State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1930 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 191,366 New York births in 1930 across 1,406 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.

#59Irwinoutside the national top 200
#60Seymouroutside the national top 200
#62Antoinette#197 nationally
#72Irvingoutside the national top 200
#65Angelo#190 nationally
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#77Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#48Salvatore#167 nationally
#85Murrayoutside the national top 200
#88Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#90Mortonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,854US #1
#2Joan3,249US #8
#3Dorothy2,405US #3
#4Helen1,948US #4
#5Margaret1,938US #5
#6Barbara1,825US #6
#7Patricia1,745US #7
#8Jean1,551US #14
#9Dolores1,519US #13
#10Marie1,461US #26
#11Shirley1,405US #11
#12Marilyn1,360US #22
#13Rose1,354US #29
#14Gloria1,305US #30
#15Ruth1,303US #10
#16Betty1,300US #2
#17Elizabeth1,253US #15
#18Anna1,196US #23
#19Doris1,150US #9
#20Frances1,139US #16
#21Florence1,055US #38
#22Theresa1,046US #50
#23Catherine990US #35
#24Rita968US #42
#25Ann962US #41
#26Eleanor960US #39
#27Josephine933US #49
#28Alice908US #20
#29Virginia874US #12
#30Nancy863US #24
#31Evelyn843US #19
#32Phyllis820US #28
#33Joyce766US #18
#34Irene729US #33
#35Marion720US #60
#36Lorraine680US #46
#37Lillian677US #44
#38Elaine660US #69
#39Beverly654US #34
#40Mildred653US #21
#41Anne645US #83
#42Jane625US #55
#43Janet615US #53
#44Louise602US #31
#45Grace582US #62
#46Eileen566US #110
#47June555US #47
#48Carol539US #54
#49Lois532US #17
#50Marjorie522US #32
#51Norma495US #25
#52Edith485US #61
#53Audrey467US #63
#54Bernice451US #58
#55Geraldine444US #43
#56Beatrice430US #76
#57Kathleen416US #84
#58Jeanne401US #92
#59Anita389US #115
#60Rosemary380US #82
#61Lucille363US #59
#62Antoinette360US #197
#63Gladys356US #48
#64Gertrude352US #96
#65Harriet341US #138
#66Muriel334US #155
#67Arlene333US #103
#68Sally333US #98
#69Ellen329US #100
#70Sylvia328US #132
#71Jacqueline324US #74
#72Claire319US #136
#73Charlotte312US #75
#74Pauline300US #52
#75Esther296US #77
#76Martha296US #27
#77Angelina287
#78Thelma287US #45
#79Agnes285US #102
#80Julia285US #90
#81Loretta285US #105
#82Carolyn284US #72
#83Edna284US #51
#84Katherine284US #85
#85Ethel279US #65
#86Marian276US #80
#87Jeanette268US #106
#88Rosemarie262
#89Laura261US #89
#90Madeline261US #173
#91Clara259US #64
#92Constance252US #147
#93Judith251
#94Carmela240
#95Lucy239US #119
#96Elsie230US #88
#97Joanne224US #81
#98Estelle223
#99Pearl218US #121
#100Rhoda217

Boys

#1John6,239US #3
#2Robert5,762US #1
#3William4,212US #4
#4Joseph3,825US #9
#5Richard3,479US #5
#6James3,426US #2
#7Donald2,496US #7
#8Charles2,477US #6
#9Edward2,382US #10
#10George2,337US #8
#11Frank1,993US #13
#12Thomas1,931US #11
#13Anthony1,489US #44
#14Arthur1,241US #23
#15Raymond1,145US #16
#16Paul1,126US #12
#17David1,082US #15
#18Harold1,040US #18
#19Michael1,013US #54
#20Walter999US #19
#21Peter924US #56
#22Louis916US #34
#23Albert909US #24
#24Henry876US #22
#25Stanley859US #49
#26Kenneth849US #17
#27Eugene823US #21
#28Herbert782US #35
#29Vincent763US #84
#30Francis737US #42
#31Bernard722US #52
#32Jack722US #14
#33Gerald700US #30
#34Alfred689US #46
#35Lawrence689US #36
#36Howard673US #31
#37Ralph658US #25
#38Norman643US #40
#39Harry625US #28
#40Martin623US #83
#41Daniel619US #47
#42Leonard614US #45
#43Fred596US #32
#44Philip547US #75
#45Ronald543US #37
#46Carl485US #26
#47Frederick457US #74
#48Salvatore438US #167
#49Theodore414US #67
#50Nicholas394US #147
#51Jerome370US #105
#52Marvin367US #48
#53Andrew334US #62
#54Ernest332US #43
#55Edwin331US #66
#56Patrick319US #118
#57Arnold314US #98
#58Jerry290US #51
#59Irwin286
#60Seymour285
#61Melvin276US #50
#62Stephen274US #138
#63Victor271US #100
#64Alan270US #136
#65Angelo268US #190
#66Roger267US #58
#67Samuel267US #55
#68Leo257US #63
#69Roy254US #33
#70Harvey236US #92
#71Earl232US #38
#72Irving231
#73Alvin229US #79
#74Douglas225US #89
#75Leon225US #81
#76Dominick224
#77Gordon217US #77
#78Allen216US #85
#79Gerard216
#80Warren207US #96
#81Milton205US #93
#82Bruce202US #109
#83Herman199US #78
#84Rudolph187US #140
#85Murray184
#86Clarence179US #39
#87Sam174US #110
#88Clifford171US #73
#89Alexander170US #168
#90Morton169
#91Russell169US #60
#92Sidney163US #150
#93Sheldon162
#94Maurice161US #116
#95Allan160US #155
#96Gilbert156US #90
#97Benjamin155US #115
#98Lewis145US #87
#99Edmund141US #177
#100Larry139US #108

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑19Arlene#67
↑16Loretta#81
↑13Jeanette#87
↑13Allen#78
↑12Marilyn#12
↑12Janet#43
↑12Kathleen#57
↑11Anita#59

Falling

↓15Irving#72
↓14Ethel#85
↓14Milton#81
↓13Lucy#95
↓11Pauline#74
↓9Sylvia#70
↓9Charlotte#73
↓9Elsie#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.