State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1944 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 215,665 New York births in 1944 across 1,479 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.

#70Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#83Rosemarie#196 nationally
#88Kevinoutside the national top 200
#84Stuart#192 nationally
#94Angela#200 nationally
#98Iraoutside the national top 200
#96Matthew#196 nationally
#61Nicholas#150 nationally
#80Neil#161 nationally
#89Christopher#170 nationally
#35Vincent#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,103US #1
#2Barbara3,960US #2
#3Patricia3,830US #4
#4Carol3,410US #5
#5Linda2,581US #3
#6Susan2,269US #13
#7Judith1,979US #9
#8Joan1,922US #22
#9Nancy1,834US #7
#10Margaret1,731US #14
#11Kathleen1,727US #20
#12Sandra1,702US #6
#13Sharon1,506US #8
#14Diane1,354US #24
#15Karen1,266US #16
#16Elizabeth1,252US #23
#17Donna1,109US #17
#18Joyce1,000US #18
#19Marilyn978US #27
#20Ann957US #39
#21Janet942US #21
#22Eileen922US #73
#23Dorothy901US #19
#24Marie885US #48
#25Frances875US #33
#26Virginia840US #26
#27Elaine810US #46
#28Jean810US #37
#29Carolyn806US #11
#30Ellen792US #63
#31Gail755US #56
#32Jane746US #41
#33Helen731US #31
#34Catherine715US #49
#35Carole706US #43
#36Joanne701US #55
#37Phyllis684US #40
#38Gloria668US #25
#39Lorraine656US #93
#40Maureen621US #107
#41Geraldine619US #53
#42Shirley617US #15
#43Ruth604US #32
#44Bonnie595US #34
#45Alice567US #38
#46Judy561US #12
#47Rose553US #52
#48Beverly550US #35
#49Anne539US #86
#50Arlene535US #101
#51Cheryl515US #36
#52Pamela513US #44
#53Betty511US #10
#54Theresa504US #96
#55Roberta491US #70
#56Janice484US #28
#57Lois474US #47
#58Joann462US #65
#59Jacqueline451US #64
#60Suzanne451US #78
#61Louise424US #69
#62Rita422US #54
#63Christine417US #75
#64Irene413US #91
#65Rosemary412US #99
#66Marcia401US #89
#67Diana397US #60
#68Maryann397US #143
#69Sheila394US #103
#70Martha383US #29
#71Dolores379US #92
#72Josephine372US #115
#73Kathryn358US #68
#74Sally339US #59
#75Constance334US #104
#76Florence327US #133
#77Evelyn326US #57
#78Katherine322US #77
#79Lynn318US #116
#80Paula318US #82
#81Anna317US #74
#82Maria313US #80
#83Rosemarie311US #196
#84Marjorie309US #85
#85Doris307US #42
#86Eleanor299US #122
#87Lucille298US #132
#88Anita287US #95
#89Marsha277US #111
#90Jeanne274US #108
#91Cynthia269US #105
#92Marion268US #140
#93Andrea264US #128
#94Angela258US #200
#95Loretta257US #98
#96Grace255US #135
#97Lillian250US #126
#98Brenda246US #30
#99Marlene246US #106
#100Jo238US #61

Boys

#1Robert7,225US #2
#2John6,933US #3
#3Richard5,418US #5
#4James5,000US #1
#5William4,679US #4
#6Joseph3,479US #13
#7Michael3,420US #9
#8Thomas3,359US #8
#9David2,905US #6
#10Charles2,323US #7
#11Edward2,221US #18
#12Ronald2,132US #10
#13George1,969US #14
#14Paul1,840US #17
#15Peter1,786US #40
#16Donald1,710US #11
#17Frank1,605US #21
#18Kenneth1,480US #16
#19Anthony1,396US #46
#20Gary1,343US #15
#21Stephen1,187US #28
#22Daniel1,084US #25
#23Raymond1,007US #22
#24Dennis955US #20
#25Arthur925US #29
#26Gerald910US #24
#27Lawrence879US #32
#28Alan832US #55
#29Steven786US #52
#30Walter762US #26
#31Bruce695US #51
#32Louis681US #54
#33Roger660US #23
#34Douglas640US #34
#35Vincent632US #113
#36Philip627US #60
#37Howard619US #53
#38Martin601US #91
#39Henry588US #35
#40Harold559US #27
#41Ralph559US #42
#42Eugene552US #48
#43Frederick552US #73
#44Albert541US #44
#45Francis534US #71
#46Leonard532US #56
#47Jeffrey514US #101
#48Larry506US #12
#49Carl488US #36
#50Barry485US #84
#51Fred478US #47
#52Stanley466US #57
#53Patrick456US #64
#54Andrew444US #81
#55Jack439US #30
#56Mark399US #93
#57Harry396US #49
#58Alfred380US #82
#59Norman366US #58
#60Jerry364US #19
#61Nicholas364US #150
#62Joel343US #125
#63Wayne343US #37
#64Bernard342US #94
#65Brian331US #116
#66Theodore331US #96
#67Roy298US #39
#68Russell287US #63
#69Samuel277US #62
#70Salvatore271
#71Timothy270US #92
#72Victor267US #107
#73Allen262US #77
#74Herbert255US #90
#75Warren250US #100
#76Harvey246US #118
#77Ernest237US #59
#78Allan233US #141
#79Gerard233
#80Neil228US #161
#81Arnold217US #145
#82Eric210US #158
#83Jay202US #136
#84Stuart198US #192
#85Terry194US #43
#86Jerome193US #117
#87Leslie192US #114
#88Kevin191
#89Christopher184US #170
#90Melvin183US #67
#91Marvin179US #75
#92Edwin178US #106
#93Clifford177US #99
#94Gordon165US #105
#95Lewis162US #112
#96Matthew162US #196
#97Dale157US #61
#98Ira157
#99Lee154US #85
#100Earl151US #65

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑17Kathryn#73
↑14Maria#82
↑13Pamela#52
↑11Constance#75
↑10Lois#57
↑9Lynn#79
↑9Timothy#71
↑8Shirley#42

Falling

↓16Marion#92
↓14Maryann#68
↓13Sheila#69
↓13Doris#85
↓12Dolores#71
↓12Josephine#72
↓11Loretta#95
↓10Rosemarie#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.