State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1929 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 191,733 New York births in 1929 across 1,395 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.

#59Seymouroutside the national top 200
#66Irwinoutside the national top 200
#67Antoinette#199 nationally
#57Irving#185 nationally
#74Dominickoutside the national top 200
#77Murrayoutside the national top 200
#79Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#47Salvatore#160 nationally
#90Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#92Mortonoutside the national top 200
#93Rosemarieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,762US #1
#2Dorothy2,577US #3
#3Joan2,459US #13
#4Helen2,144US #4
#5Margaret2,113US #5
#6Marie1,610US #22
#7Jean1,593US #12
#8Shirley1,540US #9
#9Patricia1,500US #10
#10Ruth1,482US #8
#11Rose1,475US #26
#12Gloria1,449US #28
#13Barbara1,411US #7
#14Doris1,360US #6
#15Dolores1,333US #14
#16Anna1,332US #20
#17Betty1,324US #2
#18Elizabeth1,242US #15
#19Frances1,235US #16
#20Florence1,130US #35
#21Theresa1,080US #49
#22Josephine1,075US #45
#23Catherine1,019US #34
#24Marilyn1,005US #33
#25Virginia976US #11
#26Eleanor964US #38
#27Alice923US #21
#28Rita900US #52
#29Ann890US #46
#30Evelyn862US #19
#31Marion825US #53
#32Irene819US #29
#33Phyllis819US #24
#34Lillian782US #40
#35Mildred729US #18
#36Joyce703US #23
#37Nancy690US #32
#38Lorraine685US #42
#39Jane676US #62
#40Grace649US #54
#41Eileen646US #98
#42Elaine610US #67
#43Beverly607US #39
#44Louise605US #31
#45Anne592US #91
#46Marjorie572US #30
#47June546US #48
#48Norma545US #25
#49Lois542US #17
#50Carol517US #63
#51Audrey504US #58
#52Geraldine483US #43
#53Edith477US #59
#54Bernice448US #55
#55Janet447US #82
#56Beatrice426US #72
#57Gladys423US #44
#58Jeanne415US #92
#59Muriel415US #149
#60Gertrude394US #95
#61Sylvia393US #119
#62Lucille383US #57
#63Pauline377US #50
#64Charlotte375US #73
#65Harriet372US #135
#66Rosemary363US #80
#67Antoinette360US #199
#68Claire356US #134
#69Kathleen351US #89
#70Anita344US #125
#71Ethel343US #56
#72Esther340US #71
#73Agnes321US #94
#74Martha312US #27
#75Edna311US #51
#76Thelma307US #41
#77Sally304US #112
#78Marian298US #75
#79Angelina296
#80Ellen296US #97
#81Jacqueline295US #87
#82Lucy285US #116
#83Katherine282US #84
#84Julia280US #88
#85Clara278US #65
#86Arlene277US #105
#87Elsie271US #78
#88Madeline271US #173
#89Carolyn257US #77
#90Carmela254
#91Vivian237US #81
#92Jennie231US #152
#93Rosemarie231
#94Laura230US #90
#95Pearl228US #114
#96Estelle226
#97Loretta225US #127
#98Constance218US #159
#99Selma214
#100Jeanette211US #131

Boys

#1John6,253US #3
#2Robert5,446US #1
#3William4,235US #4
#4Joseph3,903US #9
#5James3,218US #2
#6Richard3,167US #6
#7George2,503US #8
#8Edward2,296US #10
#9Charles2,277US #5
#10Donald2,263US #7
#11Frank2,023US #12
#12Thomas1,929US #11
#13Anthony1,493US #44
#14Arthur1,261US #22
#15Raymond1,136US #15
#16Paul1,075US #13
#17Walter1,060US #19
#18Harold1,052US #16
#19David1,050US #17
#20Louis976US #32
#21Michael948US #54
#22Herbert930US #25
#23Peter913US #55
#24Albert904US #24
#25Stanley880US #48
#26Eugene849US #20
#27Vincent818US #82
#28Francis798US #39
#29Kenneth794US #18
#30Henry792US #21
#31Bernard740US #52
#32Jack735US #14
#33Alfred710US #41
#34Leonard698US #42
#35Gerald689US #33
#36Ralph684US #26
#37Daniel681US #47
#38Harry657US #27
#39Howard619US #31
#40Norman617US #40
#41Lawrence613US #38
#42Martin590US #83
#43Fred586US #34
#44Philip553US #76
#45Frederick509US #67
#46Carl501US #28
#47Salvatore497US #160
#48Marvin431US #46
#49Ronald431US #45
#50Nicholas390US #142
#51Andrew377US #59
#52Arnold371US #95
#53Edwin363US #66
#54Theodore363US #65
#55Ernest345US #43
#56Jerome336US #110
#57Irving331US #185
#58Jerry330US #61
#59Seymour311
#60Stephen301US #126
#61Samuel300US #53
#62Melvin284US #49
#63Victor283US #100
#64Leo279US #60
#65Patrick277US #121
#66Irwin270
#67Milton251US #94
#68Roy251US #35
#69Angelo248US #176
#70Alan246US #146
#71Roger240US #64
#72Alvin233US #77
#73Warren230US #92
#74Dominick227
#75Gordon227US #79
#76Earl221US #36
#77Murray218
#78Leon213US #81
#79Gerard211
#80Harvey209US #90
#81Herman207US #75
#82Clarence198US #37
#83Sam195US #105
#84Douglas194US #97
#85Russell191US #56
#86Rudolph188US #140
#87Gilbert187US #91
#88Sidney187US #149
#89Clifford186US #72
#90Benjamin184US #107
#91Allen171US #86
#92Morton171
#93Bruce168US #112
#94Alexander167US #156
#95Sheldon165
#96Allan149US #161
#97Matthew148US #189
#98Maurice145US #125
#99Leroy144US #51
#100Morris142US #147

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑12Anita#70
↑11Sally#77
↑10Joyce#36
↑10Clara#85
↑10Jerry#58
↑9Dolores#15
↑9Carol#50
↑9Janet#55

Falling

↓16Sidney#88
↓12Alfred#33
↓11Kathleen#69
↓11Julia#84
↓11Arlene#86
↓11Murray#77
↓10Pearl#95
↓10Alexander#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.