State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1925 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 195,734 New York births in 1925 across 1,387 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
#59Murrayoutside the national top 200
#61Angelina#197 nationally
#53Antoinette#187 nationally
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#71Irwinoutside the national top 200
#87Gerardoutside the national top 200
#88Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#90Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#90Mortonoutside the national top 200
#45Salvatore#155 nationally
#65Angelo#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,914US #1
#2Dorothy3,329US #2
#3Helen2,759US #4
#4Margaret2,328US #5
#5Ruth2,150US #6
#6Gloria1,996US #20
#7Rose1,693US #26
#8Marie1,619US #16
#9Betty1,592US #3
#10Anna1,569US #13
#11Jean1,504US #14
#12Florence1,500US #24
#13Shirley1,459US #17
#14Frances1,441US #11
#15Elizabeth1,348US #10
#16Doris1,344US #8
#17Josephine1,305US #36
#18Catherine1,257US #29
#19Virginia1,206US #7
#20Eleanor1,192US #31
#21Alice1,115US #15
#22Mildred1,111US #9
#23Evelyn1,106US #12
#24Irene1,057US #19
#25Lillian1,043US #25
#26Marion982US #47
#27Rita899US #48
#28Patricia897US #28
#29Barbara878US #22
#30Grace845US #44
#31Ann842US #52
#32Joan836US #66
#33Anne734US #85
#34Theresa726US #80
#35Beatrice710US #50
#36Marjorie705US #21
#37Jane700US #53
#38Muriel682US #126
#39Edith637US #42
#40June624US #39
#41Phyllis600US #40
#42Eileen595US #96
#43Louise590US #27
#44Norma586US #34
#45Sylvia569US #106
#46Gertrude566US #70
#47Elaine508US #73
#48Bernice484US #46
#49Marilyn476US #83
#50Nancy476US #60
#51Ethel459US #43
#52Pauline456US #38
#53Antoinette455US #187
#54Gladys447US #33
#55Agnes426US #69
#56Lucille426US #41
#57Jeanne421US #89
#58Lorraine417US #51
#59Charlotte416US #77
#60Esther411US #56
#61Angelina405US #197
#62Edna405US #37
#63Harriet398US #131
#64Julia393US #65
#65Pearl388US #90
#66Geraldine387US #54
#67Audrey381US #78
#68Jennie381US #121
#69Lois371US #18
#70Lucy371US #102
#71Thelma368US #35
#72Dolores348US #64
#73Joyce348US #59
#74Marian338US #67
#75Kathleen336US #81
#76Katherine332US #61
#77Janet331US #111
#78Beverly324US #105
#79Miriam323US #154
#80Martha311US #23
#81Clara308US #55
#82Anita303US #146
#83Madeline303US #158
#84Carol297US #119
#85Elsie297US #63
#86Rosemary290US #103
#87Claire288US #159
#88Laura282US #75
#89Loretta278US #122
#90Carmela276
#91Estelle275US #176
#92Genevieve274US #113
#93Vivian272US #76
#94Arlene257US #120
#95Ida256US #82
#96Constance250US #152
#97Stella250US #114
#98Viola240US #84
#99Sarah239US #58
#100Ellen230US #101

Boys

#1John6,133US #2
#2Robert5,092US #1
#3William4,629US #3
#4Joseph4,088US #7
#5James3,014US #4
#6Edward2,687US #9
#7George2,518US #6
#8Charles2,396US #5
#9Richard2,357US #8
#10Frank2,306US #12
#11Thomas1,851US #11
#12Donald1,674US #10
#13Anthony1,419US #39
#14Arthur1,376US #20
#15Harold1,317US #14
#16Walter1,173US #16
#17Raymond1,151US #15
#18Paul1,043US #13
#19Louis1,014US #29
#20Albert992US #21
#21Henry988US #18
#22Michael961US #55
#23Stanley955US #40
#24David889US #22
#25Bernard880US #48
#26Vincent870US #71
#27Francis852US #35
#28Jack808US #17
#29Harry804US #23
#30Peter780US #60
#31Eugene778US #24
#32Alfred759US #43
#33Daniel734US #44
#34Howard730US #26
#35Kenneth720US #19
#36Ralph720US #25
#37Leonard714US #38
#38Herbert705US #42
#39Lawrence591US #36
#40Norman579US #41
#41Philip565US #75
#42Fred544US #33
#43Martin527US #83
#44Irving522US #141
#45Salvatore520US #155
#46Frederick519US #65
#47Gerald517US #45
#48Seymour438
#49Nicholas404US #133
#50Theodore402US #63
#51Carl393US #28
#52Edwin386US #57
#53Jerome372US #113
#54Andrew368US #56
#55Ernest367US #37
#56Milton362US #80
#57Samuel359US #46
#58Leo340US #54
#59Murray321
#60Marvin320US #51
#61Warren306US #66
#62Leon303US #76
#63Melvin302US #50
#64Victor297US #89
#65Angelo294US #168
#66Sidney293US #131
#67Stephen282US #122
#68Earl275US #31
#69Dominick272
#70Roy258US #32
#71Irwin254
#72Arnold253US #95
#73Clarence242US #30
#74Sam242US #91
#75Morris239US #126
#76Benjamin229US #93
#77Russell228US #53
#78Alvin222US #70
#79Clifford218US #59
#80Gordon211US #72
#81Herman210US #69
#82Patrick206US #143
#83Chester201US #73
#84Jerry201US #107
#85Alexander188US #137
#86Roger187US #90
#87Gerard179
#88Abraham177
#89Calvin177US #47
#90Morton175
#91Lester172US #81
#92Julius168US #149
#93Douglas166US #103
#94Harvey158US #88
#95Matthew158US #174
#96Alan157US #179
#97Edmund152US #152
#98Vito152
#99Mario148
#100Jacob142US #166

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑23Marilyn#49
↑19Dolores#72
↑15Lorraine#58
↑14Audrey#67
↑10Joan#32
↑10Nancy#50
↑10Beverly#78
↑9Patricia#28

Falling

↓22Martha#80
↓21Katherine#76
↓17Ida#95
↓12Genevieve#92
↓11Gertrude#46
↓11Jennie#68
↓9Thelma#71
↓9Elsie#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.