State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1935 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 166,802 New York births in 1935 across 1,290 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.

#51Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#66Irwinoutside the national top 200
#76Angelooutside the national top 200
#77Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#87Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#87Mortonoutside the national top 200
#89Dominickoutside the national top 200
#91Stuartoutside the national top 200
#84Rosemarie#191 nationally
#55Nicholas#158 nationally
#80Barry#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,767US #1
#2Joan3,316US #7
#3Barbara3,177US #3
#4Patricia2,673US #5
#5Shirley2,025US #2
#6Margaret1,505US #8
#7Dorothy1,435US #6
#8Carol1,283US #11
#9Marilyn1,246US #14
#10Helen1,164US #10
#11Marie1,153US #33
#12Ann1,125US #30
#13Nancy1,085US #9
#14Elizabeth1,057US #17
#15Jean1,020US #18
#16Dolores925US #26
#17Frances858US #19
#18Ruth828US #15
#19Rose826US #37
#20Gloria820US #32
#21Joyce804US #12
#22Catherine789US #42
#23Betty788US #4
#24Janet782US #22
#25Virginia747US #16
#26Phyllis721US #27
#27Anna719US #34
#28Beverly677US #20
#29Elaine675US #51
#30Theresa675US #86
#31Doris661US #13
#32Eleanor653US #48
#33Eileen652US #108
#34Alice622US #25
#35Arlene589US #59
#36Sandra580US #50
#37Josephine576US #75
#38Rita560US #63
#39Florence555US #74
#40Anne551US #84
#41Judith546US #54
#42Marion546US #88
#43Jane531US #43
#44Evelyn520US #31
#45Lorraine508US #68
#46Lois507US #21
#47Kathleen485US #71
#48Irene476US #52
#49Roberta429US #77
#50Lillian426US #66
#51Audrey425US #64
#52Geraldine425US #40
#53June419US #55
#54Louise413US #45
#55Sheila406US #151
#56Grace401US #83
#57Sylvia401US #60
#58Carolyn387US #28
#59Marjorie387US #46
#60Norma387US #29
#61Joanne374US #44
#62Carole358US #93
#63Sally356US #58
#64Diane345US #109
#65Ellen340US #95
#66Loretta333US #69
#67Mildred331US #35
#68Maureen329US #162
#69Marlene326US #39
#70Jacqueline324US #79
#71Rosemary311US #97
#72Janice309US #47
#73Lucille292US #85
#74Harriet278US #157
#75Susan278US #126
#76Constance273US #125
#77Beatrice262US #107
#78Anita254US #119
#79Gail251US #127
#80Katherine249US #103
#81Marcia247US #149
#82Bernice246US #90
#83Esther236US #94
#84Rosemarie236US #191
#85Charlotte224US #65
#86Martha224US #24
#87Antoinette221
#88Pauline219US #80
#89Jeanne217US #133
#90Edith212US #87
#91Gladys207US #78
#92Annette204US #142
#93Suzanne202US #154
#94Marian200US #105
#95Donna189US #23
#96Jeanette187US #104
#97Claire185US #171
#98Julia178US #102
#99Gertrude177US #145
#100Angela174

Boys

#1Robert5,763US #1
#2John5,493US #3
#3Richard3,902US #5
#4William3,571US #4
#5James3,330US #2
#6Joseph3,082US #10
#7Donald2,400US #7
#8Thomas2,061US #9
#9Charles2,004US #6
#10George1,924US #8
#11Edward1,809US #13
#12Frank1,596US #16
#13Ronald1,451US #12
#14David1,393US #11
#15Michael1,233US #41
#16Anthony1,223US #52
#17Paul1,095US #14
#18Peter931US #59
#19Raymond897US #17
#20Arthur894US #29
#21Kenneth836US #15
#22Gerald818US #21
#23Walter772US #23
#24Harold665US #20
#25Daniel653US #43
#26Louis649US #42
#27Henry609US #27
#28Stanley607US #56
#29Eugene606US #26
#30Vincent602US #106
#31Lawrence590US #35
#32Martin589US #93
#33Albert585US #31
#34Howard550US #39
#35Francis540US #53
#36Philip522US #65
#37Norman514US #38
#38Bernard511US #67
#39Leonard510US #54
#40Ralph508US #32
#41Fred506US #34
#42Jack499US #18
#43Carl492US #28
#44Herbert439US #58
#45Alfred422US #63
#46Roger409US #36
#47Stephen398US #113
#48Frederick396US #73
#49Harry379US #37
#50Alan318US #122
#51Salvatore307
#52Theodore306US #79
#53Bruce304US #77
#54Marvin301US #45
#55Nicholas298US #158
#56Arnold291US #103
#57Patrick286US #112
#58Jerry284US #22
#59Andrew274US #85
#60Harvey249US #99
#61Jerome249US #96
#62Gary246US #44
#63Samuel239US #62
#64Warren236US #97
#65Ernest232US #55
#66Irwin224
#67Victor219US #116
#68Melvin218US #57
#69Larry217US #33
#70Gordon216US #70
#71Douglas210US #75
#72Edwin209US #89
#73Roy201US #40
#74Russell198US #68
#75Allen189US #83
#76Angelo185
#77Gerard184
#78Joel180US #157
#79Leo174US #92
#80Barry173US #183
#81Sheldon173
#82Leon167US #86
#83Clifford162US #88
#84Allan160US #150
#85Dennis151US #72
#86Leroy151US #50
#87Morton148
#88Lewis146US #98
#89Dominick145
#90Alvin144US #91
#91Stuart140
#92Earl131US #46
#93Joe131US #25
#94Matthew131US #195
#95Milton120US #117
#96Benjamin119US #123
#97Sidney117US #153
#98Herman115US #101
#99Clarence114US #48
#100Neil114US #167

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑21Susan#75
↑18Sheila#55
↑17Diane#64
↑17Barry#80
↑16Janice#72
↑14Judith#41
↑13Katherine#80
↑11Sandra#36

Falling

↓14Edith#90
↓12Edwin#72
↓11Lewis#88
↓10Norma#60
↓10Earl#92
↓10Neil#100
↓8Lorraine#45
↓8June#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.