State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1959 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 349,275 New York births in 1959 across 2,328 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.

#71Gerardoutside the national top 200
#78Luisoutside the national top 200
#93Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#95Angeloutside the national top 200
#100Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#57Nicholas#156 nationally
#37Eileen#126 nationally
#86Carmen#174 nationally
#50Edwin#137 nationally
#91Doreen#175 nationally
#79Carlos#162 nationally
#55Evelyn#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,872US #1
#2Susan4,481US #2
#3Donna3,915US #5
#4Patricia3,775US #6
#5Linda3,336US #3
#6Karen3,217US #4
#7Deborah2,708US #9
#8Nancy2,663US #14
#9Barbara2,655US #11
#10Kathleen2,571US #23
#11Elizabeth2,341US #21
#12Lisa2,341US #10
#13Diane2,260US #19
#14Debra2,153US #7
#15Carol1,781US #22
#16Cynthia1,709US #8
#17Sharon1,569US #17
#18Denise1,567US #29
#19Laura1,532US #30
#20Margaret1,476US #36
#21Sandra1,452US #13
#22Cheryl1,419US #18
#23Theresa1,384US #34
#24Robin1,328US #32
#25Lori1,293US #27
#26Pamela1,279US #12
#27Janet1,193US #28
#28Maria1,193US #62
#29Catherine1,181US #40
#30Christine1,162US #43
#31Ann1,083US #44
#32Joanne1,078US #92
#33Debbie1,064US #20
#34Kathy1,053US #15
#35Kim1,010US #35
#36Maureen959US #106
#37Eileen951US #126
#38Ellen951US #91
#39Cindy931US #25
#40Michele930US #89
#41Laurie892US #56
#42Anne882US #82
#43Joan834US #76
#44Michelle827US #47
#45Brenda820US #16
#46Valerie800US #60
#47Lynn797US #63
#48Dawn794US #54
#49Julie762US #26
#50Judith760US #70
#51Jean743US #77
#52Marie730US #104
#53Amy709US #85
#54Diana706US #49
#55Evelyn699US #134
#56Gail698US #75
#57Wendy694US #83
#58Janice675US #37
#59Darlene666US #66
#60Cathy650US #39
#61Lorraine626US #137
#62Teresa622US #24
#63Suzanne618US #96
#64Jane600US #67
#65Judy596US #41
#66Colleen589US #110
#67Rose581US #88
#68Carolyn579US #42
#69Leslie563US #84
#70Angela560US #68
#71Bonnie560US #71
#72Tina559US #53
#73Annette558US #64
#74Joyce554US #50
#75Joann536US #130
#76Andrea530US #123
#77Katherine522US #79
#78Beth520US #80
#79Elaine517US #105
#80Kathryn514US #69
#81Paula513US #51
#82Anna495US #99
#83Tammy485US #31
#84Renee483US #100
#85Jacqueline481US #111
#86Carmen479US #174
#87Jeanne478US #129
#88Sheila478US #52
#89Jill475US #86
#90Virginia465US #93
#91Doreen461US #175
#92Jennifer460US #78
#93Frances457US #124
#94Victoria453US #113
#95Helen451US #108
#96Stephanie446US #101
#97Regina442US #117
#98Dorothy432US #94
#99Ruth426US #97
#100Kimberly418US #33

Boys

#1John8,716US #4
#2Michael8,690US #1
#3Robert7,694US #5
#4James6,628US #3
#5David6,424US #2
#6Richard5,122US #8
#7William5,045US #7
#8Thomas4,962US #9
#9Joseph4,726US #13
#10Mark4,023US #6
#11Steven3,194US #10
#12Kevin2,815US #14
#13Paul2,800US #17
#14Anthony2,786US #26
#15Peter2,525US #40
#16Daniel2,491US #18
#17Timothy2,246US #12
#18Jeffrey2,235US #16
#19Charles2,209US #11
#20Edward2,150US #27
#21Kenneth2,124US #15
#22Brian2,011US #22
#23Stephen1,947US #28
#24Frank1,827US #42
#25Ronald1,816US #21
#26Donald1,764US #19
#27Christopher1,754US #35
#28George1,678US #32
#29Scott1,635US #24
#30Gary1,580US #20
#31Gregory1,404US #23
#32Douglas1,199US #30
#33Patrick1,170US #43
#34Raymond1,133US #45
#35Eric1,124US #46
#36Andrew1,120US #58
#37Bruce1,072US #38
#38Dennis1,027US #29
#39Keith954US #39
#40Lawrence912US #62
#41Vincent886US #102
#42Alan862US #50
#43Philip834US #68
#44Matthew832US #63
#45Louis767US #100
#46Jose752US #113
#47Wayne744US #51
#48Craig730US #44
#49Larry639US #25
#50Edwin636US #137
#51Martin635US #79
#52Arthur628US #76
#53Walter588US #66
#54Carl585US #54
#55Glenn573US #80
#56Randy559US #31
#57Nicholas545US #156
#58Ralph544US #84
#59Gerald526US #61
#60Howard522US #104
#61Russell519US #56
#62Barry515US #73
#63Jonathan488US #124
#64Francis486US #136
#65Victor475US #107
#66Albert470US #92
#67Eugene464US #106
#68Henry459US #83
#69Steve440US #41
#70Frederick417US #114
#71Gerard417
#72Harold413US #87
#73Dale404US #49
#74Mike402US #37
#75Roger397US #47
#76Mitchell395US #127
#77Jay388US #88
#78Luis380
#79Carlos376US #162
#80Samuel374US #86
#81Marc364US #140
#82Chris362US #72
#83Terry354US #33
#84Jerry353US #36
#85Leonard341US #109
#86Harry340US #120
#87Ricky323US #34
#88Stanley322US #98
#89Alfred312US #138
#90Theodore312US #146
#91Fred309US #112
#92Roy308US #81
#93Nelson307
#94Jack306US #85
#95Angel297
#96Dean296US #95
#97Darryl294US #130
#98Todd288US #99
#99Joe274US #57
#100Salvatore274

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑17Dawn#48
↑16Andrea#76
↑15Beth#78
↑14Colleen#66
↑13Wendy#57
↑13Tina#72
↑10Annette#73
↑10Craig#48

Falling

↓16Doreen#91
↓16Victoria#94
↓13Virginia#90
↓11Darlene#59
↓11Helen#95
↓11Leonard#85
↓10Bonnie#71
↓9Carolyn#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.