State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1933 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 166,143 New York births in 1933 across 1,323 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.

#49Salvatore#183 nationally
#67Gerardoutside the national top 200
#71Irwinoutside the national top 200
#72Angelooutside the national top 200
#76Sheilaoutside the national top 200
#78Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#73Rosemarie#192 nationally
#84Dominickoutside the national top 200
#86Seymouroutside the national top 200
#89Mortonoutside the national top 200
#90Irvingoutside the national top 200
#92Antoinetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,934US #1
#2Joan3,864US #5
#3Barbara2,711US #3
#4Patricia2,217US #6
#5Dorothy1,655US #4
#6Margaret1,653US #7
#7Helen1,421US #8
#8Marilyn1,230US #16
#9Jean1,163US #14
#10Marie1,157US #33
#11Dolores1,063US #21
#12Elizabeth1,050US #17
#13Ann1,042US #34
#14Betty1,019US #2
#15Rose1,003US #35
#16Frances990US #18
#17Shirley989US #9
#18Gloria951US #31
#19Ruth927US #13
#20Nancy913US #11
#21Anna856US #29
#22Carol853US #20
#23Joyce853US #12
#24Catherine844US #44
#25Eleanor810US #38
#26Janet801US #25
#27Doris791US #10
#28Phyllis737US #28
#29Theresa736US #70
#30Josephine718US #62
#31Florence704US #49
#32Alice669US #22
#33Beverly643US #26
#34Rita618US #53
#35Virginia610US #15
#36Marion595US #73
#37Anne575US #85
#38Evelyn571US #30
#39Elaine569US #61
#40Lorraine567US #54
#41Eileen565US #115
#42June555US #45
#43Jane524US #47
#44Irene521US #46
#45Lois502US #19
#46Lillian476US #51
#47Audrey466US #59
#48Louise460US #39
#49Kathleen455US #77
#50Grace454US #69
#51Norma451US #23
#52Arlene440US #74
#53Mildred430US #32
#54Geraldine429US #42
#55Sylvia375US #84
#56Marjorie361US #41
#57Constance356US #105
#58Sally353US #76
#59Marlene333US #50
#60Judith324US #119
#61Sandra312US #145
#62Lucille308US #78
#63Carolyn306US #40
#64Edith298US #80
#65Rosemary295US #102
#66Carole287US #107
#67Maureen285US #170
#68Anita274US #116
#69Jacqueline270US #86
#70Harriet269US #152
#71Pauline261US #64
#72Loretta260US #87
#73Rosemarie255US #192
#74Beatrice253US #94
#75Claire253US #144
#76Sheila251
#77Bernice249US #83
#78Charlotte247US #79
#79Diane244US #134
#80Marian243US #89
#81Ellen242US #104
#82Martha242US #27
#83Jeanne237US #125
#84Janice236US #81
#85Roberta234US #112
#86Marcia232US #162
#87Joanne231US #56
#88Esther229US #88
#89Gladys226US #60
#90Katherine226US #100
#91Gertrude225US #133
#92Antoinette221
#93Susan217US #149
#94Madeline215
#95Julia214US #97
#96Jeanette213US #103
#97Edna206US #55
#98Agnes205US #118
#99Ethel204US #71
#100Elsie198US #99

Boys

#1John5,711US #3
#2Robert5,361US #1
#3William3,583US #4
#4Richard3,559US #5
#5Joseph3,163US #9
#6James3,122US #2
#7Donald2,432US #7
#8Charles2,016US #6
#9Thomas1,971US #10
#10George1,896US #8
#11Edward1,883US #11
#12Frank1,707US #16
#13Ronald1,402US #12
#14Anthony1,246US #46
#15Paul1,052US #14
#16Michael1,027US #53
#17David1,011US #13
#18Arthur971US #25
#19Raymond864US #19
#20Peter849US #60
#21Walter770US #21
#22Kenneth754US #15
#23Louis745US #40
#24Gerald741US #22
#25Harold717US #18
#26Eugene677US #23
#27Vincent671US #94
#28Albert651US #30
#29Lawrence624US #38
#30Daniel618US #42
#31Stanley613US #55
#32Jack608US #17
#33Henry606US #24
#34Francis593US #45
#35Fred541US #34
#36Martin538US #89
#37Ralph535US #29
#38Bernard523US #63
#39Herbert503US #49
#40Leonard503US #47
#41Howard496US #36
#42Philip475US #70
#43Norman458US #37
#44Alfred447US #57
#45Carl435US #28
#46Harry410US #35
#47Frederick406US #78
#48Theodore353US #68
#49Salvatore341US #183
#50Roger312US #48
#51Arnold310US #103
#52Stephen310US #126
#53Alan306US #122
#54Jerry304US #31
#55Nicholas300US #160
#56Marvin299US #44
#57Andrew297US #76
#58Jerome272US #105
#59Patrick270US #110
#60Bruce267US #91
#61Ernest252US #50
#62Edwin242US #77
#63Franklin227US #33
#64Samuel218US #61
#65Harvey217US #97
#66Melvin217US #51
#67Gerard214
#68Douglas212US #81
#69Roy211US #39
#70Gordon210US #71
#71Irwin210
#72Angelo199
#73Victor199US #116
#74Leo195US #75
#75Leon194US #85
#76Warren187US #99
#77Allan180US #154
#78Sheldon174
#79Alvin173US #88
#80Neil169US #149
#81Allen166US #84
#82Earl163US #41
#83Larry159US #58
#84Dominick158
#85Russell158US #67
#86Seymour158
#87Clifford150US #86
#88Gary149US #80
#89Morton149
#90Irving148
#91Clarence143US #43
#92Sidney143US #152
#93Alexander138US #187
#94Lewis135US #92
#95Herman134US #96
#96Milton131US #113
#97Joel130US #185
#98Sam127US #121
#99Stuart124
#100Leroy122US #56

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑28Sandra#61
↑23Marlene#59
↑20Maureen#67
↑18Diane#79
↑15Sheila#76
↑14Pauline#71
↑13Joanne#87
↑11Rosemarie#73

Falling

↓25Antoinette#92
↓21Jeanne#83
↓19Julia#95
↓18Gladys#89
↓17Ellen#81
↓16Jeanette#96
↓14Bernice#77
↓14Allen#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.