State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1927 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 198,830 New York births in 1927 across 1,417 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.

#52Seymouroutside the national top 200
#63Murrayoutside the national top 200
#59Antoinette#196 nationally
#65Irwinoutside the national top 200
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#80Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#84Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#91Mortonoutside the national top 200
#93Selmaoutside the national top 200
#61Angelo#168 nationally
#49Irving#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,095US #1
#2Dorothy2,995US #2
#3Helen2,481US #4
#4Margaret2,183US #5
#5Ruth1,820US #6
#6Shirley1,732US #9
#7Gloria1,704US #22
#8Marie1,663US #20
#9Jean1,648US #14
#10Rose1,604US #23
#11Betty1,598US #3
#12Anna1,530US #16
#13Doris1,449US #7
#14Florence1,418US #28
#15Frances1,410US #12
#16Elizabeth1,283US #13
#17Joan1,262US #41
#18Barbara1,240US #10
#19Eleanor1,154US #33
#20Catherine1,130US #31
#21Josephine1,125US #39
#22Virginia1,112US #8
#23Theresa1,095US #52
#24Alice1,061US #17
#25Patricia1,061US #18
#26Mildred1,035US #11
#27Evelyn1,008US #15
#28Irene961US #21
#29Rita935US #54
#30Lillian908US #32
#31Marion903US #51
#32Marilyn861US #46
#33Ann860US #59
#34Grace790US #50
#35Phyllis696US #29
#36Lorraine691US #44
#37Dolores687US #34
#38Eileen661US #91
#39Jane658US #60
#40Louise652US #27
#41June627US #43
#42Anne626US #92
#43Marjorie623US #25
#44Norma604US #26
#45Elaine594US #69
#46Edith577US #48
#47Bernice565US #49
#48Nancy562US #56
#49Beatrice551US #67
#50Gertrude525US #78
#51Beverly512US #57
#52Muriel512US #138
#53Joyce506US #35
#54Audrey466US #62
#55Sylvia450US #116
#56Lois444US #19
#57Gladys442US #37
#58Harriet433US #132
#59Antoinette426US #196
#60Ethel416US #47
#61Jeanne410US #85
#62Lucille409US #45
#63Geraldine405US #58
#64Pauline394US #42
#65Edna386US #40
#66Charlotte380US #75
#67Esther379US #65
#68Rosemary379US #86
#69Agnes373US #81
#70Claire366US #136
#71Kathleen360US #83
#72Katherine357US #73
#73Jennie353US #135
#74Lucy351US #112
#75Carol349US #106
#76Martha346US #24
#77Julia345US #76
#78Marian341US #74
#79Pearl330US #102
#80Angelina328
#81Estelle316US #173
#82Madeline310US #163
#83Thelma306US #38
#84Elsie301US #72
#85Arlene297US #108
#86Ellen294US #93
#87Janet294US #111
#88Anita284US #148
#89Miriam284US #162
#90Carmela280
#91Teresa278US #174
#92Laura276US #82
#93Selma267
#94Constance262US #155
#95Clara261US #63
#96Ida261US #84
#97Genevieve259US #126
#98Jacqueline244US #115
#99Loretta244US #127
#100Vivian240US #77

Boys

#1John6,231US #2
#2Robert5,471US #1
#3William4,503US #4
#4Joseph4,264US #9
#5James3,291US #3
#6Richard2,889US #6
#7George2,635US #7
#8Edward2,554US #10
#9Charles2,478US #5
#10Frank2,158US #12
#11Donald1,981US #8
#12Thomas1,981US #11
#13Anthony1,541US #43
#14Arthur1,365US #22
#15Raymond1,233US #15
#16Harold1,218US #14
#17Walter1,140US #17
#18Paul1,108US #13
#19Albert1,066US #23
#20Michael1,025US #52
#21Louis979US #29
#22Stanley975US #44
#23Henry949US #19
#24Eugene938US #20
#25Vincent871US #77
#26David869US #21
#27Peter826US #59
#28Jack811US #16
#29Bernard807US #50
#30Kenneth795US #18
#31Alfred794US #45
#32Francis769US #36
#33Daniel733US #46
#34Leonard731US #40
#35Herbert720US #42
#36Howard698US #28
#37Ralph689US #24
#38Harry682US #25
#39Lawrence632US #37
#40Norman622US #39
#41Martin611US #87
#42Gerald590US #38
#43Philip583US #75
#44Fred577US #35
#45Frederick548US #64
#46Salvatore547US #149
#47Carl463US #26
#48Marvin434US #47
#49Irving407US #155
#50Nicholas402US #137
#51Theodore385US #62
#52Seymour381
#53Andrew380US #56
#54Edwin374US #57
#55Ernest373US #41
#56Jerome372US #111
#57Leo358US #55
#58Arnold319US #97
#59Samuel318US #49
#60Milton301US #88
#61Angelo299US #168
#62Melvin293US #48
#63Murray284
#64Leon282US #78
#65Irwin281
#66Victor276US #98
#67Jerry271US #93
#68Ronald269US #63
#69Roy269US #34
#70Sidney257US #127
#71Stephen256US #125
#72Warren254US #79
#73Earl253US #33
#74Patrick246US #140
#75Rudolph245US #110
#76Dominick240
#77Sam237US #102
#78Alvin230US #66
#79Roger230US #84
#80Harvey221US #94
#81Clarence220US #32
#82Herman219US #70
#83Gordon218US #74
#84Gerard213
#85Benjamin205US #101
#86Gilbert196US #99
#87Russell194US #54
#88Alexander191US #146
#89Clifford188US #65
#90Douglas182US #104
#91Morton172
#92Chester170US #85
#93Alan164US #178
#94Morris164US #143
#95Leroy159US #51
#96Allen157US #95
#97Mario155
#98Floyd146US #53
#99Carmine145
#100Bruce143US #123

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑18Lorraine#36
↑16Estelle#81
↑15Dolores#37
↑13Harvey#80
↑12Gilbert#86
↑11Roy#69
↑10Rosemary#68
↑9Beverly#51

Falling

↓17Janet#87
↓15Thelma#83
↓13Vivian#100
↓12Morris#94
↓11Muriel#52
↓11Charlotte#66
↓11Julia#77
↓10Gertrude#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.