State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1949 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 291,117 New York births in 1949 across 1,828 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.

#82Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#85Gerard#197 nationally
#82Maryann#184 nationally
#99Francineoutside the national top 200
#99Iraoutside the national top 200
#87Stuart#178 nationally
#77Marc#167 nationally
#58Nicholas#136 nationally
#84Neil#161 nationally
#90Jonathan#164 nationally
#26Eileen#95 nationally
#35Lorraine#102 nationally

Girls

#1Linda6,651US #1
#2Mary4,598US #2
#3Barbara4,537US #4
#4Patricia4,483US #3
#5Susan4,302US #5
#6Kathleen3,316US #9
#7Carol2,818US #8
#8Nancy2,649US #7
#9Margaret2,103US #14
#10Diane2,098US #19
#11Karen2,014US #11
#12Sharon1,960US #10
#13Deborah1,932US #15
#14Sandra1,918US #6
#15Donna1,837US #12
#16Judith1,747US #16
#17Christine1,603US #30
#18Elizabeth1,522US #25
#19Joan1,461US #36
#20Janet1,256US #23
#21Joanne1,160US #61
#22Ellen1,120US #64
#23Catherine1,075US #37
#24Gail1,061US #51
#25Ann980US #44
#26Eileen976US #95
#27Jane950US #41
#28Marilyn922US #33
#29Pamela921US #21
#30Maureen915US #89
#31Cheryl889US #28
#32Cynthia889US #27
#33Marie888US #67
#34Elaine857US #57
#35Lorraine838US #102
#36Jean809US #45
#37Janice805US #24
#38Theresa802US #63
#39Carolyn794US #17
#40Joyce788US #26
#41Bonnie783US #35
#42Frances773US #49
#43Virginia751US #39
#44Dorothy737US #32
#45Anne708US #86
#46Lynn708US #74
#47Helen688US #46
#48Gloria674US #29
#49Laura672US #65
#50Suzanne662US #62
#51Phyllis660US #50
#52Maria658US #72
#53Shirley651US #18
#54Jacqueline646US #58
#55Beverly610US #31
#56Brenda603US #13
#57Rose595US #66
#58Judy585US #20
#59Ruth577US #47
#60Diana568US #48
#61Kathryn551US #52
#62Alice538US #53
#63Paula520US #55
#64Valerie511US #108
#65Rosemary510US #98
#66Joann508US #101
#67Betty496US #22
#68Jo495US #60
#69Katherine492US #59
#70Arlene488US #133
#71Marcia480US #78
#72Geraldine478US #90
#73Michele477US #135
#74Wendy473US #122
#75Sheila468US #76
#76Rita461US #54
#77Irene450US #111
#78Jeanne446US #92
#79Martha438US #34
#80Louise431US #104
#81Anna415US #91
#82Maryann401US #184
#83Kathy399US #42
#84Andrea393US #144
#85Lois389US #73
#86Sally388US #77
#87Constance386US #83
#88Denise377US #140
#89Roberta377US #97
#90Marlene373US #110
#91Angela372US #150
#92Evelyn365US #80
#93Leslie358US #132
#94Stephanie358US #128
#95Josephine337US #143
#96Victoria335US #96
#97Dolores329US #130
#98Yvonne324US #109
#99Francine322
#100Carole319US #118

Boys

#1Robert8,850US #2
#2John8,611US #3
#3James6,258US #1
#4Michael5,670US #5
#5Richard5,653US #7
#6William5,599US #4
#7Thomas4,848US #8
#8David4,422US #6
#9Joseph4,325US #14
#10Charles2,868US #9
#11Paul2,571US #17
#12Ronald2,495US #11
#13Edward2,391US #21
#14Peter2,164US #38
#15Stephen2,100US #19
#16George2,097US #18
#17Kenneth2,097US #15
#18Gary2,053US #12
#19Donald1,989US #13
#20Steven1,939US #20
#21Anthony1,853US #36
#22Daniel1,838US #22
#23Frank1,729US #27
#24Dennis1,639US #16
#25Mark1,569US #24
#26Bruce1,517US #26
#27Lawrence1,490US #32
#28Raymond1,266US #30
#29Jeffrey1,116US #48
#30Alan1,107US #45
#31Douglas1,053US #29
#32Philip1,012US #55
#33Arthur929US #44
#34Gregory896US #31
#35Louis879US #64
#36Vincent874US #102
#37Kevin866US #95
#38Larry812US #10
#39Gerald802US #33
#40Patrick796US #39
#41Francis781US #78
#42Timothy772US #34
#43Frederick730US #70
#44Walter729US #37
#45Howard714US #63
#46Martin690US #83
#47Andrew671US #75
#48Roger664US #25
#49Ralph643US #50
#50Henry638US #46
#51Wayne622US #35
#52Carl618US #43
#53Christopher603US #81
#54Eugene599US #58
#55Barry595US #73
#56Brian559US #86
#57Albert523US #56
#58Nicholas519US #136
#59Leonard510US #74
#60Harold500US #42
#61Stanley493US #60
#62Glenn486US #61
#63Harry435US #59
#64Jack433US #47
#65Alfred399US #96
#66Eric398US #105
#67Fred391US #72
#68Jerry387US #23
#69Samuel381US #62
#70Terry368US #28
#71Joel352US #138
#72Bernard348US #111
#73Victor348US #116
#74Russell347US #69
#75Norman345US #90
#76Roy340US #51
#77Marc336US #167
#78Allen333US #71
#79Theodore333US #100
#80Craig322US #77
#81Jay322US #118
#82Salvatore314
#83Warren312US #115
#84Neil305US #161
#85Gerard299US #197
#86Ernest289US #76
#87Stuart287US #178
#88Allan276US #143
#89Edwin271US #123
#90Jonathan268US #164
#91Dale266US #54
#92Keith265US #85
#93Jose263US #120
#94Clifford256US #103
#95Scott252US #99
#96Herbert251US #107
#97Harvey246US #142
#98Jerome246US #104
#99Ira239
#100Arnold219US #158

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑26Valerie#64
↑18Brenda#56
↑16Michele#73
↑16Kevin#37
↑15Kathy#83
↑11Kathryn#61
↑10Anna#81
↑9Laura#49

Falling

↓16Carole#100
↓15Evelyn#92
↓11Lorraine#35
↓10Judy#58
↓10Martha#79
↓10Louise#80
↓9Virginia#43
↓9Lois#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.