State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1963 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 337,767 New York births in 1963 across 2,456 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.

#58Luisoutside the national top 200
#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Angeloutside the national top 200
#92Doreen#200 nationally
#93Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#96Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#98Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#100Migueloutside the national top 200
#56Nicholas#155 nationally
#52Edwin#148 nationally
#47Eileen#141 nationally
#70Lorraine#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa5,138US #1
#2Mary3,784US #2
#3Susan3,661US #3
#4Karen3,115US #4
#5Patricia2,994US #7
#6Linda2,541US #5
#7Donna2,540US #6
#8Elizabeth2,207US #20
#9Deborah2,105US #13
#10Nancy1,992US #23
#11Kathleen1,983US #28
#12Laura1,972US #16
#13Barbara1,938US #17
#14Christine1,845US #29
#15Lori1,789US #8
#16Maria1,706US #43
#17Denise1,683US #27
#18Diane1,529US #31
#19Sandra1,489US #9
#20Debra1,439US #21
#21Sharon1,409US #19
#22Cynthia1,370US #10
#23Theresa1,362US #38
#24Pamela1,321US #14
#25Robin1,251US #25
#26Carol1,177US #33
#27Michelle1,171US #26
#28Margaret1,167US #46
#29Catherine1,164US #53
#30Laurie1,115US #47
#31Cheryl1,106US #24
#32Jacqueline1,087US #51
#33Michele1,073US #59
#34Kim1,069US #39
#35Brenda1,023US #15
#36Ann971US #57
#37Dawn966US #52
#38Jennifer921US #36
#39Janet918US #40
#40Amy882US #54
#41Suzanne880US #65
#42Tammy879US #12
#43Kimberly862US #11
#44Kelly847US #32
#45Joanne838US #114
#46Maureen836US #108
#47Eileen823US #141
#48Anne783US #80
#49Julie767US #22
#50Tina744US #35
#51Wendy744US #60
#52Angela705US #30
#53Teresa702US #18
#54Lynn701US #73
#55Ellen688US #112
#56Carolyn680US #56
#57Valerie669US #69
#58Diana666US #62
#59Paula643US #42
#60Tracy639US #48
#61Colleen619US #98
#62Andrea618US #89
#63Kathy610US #34
#64Debbie604US #41
#65Joan598US #95
#66Beth593US #66
#67Jill589US #68
#68Renee588US #74
#69Jean584US #97
#70Lorraine583US #154
#71Marie581US #109
#72Darlene569US #85
#73Gina566US #79
#74Judith565US #91
#75Sheila551US #50
#76Annette546US #71
#77Stephanie543US #64
#78Cindy531US #37
#79Evelyn525US #159
#80Gail513US #105
#81Leslie506US #72
#82Wanda498US #76
#83Janice494US #63
#84Bonnie478US #83
#85Melissa474US #61
#86Katherine472US #87
#87Jane467US #75
#88Yvette455US #170
#89Carmen438US #168
#90Joann438US #151
#91Christina430US #107
#92Doreen425US #200
#93Rose416US #118
#94Regina415US #92
#95Elaine413US #134
#96Victoria407US #130
#97Cathy406US #67
#98Helen402US #124
#99Anna397US #102
#100Kathryn388US #93

Boys

#1Michael9,238US #1
#2John8,671US #2
#3Robert7,019US #5
#4David6,282US #3
#5James5,921US #4
#6Joseph4,618US #13
#7Richard4,512US #8
#8William4,351US #7
#9Thomas4,339US #9
#10Mark3,707US #6
#11Anthony3,039US #22
#12Paul2,935US #17
#13Steven2,780US #14
#14Kevin2,768US #11
#15Daniel2,599US #19
#16Scott2,507US #12
#17Jeffrey2,467US #10
#18Christopher2,350US #26
#19Peter2,110US #40
#20Timothy2,093US #15
#21Kenneth2,006US #18
#22Edward2,002US #27
#23Brian1,943US #20
#24Charles1,907US #16
#25Stephen1,740US #29
#26Frank1,591US #41
#27Gregory1,512US #21
#28Ronald1,446US #23
#29Andrew1,405US #42
#30Eric1,351US #31
#31Donald1,349US #25
#32Gary1,285US #24
#33George1,270US #34
#34Patrick1,251US #35
#35Douglas1,184US #28
#36Raymond1,089US #45
#37Vincent1,001US #61
#38Keith984US #33
#39Matthew919US #50
#40Jose918US #98
#41Todd894US #30
#42Lawrence873US #68
#43Dennis736US #39
#44Bruce727US #43
#45Louis669US #104
#46Philip667US #83
#47Craig658US #51
#48Glenn648US #64
#49Alan644US #56
#50Martin610US #62
#51Jonathan582US #88
#52Edwin568US #148
#53Carl536US #54
#54Gerald517US #60
#55Wayne516US #63
#56Nicholas507US #155
#57Marc503US #123
#58Luis494
#59Arthur481US #91
#60Victor480US #97
#61Walter461US #77
#62Larry449US #36
#63Albert446US #100
#64Adam437US #145
#65Randy437US #37
#66Roger435US #53
#67Barry434US #67
#68Ralph430US #99
#69Russell429US #57
#70Frederick421US #117
#71Howard406US #114
#72Samuel403US #87
#73Darryl400US #80
#74Henry400US #94
#75Eugene377US #112
#76Francis375US #153
#77Carlos369US #156
#78Chris367US #59
#79Harold346US #96
#80Dean338US #86
#81Gerard329
#82Terry326US #32
#83Juan322US #147
#84Leonard315US #118
#85Jay303US #85
#86Jeffery300US #46
#87Sean295US #151
#88Theodore293US #142
#89Jerry282US #38
#90Angel280
#91Steve280US #49
#92Jerome278US #128
#93Salvatore278
#94Dale271US #69
#95Mitchell269US #127
#96Alexander267
#97Shawn264US #108
#98Nelson261
#99Allen260US #90
#100Miguel255

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑25Paula#59
↑24Tammy#42
↑21Gina#73
↑13Adam#64
↑12Kimberly#43
↑11Jennifer#38
↑11Darlene#72
↑9Beth#66

Falling

↓15Chris#78
↓14Cindy#78
↓14Jane#87
↓12Cathy#97
↓11Carolyn#56
↓11Debbie#64
↓10Anna#99
↓10Jay#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.