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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1937 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 169,209 New York births in 1937 across 1,306 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.

#61Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#73Stuart#198 nationally
#78Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Angelooutside the national top 200
#87Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#88Dominickoutside the national top 200
#91Irwinoutside the national top 200
#62Rosemarie#171 nationally
#92Angelaoutside the national top 200
#92Matthewoutside the national top 200
#75Barry#182 nationally
#95Brianoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,804US #1
#2Barbara3,685US #2
#3Patricia3,166US #3
#4Joan2,778US #9
#5Carol2,085US #6
#6Margaret1,583US #10
#7Dorothy1,236US #8
#8Nancy1,231US #7
#9Shirley1,118US #4
#10Ann1,115US #30
#11Elizabeth1,097US #17
#12Marilyn1,090US #13
#13Helen1,047US #12
#14Marie1,032US #35
#15Jean920US #23
#16Frances880US #19
#17Sandra823US #26
#18Joyce816US #11
#19Janet808US #18
#20Phyllis781US #27
#21Judith777US #34
#22Beverly756US #14
#23Dolores749US #37
#24Rose737US #38
#25Betty714US #5
#26Catherine711US #47
#27Ruth698US #15
#28Elaine682US #45
#29Virginia667US #16
#30Eleanor663US #53
#31Anna634US #39
#32Theresa606US #95
#33Gloria605US #32
#34Carole583US #56
#35Arlene579US #60
#36Eileen577US #107
#37Alice571US #28
#38Jane537US #42
#39Doris533US #22
#40Anne529US #92
#41Kathleen528US #61
#42Lorraine524US #83
#43Josephine512US #82
#44Roberta495US #66
#45Sheila463US #142
#46Irene462US #62
#47Florence458US #81
#48Rita436US #69
#49Carolyn432US #20
#50Diane431US #76
#51Susan428US #97
#52Louise425US #48
#53Marion412US #109
#54Maureen411US #155
#55Lois409US #29
#56Evelyn407US #36
#57Grace399US #94
#58Gail389US #99
#59Geraldine388US #44
#60Joanne382US #51
#61Janice375US #25
#62Rosemarie365US #171
#63Sylvia365US #50
#64Loretta360US #63
#65Ellen357US #102
#66June357US #71
#67Anita356US #93
#68Marlene355US #40
#69Audrey346US #85
#70Jacqueline344US #70
#71Linda344US #49
#72Marjorie342US #57
#73Rosemary342US #110
#74Lillian338US #84
#75Sally338US #59
#76Donna330US #21
#77Harriet307US #154
#78Lucille304US #98
#79Norma304US #33
#80Marcia300US #124
#81Mildred296US #43
#82Constance282US #118
#83Martha276US #24
#84Maryann274US #167
#85Annette269US #115
#86Katherine264US #103
#87Yvonne244US #77
#88Suzanne234US #145
#89Charlotte232US #67
#90Jeanette231US #90
#91Myrna229US #137
#92Angela221
#93Diana217US #157
#94Edith203US #96
#95Pauline202US #87
#96Antoinette198
#97Judy196US #91
#98Rosalie192US #179
#99Esther188US #116
#100Beatrice185US #120

Boys

#1Robert6,529US #1
#2John5,524US #3
#3Richard3,773US #5
#4William3,587US #4
#5James3,481US #2
#6Joseph3,056US #12
#7Thomas2,226US #9
#8Donald2,084US #7
#9Edward1,990US #13
#10Charles1,971US #6
#11George1,827US #10
#12David1,819US #8
#13Michael1,564US #27
#14Ronald1,563US #11
#15Frank1,523US #18
#16Anthony1,251US #47
#17Paul1,224US #15
#18Peter1,054US #52
#19Kenneth918US #14
#20Arthur878US #31
#21Raymond840US #19
#22Gerald747US #20
#23Walter730US #26
#24Daniel720US #39
#25Harold659US #21
#26Lawrence641US #38
#27Louis620US #46
#28Martin598US #87
#29Vincent595US #105
#30Albert566US #37
#31Fred565US #35
#32Howard555US #42
#33Henry545US #30
#34Stanley541US #57
#35Stephen539US #92
#36Eugene535US #33
#37Francis533US #55
#38Philip512US #62
#39Ralph497US #34
#40Carl469US #28
#41Jack465US #23
#42Leonard464US #58
#43Frederick449US #68
#44Bernard423US #73
#45Roger423US #36
#46Alan419US #103
#47Alfred416US #60
#48Norman410US #43
#49Herbert389US #65
#50Patrick382US #94
#51Harry368US #41
#52Bruce347US #70
#53Gary338US #29
#54Jerry317US #17
#55Theodore307US #86
#56Andrew296US #79
#57Nicholas296US #159
#58Joel278US #139
#59Larry274US #16
#60Harvey266US #95
#61Salvatore264
#62Jerome256US #100
#63Marvin254US #49
#64Arnold252US #111
#65Ernest240US #53
#66Roy224US #40
#67Samuel222US #66
#68Victor221US #117
#69Allen218US #76
#70Melvin217US #50
#71Douglas213US #74
#72Edwin212US #89
#73Stuart193US #198
#74Allan190US #124
#75Barry189US #182
#76Russell188US #67
#77Warren186US #106
#78Gerard184
#79Dennis177US #63
#80Gordon174US #75
#81Angelo158
#82Leon156US #85
#83Neil155US #157
#84Leo154US #97
#85Wayne146US #44
#86Jay145US #136
#87Sheldon141
#88Dominick140
#89Earl137US #48
#90Clifford132US #90
#91Irwin131
#92Matthew123
#93Lewis122US #104
#94Gilbert119US #112
#95Brian117
#96Irving117
#97Leroy114US #56
#98Mark112US #176
#99Benjamin111US #119
#100Alvin109US #99

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑25Diane#50
↑20Susan#51
↑17Carole#34
↑11Judith#21
↑11Stuart#73
↑10Sandra#17
↑10Gail#58
↑10Anita#67

Falling

↓18Irwin#91
↓13Evelyn#56
↓13Edith#94
↓12Norma#79
↓11June#66
↓11Marlene#68
↓11Antoinette#96
↓10Geraldine#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.