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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1942 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 230,941 New York births in 1942 across 1,532 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.

#69Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#74Gerard#193 nationally
#86Iraoutside the national top 200
#88Kevinoutside the national top 200
#92Angelaoutside the national top 200
#96Dominickoutside the national top 200
#98Angelooutside the national top 200
#71Stuart#171 nationally
#92Matthew#189 nationally
#99Christopher#195 nationally
#83Madeline#177 nationally
#85Rosemarie#179 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara4,946US #2
#2Patricia4,345US #3
#3Mary4,171US #1
#4Carol3,837US #5
#5Linda2,601US #4
#6Joan2,525US #18
#7Judith2,264US #7
#8Susan1,965US #21
#9Sandra1,784US #6
#10Nancy1,779US #8
#11Margaret1,756US #14
#12Kathleen1,482US #24
#13Elizabeth1,363US #22
#14Diane1,285US #28
#15Joyce1,274US #13
#16Marie1,164US #43
#17Sharon1,131US #11
#18Ann1,124US #38
#19Marilyn1,104US #27
#20Karen1,070US #16
#21Dorothy1,067US #17
#22Frances1,022US #30
#23Janet1,008US #19
#24Carole1,007US #35
#25Carolyn990US #10
#26Helen938US #26
#27Virginia934US #23
#28Jean916US #36
#29Elaine884US #45
#30Eileen867US #88
#31Phyllis851US #37
#32Donna834US #20
#33Ellen817US #64
#34Catherine815US #49
#35Gail799US #60
#36Gloria759US #31
#37Maureen747US #102
#38Rose703US #50
#39Beverly702US #32
#40Jane662US #46
#41Joanne658US #48
#42Ruth648US #33
#43Arlene634US #83
#44Judy626US #15
#45Anne623US #76
#46Dolores615US #63
#47Geraldine615US #47
#48Betty613US #9
#49Lorraine601US #91
#50Alice595US #39
#51Shirley589US #12
#52Theresa580US #98
#53Sheila574US #94
#54Bonnie542US #34
#55Irene515US #80
#56Josephine509US #100
#57Maryann505US #138
#58Roberta502US #66
#59Louise498US #61
#60Rosemary494US #92
#61Lois487US #44
#62Joann481US #58
#63Janice480US #25
#64Rita474US #55
#65Eleanor437US #87
#66Jacqueline424US #69
#67Diana415US #68
#68Anna409US #59
#69Sally402US #56
#70Florence396US #110
#71Suzanne389US #103
#72Marcia385US #105
#73Martha378US #29
#74Doris377US #41
#75Katherine375US #81
#76Loretta369US #79
#77Anita365US #93
#78Marion362US #130
#79Cynthia355US #101
#80Evelyn354US #53
#81Marjorie352US #74
#82Christine344US #96
#83Madeline319US #177
#84Constance316US #116
#85Rosemarie315US #179
#86Grace314US #129
#87Annette310US #134
#88Maria307US #97
#89Lucille303US #118
#90Lillian301US #111
#91Jeanne297US #119
#92Angela291
#93Marlene291US #84
#94Kathryn282US #82
#95June280US #107
#96Veronica279US #178
#97Harriet272US #162
#98Pamela268US #106
#99Rosalie255US #158
#100Lynn252US #149

Boys

#1Robert7,664US #2
#2John7,266US #3
#3Richard5,369US #5
#4William5,048US #4
#5James4,975US #1
#6Joseph3,980US #11
#7Thomas3,432US #8
#8Michael3,397US #13
#9David3,089US #6
#10Charles2,520US #7
#11Edward2,313US #17
#12Ronald2,211US #9
#13George2,183US #14
#14Peter1,846US #39
#15Paul1,836US #19
#16Frank1,821US #21
#17Donald1,749US #10
#18Anthony1,670US #44
#19Kenneth1,497US #15
#20Stephen1,329US #32
#21Arthur1,175US #29
#22Gary1,101US #18
#23Daniel1,060US #28
#24Dennis1,034US #20
#25Gerald1,027US #22
#26Lawrence1,025US #30
#27Raymond1,012US #24
#28Douglas868US #23
#29Walter841US #26
#30Bruce812US #50
#31Louis799US #51
#32Philip796US #54
#33Vincent796US #101
#34Howard755US #49
#35Martin755US #85
#36Steven727US #75
#37Roger719US #25
#38Alan716US #81
#39Henry675US #31
#40Francis660US #58
#41Frederick648US #68
#42Ralph632US #38
#43Harold617US #27
#44Carl597US #36
#45Stanley597US #56
#46Leonard596US #57
#47Albert586US #40
#48Fred579US #46
#49Barry566US #79
#50Eugene554US #45
#51Patrick513US #64
#52Jeffrey506US #116
#53Larry476US #12
#54Alfred452US #76
#55Norman449US #53
#56Andrew430US #80
#57Jack429US #34
#58Nicholas415US #142
#59Harry407US #48
#60Joel397US #134
#61Jerry375US #16
#62Theodore359US #91
#63Bernard357US #90
#64Harvey344US #107
#65Allen338US #71
#66Victor324US #99
#67Wayne316US #41
#68Herbert311US #83
#69Salvatore308
#70Allan294US #124
#71Stuart285US #171
#72Mark279US #117
#73Brian274US #139
#74Gerard268US #193
#75Samuel260US #59
#76Roy259US #42
#77Timothy258US #108
#78Warren256US #97
#79Arnold253US #130
#80Jerome249US #104
#81Ernest246US #61
#82Neil242US #160
#83Melvin236US #60
#84Russell228US #70
#85Marvin221US #66
#86Ira216
#87Jay215US #133
#88Kevin210
#89Lewis207US #112
#90Edwin206US #105
#91Gordon189US #92
#92Matthew180US #189
#93Leon179US #93
#94Steve179US #102
#95Clifford177US #95
#96Dominick172
#97Earl171US #62
#98Angelo167
#99Christopher162US #195
#100Eric160US #182

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑30Douglas#28
↑19Sharon#17
↑19Karen#20
↑16Steven#36
↑15Madeline#83
↑13Maureen#37
↑13Loretta#76
↑13Victor#66

Falling

↓17Dolores#46
↓10Eleanor#65
↓10Marion#78
↓10Evelyn#80
↓10June#95
↓10Harold#43
↓10Jerome#80
↓9Alice#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.