State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1943 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 234,122 New York births in 1943 across 1,542 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
#75Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Kevinoutside the national top 200
#73Rosemarie#189 nationally
#89Angelaoutside the national top 200
#74Stuart#179 nationally
#94Matthew#197 nationally
#98Madeline#194 nationally
#95Christopher#184 nationally
#63Nicholas#148 nationally
#54Maryann#135 nationally
#83Neil#162 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara4,508US #2
#2Mary4,451US #1
#3Patricia4,163US #3
#4Carol3,772US #5
#5Linda2,849US #4
#6Judith2,324US #7
#7Joan2,237US #21
#8Susan2,218US #18
#9Margaret1,854US #14
#10Nancy1,825US #9
#11Sandra1,802US #6
#12Kathleen1,760US #22
#13Diane1,533US #24
#14Sharon1,522US #8
#15Elizabeth1,341US #23
#16Joyce1,200US #16
#17Karen1,165US #15
#18Ann1,102US #37
#19Marilyn1,094US #27
#20Dorothy1,068US #19
#21Marie1,063US #45
#22Eileen1,062US #68
#23Janet1,001US #20
#24Donna991US #17
#25Carolyn990US #11
#26Frances901US #31
#27Virginia896US #25
#28Gail885US #55
#29Ellen850US #67
#30Helen850US #28
#31Elaine846US #46
#32Jean839US #36
#33Carole804US #42
#34Phyllis794US #39
#35Maureen778US #105
#36Catherine766US #48
#37Joanne759US #49
#38Jane743US #44
#39Beverly710US #32
#40Gloria695US #30
#41Ruth686US #33
#42Geraldine653US #51
#43Lorraine653US #94
#44Alice650US #38
#45Rose631US #50
#46Bonnie627US #34
#47Anne625US #80
#48Arlene622US #90
#49Betty622US #10
#50Shirley619US #12
#51Judy602US #13
#52Theresa566US #100
#53Roberta533US #66
#54Maryann503US #135
#55Jacqueline495US #65
#56Sheila493US #92
#57Rita486US #52
#58Joann484US #60
#59Dolores482US #74
#60Josephine460US #108
#61Janice454US #26
#62Louise449US #70
#63Diana443US #62
#64Irene440US #85
#65Pamela440US #54
#66Suzanne440US #86
#67Lois436US #43
#68Christine431US #84
#69Rosemary421US #97
#70Marcia407US #96
#71Martha403US #29
#72Doris379US #40
#73Rosemarie379US #189
#74Sally364US #57
#75Marjorie363US #79
#76Marion360US #129
#77Florence355US #124
#78Anna353US #64
#79Evelyn353US #53
#80Eleanor344US #107
#81Katherine341US #78
#82Cynthia339US #101
#83Lucille339US #125
#84Loretta332US #89
#85Anita320US #98
#86Constance311US #109
#87Paula305US #93
#88Lynn296US #134
#89Angela295
#90Kathryn295US #75
#91Lillian292US #116
#92Grace290US #130
#93Annette288US #142
#94Charlotte281US #47
#95Jeanne276US #113
#96Maria276US #103
#97Dianne273US #88
#98Madeline271US #194
#99Brenda266US #35
#100Harriet266US #165

Boys

#1Robert7,926US #2
#2John7,501US #3
#3Richard5,595US #5
#4James5,117US #1
#5William5,045US #4
#6Joseph3,838US #13
#7Thomas3,620US #8
#8Michael3,483US #10
#9David2,976US #6
#10Charles2,596US #7
#11Ronald2,463US #9
#12Edward2,414US #18
#13George2,182US #14
#14Peter1,909US #39
#15Paul1,883US #19
#16Donald1,842US #11
#17Frank1,832US #21
#18Anthony1,619US #44
#19Kenneth1,561US #15
#20Stephen1,353US #29
#21Gary1,213US #16
#22Arthur1,104US #30
#23Gerald1,083US #23
#24Raymond1,077US #22
#25Dennis1,059US #20
#26Daniel1,015US #25
#27Lawrence1,015US #32
#28Walter870US #26
#29Alan801US #67
#30Roger801US #24
#31Howard778US #48
#32Steven775US #58
#33Philip772US #57
#34Vincent768US #106
#35Louis753US #53
#36Martin745US #83
#37Bruce713US #51
#38Henry665US #31
#39Douglas664US #28
#40Harold638US #27
#41Francis635US #64
#42Albert622US #43
#43Frederick617US #70
#44Barry611US #82
#45Leonard610US #55
#46Ralph604US #40
#47Eugene593US #47
#48Carl564US #33
#49Jeffrey562US #116
#50Stanley552US #54
#51Fred544US #45
#52Andrew492US #79
#53Larry478US #12
#54Patrick477US #69
#55Jack438US #34
#56Alfred431US #78
#57Harry406US #50
#58Norman398US #56
#59Jerry397US #17
#60Joel392US #128
#61Mark389US #101
#62Brian385US #120
#63Nicholas378US #148
#64Bernard363US #92
#65Theodore352US #96
#66Wayne346US #41
#67Victor344US #97
#68Harvey315US #111
#69Salvatore315
#70Herbert300US #86
#71Allen297US #76
#72Samuel296US #62
#73Roy291US #38
#74Stuart288US #179
#75Gerard278
#76Russell269US #73
#77Warren268US #102
#78Allan266US #136
#79Ernest253US #61
#80Timothy246US #99
#81Jerome243US #109
#82Kevin239
#83Neil236US #162
#84Eric223US #161
#85Jay222US #134
#86Arnold219US #131
#87Melvin212US #63
#88Clifford205US #94
#89Leslie201US #121
#90Gordon200US #98
#91Edwin198US #107
#92Marvin194US #66
#93Terry190US #49
#94Matthew186US #197
#95Christopher179US #184
#96Lewis173US #115
#97Dale166US #59
#98Leon165US #103
#99Steve156US #93
#100Gregory154US #163

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑33Pamela#65
↑16Eric#84
↑14Christine#68
↑12Rosemarie#73
↑12Lynn#88
↑11Jacqueline#55
↑11Mark#61
↑11Brian#62

Falling

↓15Eleanor#80
↓15Madeline#98
↓13Dolores#59
↓11Douglas#39
↓10Anna#78
↓9Carole#33
↓9Irene#64
↓9Rosemary#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.