State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1926 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 194,856 New York births in 1926 across 1,418 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.

#49Seymouroutside the national top 200
#57Murrayoutside the national top 200
#70Irwinoutside the national top 200
#75Dominickoutside the national top 200
#77Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#59Antoinette#182 nationally
#86Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#45Salvatore#158 nationally
#88Mortonoutside the national top 200
#90Gerardoutside the national top 200
#62Angelo#172 nationally
#95Selmaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,780US #1
#2Dorothy3,108US #2
#3Helen2,578US #4
#4Margaret2,203US #5
#5Ruth1,936US #6
#6Gloria1,871US #20
#7Rose1,688US #25
#8Marie1,586US #18
#9Shirley1,584US #14
#10Jean1,571US #12
#11Anna1,546US #15
#12Betty1,508US #3
#13Florence1,489US #26
#14Frances1,434US #10
#15Elizabeth1,398US #11
#16Doris1,379US #7
#17Eleanor1,145US #32
#18Virginia1,131US #8
#19Alice1,117US #17
#20Josephine1,116US #37
#21Catherine1,113US #31
#22Evelyn1,042US #13
#23Mildred1,034US #9
#24Irene1,016US #21
#25Joan988US #51
#26Barbara979US #16
#27Lillian976US #28
#28Marion965US #47
#29Theresa930US #64
#30Patricia913US #23
#31Rita871US #50
#32Ann825US #55
#33Grace783US #46
#34Anne656US #86
#35Marjorie656US #22
#36Jane655US #56
#37Marilyn653US #65
#38June625US #40
#39Phyllis623US #33
#40Gertrude607US #71
#41Muriel604US #129
#42Norma597US #29
#43Edith586US #42
#44Beatrice582US #58
#45Louise581US #27
#46Eileen574US #92
#47Elaine567US #68
#48Sylvia497US #107
#49Bernice475US #45
#50Nancy470US #57
#51Ethel464US #41
#52Dolores463US #49
#53Joyce453US #44
#54Lorraine448US #53
#55Charlotte438US #78
#56Harriet430US #133
#57Pauline428US #39
#58Lois413US #19
#59Antoinette409US #182
#60Beverly405US #74
#61Jeanne401US #88
#62Gladys399US #35
#63Audrey390US #60
#64Agnes388US #77
#65Lucille376US #43
#66Julia371US #75
#67Esther370US #62
#68Thelma368US #36
#69Edna365US #38
#70Janet364US #110
#71Geraldine359US #54
#72Claire351US #144
#73Kathleen348US #83
#74Katherine343US #72
#75Lucy343US #106
#76Jennie329US #132
#77Angelina323
#78Rosemary312US #95
#79Marian309US #70
#80Martha308US #24
#81Pearl307US #96
#82Carol305US #113
#83Madeline303US #163
#84Miriam287US #155
#85Clara283US #61
#86Carmela280
#87Vivian276US #80
#88Elsie275US #69
#89Anita268US #150
#90Laura267US #81
#91Ellen264US #100
#92Arlene256US #108
#93Constance255US #146
#94Genevieve255US #128
#95Selma254
#96Ida253US #82
#97Estelle248US #186
#98Loretta246US #126
#99Emily245US #142
#100Teresa245US #181

Boys

#1John6,187US #2
#2Robert5,281US #1
#3William4,478US #4
#4Joseph4,114US #8
#5James3,089US #3
#6Edward2,582US #10
#7George2,550US #6
#8Richard2,502US #7
#9Charles2,408US #5
#10Frank2,205US #12
#11Thomas1,958US #11
#12Donald1,794US #9
#13Anthony1,489US #42
#14Arthur1,362US #20
#15Harold1,262US #14
#16Walter1,215US #17
#17Raymond1,164US #15
#18Paul1,103US #13
#19Albert1,017US #21
#20Michael989US #56
#21Louis980US #30
#22Henry961US #19
#23Stanley952US #43
#24David888US #22
#25Vincent850US #77
#26Eugene848US #23
#27Bernard837US #49
#28Francis823US #35
#29Alfred794US #45
#30Jack788US #16
#31Peter784US #58
#32Kenneth744US #18
#33Ralph738US #24
#34Herbert736US #44
#35Leonard731US #38
#36Harry723US #25
#37Daniel677US #46
#38Lawrence664US #36
#39Howard663US #27
#40Fred641US #31
#41Norman621US #39
#42Philip602US #70
#43Martin591US #80
#44Gerald550US #41
#45Salvatore513US #158
#46Frederick500US #64
#47Irving482US #144
#48Carl442US #26
#49Seymour441
#50Theodore400US #63
#51Nicholas392US #133
#52Marvin383US #50
#53Edwin371US #55
#54Jerome360US #114
#55Ernest359US #37
#56Samuel359US #48
#57Murray333
#58Andrew327US #59
#59Milton315US #83
#60Leo307US #54
#61Melvin305US #47
#62Angelo297US #172
#63Arnold292US #99
#64Victor290US #94
#65Sidney270US #129
#66Leon261US #73
#67Warren261US #71
#68Jerry260US #97
#69Earl244US #32
#70Irwin240
#71Rudolph236US #111
#72Stephen231US #130
#73Ronald230US #88
#74Sam229US #92
#75Dominick228
#76Herman226US #69
#77Patrick222US #141
#78Alexander218US #146
#79Clarence217US #29
#80Roy216US #34
#81Clifford212US #62
#82Morris212US #134
#83Roger212US #89
#84Russell205US #52
#85Gordon203US #76
#86Chester201US #79
#87Alvin196US #72
#88Morton191
#89Douglas183US #103
#90Gerard177
#91Lester176US #78
#92Benjamin175US #98
#93Harvey172US #90
#94Alan170US #174
#95Edmund161US #156
#96Julius157US #153
#97Abraham156
#98Gilbert150US #101
#99Lewis147US #82
#100Maurice147US #110

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑20Dolores#52
↑20Joyce#53
↑18Beverly#60
↑16Jerry#68
↑15Claire#72
↑12Marilyn#37
↑11Lois#58
↑9Ellen#91

Falling

↓16Angelina#77
↓16Pearl#81
↓16Benjamin#92
↓10Roy#80
↓9Beatrice#44
↓9Agnes#64
↓9Lucille#65
↓9Loretta#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.