State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1928 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 196,645 New York births in 1928 across 1,420 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
#65Irwinoutside the national top 200
#61Antoinette#196 nationally
#66Murrayoutside the national top 200
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#78Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#83Gerardoutside the national top 200
#62Angelo#177 nationally
#86Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#46Salvatore#158 nationally
#55Irving#166 nationally
#96Mortonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,907US #1
#2Dorothy2,783US #3
#3Helen2,315US #4
#4Margaret2,028US #5
#5Joan1,703US #27
#6Jean1,671US #12
#7Shirley1,653US #10
#8Gloria1,608US #25
#9Ruth1,541US #6
#10Rose1,490US #24
#11Marie1,466US #21
#12Betty1,437US #2
#13Patricia1,433US #11
#14Anna1,429US #16
#15Barbara1,365US #8
#16Doris1,341US #7
#17Florence1,318US #32
#18Frances1,315US #13
#19Elizabeth1,281US #14
#20Theresa1,156US #49
#21Josephine1,116US #42
#22Catherine1,114US #33
#23Eleanor1,062US #36
#24Dolores1,060US #20
#25Alice990US #19
#26Marilyn984US #38
#27Virginia979US #9
#28Marion960US #47
#29Rita955US #57
#30Ann929US #54
#31Evelyn910US #17
#32Mildred895US #15
#33Lillian866US #35
#34Irene865US #28
#35Phyllis811US #26
#36Lorraine795US #39
#37Grace735US #52
#38Elaine649US #68
#39June618US #44
#40Jane610US #62
#41Anne580US #93
#42Eileen579US #102
#43Louise570US #31
#44Nancy570US #43
#45Norma567US #23
#46Joyce552US #30
#47Marjorie541US #29
#48Beverly538US #46
#49Edith521US #56
#50Audrey520US #60
#51Lois505US #18
#52Beatrice478US #70
#53Gertrude477US #86
#54Bernice476US #53
#55Sylvia464US #119
#56Muriel458US #139
#57Jeanne434US #90
#58Kathleen419US #82
#59Carol417US #77
#60Geraldine415US #50
#61Antoinette412US #196
#62Gladys410US #41
#63Lucille410US #51
#64Janet399US #95
#65Harriet382US #133
#66Esther381US #66
#67Charlotte372US #72
#68Claire359US #136
#69Edna351US #45
#70Thelma351US #40
#71Pauline349US #48
#72Rosemary337US #88
#73Julia330US #80
#74Martha327US #22
#75Arlene320US #106
#76Ethel319US #55
#77Agnes318US #85
#78Angelina317
#79Katherine317US #75
#80Lucy313US #112
#81Marian301US #71
#82Anita300US #137
#83Ellen296US #98
#84Jacqueline285US #97
#85Pearl285US #110
#86Carmela281
#87Vivian280US #78
#88Sally278US #128
#89Laura277US #83
#90Estelle271US #187
#91Elsie260US #73
#92Teresa258US #172
#93Ida255US #87
#94Jennie255US #143
#95Clara252US #65
#96Madeline249US #167
#97Miriam247US #168
#98Sarah244US #64
#99Loretta238US #123
#100Constance232US #162

Boys

#1John6,354US #2
#2Robert5,524US #1
#3William4,415US #4
#4Joseph4,172US #9
#5James3,309US #3
#6Richard3,072US #6
#7George2,500US #8
#8Charles2,478US #5
#9Edward2,422US #10
#10Donald2,183US #7
#11Frank2,137US #12
#12Thomas1,964US #11
#13Anthony1,509US #44
#14Arthur1,339US #22
#15Harold1,105US #14
#16Raymond1,097US #16
#17Walter1,093US #18
#18Paul1,052US #13
#19Albert1,050US #23
#20Michael1,027US #53
#21Alfred1,008US #33
#22Eugene1,003US #20
#23Louis972US #32
#24David953US #19
#25Herbert916US #25
#26Stanley896US #45
#27Henry867US #21
#28Peter862US #56
#29Vincent851US #82
#30Kenneth825US #17
#31Francis798US #40
#32Bernard794US #49
#33Jack748US #15
#34Leonard726US #42
#35Daniel688US #47
#36Howard672US #31
#37Ralph666US #24
#38Harry651US #26
#39Lawrence635US #38
#40Gerald633US #41
#41Norman621US #39
#42Martin619US #83
#43Philip589US #73
#44Fred583US #36
#45Frederick518US #67
#46Salvatore512US #158
#47Marvin460US #46
#48Carl446US #28
#49Ronald416US #50
#50Theodore411US #66
#51Nicholas402US #140
#52Seymour381
#53Edwin378US #58
#54Andrew360US #60
#55Irving350US #166
#56Ernest339US #43
#57Arnold337US #98
#58Jerome335US #110
#59Melvin316US #48
#60Samuel311US #52
#61Victor290US #99
#62Angelo284US #177
#63Leo284US #61
#64Stephen276US #130
#65Irwin274
#66Murray272
#67Roy270US #34
#68Jerry268US #79
#69Dominick257
#70Patrick255US #132
#71Leon252US #81
#72Sidney251US #142
#73Milton240US #92
#74Earl239US #37
#75Gordon237US #77
#76Warren232US #85
#77Roger230US #71
#78Herman221US #78
#79Alan220US #157
#80Alvin219US #72
#81Clarence219US #35
#82Rudolph209US #134
#83Gerard206
#84Alexander201US #152
#85Clifford200US #68
#86Harvey197US #90
#87Gilbert195US #96
#88Benjamin190US #106
#89Sam182US #109
#90Russell181US #55
#91Douglas179US #102
#92Morris171US #144
#93Bruce165US #112
#94Edmund164US #163
#95Lewis159US #86
#96Morton157
#97Allen155US #93
#98Chester153US #88
#99Lester152US #89
#100Sheldon150

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑23Janet#64
↑19Ronald#49
↑16Carol#59
↑14Jacqueline#84
↑14Alan#79
↑13Dolores#24
↑13Kathleen#58
↑13Thelma#70

Falling

↓21Jennie#94
↓16Ethel#76
↓14Madeline#96
↓13Milton#73
↓12Sam#89
↓9Estelle#90
↓8Agnes#77
↓8Miriam#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.