State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1938 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 173,804 New York births in 1938 across 1,321 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.

#62Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#81Stuart#200 nationally
#84Angelooutside the national top 200
#87Brianoutside the national top 200
#89Dominickoutside the national top 200
#91Sheldonoutside the national top 200
#69Rosemarie#176 nationally
#94Angelaoutside the national top 200
#94Matthewoutside the national top 200
#95Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#56Nicholas#161 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara4,215US #2
#2Mary3,623US #1
#3Patricia3,218US #3
#4Joan2,505US #10
#5Carol2,218US #6
#6Margaret1,628US #9
#7Nancy1,377US #7
#8Dorothy1,192US #8
#9Elizabeth1,158US #17
#10Judith1,142US #12
#11Ann1,107US #32
#12Marilyn1,026US #19
#13Marie1,024US #37
#14Sandra993US #14
#15Shirley955US #5
#16Helen936US #13
#17Joyce922US #11
#18Frances892US #23
#19Jean855US #27
#20Phyllis780US #28
#21Janet747US #16
#22Elaine732US #42
#23Catherine721US #48
#24Beverly715US #18
#25Betty714US #4
#26Dolores700US #43
#27Ruth691US #21
#28Virginia682US #22
#29Rose654US #39
#30Arlene641US #63
#31Theresa634US #92
#32Kathleen633US #58
#33Carole629US #46
#34Susan619US #71
#35Gloria609US #36
#36Eleanor594US #60
#37Anne592US #84
#38Alice586US #29
#39Linda579US #31
#40Gail556US #77
#41Eileen538US #113
#42Rosalie519US #66
#43Carolyn512US #15
#44Anna503US #40
#45Josephine503US #83
#46Sheila495US #136
#47Lorraine493US #93
#48Jane487US #44
#49Diane481US #64
#50Doris474US #25
#51Geraldine454US #45
#52Maureen451US #144
#53Irene449US #72
#54Roberta445US #73
#55Ellen443US #89
#56Florence442US #90
#57Sally422US #54
#58Evelyn408US #38
#59Janice399US #24
#60Donna397US #20
#61Rita387US #74
#62Joanne386US #57
#63Rosemary380US #95
#64Marjorie379US #53
#65Loretta372US #62
#66Louise362US #59
#67Marion362US #118
#68Jacqueline359US #69
#69Rosemarie340US #176
#70Lois339US #33
#71Marlene335US #51
#72Grace331US #100
#73Marcia324US #116
#74Lillian323US #88
#75Audrey319US #87
#76Sylvia313US #56
#77Constance306US #117
#78June304US #79
#79Lucille300US #106
#80Katherine296US #105
#81Norma288US #34
#82Martha286US #26
#83Anita283US #99
#84Sharon267US #30
#85Judy266US #41
#86Annette260US #119
#87Suzanne260US #133
#88Maryann257US #168
#89Diana248US #151
#90Harriet248US #158
#91Mildred247US #52
#92Jeanette246US #91
#93Edith225US #102
#94Angela220
#95Antoinette219
#96Cynthia211US #160
#97Madeline211
#98Charlotte210US #70
#99Myrna195US #134
#100Karen191US #50

Boys

#1Robert6,477US #1
#2John5,631US #3
#3Richard4,013US #5
#4William3,737US #4
#5James3,608US #2
#6Joseph3,034US #12
#7Thomas2,393US #9
#8Charles2,062US #6
#9Edward2,019US #13
#10David1,936US #8
#11Donald1,908US #7
#12Michael1,850US #21
#13George1,769US #11
#14Ronald1,618US #10
#15Frank1,479US #18
#16Paul1,339US #15
#17Anthony1,322US #46
#18Peter1,229US #48
#19Kenneth965US #14
#20Arthur874US #32
#21Raymond859US #20
#22Gerald811US #19
#23Walter712US #26
#24Daniel692US #39
#25Lawrence667US #36
#26Stephen658US #74
#27Martin639US #87
#28Louis638US #47
#29Vincent627US #110
#30Harold621US #23
#31Henry598US #30
#32Francis571US #51
#33Albert568US #37
#34Howard546US #42
#35Roger540US #31
#36Philip531US #64
#37Eugene530US #33
#38Stanley518US #59
#39Carl503US #29
#40Frederick485US #71
#41Fred479US #38
#42Alan457US #91
#43Norman452US #43
#44Ralph449US #35
#45Jack447US #25
#46Leonard440US #57
#47Gary417US #22
#48Bruce395US #66
#49Bernard388US #75
#50Herbert372US #68
#51Patrick371US #88
#52Harry365US #44
#53Alfred364US #69
#54Andrew314US #82
#55Douglas311US #60
#56Nicholas307US #161
#57Jerome304US #93
#58Theodore304US #84
#59Joel300US #134
#60Jerry296US #17
#61Larry295US #16
#62Salvatore273
#63Barry265US #155
#64Harvey259US #99
#65Arnold257US #111
#66Allan254US #119
#67Allen252US #73
#68Ernest246US #55
#69Dennis244US #49
#70Wayne241US #40
#71Warren227US #102
#72Roy218US #41
#73Victor215US #117
#74Melvin212US #54
#75Samuel205US #62
#76Gordon204US #78
#77Marvin202US #53
#78Edwin199US #90
#79Gerard189
#80Russell177US #70
#81Stuart175US #200
#82Neil164US #152
#83Lewis162US #109
#84Angelo152
#85Earl150US #50
#86Jay146US #138
#87Brian142
#88Steven142US #184
#89Dominick134
#90Leon132US #85
#91Sheldon131
#92Leo124US #104
#93Karl122US #162
#94Matthew121
#95Clifford120US #89
#96Clarence119US #58
#97Benjamin118US #125
#98Irwin116
#99Ira113
#100Leroy112US #61

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑56Rosalie#42
↑32Linda#39
↑18Gail#40
↑18Sally#57
↑17Susan#34
↑16Donna#60
↑16Douglas#55
↑15Wayne#70

Falling

↓16Anita#83
↓15Lois#70
↓15Grace#72
↓14Louise#66
↓14Marion#67
↓14Marvin#77
↓13Anna#44
↓13Rita#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.