State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1952 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 319,232 New York births in 1952 across 1,941 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.

#90Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#78Gerard#184 nationally
#98Iraoutside the national top 200
#97Stuart#190 nationally
#84Mitchell#157 nationally
#30Eileen#100 nationally
#83Marc#153 nationally
#43Lorraine#109 nationally
#81Arlene#147 nationally
#81Neil#147 nationally
#64Nicholas#127 nationally
#33Maureen#94 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia5,308US #3
#2Linda5,156US #1
#3Mary4,936US #2
#4Susan4,465US #5
#5Barbara4,193US #6
#6Deborah3,833US #4
#7Kathleen3,175US #11
#8Nancy2,915US #7
#9Diane2,654US #16
#10Karen2,518US #8
#11Carol2,451US #12
#12Christine2,420US #20
#13Donna2,070US #13
#14Margaret1,827US #21
#15Elizabeth1,808US #22
#16Sharon1,727US #14
#17Denise1,669US #33
#18Sandra1,630US #10
#19Janet1,500US #19
#20Debra1,457US #9
#21Joan1,446US #37
#22Judith1,439US #25
#23Gail1,268US #39
#24Catherine1,245US #34
#25Cynthia1,240US #18
#26Ellen1,193US #70
#27Pamela1,183US #17
#28Joanne1,066US #78
#29Ann1,045US #45
#30Eileen954US #100
#31Jane920US #42
#32Theresa899US #60
#33Maureen891US #94
#34Cheryl889US #31
#35Janice874US #23
#36Anne857US #79
#37Maria842US #72
#38Jean838US #50
#39Joyce833US #27
#40Marilyn829US #38
#41Laura824US #53
#42Marie808US #82
#43Lorraine788US #109
#44Rose731US #62
#45Jo729US #55
#46Bonnie724US #41
#47Lynn724US #71
#48Virginia673US #49
#49Jacqueline665US #58
#50Michele662US #110
#51Gloria652US #36
#52Elaine650US #73
#53Frances647US #67
#54Robin631US #102
#55Brenda626US #15
#56Helen622US #63
#57Judy608US #26
#58Dorothy594US #46
#59Valerie594US #87
#60Wendy588US #105
#61Phyllis583US #65
#62Paula577US #47
#63Carolyn561US #24
#64Beverly541US #35
#65Ruth538US #57
#66Diana526US #51
#67Kathryn526US #48
#68Katherine524US #59
#69Suzanne519US #84
#70Laurie514US #115
#71Kathy510US #29
#72Andrea479US #132
#73Joann477US #116
#74Victoria474US #74
#75Evelyn472US #90
#76Sheila472US #64
#77Alice469US #69
#78Marcia462US #80
#79Roberta461US #88
#80Leslie458US #104
#81Arlene451US #147
#82Shirley442US #28
#83Martha438US #40
#84Geraldine433US #119
#85Rita429US #66
#86Jeanne417US #98
#87Betty409US #32
#88Lisa405US #126
#89Rosemary404US #130
#90Anna403US #101
#91Michelle394US #124
#92Darlene392US #77
#93Claudia390US #111
#94Irene388US #121
#95Cathy386US #56
#96Stephanie384US #123
#97Teresa383US #52
#98Lois381US #86
#99Louise375US #122
#100Jill374US #118

Boys

#1Robert9,219US #2
#2John8,675US #3
#3Michael7,477US #4
#4James6,435US #1
#5Richard6,329US #7
#6William5,768US #6
#7Thomas5,295US #8
#8David5,258US #5
#9Joseph4,459US #12
#10Gary3,055US #10
#11Steven2,956US #11
#12Paul2,820US #19
#13Charles2,802US #9
#14Edward2,491US #23
#15Stephen2,389US #21
#16Mark2,293US #17
#17Peter2,269US #36
#18Kenneth2,152US #16
#19Donald2,050US #13
#20Daniel2,018US #20
#21George1,989US #22
#22Ronald1,986US #15
#23Anthony1,979US #34
#24Dennis1,816US #18
#25Frank1,625US #32
#26Bruce1,494US #25
#27Jeffrey1,474US #31
#28Kevin1,466US #43
#29Lawrence1,382US #35
#30Raymond1,261US #33
#31Douglas1,216US #28
#32Alan1,116US #42
#33Gregory1,040US #24
#34Timothy1,039US #27
#35Philip971US #60
#36Christopher931US #57
#37Arthur922US #47
#38Louis904US #79
#39Patrick885US #37
#40Vincent884US #101
#41Andrew880US #68
#42Brian827US #64
#43Larry795US #14
#44Howard794US #73
#45Wayne775US #38
#46Barry743US #69
#47Martin725US #80
#48Frederick721US #76
#49Francis718US #89
#50Gerald711US #39
#51Walter704US #44
#52Ralph645US #56
#53Carl612US #45
#54Henry600US #50
#55Keith589US #49
#56Roger572US #30
#57Eugene571US #71
#58Scott567US #54
#59Eric553US #88
#60Harold553US #51
#61Glenn550US #61
#62Albert534US #66
#63Leonard527US #83
#64Nicholas490US #127
#65Craig469US #59
#66Stanley467US #58
#67Harry437US #75
#68Victor404US #107
#69Russell399US #70
#70Jack397US #52
#71Samuel397US #67
#72Alfred396US #104
#73Theodore390US #100
#74Roy387US #55
#75Edwin386US #118
#76Jerry386US #26
#77Terry379US #29
#78Gerard376US #184
#79Jose366US #114
#80Jay364US #106
#81Neil363US #147
#82Jonathan360US #139
#83Marc349US #153
#84Mitchell344US #157
#85Dale340US #46
#86Fred335US #90
#87Matthew334US #142
#88Warren331US #117
#89Allen318US #78
#90Salvatore318
#91Norman316US #96
#92Bernard302US #111
#93Ernest300US #87
#94Randy296US #41
#95Clifford295US #99
#96Joel295US #132
#97Stuart263US #190
#98Ira253
#99Herbert244US #115
#100Jerome237US #105

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑32Jo#45
↑19Edwin#75
↑18Laurie#70
↑17Roy#74
↑13Michele#50
↑11Ruth#65
↑10Andrea#72
↑10Victoria#74

Falling

↓17Rosemary#89
↓14Arlene#81
↓14Irene#94
↓14Allen#89
↓13Beverly#64
↓13Shirley#82
↓11Kathryn#67
↓11Suzanne#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.