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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1951 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 307,933 New York births in 1951 across 1,880 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.

#83Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#71Gerard#183 nationally
#90Francineoutside the national top 200
#95Iraoutside the national top 200
#99Maryannoutside the national top 200
#93Stuart#186 nationally
#88Mitchell#176 nationally
#97Carmen#184 nationally
#78Neil#149 nationally
#79Marc#148 nationally
#34Lorraine#102 nationally
#67Arlene#134 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia5,679US #3
#2Linda5,431US #1
#3Mary4,732US #2
#4Susan4,550US #6
#5Barbara4,305US #5
#6Kathleen3,286US #10
#7Deborah3,230US #4
#8Nancy2,729US #7
#9Diane2,557US #15
#10Karen2,495US #8
#11Carol2,446US #11
#12Donna2,044US #12
#13Christine2,030US #24
#14Margaret1,890US #17
#15Sharon1,760US #13
#16Elizabeth1,669US #23
#17Sandra1,634US #9
#18Judith1,421US #25
#19Janet1,410US #19
#20Joan1,380US #39
#21Denise1,378US #48
#22Gail1,285US #36
#23Ellen1,205US #68
#24Catherine1,193US #34
#25Pamela1,083US #16
#26Ann1,072US #46
#27Joanne1,033US #73
#28Cynthia1,031US #20
#29Debra974US #18
#30Eileen943US #95
#31Jane906US #43
#32Janice904US #21
#33Theresa873US #64
#34Lorraine860US #102
#35Maureen844US #93
#36Jean843US #49
#37Joyce837US #28
#38Cheryl814US #30
#39Marie808US #78
#40Anne803US #82
#41Bonnie795US #37
#42Laura781US #60
#43Virginia760US #47
#44Maria759US #75
#45Elaine753US #66
#46Frances747US #59
#47Marilyn732US #41
#48Jacqueline684US #56
#49Rose671US #65
#50Brenda653US #14
#51Beverly651US #33
#52Gloria645US #31
#53Lynn645US #72
#54Carolyn632US #22
#55Dorothy626US #42
#56Kathryn593US #45
#57Phyllis588US #57
#58Suzanne585US #83
#59Wendy575US #110
#60Robin573US #122
#61Helen572US #54
#62Judy556US #26
#63Michele556US #125
#64Katherine542US #55
#65Valerie534US #100
#66Paula521US #51
#67Arlene516US #134
#68Alice505US #62
#69Shirley502US #27
#70Joann500US #104
#71Evelyn499US #88
#72Rosemary494US #109
#73Diana490US #50
#74Sheila480US #69
#75Rita472US #61
#76Ruth471US #53
#77Jo469US #67
#78Marcia461US #74
#79Kathy452US #35
#80Irene442US #105
#81Betty440US #29
#82Andrea434US #136
#83Geraldine433US #108
#84Victoria432US #81
#85Jeanne425US #98
#86Roberta414US #92
#87Anna410US #94
#88Laurie404US #139
#89Martha395US #38
#90Francine376
#91Yvonne376US #101
#92Sally371US #77
#93Stephanie371US #129
#94Angela370US #150
#95Louise370US #117
#96Darlene365US #79
#97Carmen362US #184
#98Teresa354US #63
#99Maryann349
#100Lois348US #85

Boys

#1Robert9,051US #2
#2John8,649US #3
#3Michael6,932US #4
#4James6,522US #1
#5Richard6,008US #7
#6William5,551US #6
#7Thomas5,314US #8
#8David4,824US #5
#9Joseph4,301US #14
#10Gary2,980US #10
#11Charles2,698US #9
#12Paul2,570US #18
#13Steven2,560US #13
#14Edward2,419US #23
#15Stephen2,330US #19
#16Peter2,287US #38
#17Kenneth2,147US #16
#18Ronald2,125US #12
#19Donald2,063US #15
#20Daniel2,030US #21
#21George2,022US #22
#22Mark1,996US #20
#23Anthony1,858US #34
#24Dennis1,853US #17
#25Frank1,676US #31
#26Bruce1,501US #26
#27Lawrence1,362US #33
#28Jeffrey1,337US #35
#29Douglas1,285US #27
#30Kevin1,264US #53
#31Raymond1,247US #32
#32Alan1,139US #40
#33Gregory1,017US #25
#34Philip965US #55
#35Arthur961US #44
#36Timothy929US #28
#37Louis917US #76
#38Andrew873US #69
#39Patrick863US #39
#40Christopher841US #61
#41Larry824US #11
#42Vincent820US #104
#43Brian768US #75
#44Gerald757US #36
#45Francis733US #85
#46Wayne732US #37
#47Howard731US #74
#48Martin716US #81
#49Barry714US #71
#50Ralph658US #51
#51Frederick650US #78
#52Walter650US #42
#53Roger599US #29
#54Carl587US #43
#55Henry580US #47
#56Albert561US #60
#57Eugene561US #65
#58Leonard554US #80
#59Eric534US #93
#60Nicholas526US #120
#61Harold510US #46
#62Glenn508US #58
#63Stanley488US #54
#64Harry457US #70
#65Keith437US #59
#66Scott429US #68
#67Alfred419US #100
#68Craig403US #63
#69Russell396US #73
#70Jack389US #48
#71Gerard387US #183
#72Jerry372US #24
#73Jose366US #113
#74Theodore366US #99
#75Allen364US #72
#76Victor359US #110
#77Samuel357US #67
#78Neil354US #149
#79Marc352US #148
#80Terry335US #30
#81Bernard334US #107
#82Norman325US #90
#83Salvatore324
#84Jay320US #116
#85Joel318US #129
#86Fred312US #87
#87Warren307US #118
#88Mitchell303US #176
#89Clifford299US #101
#90Dale293US #49
#91Roy292US #52
#92Jonathan290US #147
#93Stuart280US #186
#94Edwin268US #119
#95Ira255
#96Matthew251US #163
#97Ernest242US #83
#98Allan238US #137
#99Jerome234US #103
#100Lee229US #92

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑51Debra#29
↑33Robin#60
↑15Denise#21
↑15Kathryn#56
↑13Jo#77
↑12Victoria#84
↑12Keith#65
↑12Jose#73

Falling

↓17Irene#80
↓16Shirley#69
↓14Joann#70
↓14Martha#89
↓13Lois#100
↓12Ruth#76
↓12Louise#95
↓12Jay#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.