State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1932 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 176,687 New York births in 1932 across 1,347 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.

#67Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#48Salvatore#181 nationally
#68Irwinoutside the national top 200
#69Angelooutside the national top 200
#72Gerardoutside the national top 200
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#77Mortonoutside the national top 200
#80Irvingoutside the national top 200
#81Seymouroutside the national top 200
#84Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#87Maureenoutside the national top 200
#87Sheldonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Joan4,260US #5
#2Mary4,260US #1
#3Barbara2,591US #3
#4Patricia2,044US #6
#5Dorothy1,961US #4
#6Margaret1,753US #7
#7Helen1,556US #8
#8Marilyn1,517US #16
#9Jean1,342US #15
#10Dolores1,245US #18
#11Marie1,227US #31
#12Rose1,161US #33
#13Gloria1,135US #25
#14Betty1,133US #2
#15Elizabeth1,115US #17
#16Ann1,095US #34
#17Shirley1,070US #9
#18Ruth1,044US #11
#19Frances992US #19
#20Anna958US #24
#21Doris910US #10
#22Joyce908US #12
#23Nancy907US #13
#24Theresa861US #60
#25Catherine844US #39
#26Eleanor842US #45
#27Josephine807US #57
#28Florence793US #47
#29Alice781US #21
#30Phyllis740US #30
#31Carol723US #32
#32Virginia723US #14
#33Rita655US #53
#34Janet650US #35
#35Anne644US #81
#36Evelyn640US #23
#37Irene631US #43
#38Beverly626US #28
#39June600US #44
#40Marion599US #73
#41Eileen593US #114
#42Jane582US #49
#43Lorraine574US #55
#44Elaine572US #68
#45Norma524US #22
#46Grace519US #72
#47Lois500US #20
#48Lillian470US #48
#49Louise470US #36
#50Arlene460US #80
#51Mildred459US #26
#52Audrey439US #61
#53Marjorie438US #37
#54Geraldine434US #42
#55Kathleen425US #83
#56Sylvia420US #96
#57Constance372US #99
#58Sally350US #84
#59Carolyn338US #46
#60Lucille318US #63
#61Edith315US #69
#62Jeanne314US #112
#63Bernice312US #71
#64Ellen309US #104
#65Judith308US #144
#66Jacqueline307US #85
#67Antoinette304
#68Rosemary303US #100
#69Beatrice300US #87
#70Loretta297US #89
#71Gladys289US #54
#72Anita288US #116
#73Charlotte280US #74
#74Roberta280US #109
#75Harriet278US #149
#76Julia270US #92
#77Esther268US #82
#78Claire265US #140
#79Gertrude265US #124
#80Jeanette265US #106
#81Katherine262US #95
#82Marlene253US #78
#83Marian250US #86
#84Rosemarie249
#85Pauline248US #59
#86Martha244US #27
#87Maureen233
#88Ethel231US #66
#89Sandra230
#90Muriel229US #181
#91Sheila229
#92Thelma228US #51
#93Edna227US #50
#94Carmela223
#95Angelina221
#96Laura219US #88
#97Diane213US #142
#98Agnes211US #115
#99Madeline209
#100Joanne208US #62

Boys

#1John5,873US #3
#2Robert5,756US #1
#3William3,823US #4
#4Richard3,532US #5
#5James3,373US #2
#6Joseph3,356US #9
#7Donald2,416US #7
#8Charles2,237US #6
#9George2,236US #8
#10Edward2,057US #11
#11Thomas1,977US #10
#12Frank1,774US #15
#13Anthony1,291US #45
#14Ronald1,187US #16
#15David1,172US #12
#16Michael1,053US #54
#17Paul1,047US #13
#18Raymond1,015US #19
#19Arthur986US #25
#20Walter873US #21
#21Kenneth865US #14
#22Harold842US #18
#23Peter840US #62
#24Louis762US #39
#25Albert759US #26
#26Eugene721US #22
#27Stanley719US #52
#28Gerald709US #24
#29Francis691US #43
#30Vincent680US #93
#31Henry661US #23
#32Martin633US #88
#33Daniel629US #42
#34Herbert627US #44
#35Ralph602US #27
#36Lawrence593US #35
#37Alfred588US #49
#38Howard579US #36
#39Bernard577US #60
#40Jack575US #17
#41Fred554US #33
#42Leonard553US #48
#43Philip526US #70
#44Norman521US #37
#45Harry502US #32
#46Carl461US #28
#47Frederick438US #73
#48Salvatore386US #181
#49Theodore357US #67
#50Roger333US #50
#51Andrew329US #69
#52Marvin328US #46
#53Nicholas314US #163
#54Patrick311US #114
#55Alan310US #127
#56Jerry308US #34
#57Ernest306US #47
#58Arnold296US #100
#59Edwin296US #72
#60Stephen292US #124
#61Roy258US #38
#62Melvin256US #51
#63Jerome252US #107
#64Samuel248US #56
#65Harvey234US #95
#66Victor234US #110
#67Allen233US #80
#68Irwin230
#69Angelo228
#70Bruce227US #98
#71Douglas215US #85
#72Gerard209
#73Leo202US #74
#74Gordon199US #81
#75Leon193US #83
#76Dominick191
#77Morton180
#78Clarence178US #40
#79Larry177US #65
#80Irving176
#81Seymour176
#82Earl175US #41
#83Russell173US #63
#84Allan171US #153
#85Alvin171US #87
#86Warren166US #102
#87Sheldon164
#88Benjamin153US #115
#89Clifford153US #84
#90Sidney147US #159
#91Milton146US #106
#92Alexander144US #178
#93Matthew141US #188
#94Stuart139
#95Gilbert137US #97
#96Herman135US #89
#97Edmund132US #190
#98Rudolph132US #158
#99Leroy131US #53
#100Lewis129US #92

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑25Carolyn#59
↑17Ronald#14
↑16Harvey#65
↑14Carol#31
↑14Judith#65
↑13Loretta#70
↑12Julia#76
↑12Maureen#87

Falling

↓20Agnes#98
↓13Pauline#85
↓13Earl#82
↓13Gilbert#95
↓12Anita#72
↓11Martha#86
↓11Ethel#88
↓11Herman#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.