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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1955 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 337,619 New York births in 1955 across 2,124 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
#89Luisoutside the national top 200
#73Gerard#179 nationally
#91Stuart#189 nationally
#74Carmen#169 nationally
#38Eileen#120 nationally
#61Nicholas#141 nationally
#86Carlos#166 nationally
#48Lorraine#126 nationally
#63Amy#134 nationally
#88Neil#159 nationally
#36Maureen#100 nationally

Girls

#1Susan5,140US #5
#2Mary5,117US #1
#3Deborah4,566US #2
#4Patricia4,421US #6
#5Linda4,062US #3
#6Barbara3,445US #7
#7Nancy3,161US #9
#8Debra3,141US #4
#9Karen3,064US #8
#10Kathleen2,977US #17
#11Diane2,745US #14
#12Donna2,691US #10
#13Carol2,234US #15
#14Elizabeth1,916US #21
#15Margaret1,697US #24
#16Denise1,619US #23
#17Sharon1,590US #16
#18Cynthia1,526US #11
#19Sandra1,496US #13
#20Pamela1,441US #12
#21Catherine1,345US #28
#22Janet1,334US #20
#23Cheryl1,256US #19
#24Joan1,203US #46
#25Robin1,196US #33
#26Theresa1,151US #38
#27Ann1,143US #43
#28Judith1,140US #31
#29Ellen1,090US #81
#30Maria1,081US #69
#31Laura1,064US #41
#32Christine1,019US #40
#33Joanne1,019US #88
#34Gail1,011US #42
#35Lisa951US #48
#36Maureen925US #100
#37Rose916US #54
#38Eileen893US #120
#39Jo870US #58
#40Lynn861US #62
#41Anne824US #84
#42Michele806US #93
#43Bonnie802US #45
#44Jean801US #60
#45Marie763US #92
#46Janice761US #25
#47Wendy759US #90
#48Lorraine737US #126
#49Jane734US #50
#50Laurie733US #91
#51Joyce700US #29
#52Valerie672US #80
#53Evelyn650US #112
#54Kathy644US #22
#55Kim626US #75
#56Brenda623US #18
#57Elaine621US #77
#58Paula621US #39
#59Virginia616US #66
#60Suzanne604US #86
#61Lori593US #89
#62Jacqueline590US #73
#63Amy586US #134
#64Diana584US #55
#65Marilyn584US #49
#66Katherine572US #65
#67Frances565US #96
#68Helen560US #78
#69Kathryn560US #59
#70Michelle556US #97
#71Dorothy552US #64
#72Teresa535US #26
#73Cathy525US #44
#74Carmen521US #169
#75Gloria521US #47
#76Judy505US #32
#77Beverly504US #34
#78Jeanne498US #115
#79Dawn496US #103
#80Sheila496US #57
#81Darlene491US #76
#82Carolyn480US #30
#83Andrea477US #139
#84Phyllis477US #74
#85Anna474US #105
#86Leslie472US #99
#87Victoria467US #82
#88Ruth466US #70
#89Angela453US #109
#90Jill452US #102
#91Colleen440US #110
#92Joann430US #136
#93Stephanie428US #114
#94Alice424US #87
#95Renee416US #117
#96Debbie394US #63
#97Yvonne390US #119
#98Beth387US #133
#99Martha386US #53
#100Betty384US #36

Boys

#1Robert8,815US #4
#2John8,551US #5
#3Michael8,442US #1
#4James6,579US #3
#5David6,209US #2
#6William5,565US #6
#7Richard5,544US #7
#8Thomas5,195US #8
#9Joseph4,871US #13
#10Mark3,295US #9
#11Steven3,168US #10
#12Paul2,932US #16
#13Peter2,639US #35
#14Gary2,628US #12
#15Charles2,489US #11
#16Edward2,432US #25
#17Daniel2,411US #17
#18Kevin2,389US #27
#19Stephen2,314US #21
#20Jeffrey2,307US #20
#21Anthony2,272US #31
#22Kenneth2,206US #15
#23Donald1,975US #14
#24George1,966US #26
#25Ronald1,870US #18
#26Frank1,713US #34
#27Timothy1,478US #22
#28Bruce1,329US #32
#29Gregory1,327US #24
#30Dennis1,310US #23
#31Brian1,263US #40
#32Douglas1,256US #29
#33Raymond1,242US #36
#34Lawrence1,180US #42
#35Christopher1,148US #49
#36Alan1,141US #43
#37Patrick995US #41
#38Andrew938US #66
#39Philip908US #62
#40Scott900US #38
#41Louis890US #82
#42Wayne872US #44
#43Vincent871US #99
#44Keith848US #39
#45Arthur789US #56
#46Jose690US #104
#47Martin684US #77
#48Howard635US #83
#49Larry627US #19
#50Ralph625US #67
#51Glenn619US #59
#52Carl617US #47
#53Walter616US #51
#54Eric614US #85
#55Francis613US #100
#56Gerald612US #48
#57Frederick606US #86
#58Craig561US #50
#59Henry558US #61
#60Barry556US #70
#61Nicholas536US #141
#62Albert529US #76
#63Roger525US #37
#64Randy512US #30
#65Russell507US #57
#66Edwin497US #124
#67Eugene485US #81
#68Jonathan459US #116
#69Harold458US #63
#70Victor458US #101
#71Leonard446US #88
#72Matthew431US #105
#73Gerard430US #179
#74Terry426US #28
#75Marc422US #126
#76Samuel416US #71
#77Mitchell413US #137
#78Stanley394US #64
#79Harry392US #89
#80Jack361US #60
#81Jerry353US #33
#82Theodore352US #120
#83Roy349US #58
#84Alfred347US #119
#85Salvatore347
#86Carlos344US #166
#87Jay342US #103
#88Neil324US #159
#89Luis318
#90Warren296US #130
#91Stuart294US #189
#92Clifford285US #118
#93Allen284US #84
#94Dale272US #52
#95Joel268US #121
#96Norman265US #102
#97Fred263US #97
#98Bernard259US #127
#99Lee254US #96
#100Rodney253US #65

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑33Lori#61
↑22Cathy#73
↑17Amy#63
↑16Lisa#35
↑16Randy#64
↑13Carlos#86
↑12Teresa#72
↑11Evelyn#53

Falling

↓19Marilyn#65
↓11Dorothy#71
↓11Beverly#77
↓11Andrea#83
↓11Ruth#88
↓11Alice#94
↓11Gerald#56
↓10Phyllis#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.