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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1950 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 293,675 New York births in 1950 across 1,826 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.

#70Gerard#191 nationally
#88Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#92Maryann#200 nationally
#96Iraoutside the national top 200
#84Stuart#186 nationally
#80Marc#167 nationally
#97Mitchell#181 nationally
#98Matthew#174 nationally
#30Lorraine#105 nationally
#83Neil#156 nationally
#93Jonathan#163 nationally
#67Arlene#132 nationally

Girls

#1Linda6,044US #1
#2Patricia4,761US #3
#3Mary4,740US #2
#4Barbara4,339US #4
#5Susan4,148US #5
#6Kathleen3,162US #10
#7Carol2,676US #9
#8Nancy2,632US #6
#9Deborah2,450US #7
#10Karen2,200US #12
#11Diane2,157US #16
#12Margaret1,890US #15
#13Christine1,870US #28
#14Donna1,798US #13
#15Sharon1,792US #11
#16Sandra1,784US #8
#17Elizabeth1,616US #24
#18Judith1,450US #21
#19Joan1,396US #40
#20Janet1,390US #18
#21Gail1,230US #42
#22Catherine1,149US #34
#23Ellen1,103US #66
#24Joanne1,095US #67
#25Cynthia988US #23
#26Ann987US #45
#27Pamela970US #17
#28Eileen937US #91
#29Jane912US #39
#30Lorraine893US #105
#31Cheryl883US #29
#32Marie865US #72
#33Joyce862US #27
#34Maureen856US #89
#35Bonnie834US #33
#36Denise834US #82
#37Janice809US #22
#38Jean802US #48
#39Marilyn796US #37
#40Theresa776US #65
#41Frances772US #51
#42Elaine766US #60
#43Anne752US #84
#44Maria747US #73
#45Laura712US #63
#46Virginia710US #43
#47Dorothy686US #35
#48Carolyn685US #20
#49Lynn676US #76
#50Helen644US #50
#51Jacqueline639US #55
#52Brenda625US #14
#53Shirley597US #19
#54Gloria593US #30
#55Suzanne591US #71
#56Joann582US #98
#57Rose567US #69
#58Phyllis542US #53
#59Alice541US #57
#60Judy540US #25
#61Katherine532US #58
#62Beverly531US #31
#63Irene530US #92
#64Ruth530US #49
#65Wendy525US #114
#66Diana517US #47
#67Arlene511US #132
#68Paula507US #54
#69Valerie502US #116
#70Sheila494US #70
#71Kathryn489US #46
#72Rosemary479US #101
#73Marcia477US #77
#74Michele476US #128
#75Martha468US #32
#76Jeanne466US #95
#77Rita463US #56
#78Kathy460US #38
#79Evelyn436US #86
#80Debra417US #59
#81Betty407US #26
#82Josephine407US #146
#83Louise403US #109
#84Yvonne398US #110
#85Geraldine390US #102
#86Angela389US #148
#87Lois388US #83
#88Roberta383US #96
#89Stephanie375US #122
#90Jo374US #64
#91Andrea369US #141
#92Maryann364US #200
#93Robin364US #149
#94Constance361US #85
#95Marsha352US #68
#96Victoria347US #94
#97Anna345US #93
#98Sally333US #78
#99Darlene324US #79
#100Dolores324US #139

Boys

#1Robert8,624US #2
#2John8,306US #3
#3James6,198US #1
#4Michael6,197US #4
#5Richard5,721US #7
#6William5,531US #6
#7Thomas5,009US #8
#8David4,474US #5
#9Joseph4,407US #13
#10Charles2,758US #9
#11Gary2,613US #10
#12Paul2,536US #18
#13Edward2,378US #22
#14Ronald2,346US #12
#15Peter2,090US #37
#16Steven2,090US #16
#17Stephen2,061US #19
#18Kenneth1,995US #15
#19George1,986US #20
#20Daniel1,900US #21
#21Donald1,875US #14
#22Dennis1,847US #17
#23Anthony1,774US #36
#24Mark1,721US #23
#25Frank1,676US #29
#26Bruce1,511US #26
#27Lawrence1,373US #33
#28Raymond1,213US #31
#29Douglas1,156US #28
#30Alan1,149US #41
#31Jeffrey1,125US #43
#32Kevin1,053US #73
#33Gregory1,000US #25
#34Arthur939US #46
#35Philip909US #53
#36Gerald856US #34
#37Louis844US #66
#38Timothy827US #32
#39Larry803US #11
#40Andrew791US #68
#41Vincent789US #101
#42Patrick782US #38
#43Martin751US #85
#44Howard719US #63
#45Wayne706US #35
#46Walter688US #40
#47Frederick683US #75
#48Francis682US #86
#49Christopher679US #72
#50Brian673US #79
#51Ralph629US #52
#52Eugene617US #58
#53Henry598US #47
#54Roger593US #27
#55Barry582US #74
#56Carl576US #44
#57Albert566US #56
#58Harold561US #45
#59Leonard529US #77
#60Nicholas505US #124
#61Eric490US #98
#62Glenn488US #59
#63Stanley486US #60
#64Harry450US #61
#65Jack435US #48
#66Russell413US #67
#67Alfred402US #96
#68Craig400US #69
#69Victor398US #106
#70Gerard395US #191
#71Samuel384US #62
#72Jay370US #115
#73Allen352US #71
#74Fred345US #84
#75Scott339US #82
#76Jerry333US #24
#77Keith332US #78
#78Terry331US #30
#79Theodore329US #99
#80Marc325US #167
#81Roy323US #51
#82Bernard322US #110
#83Neil315US #156
#84Stuart308US #186
#85Jose304US #109
#86Dale303US #49
#87Joel299US #130
#88Salvatore298
#89Warren290US #118
#90Norman285US #90
#91Edwin280US #117
#92Ernest278US #81
#93Jonathan275US #163
#94Clifford273US #100
#95Allan243US #142
#96Ira240
#97Mitchell240US #181
#98Matthew235US #174
#99Herbert230US #112
#100Lee230US #91

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑52Denise#36
↑20Scott#75
↑15Gerard#70
↑15Keith#77
↑14Irene#63
↑14Yvonne#84
↑13Evelyn#79
↑13Josephine#82

Falling

↓22Jo#90
↓16Anna#97
↓16Joel#87
↓15Norman#90
↓14Betty#81
↓13Geraldine#85
↓12Sally#98
↓11Marilyn#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.