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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1941 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 196,857 New York births in 1941 across 1,395 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.

#67Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#80Gerard#200 nationally
#92Dominickoutside the national top 200
#93Angelooutside the national top 200
#91Matthew#198 nationally
#94Kevinoutside the national top 200
#98Madelineoutside the national top 200
#98Christopheroutside the national top 200
#99Iraoutside the national top 200
#72Stuart#173 nationally
#76Rosemarie#175 nationally
#100Eric#199 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara4,238US #2
#2Patricia4,094US #3
#3Mary3,882US #1
#4Carol2,995US #4
#5Joan2,298US #17
#6Judith2,044US #6
#7Linda1,792US #5
#8Margaret1,660US #12
#9Nancy1,565US #8
#10Sandra1,457US #9
#11Susan1,436US #27
#12Elizabeth1,202US #21
#13Joyce1,130US #13
#14Ann1,080US #37
#15Marie1,019US #42
#16Dorothy983US #14
#17Kathleen974US #36
#18Diane881US #40
#19Helen872US #24
#20Marilyn857US #30
#21Jean847US #32
#22Frances830US #31
#23Carolyn820US #11
#24Elaine793US #44
#25Virginia790US #23
#26Catherine789US #51
#27Janet771US #18
#28Phyllis744US #35
#29Dolores716US #57
#30Ellen706US #67
#31Gloria674US #26
#32Beverly666US #29
#33Rose648US #49
#34Carole644US #48
#35Eileen643US #121
#36Sharon638US #15
#37Gail631US #68
#38Joanne630US #54
#39Karen627US #19
#40Anne617US #82
#41Alice604US #34
#42Arlene592US #77
#43Donna578US #20
#44Theresa567US #95
#45Ruth562US #28
#46Geraldine560US #45
#47Shirley560US #10
#48Betty556US #7
#49Judy542US #16
#50Maureen542US #129
#51Jane527US #46
#52Sheila511US #110
#53Lorraine504US #93
#54Roberta498US #72
#55Eleanor478US #78
#56Josephine468US #92
#57Louise450US #62
#58Janice442US #22
#59Lois441US #43
#60Rita440US #63
#61Jacqueline407US #73
#62Anna406US #56
#63Bonnie406US #33
#64Irene404US #74
#65Maryann393US #147
#66Martha377US #25
#67Rosemary376US #94
#68Marion370US #130
#69Florence368US #107
#70Evelyn365US #50
#71Diana355US #100
#72Joann355US #58
#73Marcia353US #105
#74Doris342US #38
#75Suzanne340US #97
#76Rosemarie337US #175
#77Sally321US #61
#78Grace309US #123
#79Marjorie307US #71
#80Constance306US #114
#81Katherine299US #85
#82Christine296US #101
#83Brenda294US #41
#84Lillian292US #104
#85June289US #90
#86Lucille289US #119
#87Cynthia284US #112
#88Anita282US #91
#89Loretta280US #81
#90Harriet268US #158
#91Norma260US #47
#92Sylvia257US #65
#93Charlotte252US #55
#94Marlene247US #83
#95Audrey246US #117
#96Annette244US #128
#97Jeanette244US #98
#98Madeline241
#99Maria241US #102
#100Rosalie240US #152

Boys

#1Robert6,566US #2
#2John6,281US #3
#3Richard4,717US #5
#4William4,259US #4
#5James4,178US #1
#6Joseph3,407US #12
#7Thomas2,953US #8
#8Michael2,677US #16
#9David2,464US #7
#10Charles2,226US #6
#11Edward2,064US #17
#12Ronald1,937US #9
#13George1,824US #13
#14Donald1,695US #10
#15Paul1,599US #18
#16Frank1,570US #21
#17Peter1,545US #44
#18Anthony1,387US #46
#19Kenneth1,167US #15
#20Stephen1,115US #41
#21Gerald968US #20
#22Arthur945US #33
#23Raymond910US #22
#24Gary879US #19
#25Lawrence875US #34
#26Daniel843US #31
#27Walter712US #26
#28Dennis708US #23
#29Vincent701US #104
#30Philip691US #52
#31Louis673US #50
#32Martin663US #85
#33Harold639US #24
#34Henry633US #28
#35Howard631US #47
#36Bruce621US #51
#37Roger576US #25
#38Francis570US #60
#39Albert556US #40
#40Alan553US #84
#41Eugene550US #42
#42Frederick550US #69
#43Leonard543US #54
#44Ralph517US #38
#45Fred501US #43
#46Carl493US #29
#47Stanley484US #57
#48Patrick462US #70
#49Larry448US #11
#50Barry437US #91
#51Jack413US #32
#52Steven412US #90
#53Norman411US #49
#54Alfred378US #74
#55Andrew370US #82
#56Jeffrey359US #134
#57Bernard351US #87
#58Douglas348US #53
#59Harry348US #48
#60Nicholas345US #146
#61Jerry334US #14
#62Joel326US #142
#63Theodore311US #95
#64Herbert303US #76
#65Wayne291US #37
#66Allen289US #73
#67Salvatore285
#68Allan278US #135
#69Harvey269US #106
#70Jerome261US #101
#71Samuel250US #65
#72Stuart249US #173
#73Mark241US #122
#74Ernest239US #61
#75Roy236US #39
#76Brian235US #153
#77Arnold233US #123
#78Warren230US #105
#79Victor229US #118
#80Gerard225US #200
#81Russell219US #75
#82Edwin218US #97
#83Melvin203US #56
#84Neil199US #161
#85Lewis184US #109
#86Gordon180US #92
#87Timothy179US #121
#88Jay177US #137
#89Clifford176US #94
#90Marvin176US #63
#91Matthew173US #198
#92Dominick168
#93Angelo157
#94Kevin154
#95Steve154US #112
#96Leon149US #93
#97Alexander148US #184
#98Christopher143
#99Ira142
#100Eric141US #199

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑33Bonnie#63
↑28Karen#39
↑22Dolores#29
↑22Mark#73
↑20Sharon#36
↑20Jeffrey#56
↑18Joann#72
↑16Ellen#30

Falling

↓21Brenda#83
↓19Shirley#47
↓15Doris#74
↓13Ruth#45
↓13Ira#99
↓12Irene#64
↓12Anita#88
↓12Rosalie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.