State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1945 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 222,323 New York births in 1945 across 1,537 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.

#78Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#81Kevinoutside the national top 200
#83Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Stuart#191 nationally
#93Iraoutside the national top 200
#99Marcoutside the national top 200
#96Angela#193 nationally
#65Nicholas#151 nationally
#94Jonathan#179 nationally
#74Neil#157 nationally
#33Vincent#110 nationally
#60Joel#135 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara4,117US #3
#2Mary3,905US #1
#3Patricia3,764US #4
#4Carol3,272US #5
#5Linda2,852US #2
#6Susan2,687US #10
#7Judith1,998US #9
#8Kathleen1,928US #19
#9Nancy1,856US #7
#10Joan1,683US #25
#11Diane1,675US #22
#12Margaret1,625US #15
#13Sandra1,570US #6
#14Sharon1,499US #8
#15Karen1,314US #16
#16Elizabeth1,194US #26
#17Donna1,156US #17
#18Janet1,114US #20
#19Eileen963US #70
#20Marilyn958US #27
#21Dorothy929US #21
#22Ann921US #39
#23Joyce915US #18
#24Ellen857US #61
#25Marie840US #49
#26Jane832US #36
#27Frances825US #34
#28Gail812US #52
#29Carolyn803US #12
#30Jean783US #38
#31Elaine777US #44
#32Virginia769US #28
#33Lorraine759US #87
#34Joanne752US #53
#35Phyllis725US #40
#36Gloria724US #23
#37Catherine717US #50
#38Maureen704US #105
#39Helen702US #31
#40Anne622US #81
#41Arlene593US #99
#42Shirley591US #14
#43Bonnie574US #35
#44Theresa567US #96
#45Janice564US #24
#46Geraldine560US #56
#47Carole559US #51
#48Beverly557US #37
#49Judy555US #13
#50Betty554US #11
#51Ruth551US #33
#52Cheryl546US #32
#53Christine531US #62
#54Roberta515US #75
#55Alice509US #41
#56Laura500US #77
#57Diana490US #43
#58Rose490US #54
#59Rosemary474US #79
#60Joann463US #80
#61Sheila451US #89
#62Suzanne449US #68
#63Rita448US #59
#64Pamela443US #42
#65Lois441US #48
#66Jacqueline435US #63
#67Lynn401US #102
#68Irene400US #97
#69Marcia393US #88
#70Louise391US #78
#71Maryann379US #144
#72Paula372US #67
#73Katherine362US #82
#74Evelyn355US #57
#75Dolores340US #103
#76Cynthia337US #90
#77Martha337US #30
#78Josephine336US #120
#79Kathryn326US #65
#80Jeanne325US #98
#81Leslie317US #142
#82Sally310US #64
#83Brenda307US #29
#84Maria302US #86
#85Anita297US #100
#86Andrea295US #126
#87Dianne294US #72
#88Victoria292US #106
#89Doris286US #46
#90Marjorie285US #94
#91Anna281US #73
#92Eleanor270US #130
#93Marion270US #145
#94Marsha270US #113
#95Constance269US #109
#96Angela267US #193
#97Lucille267US #129
#98Jo266US #60
#99Florence264US #140
#100Marlene264US #110

Boys

#1Robert7,609US #2
#2John7,121US #3
#3Richard5,524US #5
#4James5,056US #1
#5William4,590US #4
#6Thomas3,667US #8
#7Michael3,633US #9
#8Joseph3,356US #14
#9David3,059US #6
#10Charles2,237US #7
#11Edward2,137US #18
#12Ronald1,980US #10
#13Paul1,932US #17
#14George1,831US #15
#15Peter1,764US #38
#16Donald1,762US #12
#17Frank1,561US #21
#18Kenneth1,515US #16
#19Gary1,476US #13
#20Anthony1,431US #46
#21Stephen1,181US #26
#22Daniel1,137US #24
#23Dennis1,112US #19
#24Raymond989US #23
#25Lawrence981US #30
#26Steven959US #43
#27Arthur921US #34
#28Alan891US #52
#29Gerald836US #25
#30Bruce762US #48
#31Louis730US #55
#32Walter707US #27
#33Vincent694US #110
#34Douglas690US #29
#35Philip686US #58
#36Roger668US #22
#37Martin662US #90
#38Howard641US #54
#39Jeffrey632US #91
#40Larry593US #11
#41Harold581US #28
#42Henry550US #37
#43Eugene543US #50
#44Mark543US #72
#45Frederick536US #77
#46Barry535US #84
#47Ralph530US #44
#48Leonard529US #57
#49Francis517US #76
#50Albert511US #49
#51Stanley486US #59
#52Patrick478US #63
#53Carl476US #39
#54Jack457US #32
#55Fred455US #51
#56Andrew442US #86
#57Wayne404US #35
#58Harry392US #47
#59Alfred380US #88
#60Joel374US #135
#61Victor373US #95
#62Norman359US #65
#63Timothy359US #70
#64Brian355US #113
#65Nicholas350US #151
#66Bernard340US #98
#67Theodore337US #101
#68Jerry315US #20
#69Harvey312US #116
#70Allen306US #74
#71Russell304US #64
#72Gregory298US #96
#73Roy283US #40
#74Neil272US #157
#75Samuel261US #62
#76Warren259US #106
#77Jay257US #125
#78Salvatore256
#79Ernest254US #60
#80Terry251US #33
#81Kevin247
#82Stuart243US #191
#83Gerard241
#84Herbert238US #94
#85Allan232US #137
#86Eric230US #153
#87Arnold215US #147
#88Christopher209US #160
#89Jerome204US #122
#90Leslie204US #115
#91Clifford198US #99
#92Steve188US #79
#93Ira186
#94Jonathan184US #179
#95Edwin178US #117
#96Gordon178US #109
#97Lee178US #87
#98Marvin176US #80
#99Marc169
#100Earl168US #71

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑15Cynthia#76
↑15Brenda#83
↑12Lynn#67
↑12Mark#44
↑11Janice#45
↑11Victor#61
↑10Theresa#44
↑10Christine#53

Falling

↓23Florence#99
↓20Constance#95
↓12Carole#47
↓12Pamela#64
↓11Rose#58
↓10Alice#55
↓10Anna#91
↓10Lucille#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.