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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1947 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 308,411 New York births in 1947 across 1,793 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.

#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#86Iraoutside the national top 200
#97Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#90Marc#192 nationally
#77Stuart#178 nationally
#100Francineoutside the national top 200
#62Kevin#160 nationally
#98Matthew#196 nationally
#89Angela#176 nationally
#61Nicholas#143 nationally
#79Maryann#157 nationally

Girls

#1Linda7,542US #1
#2Patricia5,457US #3
#3Barbara5,200US #4
#4Mary4,967US #2
#5Susan3,981US #8
#6Carol3,642US #6
#7Kathleen2,947US #11
#8Nancy2,855US #7
#9Diane2,323US #18
#10Sandra2,275US #5
#11Judith2,231US #12
#12Margaret2,202US #16
#13Sharon2,077US #9
#14Karen1,993US #13
#15Donna1,838US #10
#16Joan1,822US #30
#17Elizabeth1,627US #25
#18Janet1,264US #23
#19Ellen1,182US #61
#20Christine1,172US #45
#21Ann1,160US #41
#22Marilyn1,152US #29
#23Lorraine1,144US #84
#24Gail1,124US #49
#25Catherine1,108US #46
#26Jane1,107US #36
#27Eileen1,057US #91
#28Marie1,049US #57
#29Joyce1,043US #20
#30Joanne1,038US #56
#31Cheryl1,024US #24
#32Dorothy983US #26
#33Maureen973US #98
#34Jean956US #40
#35Elaine945US #50
#36Virginia944US #34
#37Carolyn912US #15
#38Phyllis911US #37
#39Bonnie900US #35
#40Frances883US #39
#41Janice865US #22
#42Cynthia844US #33
#43Pamela840US #28
#44Judy831US #14
#45Theresa768US #85
#46Helen742US #38
#47Suzanne723US #53
#48Gloria721US #27
#49Lynn710US #75
#50Beverly674US #31
#51Rose671US #65
#52Jacqueline665US #59
#53Arlene657US #118
#54Joann652US #89
#55Anne647US #95
#56Laura644US #74
#57Alice640US #47
#58Deborah639US #62
#59Geraldine633US #78
#60Rosemary624US #80
#61Shirley619US #19
#62Ruth596US #44
#63Betty592US #17
#64Diana574US #48
#65Paula561US #54
#66Maria543US #79
#67Sheila543US #73
#68Louise532US #99
#69Rita529US #60
#70Irene528US #107
#71Roberta528US #90
#72Kathryn525US #55
#73Jeanne518US #86
#74Katherine503US #76
#75Martha498US #32
#76Marcia489US #81
#77Lois486US #63
#78Jo477US #51
#79Maryann432US #157
#80Michele430US #148
#81Brenda428US #21
#82Dolores428US #111
#83Carole422US #102
#84Evelyn419US #72
#85Anita416US #94
#86Marjorie413US #106
#87Andrea405US #126
#88Anna404US #92
#89Angela403US #176
#90Sally402US #70
#91Constance400US #100
#92Marsha376US #88
#93Josephine370US #133
#94Leslie356US #132
#95June346US #120
#96Marlene343US #114
#97Rosemarie336
#98Lucille327US #147
#99Kathy323US #64
#100Francine321

Boys

#1Robert10,027US #2
#2John9,637US #3
#3James7,172US #1
#4Richard6,694US #5
#5William6,276US #4
#6Michael5,598US #7
#7Thomas5,084US #8
#8Joseph4,573US #14
#9David4,522US #6
#10Charles2,951US #9
#11Ronald2,881US #11
#12Edward2,838US #19
#13Paul2,633US #18
#14George2,398US #16
#15Peter2,322US #36
#16Kenneth2,230US #15
#17Frank2,193US #23
#18Donald2,192US #13
#19Gary2,050US #12
#20Stephen1,873US #21
#21Anthony1,856US #41
#22Dennis1,758US #17
#23Daniel1,671US #22
#24Steven1,580US #24
#25Bruce1,350US #29
#26Lawrence1,321US #32
#27Raymond1,295US #27
#28Alan1,294US #45
#29Jeffrey1,212US #66
#30Arthur1,133US #38
#31Mark1,073US #47
#32Larry997US #10
#33Louis994US #64
#34Douglas981US #31
#35Gerald949US #28
#36Philip949US #57
#37Gregory907US #33
#38Vincent896US #105
#39Walter878US #34
#40Howard837US #62
#41Barry795US #68
#42Andrew774US #82
#43Martin772US #90
#44Patrick744US #53
#45Roger738US #25
#46Wayne735US #30
#47Frederick723US #78
#48Ralph714US #50
#49Eugene708US #59
#50Francis677US #84
#51Harold665US #35
#52Carl653US #40
#53Henry647US #46
#54Leonard634US #71
#55Timothy629US #52
#56Albert592US #55
#57Brian588US #95
#58Stanley581US #67
#59Jack541US #37
#60Fred530US #56
#61Nicholas509US #143
#62Kevin486US #160
#63Jerry482US #20
#64Harry477US #54
#65Alfred474US #96
#66Terry468US #26
#67Norman431US #81
#68Russell427US #69
#69Roy407US #48
#70Allen404US #73
#71Bernard403US #100
#72Eric395US #122
#73Theodore395US #102
#74Glenn394US #70
#75Christopher385US #127
#76Joel376US #133
#77Stuart369US #178
#78Allan360US #132
#79Samuel354US #72
#80Gerard337
#81Jay332US #119
#82Salvatore329
#83Victor318US #121
#84Neil316US #162
#85Ernest311US #75
#86Ira307
#87Harvey305US #131
#88Warren303US #108
#89Craig296US #93
#90Marc290US #192
#91Jerome277US #110
#92Steve263US #58
#93Clifford258US #101
#94Dale258US #63
#95Keith258US #91
#96Herbert253US #104
#97Arnold249US #149
#98Matthew243US #196
#99Edwin241US #114
#100Jonathan230US #177

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑42Deborah#58
↑16Christine#20
↑15Maria#66
↑15Brenda#81
↑15Glenn#74
↑14Gregory#37
↑12Lynn#49
↑11Craig#89

Falling

↓19Carole#83
↓16Betty#63
↓15Joel#76
↓10Shirley#61
↓10Sally#90
↓9Elaine#35
↓9Anne#55
↓9Diana#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.