State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1948 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 289,639 New York births in 1948 across 1,786 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
#85Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#90Iraoutside the national top 200
#81Stuart#188 nationally
#95Francineoutside the national top 200
#82Marc#175 nationally
#99Matthew#190 nationally
#87Maryann#170 nationally
#92Jonathan#173 nationally
#62Nicholas#142 nationally
#86Neil#165 nationally
#82Angela#158 nationally

Girls

#1Linda6,946US #1
#2Barbara4,997US #3
#3Mary4,720US #2
#4Patricia4,707US #4
#5Susan4,192US #5
#6Kathleen3,149US #10
#7Carol3,003US #8
#8Nancy2,688US #7
#9Karen2,074US #12
#10Margaret2,022US #13
#11Diane2,017US #19
#12Sandra1,914US #6
#13Sharon1,847US #9
#14Donna1,752US #11
#15Judith1,743US #15
#16Elizabeth1,532US #26
#17Joan1,448US #37
#18Christine1,346US #35
#19Janet1,146US #24
#20Deborah1,132US #30
#21Ellen1,084US #67
#22Catherine1,059US #41
#23Ann1,042US #44
#24Lorraine1,005US #96
#25Gail997US #51
#26Joanne980US #65
#27Maureen979US #88
#28Marie969US #60
#29Jane968US #39
#30Cheryl966US #25
#31Eileen966US #91
#32Pamela930US #22
#33Joyce896US #21
#34Virginia880US #36
#35Frances879US #42
#36Marilyn876US #33
#37Jean870US #47
#38Bonnie842US #34
#39Elaine840US #53
#40Cynthia834US #27
#41Theresa820US #63
#42Dorothy798US #29
#43Carolyn794US #14
#44Janice783US #23
#45Phyllis740US #46
#46Anne735US #87
#47Helen730US #40
#48Judy723US #16
#49Gloria715US #28
#50Rose660US #62
#51Jacqueline645US #58
#52Suzanne643US #66
#53Beverly631US #31
#54Lynn628US #80
#55Maria628US #75
#56Shirley605US #20
#57Ruth592US #45
#58Laura591US #73
#59Diana567US #48
#60Alice566US #49
#61Betty558US #18
#62Rosemary555US #90
#63Joann552US #94
#64Paula541US #52
#65Arlene515US #125
#66Geraldine515US #83
#67Sheila510US #71
#68Katherine505US #68
#69Martha472US #32
#70Louise466US #99
#71Jo463US #56
#72Kathryn463US #54
#73Marcia450US #79
#74Brenda447US #17
#75Rita446US #59
#76Lois444US #70
#77Evelyn437US #74
#78Andrea431US #128
#79Jeanne426US #95
#80Irene422US #111
#81Roberta413US #101
#82Angela398US #158
#83Constance394US #93
#84Carole393US #106
#85Sally392US #72
#86Marsha389US #76
#87Maryann383US #170
#88Dolores372US #119
#89Michele371US #159
#90Valerie369US #135
#91Anna366US #89
#92Josephine343US #134
#93Marlene333US #109
#94Anita332US #102
#95Francine331
#96Stephanie331US #137
#97Denise329US #147
#98Kathy327US #55
#99Leslie324US #131
#100Lynne323US #166

Boys

#1Robert9,010US #2
#2John8,976US #3
#3James6,522US #1
#4William5,698US #4
#5Richard5,662US #7
#6Michael5,381US #6
#7Thomas4,813US #8
#8David4,431US #5
#9Joseph4,255US #13
#10Charles2,680US #9
#11Ronald2,666US #10
#12Paul2,531US #18
#13Edward2,454US #19
#14George2,240US #16
#15Peter2,150US #37
#16Kenneth2,115US #15
#17Gary1,932US #12
#18Donald1,901US #14
#19Stephen1,880US #20
#20Frank1,867US #25
#21Anthony1,832US #41
#22Daniel1,726US #22
#23Steven1,664US #23
#24Dennis1,614US #17
#25Bruce1,417US #28
#26Lawrence1,376US #31
#27Mark1,357US #29
#28Raymond1,293US #27
#29Alan1,189US #46
#30Jeffrey1,129US #58
#31Philip970US #54
#32Arthur949US #44
#33Douglas913US #33
#34Gerald886US #30
#35Louis883US #64
#36Gregory855US #32
#37Vincent850US #106
#38Larry846US #11
#39Howard769US #63
#40Patrick751US #48
#41Walter739US #35
#42Frederick722US #75
#43Timothy708US #38
#44Ralph707US #51
#45Francis699US #80
#46Roger692US #24
#47Andrew680US #77
#48Martin680US #88
#49Barry671US #74
#50Carl663US #42
#51Albert626US #55
#52Harold624US #36
#53Kevin621US #127
#54Henry610US #45
#55Wayne604US #34
#56Leonard593US #71
#57Brian585US #95
#58Eugene545US #61
#59Jack538US #43
#60Stanley527US #65
#61Christopher485US #102
#62Nicholas475US #142
#63Fred471US #66
#64Harry464US #57
#65Glenn435US #73
#66Jerry400US #21
#67Alfred399US #96
#68Russell390US #67
#69Terry383US #26
#70Eric379US #114
#71Bernard365US #107
#72Allen357US #72
#73Joel354US #137
#74Norman354US #85
#75Theodore353US #104
#76Roy345US #49
#77Victor343US #115
#78Samuel337US #70
#79Jay324US #123
#80Gerard320
#81Stuart319US #188
#82Marc311US #175
#83Craig306US #82
#84Warren303US #109
#85Salvatore301
#86Neil300US #165
#87Ernest294US #76
#88Allan288US #132
#89Edwin252US #116
#90Ira252
#91Clifford249US #105
#92Jonathan245US #173
#93Dale243US #56
#94Herbert242US #103
#95Steve239US #60
#96Jerome236US #110
#97Keith230US #89
#98Harvey222US #138
#99Matthew217US #190
#100Jose204US #126

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑38Deborah#20
↑14Christopher#61
↑12Timothy#43
↑11Pamela#32
↑11Maria#55
↑10Edwin#89
↑9Anne#46
↑9Andrea#78

Falling

↓14Marilyn#36
↓12Arlene#65
↓11Harvey#98
↓10Dorothy#42
↓10Irene#80
↓10Roberta#81
↓10Allan#88
↓9Joann#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.