State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1954 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 330,448 New York births in 1954 across 2,050 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
#86Luisoutside the national top 200
#76Carmen#184 nationally
#73Gerard#177 nationally
#99Miriamoutside the national top 200
#100Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#89Stuart#178 nationally
#36Eileen#115 nationally
#42Lorraine#120 nationally
#99Carlos#173 nationally
#63Nicholas#134 nationally
#74Mitchell#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,471US #1
#2Susan5,110US #5
#3Patricia4,882US #4
#4Deborah4,566US #3
#5Linda4,374US #2
#6Barbara3,723US #7
#7Nancy2,903US #9
#8Kathleen2,882US #14
#9Karen2,855US #8
#10Debra2,715US #6
#11Donna2,603US #11
#12Diane2,550US #17
#13Carol2,234US #15
#14Elizabeth1,883US #20
#15Margaret1,666US #21
#16Denise1,608US #24
#17Sharon1,599US #16
#18Sandra1,568US #13
#19Cynthia1,533US #10
#20Janet1,421US #19
#21Pamela1,398US #12
#22Joan1,340US #40
#23Catherine1,238US #32
#24Robin1,177US #41
#25Judith1,151US #30
#26Gail1,115US #37
#27Joanne1,099US #78
#28Maria1,074US #65
#29Ellen1,054US #77
#30Theresa1,033US #47
#31Ann1,011US #44
#32Laura980US #45
#33Cheryl961US #22
#34Maureen925US #97
#35Jo919US #53
#36Eileen917US #115
#37Rose875US #54
#38Christine872US #43
#39Michele854US #89
#40Lynn843US #63
#41Anne840US #80
#42Lorraine835US #120
#43Jean828US #56
#44Marie820US #79
#45Jane794US #49
#46Marilyn794US #35
#47Joyce779US #28
#48Janice727US #25
#49Bonnie714US #52
#50Elaine710US #74
#51Lisa693US #73
#52Wendy691US #95
#53Laurie658US #98
#54Brenda638US #18
#55Paula629US #38
#56Jacqueline628US #68
#57Virginia615US #61
#58Valerie613US #87
#59Marian579US #104
#60Dorothy578US #55
#61Helen577US #72
#62Frances576US #83
#63Suzanne573US #82
#64Evelyn569US #109
#65Kathy561US #23
#66Beverly559US #31
#67Gloria557US #42
#68Diana547US #57
#69Michelle547US #94
#70Kathryn543US #51
#71Judy540US #29
#72Andrea513US #136
#73Sheila509US #60
#74Phyllis499US #75
#75Katherine497US #64
#76Carmen493US #184
#77Ruth490US #66
#78Leslie484US #99
#79Carolyn477US #27
#80Amy471US #139
#81Darlene457US #76
#82Joann457US #129
#83Alice456US #81
#84Teresa456US #34
#85Dawn451US #124
#86Victoria443US #85
#87Anna436US #105
#88Jeanne427US #112
#89Angela411US #118
#90Rebecca411US #26
#91Jill410US #107
#92Roberta408US #102
#93Martha407US #46
#94Lori405US #121
#95Cathy403US #59
#96Rita398US #67
#97Yvonne397US #117
#98Shirley390US #33
#99Miriam379
#100Betty377US #36

Boys

#1Robert8,914US #2
#2John8,494US #4
#3Michael8,228US #1
#4James6,554US #3
#5David5,903US #5
#6Richard5,767US #7
#7William5,480US #6
#8Thomas5,162US #8
#9Joseph4,853US #13
#10Steven3,089US #11
#11Paul3,029US #16
#12Gary2,984US #9
#13Mark2,951US #12
#14Charles2,532US #10
#15Edward2,500US #22
#16Peter2,340US #37
#17Kevin2,313US #28
#18Anthony2,223US #32
#19Daniel2,167US #18
#20Stephen2,163US #20
#21Kenneth2,137US #17
#22Jeffrey2,110US #23
#23Donald2,054US #14
#24George1,950US #24
#25Ronald1,920US #15
#26Frank1,561US #36
#27Dennis1,383US #21
#28Bruce1,315US #30
#29Lawrence1,313US #39
#30Raymond1,288US #35
#31Timothy1,288US #26
#32Douglas1,246US #29
#33Gregory1,187US #25
#34Brian1,078US #48
#35Alan1,077US #43
#36Philip947US #62
#37Andrew885US #70
#38Christopher883US #64
#39Louis869US #81
#40Vincent862US #104
#41Patrick861US #38
#42Wayne856US #41
#43Scott806US #40
#44Arthur774US #52
#45Gerald694US #44
#46Keith686US #45
#47Larry685US #19
#48Howard668US #80
#49Martin659US #79
#50Francis654US #94
#51Walter638US #49
#52Barry632US #68
#53Eric622US #89
#54Ralph620US #61
#55Frederick610US #83
#56Jose607US #107
#57Glenn593US #63
#58Carl588US #47
#59Albert562US #73
#60Eugene561US #77
#61Roger556US #34
#62Craig541US #51
#63Nicholas523US #134
#64Henry522US #59
#65Harold472US #60
#66Leonard471US #85
#67Edwin465US #129
#68Terry446US #27
#69Jonathan439US #121
#70Victor431US #103
#71Marc430US #133
#72Russell427US #69
#73Gerard425US #177
#74Mitchell424US #141
#75Stanley410US #58
#76Samuel405US #71
#77Harry400US #86
#78Matthew380US #124
#79Jack379US #57
#80Randy378US #33
#81Roy375US #56
#82Jay350US #101
#83Alfred344US #116
#84Theodore339US #115
#85Salvatore334
#86Luis331
#87Neil322US #147
#88Jerry319US #31
#89Stuart317US #178
#90Allen312US #82
#91Clifford310US #112
#92Dale308US #50
#93Bernard304US #123
#94Warren294US #126
#95Fred287US #93
#96Norman284US #99
#97Ernest283US #87
#98Joel279US #127
#99Carlos265US #173
#100Nelson243

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑24Lisa#51
↑15Marc#71
↑14Robin#24
↑13Mitchell#74
↑12Wendy#52
↑12Terry#68
↑11Michelle#69
↑11Keith#46

Falling

↓14Jeanne#88
↓13Christine#38
↓11Jane#45
↓10Frances#62
↓10Kathryn#70
↓10Stanley#75
↓9Janice#48
↓9Suzanne#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.