State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1934 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 166,288 New York births in 1934 across 1,297 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.

#51Salvatore#195 nationally
#69Irwinoutside the national top 200
#73Sheilaoutside the national top 200
#75Gerardoutside the national top 200
#76Angelooutside the national top 200
#77Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#79Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#84Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#87Dominickoutside the national top 200
#89Stuartoutside the national top 200
#57Nicholas#165 nationally
#93Mortonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,703US #1
#2Joan3,584US #7
#3Barbara2,924US #3
#4Patricia2,292US #6
#5Dorothy1,612US #5
#6Margaret1,523US #8
#7Shirley1,312US #4
#8Helen1,308US #9
#9Carol1,209US #14
#10Marie1,193US #34
#11Jean1,158US #16
#12Marilyn1,144US #17
#13Ann1,110US #32
#14Elizabeth1,078US #18
#15Nancy1,060US #10
#16Dolores1,026US #26
#17Rose962US #37
#18Frances919US #19
#19Gloria877US #30
#20Ruth867US #13
#21Betty863US #2
#22Janet826US #21
#23Catherine814US #42
#24Joyce801US #12
#25Anna774US #31
#26Eleanor748US #44
#27Doris728US #11
#28Theresa728US #77
#29Phyllis726US #28
#30Beverly716US #22
#31Alice698US #25
#32Virginia686US #15
#33Josephine657US #60
#34Eileen621US #109
#35Arlene617US #53
#36Elaine614US #54
#37Lorraine611US #56
#38Anne598US #88
#39Florence580US #61
#40Marion570US #86
#41Jane565US #48
#42Evelyn529US #29
#43Irene525US #49
#44Rita518US #63
#45June500US #46
#46Audrey489US #69
#47Sandra482US #93
#48Kathleen481US #74
#49Lois472US #20
#50Norma470US #24
#51Lillian457US #52
#52Louise435US #40
#53Geraldine431US #43
#54Marjorie419US #41
#55Judith415US #94
#56Grace395US #79
#57Sally386US #62
#58Sylvia379US #70
#59Roberta360US #104
#60Carolyn354US #33
#61Mildred349US #35
#62Loretta338US #83
#63Ellen336US #95
#64Carole329US #89
#65Joanne322US #45
#66Jacqueline310US #80
#67Maureen290US #171
#68Rosemary288US #111
#69Marlene280US #57
#70Anita271US #130
#71Lucille270US #84
#72Constance268US #117
#73Sheila265
#74Harriet263US #156
#75Beatrice261US #99
#76Edith260US #81
#77Rosemarie259
#78Martha257US #27
#79Bernice254US #82
#80Charlotte247US #72
#81Diane242US #124
#82Agnes241US #120
#83Gladys234US #66
#84Antoinette232
#85Marcia231US #157
#86Jeanne228US #131
#87Esther227US #91
#88Janice227US #68
#89Jeanette226US #106
#90Pauline226US #71
#91Gertrude223US #135
#92Suzanne221US #153
#93Katherine214US #101
#94Claire213US #155
#95Marian210US #97
#96Susan208US #138
#97Donna205US #23
#98Ethel200US #78
#99Julia194US #105
#100Madeline191

Boys

#1Robert5,591US #1
#2John5,468US #3
#3Richard3,749US #5
#4William3,673US #4
#5James3,267US #2
#6Joseph3,054US #10
#7Donald2,473US #6
#8Thomas2,003US #9
#9Charles1,996US #7
#10Edward1,876US #13
#11George1,823US #8
#12Frank1,586US #16
#13Ronald1,414US #11
#14Anthony1,226US #52
#15David1,154US #12
#16Paul1,078US #14
#17Michael1,068US #47
#18Arthur912US #29
#19Raymond895US #19
#20Peter832US #61
#21Walter799US #21
#22Kenneth777US #15
#23Gerald761US #22
#24Louis719US #40
#25Harold676US #18
#26Albert671US #32
#27Eugene660US #24
#28Lawrence659US #34
#29Stanley642US #58
#30Martin633US #91
#31Vincent628US #101
#32Daniel601US #42
#33Henry587US #27
#34Francis584US #49
#35Bernard543US #65
#36Fred537US #33
#37Jack532US #17
#38Howard526US #37
#39Ralph517US #31
#40Philip513US #69
#41Herbert498US #57
#42Leonard488US #53
#43Carl450US #28
#44Norman446US #38
#45Alfred438US #64
#46Harry410US #36
#47Roger396US #39
#48Frederick391US #77
#49Theodore350US #74
#50Stephen341US #121
#51Salvatore339US #195
#52Marvin307US #44
#53Alan304US #124
#54Bruce290US #78
#55Andrew288US #76
#56Patrick288US #109
#57Nicholas287US #165
#58Arnold283US #105
#59Jerry271US #25
#60Edwin262US #80
#61Ernest261US #51
#62Jerome248US #107
#63Samuel241US #66
#64Melvin237US #55
#65Douglas225US #72
#66Gordon220US #71
#67Harvey217US #99
#68Roy213US #35
#69Irwin205
#70Warren202US #96
#71Larry198US #43
#72Victor192US #122
#73Gary188US #60
#74Leon187US #87
#75Gerard183
#76Angelo181
#77Lewis180US #94
#78Allen175US #88
#79Sheldon172
#80Allan167US #151
#81Joel165US #172
#82Earl163US #41
#83Franklin163US #46
#84Leo160US #86
#85Russell160US #70
#86Alvin149US #93
#87Dominick149
#88Leroy148US #54
#89Stuart148
#90Neil145US #153
#91Clarence144US #45
#92Clifford137US #85
#93Morton137
#94Benjamin136US #117
#95Irving133
#96Herman126US #97
#97Barry123
#98Gilbert122US #106
#99Lester122US #110
#100Milton121US #115

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑26Roberta#59
↑22Joanne#65
↑18Ellen#63
↑17Arlene#35
↑17Lewis#77
↑16Agnes#82
↑16Joel#81
↑15Gary#73

Falling

↓20Franklin#83
↓19Pauline#90
↓19Claire#94
↓15Constance#72
↓15Marian#95
↓12Edith#76
↓10Rita#44
↓10Marlene#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.