State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1931 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 180,829 New York births in 1931 across 1,354 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.

#63Irwinoutside the national top 200
#67Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#67Dominickoutside the national top 200
#71Irvingoutside the national top 200
#65Angelo#194 nationally
#48Salvatore#176 nationally
#74Seymouroutside the national top 200
#77Mortonoutside the national top 200
#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#87Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#87Rosemarie#194 nationally
#95Carmelaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,596US #1
#2Joan3,963US #5
#3Barbara2,246US #4
#4Dorothy2,090US #3
#5Patricia1,844US #8
#6Margaret1,816US #7
#7Helen1,769US #6
#8Gloria1,410US #23
#9Marie1,400US #27
#10Jean1,327US #13
#11Dolores1,311US #14
#12Marilyn1,299US #19
#13Rose1,296US #30
#14Shirley1,241US #9
#15Anna1,179US #25
#16Betty1,172US #2
#17Ruth1,161US #11
#18Elizabeth1,124US #16
#19Frances1,081US #18
#20Ann1,045US #35
#21Doris957US #10
#22Catherine952US #36
#23Eleanor929US #40
#24Josephine910US #51
#25Joyce889US #15
#26Theresa878US #59
#27Alice876US #21
#28Florence875US #43
#29Nancy834US #17
#30Virginia820US #12
#31Rita785US #48
#32Phyllis771US #29
#33Evelyn722US #24
#34Irene675US #37
#35Marion654US #66
#36Lorraine638US #49
#37Anne622US #80
#38Beverly612US #31
#39Jane597US #50
#40Janet597US #45
#41Lillian595US #47
#42Eileen594US #106
#43Elaine578US #72
#44June557US #44
#45Carol545US #46
#46Norma526US #22
#47Louise515US #33
#48Mildred514US #26
#49Grace504US #70
#50Lois481US #20
#51Audrey474US #64
#52Geraldine457US #38
#53Marjorie453US #34
#54Arlene441US #77
#55Kathleen396US #87
#56Edith381US #65
#57Bernice377US #63
#58Constance376US #118
#59Rosemary371US #88
#60Anita353US #117
#61Lucille352US #62
#62Jeanne344US #98
#63Charlotte342US #75
#64Sally338US #97
#65Sylvia333US #123
#66Gladys328US #55
#67Antoinette326
#68Beatrice325US #85
#69Ellen322US #99
#70Harriet313US #143
#71Jacqueline307US #78
#72Pauline306US #56
#73Gertrude296US #115
#74Claire283US #139
#75Martha277US #28
#76Esther272US #79
#77Ethel267US #67
#78Agnes266US #103
#79Judith266US #168
#80Katherine265US #92
#81Muriel264US #172
#82Clara262US #61
#83Loretta262US #96
#84Carolyn256US #60
#85Marlene250US #95
#86Elsie246US #86
#87Rosemarie245US #194
#88Julia243US #91
#89Jeanette240US #105
#90Edna235US #52
#91Laura232US #89
#92Marian232US #84
#93Vivian227US #82
#94Thelma226US #53
#95Carmela223
#96Joanne222US #68
#97Madeline214US #199
#98Lucy210US #126
#99Maureen210
#100Angelina207

Boys

#1Robert5,952US #1
#2John5,827US #3
#3William4,011US #4
#4Joseph3,567US #9
#5Richard3,532US #5
#6James3,250US #2
#7Donald2,405US #7
#8Charles2,251US #6
#9Edward2,165US #11
#10George2,147US #8
#11Thomas1,972US #10
#12Frank1,833US #16
#13Anthony1,288US #46
#14Arthur1,136US #23
#15Paul1,059US #12
#16Raymond1,039US #17
#17David1,014US #13
#18Michael977US #55
#19Walter894US #20
#20Harold868US #18
#21Louis863US #37
#22Kenneth852US #14
#23Stanley845US #49
#24Peter840US #61
#25Albert797US #24
#26Eugene769US #21
#27Gerald748US #26
#28Francis747US #42
#29Henry737US #22
#30Herbert697US #41
#31Ronald697US #27
#32Vincent696US #86
#33Bernard662US #54
#34Daniel652US #44
#35Lawrence652US #38
#36Jack651US #15
#37Ralph627US #25
#38Howard614US #34
#39Leonard608US #48
#40Alfred607US #50
#41Norman583US #36
#42Fred558US #33
#43Martin557US #91
#44Harry508US #30
#45Philip508US #71
#46Carl459US #28
#47Frederick441US #73
#48Salvatore385US #176
#49Nicholas368US #145
#50Marvin362US #45
#51Andrew347US #65
#52Theodore339US #70
#53Edwin325US #67
#54Arnold308US #98
#55Patrick302US #111
#56Alan299US #120
#57Jerome299US #103
#58Ernest294US #47
#59Jerry284US #43
#60Roger283US #53
#61Stephen264US #130
#62Roy252US #35
#63Irwin249
#64Samuel247US #56
#65Angelo235US #194
#66Melvin231US #51
#67Dominick230
#68Victor228US #109
#69Earl222US #40
#70Leon217US #84
#71Irving214
#72Leo213US #69
#73Bruce210US #101
#74Seymour209
#75Douglas208US #85
#76Gordon202US #76
#77Morton200
#78Allen198US #79
#79Clarence198US #39
#80Gerard194
#81Harvey194US #93
#82Gilbert187US #92
#83Russell187US #63
#84Alvin183US #80
#85Herman182US #83
#86Milton180US #99
#87Sheldon176
#88Allan171US #151
#89Warren170US #100
#90Larry157US #88
#91Leroy156US #52
#92Lewis156US #87
#93Alexander153US #172
#94Benjamin153US #113
#95Murray145
#96Rudolph142US #146
#97Maurice139US #117
#98Neil135US #165
#99Sidney134US #158
#100Lloyd128US #68

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑34Constance#58
↑14Judith#79
↑14Ronald#31
↑14Gilbert#82
↑13Arlene#54
↑13Morton#77
↑10Charlotte#63
↑10Elsie#86

Falling

↓23Angelina#100
↓16Thelma#94
↓15Muriel#81
↓14Seymour#74
↓12Beatrice#68
↓12Rudolph#96
↓11Harvey#81
↓11Alvin#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.