26Irene1,012US #18
#27Rita910US #49
#28Ann843US #55
#29Grace797US #43
#30Jane769US #53
#31Marjorie768US #17
#32Beatrice729US #50
#33Barbara723US #28
#34Anne703US #79
#35Gertrude692US #60
#36Edith683US #36
#37Patricia677US #35
#38Sylvia673US #104
#39Louise648US #24
#40Muriel631US #126
#41Theresa616US #96
#42Joan563US #95
#43Phyllis550US #44
#44Eileen545US #93
#45June528US #45
#46Norma523US #40
#47Ethel515US #39
#48Elaine505US #73
#49Antoinette491US #173
#50Bernice490US #47
#51Gladys481US #30
#52Pauline476US #38
#53Agnes448US #63
#54Esther447US #51
#55Katherine441US #59
#56Edna430US #31
#57Jennie423US #111
#58Martha420US #21
#59Lucille419US #37
#60Nancy415US #69
#61Charlotte400US #80
#62Thelma397US #33
#63Harriet394US #128
#64Julia394US #62
#65Angelina392US #195
#66Jeanne385US #90
#67Pearl382US #78
#68Lucy376US #98
#69Marian374US #64
#70Kathleen373US #76
#71Geraldine369US #58
#72Marilyn362US #101
#73Lorraine355US #52
#74Clara346US #56
#75Lois343US #22
#76Elsie334US #61
#77Miriam334US #143
#78Ida326US #70
#79Madeline321US #150
#80Genevieve317US #107
#81Audrey316US #84
#82Rosemary315US #106
#83Janet312US #118
#84Vivian310US #71
#85Anita301US #142
#86Carmela301
#87Claire297US #160
#88Beverly296US #121
#89Stella291US #105
#90Laura282US #72
#91Dolores268US #75
#92Carol262US #132
#93Lena258US #112
#94Loretta257US #124
#95Jeanette255US #134
#96Emily254US #136
#97Sophie254US #170
#98Blanche250US #137
#99Constance250US #154
#100Estelle247US #180

Boys

#1John6,318US #2
#2Robert5,038US #1
#3William4,447US #3
#4Joseph4,220US #7
#5James2,864US #4
#6Edward2,752US #9
#7George2,613US #6
#8Charles2,434US #5
#9Frank2,336US #12
#10Richard2,059US #8
#11Thomas1,848US #11
#12Donald1,525US #10
#13Anthony1,497US #39
#14Harold1,411US #13
#15Arthur1,358US #20
#16Walter1,247US #16
#17Raymond1,148US #15
#18Albert1,037US #21
#19Louis1,024US #28
#20Paul969US #14
#21Henry966US #18
#22Michael924US #54
#23Stanley916US #40
#24Harry887US #22
#25Vincent871US #78
#26David855US #24
#27Bernard845US #46
#28Francis809US #34
#29Alfred803US #43
#30Peter774US #59
#31Herbert754US #41
#32Jack752US #17
#33Eugene745US #25
#34Leonard716US #38
#35Kenneth703US #19
#36Ralph686US #23
#37Howard681US #26
#38Daniel631US #47
#39Philip613US #71
#40Lawrence588US #36
#41Fred579US #32
#42Irving576US #137
#43Norman551US #42
#44Seymour541US #182
#45Martin533US #82
#46Frederick532US #62
#47Salvatore508US #157
#48Gerald466US #49
#49Nicholas460US #122
#50Carl431US #27
#51Theodore421US #65
#52Edwin399US #55
#53Andrew390US #56
#54Samuel389US #45
#55Leo385US #51
#56Jerome378US #114
#57Ernest375US #37
#58Milton355US #81
#59Warren343US #58
#60Leon336US #76
#61Murray326
#62Sidney325US #119
#63Marvin302US #50
#64Angelo299US #165
#65Stephen281US #110
#66Dominick278
#67Victor266US #90
#68Morris262US #120
#69Melvin261US #48
#70Sam261US #91
#71Benjamin255US #89
#72Earl255US #33
#73Arnold254US #95
#74Clarence252US #29
#75Herman249US #70
#76Chester245US #67
#77Roy236US #31
#78Alexander233US #129
#79Irwin233
#80Russell218US #52
#81Gordon214US #75
#82Patrick214US #147
#83Alvin205US #73
#84Julius202US #146
#85Jerry198US #123
#86Calvin195US #44
#87Clifford195US #64
#88Morton195
#89Lester194US #72
#90Abraham189
#91Douglas179US #105
#92Gerard176
#93Rudolph168US #138
#94Roger167US #93
#95Harvey157US #88
#96Lewis157US #77
#97Edmund155US #148
#98Maurice148US #102
#99Leroy146US #53
#100Matthew140US #171

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑24Marilyn#72
↑19Lois#75
↑15Vivian#84
↑14Joan#42
↑14Marvin#63
↑12Phyllis#43
↑12Elaine#48
↑10Patricia#37

Falling

↓15Abraham#90
↓13Stella#89
↓12Julia#64
↓10Miriam#77
↓10Blanche#98
↓10Lester#89
↓9Carmela#86
↓8Esther#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.