State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1936 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 165,883 New York births in 1936 across 1,294 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.

#56Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#73Irwinoutside the national top 200
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#84Stuartoutside the national top 200
#85Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#89Angelooutside the national top 200
#90Dominickoutside the national top 200
#91Matthewoutside the national top 200
#53Sheila#157 nationally
#54Nicholas#157 nationally
#82Barry#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,690US #1
#2Barbara3,324US #3
#3Joan3,098US #7
#4Patricia2,820US #5
#5Carol1,630US #10
#6Margaret1,563US #9
#7Shirley1,550US #2
#8Dorothy1,370US #6
#9Marilyn1,268US #13
#10Nancy1,197US #8
#11Helen1,100US #11
#12Ann1,095US #28
#13Marie1,092US #33
#14Elizabeth1,068US #18
#15Jean966US #20
#16Joyce915US #12
#17Dolores914US #30
#18Frances896US #19
#19Rose846US #37
#20Betty759US #4
#21Beverly729US #17
#22Janet727US #21
#23Eleanor726US #47
#24Phyllis724US #25
#25Ruth723US #16
#26Catherine716US #44
#27Sandra702US #38
#28Gloria694US #32
#29Virginia689US #14
#30Elaine684US #50
#31Anna637US #36
#32Judith606US #43
#33Theresa604US #88
#34Alice583US #27
#35Arlene568US #54
#36Eileen568US #103
#37Anne553US #89
#38Josephine547US #77
#39Jane529US #42
#40Doris525US #15
#41Kathleen516US #67
#42Florence489US #80
#43Evelyn483US #34
#44Lorraine474US #76
#45Rita473US #69
#46Irene445US #57
#47Roberta435US #64
#48Marion428US #93
#49Geraldine427US #41
#50Louise426US #46
#51Carole425US #73
#52Lois420US #26
#53Sheila411US #157
#54Carolyn401US #23
#55June401US #62
#56Loretta379US #70
#57Marlene379US #39
#58Rosemarie374US #158
#59Grace373US #86
#60Sylvia369US #53
#61Audrey354US #68
#62Jacqueline351US #66
#63Maureen350US #155
#64Lillian347US #79
#65Janice341US #31
#66Ellen337US #99
#67Norma333US #29
#68Gail324US #101
#69Joanne324US #48
#70Sally316US #59
#71Susan312US #110
#72Mildred307US #40
#73Marjorie292US #49
#74Martha291US #24
#75Diane288US #112
#76Lucille287US #92
#77Anita279US #104
#78Rosemary275US #111
#79Marcia266US #138
#80Annette255US #125
#81Edith248US #87
#82Harriet246US #154
#83Jeanette242US #94
#84Katherine233US #100
#85Antoinette230
#86Donna229US #22
#87Charlotte225US #61
#88Constance224US #133
#89Suzanne216US #151
#90Beatrice214US #121
#91Maryann214US #182
#92Bernice201US #95
#93Esther201US #107
#94Gladys199US #84
#95Pauline198US #82
#96Claire197US #176
#97Agnes192US #139
#98Arline189
#99Julia184US #105
#100Jeanne179US #141

Boys

#1Robert6,121US #1
#2John5,422US #3
#3Richard3,809US #5
#4William3,557US #4
#5James3,425US #2
#6Joseph3,096US #11
#7Donald2,380US #7
#8Thomas2,032US #8
#9Edward1,916US #13
#10Charles1,901US #6
#11George1,751US #9
#12David1,560US #10
#13Frank1,505US #16
#14Ronald1,504US #12
#15Michael1,316US #33
#16Anthony1,219US #48
#17Paul1,159US #15
#18Peter1,035US #56
#19Kenneth868US #14
#20Arthur846US #30
#21Gerald808US #19
#22Raymond805US #17
#23Walter699US #26
#24Louis697US #44
#25Lawrence640US #37
#26Harold627US #21
#27Daniel599US #41
#28Eugene585US #29
#29Stanley585US #58
#30Philip573US #63
#31Martin569US #92
#32Francis563US #50
#33Vincent561US #109
#34Henry560US #28
#35Fred550US #36
#36Albert537US #34
#37Howard520US #40
#38Ralph513US #31
#39Leonard503US #54
#40Frederick492US #70
#41Jack486US #20
#42Bernard477US #68
#43Carl475US #27
#44Norman445US #43
#45Stephen433US #99
#46Roger426US #35
#47Alfred418US #60
#48Herbert395US #62
#49Harry380US #39
#50Alan371US #108
#51Patrick353US #100
#52Bruce307US #73
#53Jerry300US #18
#54Nicholas297US #157
#55Theodore287US #87
#56Salvatore286
#57Andrew276US #83
#58Gary272US #38
#59Ernest264US #55
#60Marvin262US #49
#61Harvey257US #97
#62Jerome255US #98
#63Arnold252US #111
#64Larry251US #25
#65Edwin236US #84
#66Melvin232US #53
#67Warren231US #95
#68Joel226US #146
#69Victor216US #116
#70Samuel204US #67
#71Roy196US #42
#72Douglas195US #78
#73Irwin195
#74Russell190US #69
#75Gordon186US #75
#76Allen181US #81
#77Allan176US #138
#78Leon173US #82
#79Gerard164
#80Earl161US #47
#81Sheldon158
#82Barry153US #185
#83Leo150US #94
#84Stuart150
#85Wayne148US #45
#86Dennis147US #74
#87Lewis144US #101
#88Neil141US #158
#89Angelo139
#90Dominick138
#91Matthew137
#92Joe133US #23
#93Clarence126US #52
#94Clifford126US #90
#95Alvin123US #96
#96Jay117US #140
#97Milton117US #120
#98Sidney113US #156
#99Morton111
#100Benjamin110US #123

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑26Rosemarie#58
↑13Jeanette#83
↑12Marlene#57
↑12Martha#74
↑12Annette#80
↑12Earl#80
↑12Neil#88
↑11Carole#51

Falling

↓14Lillian#64
↓14Marjorie#73
↓13Beatrice#90
↓13Angelo#89
↓12Constance#88
↓12Morton#99
↓11Diane#75
↓11Jeanne#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.