State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1965 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 317,193 New York births in 1965 across 2,477 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.

#81Angeloutside the national top 200
#55Luis#174 nationally
#85Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#86Migueloutside the national top 200
#53Eileen#157 nationally
#99Doreenoutside the national top 200
#99Hectoroutside the national top 200
#61Edwin#158 nationally
#85Evelyn#176 nationally
#100Alexander#191 nationally
#79Francis#164 nationally
#87Lorraine#170 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa5,612US #1
#2Mary3,077US #2
#3Karen3,034US #3
#4Susan2,779US #5
#5Patricia2,633US #6
#6Christine2,250US #21
#7Elizabeth2,110US #16
#8Donna1,996US #7
#9Kathleen1,824US #34
#10Linda1,768US #8
#11Deborah1,732US #13
#12Denise1,692US #28
#13Maria1,677US #46
#14Nancy1,663US #32
#15Laura1,599US #17
#16Dawn1,571US #26
#17Barbara1,489US #25
#18Diane1,371US #40
#19Michelle1,326US #18
#20Kimberly1,320US #4
#21Jennifer1,311US #20
#22Kim1,294US #43
#23Jacqueline1,262US #47
#24Debra1,234US #27
#25Cynthia1,230US #9
#26Lori1,218US #19
#27Theresa1,205US #45
#28Sharon1,187US #22
#29Michele1,186US #48
#30Sandra1,155US #15
#31Pamela1,140US #12
#32Margaret1,046US #52
#33Cheryl1,029US #31
#34Amy1,023US #35
#35Robin1,009US #33
#36Catherine979US #57
#37Wendy964US #39
#38Carol958US #42
#39Julie951US #14
#40Kelly927US #30
#41Brenda867US #23
#42Ann852US #59
#43Stephanie841US #44
#44Tammy827US #11
#45Suzanne818US #65
#46Tina805US #29
#47Angela804US #10
#48Jill773US #51
#49Tracy771US #36
#50Laurie738US #60
#51Andrea730US #63
#52Maureen715US #107
#53Eileen712US #157
#54Janet709US #55
#55Joanne668US #121
#56Melissa664US #38
#57Anne645US #77
#58Diana611US #64
#59Valerie610US #67
#60Colleen609US #93
#61Teresa601US #24
#62Carolyn593US #58
#63Renee568US #68
#64Ellen547US #117
#65Gina541US #70
#66Lynn534US #80
#67Marie529US #106
#68Annette514US #71
#69Beth513US #66
#70Darlene509US #83
#71Jean508US #112
#72Sheila503US #50
#73Christina499US #74
#74Rebecca497US #41
#75Yvette490US #154
#76Paula489US #49
#77Stacey479US #84
#78Regina472US #82
#79Judith464US #102
#80Allison458US #128
#81Katherine456US #79
#82Joan444US #116
#83Tracey436US #85
#84Victoria436US #108
#85Evelyn429US #176
#86Leslie429US #75
#87Lorraine428US #170
#88Wanda423US #81
#89Janice409US #73
#90Carmen407US #165
#91Cindy400US #53
#92Bonnie383US #89
#93Anna382US #96
#94Debbie377US #62
#95Joann375US #158
#96Jane362US #95
#97Kathy357US #54
#98Rhonda356US #37
#99Doreen349
#100Rose349US #133

Boys

#1Michael8,671US #1
#2John7,896US #2
#3Robert6,397US #5
#4David5,625US #3
#5James5,611US #4
#6Joseph4,431US #11
#7Richard3,913US #8
#8William3,877US #6
#9Thomas3,876US #9
#10Christopher3,188US #18
#11Mark2,878US #7
#12Anthony2,870US #22
#13Paul2,620US #16
#14Steven2,613US #14
#15Daniel2,611US #17
#16Kevin2,516US #13
#17Jeffrey2,214US #10
#18Timothy2,187US #12
#19Scott2,149US #15
#20Peter2,062US #39
#21Kenneth1,981US #21
#22Brian1,942US #19
#23Edward1,830US #29
#24Eric1,760US #25
#25Charles1,737US #20
#26Stephen1,691US #28
#27Andrew1,551US #37
#28Patrick1,398US #31
#29Ronald1,371US #24
#30Frank1,358US #43
#31Gregory1,308US #23
#32George1,245US #34
#33Donald1,112US #26
#34Matthew1,108US #36
#35Gary1,100US #27
#36Douglas971US #32
#37Vincent965US #61
#38Keith956US #35
#39Raymond950US #45
#40Jose872US #89
#41Todd862US #30
#42Lawrence749US #66
#43Dennis693US #44
#44Craig690US #46
#45Rodney638US #33
#46Philip615US #87
#47Louis609US #101
#48Jonathan592US #74
#49Sean590US #79
#50Marc557US #108
#51Bruce545US #50
#52Glenn536US #85
#53Alan522US #59
#54Victor505US #98
#55Luis486US #174
#56Martin482US #67
#57Wayne469US #65
#58Carl447US #54
#59Adam446US #125
#60Darren446US #52
#61Edwin439US #158
#62Carlos431US #144
#63Gerald422US #64
#64Darryl414US #68
#65Ralph410US #103
#66Henry408US #94
#67Walter406US #82
#68Nicholas398US #150
#69Arthur394US #96
#70Albert392US #100
#71Randy388US #42
#72Frederick377US #106
#73Shawn376US #69
#74Samuel373US #84
#75Russell369US #58
#76Dean365US #88
#77Howard356US #122
#78Eugene348US #120
#79Francis345US #164
#80Juan345US #140
#81Angel341
#82Barry301US #86
#83Roger299US #49
#84Jay285US #90
#85Salvatore279
#86Miguel278
#87Leonard277US #121
#88Harold272US #99
#89Chris269US #60
#90Jeffery260US #47
#91Larry260US #38
#92Jon254US #78
#93Benjamin253US #133
#94Jerry252US #41
#95Antonio249US #168
#96Theodore248US #143
#97Andre244US #165
#98Erik244US #145
#99Hector244
#100Alexander239US #191

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑43Rodney#45
↑25Melissa#56
↑21Stephanie#43
↑16Kimberly#20
↑16Sean#49
↑15Tracey#83
↑13Rebecca#74
↑13Victoria#84

Falling

↓19Kathy#97
↓17Larry#91
↓14Lorraine#87
↓13Russell#75
↓12Laurie#50
↓11Joan#82
↓11Evelyn#85
↓11Cindy#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.