State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1940 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 183,462 New York births in 1940 across 1,362 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.

#65Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#77Stuart#195 nationally
#83Gerardoutside the national top 200
#86Iraoutside the national top 200
#89Angelooutside the national top 200
#91Dominickoutside the national top 200
#76Jeffrey#183 nationally
#93Matthew#198 nationally
#70Rosemarie#173 nationally
#61Nicholas#154 nationally
#47Maureen#135 nationally
#40Eileen#125 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara3,916US #2
#2Patricia3,730US #3
#3Mary3,664US #1
#4Carol2,584US #6
#5Joan2,225US #14
#6Judith2,039US #4
#7Margaret1,611US #11
#8Linda1,464US #8
#9Nancy1,418US #7
#10Sandra1,250US #10
#11Elizabeth1,213US #20
#12Joyce1,126US #13
#13Dorothy1,119US #12
#14Ann1,107US #35
#15Susan1,086US #36
#16Marie994US #41
#17Marilyn954US #25
#18Helen908US #18
#19Jean869US #29
#20Kathleen841US #40
#21Frances833US #28
#22Virginia733US #21
#23Diane729US #45
#24Catherine724US #53
#25Phyllis694US #33
#26Elaine691US #50
#27Janet682US #19
#28Shirley676US #9
#29Beverly668US #27
#30Gail622US #65
#31Gloria622US #30
#32Ruth611US #24
#33Alice608US #32
#34Carolyn607US #15
#35Rose604US #44
#36Carole589US #49
#37Betty585US #5
#38Arlene576US #75
#39Anne575US #84
#40Eileen550US #125
#41Jane541US #47
#42Geraldine540US #46
#43Joanne536US #54
#44Eleanor533US #68
#45Theresa519US #102
#46Ellen515US #74
#47Maureen489US #135
#48Sheila480US #130
#49Lorraine470US #95
#50Roberta453US #71
#51Dolores447US #67
#52Irene445US #73
#53Josephine437US #89
#54Anna435US #51
#55Donna435US #23
#56Sharon435US #17
#57Judy433US #16
#58Louise425US #59
#59Doris416US #31
#60Janice416US #22
#61Rita415US #70
#62Brenda399US #42
#63Rosemary398US #85
#64Florence397US #100
#65Lois397US #38
#66Marion388US #120
#67Karen385US #34
#68Jacqueline355US #76
#69Evelyn354US #48
#70Rosemarie349US #173
#71Grace348US #105
#72Marcia337US #112
#73Maryann332US #156
#74Suzanne329US #109
#75Sally325US #61
#76Anita321US #87
#77Marjorie318US #64
#78Martha309US #26
#79Diana301US #117
#80Katherine299US #92
#81Loretta296US #69
#82June291US #82
#83Lucille291US #113
#84Lillian289US #97
#85Sylvia280US #62
#86Audrey276US #99
#87Annette275US #126
#88Rosalie275US #139
#89Constance260US #124
#90Joann260US #63
#91Norma258US #43
#92Charlotte237US #55
#93Marlene237US #80
#94Cynthia236US #133
#95Jeanette230US #90
#96Bonnie226US #39
#97Harriet226US #157
#98Jeanne223US #129
#99Edith214US #98
#100Maria210US #119

Boys

#1Robert6,282US #2
#2John6,163US #3
#3Richard4,370US #5
#4William4,106US #4
#5James3,960US #1
#6Joseph3,141US #12
#7Thomas2,506US #8
#8David2,340US #7
#9Michael2,293US #18
#10Charles2,148US #6
#11Edward1,987US #16
#12George1,851US #11
#13Ronald1,731US #10
#14Donald1,727US #9
#15Frank1,537US #20
#16Paul1,450US #17
#17Peter1,406US #43
#18Anthony1,349US #46
#19Kenneth1,086US #15
#20Raymond923US #22
#21Arthur920US #33
#22Stephen909US #49
#23Gerald879US #21
#24Daniel765US #34
#25Lawrence734US #36
#26Vincent728US #104
#27Louis655US #50
#28Walter653US #25
#29Martin627US #85
#30Gary626US #19
#31Philip612US #60
#32Harold603US #23
#33Henry589US #31
#34Roger588US #26
#35Howard574US #45
#36Eugene566US #38
#37Albert551US #41
#38Bruce521US #55
#39Frederick506US #68
#40Francis501US #61
#41Dennis498US #24
#42Stanley493US #59
#43Carl491US #32
#44Leonard490US #54
#45Ralph487US #37
#46Alan477US #88
#47Fred472US #40
#48Jack437US #29
#49Patrick434US #74
#50Norman422US #48
#51Barry375US #109
#52Alfred373US #69
#53Harry368US #47
#54Larry354US #13
#55Douglas344US #56
#56Bernard332US #82
#57Andrew320US #84
#58Herbert311US #75
#59Jerry311US #14
#60Theodore309US #90
#61Nicholas303US #154
#62Joel300US #140
#63Harvey290US #98
#64Steven290US #119
#65Salvatore280
#66Wayne276US #39
#67Samuel266US #65
#68Jerome249US #95
#69Allan243US #115
#70Allen226US #71
#71Arnold226US #118
#72Ernest223US #58
#73Roy221US #42
#74Victor221US #120
#75Melvin215US #53
#76Jeffrey208US #183
#77Stuart203US #195
#78Brian201US #163
#79Gordon192US #91
#80Edwin190US #96
#81Russell190US #72
#82Warren187US #110
#83Gerard186
#84Marvin184US #63
#85Neil176US #156
#86Ira159
#87Earl154US #52
#88Clifford153US #94
#89Angelo151
#90Jay150US #139
#91Dominick149
#92Dale142US #57
#93Matthew140US #198
#94Timothy139US #135
#95Mark137US #149
#96Leon136US #89
#97Lewis136US #107
#98Benjamin131US #128
#99Lee126US #80
#100Steve125US #121

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑27Karen#67
↑20Sharon#56
↑15Anita#76
↑14Suzanne#74
↑13Joanne#43
↑12Gloria#31
↑11Diane#23
↑11Irene#52

Falling

↓15Leon#96
↓14Rosalie#88
↓14Harriet#97
↓11Loretta#81
↓11Norma#91
↓11Marvin#84
↓10Marjorie#77
↓10Francis#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.