State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1957 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 350,595 New York births in 1957 across 2,228 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.

#81Luisoutside the national top 200
#73Gerard#189 nationally
#89Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#92Angeloutside the national top 200
#96Stuart#194 nationally
#85Carlos#173 nationally
#67Nicholas#152 nationally
#87Carmen#172 nationally
#99Neil#181 nationally
#40Eileen#120 nationally
#52Lorraine#129 nationally
#57Edwin#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary5,272US #1
#2Susan5,095US #2
#3Patricia4,104US #8
#4Karen3,761US #5
#5Linda3,564US #3
#6Deborah3,433US #6
#7Barbara3,177US #9
#8Nancy2,923US #11
#9Donna2,922US #10
#10Debra2,896US #4
#11Kathleen2,624US #21
#12Diane2,623US #17
#13Cynthia2,323US #7
#14Elizabeth2,171US #22
#15Carol2,120US #18
#16Sharon1,747US #14
#17Denise1,611US #25
#18Margaret1,530US #29
#19Lisa1,510US #26
#20Sandra1,398US #15
#21Cheryl1,388US #16
#22Catherine1,349US #37
#23Cindy1,343US #19
#24Theresa1,295US #36
#25Laura1,275US #31
#26Janet1,255US #23
#27Robin1,228US #30
#28Pamela1,222US #12
#29Christine1,166US #41
#30Maria1,155US #71
#31Kim1,116US #35
#32Joanne1,099US #94
#33Ann1,096US #44
#34Ellen1,092US #85
#35Maureen994US #103
#36Joan976US #60
#37Kathy953US #20
#38Brenda939US #13
#39Gail934US #54
#40Eileen932US #120
#41Lori916US #45
#42Judith882US #53
#43Laurie848US #73
#44Lynn844US #61
#45Jean841US #67
#46Anne838US #86
#47Michele815US #99
#48Debbie798US #27
#49Diana786US #43
#50Jane760US #56
#51Marie755US #98
#52Lorraine741US #129
#53Rose722US #69
#54Darlene710US #57
#55Evelyn696US #125
#56Janice687US #32
#57Bonnie677US #64
#58Julie676US #28
#59Amy670US #114
#60Cathy658US #39
#61Valerie654US #76
#62Michelle653US #79
#63Jo636US #83
#64Carolyn634US #33
#65Wendy621US #101
#66Joyce618US #40
#67Judy610US #38
#68Leslie607US #77
#69Suzanne586US #102
#70Teresa580US #24
#71Dawn572US #93
#72Andrea570US #130
#73Elaine559US #96
#74Paula545US #49
#75Virginia540US #75
#76Jacqueline528US #91
#77Jeanne527US #117
#78Victoria525US #88
#79Katherine523US #72
#80Doreen522US #150
#81Dorothy519US #74
#82Kathryn516US #65
#83Angela513US #89
#84Helen495US #95
#85Anna475US #105
#86Beth472US #108
#87Carmen472US #172
#88Sheila468US #58
#89Stephanie458US #110
#90Marianne457US #139
#91Colleen454US #118
#92Ruth446US #84
#93Frances444US #113
#94Jill443US #100
#95Marilyn436US #82
#96Gloria435US #66
#97Tina430US #80
#98Renee419US #111
#99Annette416US #97
#100Rebecca415US #34

Boys

#1Michael9,127US #1
#2John8,608US #5
#3Robert8,470US #4
#4James6,640US #2
#5David5,971US #3
#6Richard5,415US #8
#7William5,379US #6
#8Thomas5,138US #9
#9Joseph4,968US #12
#10Mark3,977US #7
#11Steven3,278US #10
#12Paul3,014US #18
#13Kevin2,890US #20
#14Peter2,618US #37
#15Daniel2,604US #16
#16Anthony2,547US #27
#17Edward2,359US #25
#18Charles2,358US #11
#19Gary2,238US #13
#20Kenneth2,216US #14
#21Jeffrey2,209US #21
#22Stephen2,141US #24
#23Brian2,030US #26
#24Ronald1,949US #17
#25Donald1,929US #15
#26George1,860US #29
#27Frank1,801US #38
#28Timothy1,794US #19
#29Gregory1,422US #23
#30Douglas1,328US #30
#31Christopher1,288US #43
#32Raymond1,285US #39
#33Scott1,254US #32
#34Bruce1,196US #34
#35Andrew1,173US #56
#36Lawrence1,169US #46
#37Patrick1,056US #41
#38Dennis1,031US #28
#39Keith969US #36
#40Vincent939US #97
#41Alan910US #48
#42Philip847US #68
#43Louis826US #86
#44Wayne826US #47
#45Eric786US #60
#46Larry744US #22
#47Arthur732US #66
#48Martin728US #69
#49Jose726US #109
#50Glenn691US #62
#51Howard635US #89
#52Matthew628US #83
#53Walter613US #58
#54Ralph594US #76
#55Randy591US #31
#56Gerald563US #51
#57Edwin558US #134
#58Carl554US #49
#59Frederick553US #99
#60Barry539US #72
#61Henry531US #75
#62Craig519US #55
#63Francis514US #128
#64Russell511US #54
#65Victor504US #98
#66Albert500US #84
#67Nicholas498US #152
#68Jonathan480US #124
#69Mitchell465US #125
#70Roger461US #42
#71Eugene445US #92
#72Leonard441US #94
#73Gerard437US #189
#74Samuel436US #82
#75Marc403US #139
#76Harold397US #74
#77Jay393US #88
#78Jerry393US #35
#79Terry387US #33
#80Jack375US #67
#81Luis371
#82Steve371US #44
#83Stanley356US #81
#84Roy347US #65
#85Carlos344US #173
#86Dale341US #50
#87Alfred325US #131
#88Harry319US #100
#89Salvatore312
#90Theodore308US #132
#91Fred306US #103
#92Angel301
#93Dean298US #93
#94Bernard292US #137
#95Jeffery278US #52
#96Stuart274US #194
#97Joel273US #104
#98Mike273US #53
#99Neil272US #181
#100Ricky272US #40

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑37Julie#58
↑33Cindy#23
↑32Debbie#48
↑20Leslie#68
↑19Brenda#38
↑18Carolyn#64
↑16Judy#67
↑15Diana#49

Falling

↓22Marilyn#95
↓20Jo#63
↓15Helen#84
↓15Frances#93
↓14Elaine#73
↓12Wendy#65
↓12Joyce#66
↓12Carmen#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.