State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1964 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 332,840 New York births in 1964 across 2,522 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.

#54Luis#175 nationally
#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#85Angeloutside the national top 200
#86Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#88Doreenoutside the national top 200
#89Migueloutside the national top 200
#90Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#99Hectoroutside the national top 200
#54Eileen#153 nationally
#59Nicholas#158 nationally
#56Edwin#153 nationally
#73Lorraine#165 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,965US #1
#2Mary3,622US #2
#3Susan3,265US #3
#4Patricia2,911US #5
#5Karen2,783US #4
#6Donna2,334US #7
#7Elizabeth2,268US #16
#8Linda2,196US #8
#9Christine2,003US #28
#10Kathleen1,986US #30
#11Deborah1,943US #12
#12Laura1,917US #14
#13Denise1,813US #25
#14Nancy1,783US #26
#15Maria1,750US #41
#16Barbara1,660US #19
#17Diane1,617US #32
#18Jacqueline1,521US #37
#19Dawn1,513US #33
#20Michelle1,366US #23
#21Lori1,339US #15
#22Sandra1,333US #13
#23Debra1,332US #24
#24Theresa1,322US #38
#25Cynthia1,272US #9
#26Sharon1,234US #20
#27Pamela1,216US #11
#28Robin1,170US #27
#29Margaret1,159US #49
#30Carol1,135US #36
#31Michele1,127US #58
#32Catherine1,093US #54
#33Jennifer1,072US #31
#34Kim1,054US #42
#35Cheryl1,040US #29
#36Kimberly1,039US #6
#37Ann937US #60
#38Laurie916US #59
#39Amy908US #44
#40Kelly876US #35
#41Julie854US #17
#42Tammy851US #10
#43Brenda850US #18
#44Maureen837US #107
#45Suzanne833US #67
#46Wendy829US #55
#47Anne798US #76
#48Angela792US #22
#49Janet762US #48
#50Tina755US #34
#51Joanne748US #116
#52Tracy720US #40
#53Valerie719US #66
#54Eileen712US #153
#55Carolyn707US #56
#56Colleen668US #94
#57Andrea658US #77
#58Diana651US #63
#59Jill646US #61
#60Lynn645US #72
#61Annette638US #68
#62Teresa638US #21
#63Darlene631US #80
#64Stephanie605US #57
#65Renee587US #71
#66Beth578US #65
#67Marie571US #110
#68Ellen557US #119
#69Jean556US #100
#70Paula549US #45
#71Joan540US #99
#72Gina534US #79
#73Lorraine524US #165
#74Evelyn522US #162
#75Judith506US #98
#76Katherine505US #82
#77Sheila500US #51
#78Kathy498US #39
#79Yvette487US #155
#80Cindy486US #47
#81Melissa480US #53
#82Regina476US #83
#83Christina470US #88
#84Leslie461US #73
#85Debbie460US #52
#86Wanda455US #81
#87Rebecca450US #46
#88Doreen443
#89Janice441US #69
#90Bonnie426US #89
#91Jane425US #93
#92Joann416US #148
#93Carmen409US #164
#94Rose401US #120
#95Kathryn396US #84
#96Gail392US #125
#97Victoria392US #129
#98Tracey388US #111
#99Yvonne376US #130
#100Anna375US #97

Boys

#1John8,890US #2
#2Michael8,852US #1
#3Robert6,913US #5
#4James6,060US #4
#5David6,034US #3
#6Joseph4,539US #11
#7Richard4,303US #8
#8Thomas4,210US #9
#9William4,204US #7
#10Mark3,402US #6
#11Anthony2,979US #21
#12Paul2,936US #16
#13Steven2,721US #12
#14Kevin2,707US #13
#15Daniel2,529US #19
#16Christopher2,506US #23
#17Jeffrey2,356US #10
#18Scott2,353US #14
#19Kenneth2,131US #18
#20Peter2,119US #39
#21Timothy2,098US #15
#22Brian1,992US #20
#23Edward1,941US #27
#24Charles1,775US #17
#25Stephen1,691US #29
#26Andrew1,621US #37
#27Frank1,611US #41
#28Eric1,576US #32
#29Patrick1,519US #30
#30Gregory1,482US #22
#31Ronald1,359US #24
#32George1,352US #33
#33Donald1,262US #25
#34Gary1,192US #26
#35Douglas1,116US #31
#36Keith1,031US #34
#37Matthew1,011US #43
#38Raymond1,001US #44
#39Vincent974US #64
#40Jose930US #94
#41Todd889US #28
#42Lawrence736US #68
#43Dennis724US #42
#44Philip696US #76
#45Louis675US #102
#46Craig647US #48
#47Alan631US #53
#48Bruce623US #46
#49Jonathan566US #83
#50Wayne558US #61
#51Martin527US #63
#52Marc521US #113
#53Glenn516US #81
#54Luis515US #175
#55Carl506US #55
#56Edwin495US #153
#57Adam493US #122
#58Victor484US #97
#59Nicholas465US #158
#60Arthur458US #91
#61Gerald450US #60
#62Russell446US #58
#63Frederick439US #105
#64Walter432US #80
#65Sean422US #118
#66Ralph417US #103
#67Howard416US #116
#68Albert413US #100
#69Randy413US #38
#70Henry387US #92
#71Darryl381US #87
#72Carlos379US #150
#73Eugene379US #114
#74Larry379US #36
#75Samuel374US #86
#76Francis372US #159
#77Roger368US #49
#78Barry341US #69
#79Leonard341US #115
#80Gerard339
#81Chris325US #65
#82Dean307US #85
#83Juan307US #148
#84Shawn306US #88
#85Angel300
#86Salvatore297
#87Jeffery292US #45
#88Rodney288US #59
#89Miguel285
#90Alexander283
#91Steve280US #51
#92Harold275US #98
#93Jerry271US #40
#94Jay268US #84
#95Theodore263US #152
#96Jack259US #99
#97Andre257US #164
#98Antonio254US #168
#99Hector253
#100Neil248US #182

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑22Sean#65
↑18Dawn#19
↑15Annette#61
↑14Jacqueline#18
↑13Stephanie#64
↑13Shawn#84
↑12Regina#82
↑11Miguel#89

Falling

↓21Debbie#85
↓16Gail#96
↓15Kathy#78
↓13Ellen#68
↓13Harold#92
↓12Larry#74
↓11Paula#70
↓11Roger#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.