State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1953 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 317,991 New York births in 1953 across 1,994 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.

#85Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#73Gerard#186 nationally
#91Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#81Carmen#185 nationally
#93Stuart#185 nationally
#36Eileen#108 nationally
#46Lorraine#118 nationally
#83Amy#152 nationally
#63Nicholas#131 nationally
#67Andrea#131 nationally
#69Jonathan#133 nationally
#82Neil#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,914US #1
#2Patricia4,764US #4
#3Linda4,709US #2
#4Susan4,665US #5
#5Barbara4,084US #6
#6Deborah4,074US #3
#7Kathleen2,979US #14
#8Nancy2,833US #8
#9Diane2,677US #17
#10Karen2,621US #9
#11Carol2,247US #16
#12Donna2,125US #13
#13Debra1,996US #7
#14Margaret1,868US #20
#15Elizabeth1,780US #21
#16Sharon1,649US #15
#17Denise1,545US #31
#18Cynthia1,530US #12
#19Janet1,454US #19
#20Joan1,442US #37
#21Sandra1,436US #11
#22Pamela1,368US #10
#23Judith1,221US #30
#24Gail1,216US #39
#25Christine1,185US #32
#26Joanne1,185US #71
#27Catherine1,149US #35
#28Ellen1,086US #76
#29Ann1,056US #46
#30Theresa932US #50
#31Maria890US #68
#32Maureen877US #92
#33Laura871US #51
#34Jane869US #43
#35Anne861US #80
#36Eileen854US #108
#37Cheryl845US #28
#38Robin839US #66
#39Janice831US #22
#40Marilyn830US #36
#41Marie825US #86
#42Jean799US #52
#43Rose778US #59
#44Jo772US #54
#45Joyce768US #26
#46Lorraine766US #118
#47Lynn736US #67
#48Jacqueline711US #58
#49Michele689US #102
#50Virginia673US #53
#51Bonnie670US #45
#52Frances651US #72
#53Paula637US #40
#54Suzanne617US #78
#55Valerie616US #88
#56Brenda601US #18
#57Elaine600US #77
#58Dorothy591US #49
#59Laurie581US #103
#60Kathryn571US #48
#61Beverly567US #34
#62Judy563US #27
#63Helen557US #65
#64Wendy553US #110
#65Sheila549US #60
#66Gloria542US #38
#67Andrea523US #131
#68Phyllis521US #69
#69Kathy518US #23
#70Carolyn506US #25
#71Evelyn501US #94
#72Diana497US #55
#73Katherine492US #63
#74Jeanne489US #97
#75Lisa481US #111
#76Joann477US #121
#77Victoria463US #82
#78Ruth462US #62
#79Teresa440US #42
#80Michelle438US #107
#81Carmen430US #185
#82Angela428US #120
#83Amy426US #152
#84Alice425US #73
#85Martha424US #41
#86Roberta411US #90
#87Darlene410US #75
#88Leslie410US #96
#89Rita408US #64
#90Shirley406US #29
#91Arlene399US #153
#92Marcia399US #84
#93Yvonne395US #104
#94Anna387US #98
#95Betty384US #33
#96Cathy383US #56
#97Jill383US #114
#98Irene381US #127
#99Stephanie376US #123
#100Rebecca367US #24

Boys

#1Robert9,060US #1
#2John8,200US #4
#3Michael7,819US #3
#4James6,334US #2
#5Richard5,936US #7
#6William5,509US #6
#7David5,497US #5
#8Thomas5,035US #8
#9Joseph4,625US #13
#10Steven2,982US #11
#11Gary2,866US #10
#12Paul2,840US #16
#13Charles2,665US #9
#14Mark2,514US #12
#15Peter2,356US #38
#16Edward2,351US #23
#17Daniel2,199US #20
#18Stephen2,119US #21
#19Kenneth2,096US #17
#20Ronald1,972US #15
#21Donald1,949US #14
#22Anthony1,929US #32
#23George1,906US #22
#24Kevin1,792US #36
#25Jeffrey1,787US #25
#26Dennis1,644US #19
#27Frank1,601US #33
#28Bruce1,436US #28
#29Lawrence1,284US #37
#30Douglas1,202US #27
#31Raymond1,202US #34
#32Timothy1,140US #26
#33Alan1,097US #43
#34Gregory1,064US #24
#35Brian944US #53
#36Andrew933US #68
#37Louis897US #78
#38Philip894US #61
#39Patrick879US #39
#40Arthur844US #50
#41Christopher827US #63
#42Wayne823US #40
#43Vincent818US #100
#44Howard715US #77
#45Martin713US #82
#46Frederick690US #80
#47Francis681US #90
#48Larry666US #18
#49Gerald663US #42
#50Walter646US #45
#51Scott633US #46
#52Barry631US #73
#53Ralph610US #59
#54Roger600US #31
#55Eric591US #89
#56Eugene590US #75
#57Keith588US #47
#58Carl567US #44
#59Henry565US #54
#60Glenn560US #67
#61Jose555US #110
#62Albert497US #69
#63Nicholas494US #131
#64Harold477US #56
#65Stanley456US #62
#66Craig451US #60
#67Leonard444US #85
#68Victor427US #106
#69Jonathan407US #133
#70Russell400US #71
#71Edwin398US #123
#72Jack397US #57
#73Gerard389US #186
#74Randy386US #35
#75Samuel386US #70
#76Matthew383US #130
#77Harry378US #83
#78Roy375US #55
#79Jerry369US #29
#80Terry367US #30
#81Alfred366US #104
#82Neil361US #146
#83Allen357US #81
#84Jay355US #99
#85Salvatore348
#86Marc345US #144
#87Mitchell340US #151
#88Bernard333US #119
#89Theodore328US #112
#90Fred302US #92
#91Nelson298
#92Dale292US #48
#93Stuart291US #185
#94Warren290US #124
#95Norman283US #98
#96Clifford274US #102
#97Rodney262US #58
#98Ernest255US #87
#99Joel254US #134
#100Jerome251US #107

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑20Randy#74
↑18Teresa#79
↑18Jose#61
↑16Robin#38
↑15Suzanne#54
↑13Lisa#75
↑13Jonathan#69
↑12Jeanne#74

Falling

↓16Theodore#89
↓15Gloria#66
↓14Marcia#92
↓13Christine#25
↓13Ruth#78
↓10Arlene#91
↓10Harry#77
↓9Alfred#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.