State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1939 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 173,042 New York births in 1939 across 1,324 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.

#64Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#76Gerardoutside the national top 200
#83Stuartoutside the national top 200
#87Angelooutside the national top 200
#94Matthewoutside the national top 200
#96Dominickoutside the national top 200
#71Rosemarie#175 nationally
#95Madeline#199 nationally
#97Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#99Irwinoutside the national top 200
#100Kevinoutside the national top 200
#56Nicholas#156 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara3,937US #2
#2Mary3,571US #1
#3Patricia3,491US #3
#4Joan2,389US #11
#5Carol2,366US #6
#6Judith1,592US #8
#7Margaret1,515US #10
#8Nancy1,375US #7
#9Elizabeth1,214US #18
#10Dorothy1,116US #9
#11Sandra1,032US #13
#12Marie1,020US #37
#13Ann1,012US #33
#14Joyce984US #12
#15Marilyn973US #19
#16Linda922US #15
#17Frances886US #26
#18Helen860US #16
#19Susan799US #44
#20Shirley786US #5
#21Catherine782US #49
#22Jean760US #32
#23Elaine750US #45
#24Phyllis739US #30
#25Janet709US #17
#26Kathleen705US #48
#27Virginia698US #21
#28Rose650US #42
#29Arlene629US #69
#30Beverly628US #25
#31Carole619US #47
#32Betty617US #4
#33Ruth612US #22
#34Diane595US #51
#35Anne587US #85
#36Eileen577US #115
#37Theresa566US #94
#38Gail547US #73
#39Alice545US #31
#40Geraldine540US #41
#41Carolyn537US #14
#42Eleanor531US #63
#43Gloria526US #36
#44Dolores525US #58
#45Sheila522US #125
#46Jane491US #46
#47Anna487US #43
#48Ellen480US #80
#49Josephine477US #84
#50Lorraine459US #95
#51Donna439US #20
#52Roberta434US #71
#53Maureen414US #146
#54Janice406US #24
#55Doris401US #29
#56Joanne397US #53
#57Brenda396US #86
#58Rita394US #78
#59Florence393US #96
#60Rosemary391US #93
#61Louise382US #59
#62Jacqueline378US #72
#63Irene377US #74
#64Judy363US #28
#65Marion360US #120
#66Lois347US #35
#67Marjorie347US #60
#68Grace346US #108
#69Marcia342US #109
#70Loretta339US #65
#71Rosemarie339US #175
#72Evelyn333US #40
#73Sally332US #52
#74Rosalie327US #114
#75Katherine314US #101
#76Sharon304US #23
#77June293US #83
#78Lucille288US #110
#79Maryann280US #167
#80Norma280US #38
#81Audrey279US #98
#82Lillian277US #99
#83Harriet276US #156
#84Sylvia272US #62
#85Marlene270US #64
#86Diana267US #138
#87Martha266US #27
#88Suzanne266US #122
#89Constance264US #123
#90Jeanette257US #82
#91Anita256US #97
#92Mildred248US #55
#93Annette237US #121
#94Karen225US #39
#95Madeline222US #199
#96Charlotte207US #66
#97Antoinette199
#98Julia193US #91
#99Joann189US #57
#100Cynthia187US #152

Boys

#1Robert6,114US #1
#2John5,672US #3
#3Richard4,104US #5
#4William3,759US #4
#5James3,732US #2
#6Joseph3,068US #12
#7Thomas2,418US #9
#8David2,051US #7
#9Michael2,014US #18
#10Charles1,975US #6
#11Edward1,964US #15
#12George1,801US #11
#13Donald1,754US #8
#14Ronald1,544US #10
#15Frank1,449US #20
#16Anthony1,388US #48
#17Peter1,297US #46
#18Paul1,296US #17
#19Kenneth1,013US #13
#20Raymond846US #22
#21Gerald838US #19
#22Arthur826US #32
#23Daniel724US #38
#24Lawrence723US #36
#25Stephen713US #65
#26Louis640US #49
#27Walter638US #25
#28Vincent599US #110
#29Martin579US #91
#30Francis565US #53
#31Harold561US #23
#32Henry560US #31
#33Howard559US #47
#34Eugene555US #37
#35Albert516US #41
#36Gary504US #21
#37Philip504US #66
#38Fred500US #40
#39Carl493US #30
#40Roger493US #28
#41Stanley489US #57
#42Frederick482US #71
#43Ralph482US #35
#44Alan471US #85
#45Leonard457US #54
#46Bruce427US #64
#47Dennis427US #34
#48Bernard402US #76
#49Norman399US #44
#50Patrick397US #79
#51Jack381US #26
#52Harry363US #45
#53Herbert349US #68
#54Alfred341US #70
#55Andrew326US #84
#56Nicholas325US #156
#57Douglas316US #58
#58Larry308US #14
#59Barry297US #127
#60Jerry297US #16
#61Theodore294US #90
#62Joel285US #135
#63Wayne270US #39
#64Salvatore259
#65Allen244US #72
#66Melvin244US #51
#67Harvey238US #102
#68Samuel233US #63
#69Ernest230US #55
#70Jerome223US #93
#71Arnold212US #113
#72Allan210US #125
#73Marvin206US #52
#74Steven195US #144
#75Warren195US #104
#76Gerard194
#77Roy191US #42
#78Edwin188US #96
#79Russell186US #73
#80Victor183US #119
#81Leon181US #86
#82Gordon180US #82
#83Stuart174
#84Neil173US #152
#85Clifford168US #88
#86Brian149US #176
#87Angelo145
#88Earl142US #50
#89Jay142US #142
#90Timothy134US #153
#91Lewis133US #107
#92Leo126US #108
#93Leroy124US #61
#94Matthew124
#95Mark122US #170
#96Dominick121
#97Alexander120US #186
#98Benjamin117US #124
#99Irwin108
#100Kevin107

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑23Linda#16
↑22Dennis#47
↑21Judy#64
↑15Susan#19
↑15Diane#34
↑14Steven#74
↑11Geraldine#40
↑11Gary#36

Falling

↓32Rosalie#74
↓18Dolores#44
↓16Sally#73
↓14Evelyn#72
↓14Marlene#85
↓13Jerome#70
↓12Constance#89
↓10Irene#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.