State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1966 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 302,909 New York births in 1966 across 2,490 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.

#75Angeloutside the national top 200
#49Luis#165 nationally
#85Migueloutside the national top 200
#56Eileen#168 nationally
#90Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#94Gerardoutside the national top 200
#86Lorraine#189 nationally
#57Edwin#152 nationally
#92Alexander#182 nationally
#89Evelyn#176 nationally
#78Francis#164 nationally
#82Carmen#163 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa5,145US #1
#2Mary2,547US #3
#3Susan2,505US #6
#4Karen2,435US #5
#5Michelle2,352US #4
#6Christine2,306US #20
#7Patricia2,212US #7
#8Elizabeth1,966US #16
#9Donna1,723US #12
#10Deborah1,687US #14
#11Dawn1,644US #24
#12Kathleen1,597US #37
#13Maria1,581US #44
#14Kimberly1,574US #2
#15Michele1,566US #36
#16Jennifer1,534US #10
#17Laura1,527US #19
#18Nancy1,524US #33
#19Denise1,462US #32
#20Linda1,435US #18
#21Barbara1,352US #27
#22Kim1,294US #43
#23Jacqueline1,199US #47
#24Sandra1,191US #17
#25Diane1,160US #45
#26Amy1,148US #30
#27Cynthia1,117US #11
#28Pamela1,105US #15
#29Kelly1,101US #26
#30Debra1,092US #35
#31Lori1,060US #21
#32Theresa1,051US #46
#33Sharon1,020US #28
#34Catherine905US #54
#35Tracy898US #31
#36Julie890US #13
#37Margaret879US #55
#38Tammy869US #8
#39Melissa865US #22
#40Cheryl863US #34
#41Tina862US #23
#42Wendy856US #41
#43Robin828US #42
#44Brenda780US #25
#45Stephanie778US #38
#46Andrea771US #52
#47Jill770US #49
#48Suzanne767US #62
#49Angela766US #9
#50Carol755US #48
#51Ann749US #61
#52Gina712US #58
#53Maureen664US #119
#54Laurie635US #63
#55Janet614US #57
#56Eileen591US #168
#57Valerie567US #74
#58Teresa560US #29
#59Renee559US #66
#60Joanne551US #132
#61Carolyn550US #60
#62Colleen546US #93
#63Diana535US #64
#64Lynn533US #81
#65Anne525US #83
#66Rebecca508US #40
#67Beth494US #65
#68Tracey485US #69
#69Darlene470US #94
#70Marie468US #114
#71Christina467US #67
#72Yvette462US #143
#73Paula458US #50
#74Ellen457US #130
#75Judith456US #110
#76Stacey449US #76
#77Annette438US #79
#78Jean430US #123
#79Sheila421US #51
#80Victoria405US #103
#81Wanda401US #84
#82Carmen394US #163
#83Leslie392US #71
#84Regina390US #82
#85Katherine387US #78
#86Lorraine379US #189
#87Bonnie374US #90
#88Cindy374US #56
#89Evelyn374US #176
#90Heidi364US #87
#91Anna351US #95
#92Rhonda332US #39
#93Yvonne332US #129
#94Janice331US #80
#95Joann327US #164
#96Jodi327US #118
#97Joan319US #133
#98Sarah310US #85
#99Yolanda310US #131
#100Rose304US #141

Boys

#1Michael8,543US #1
#2John6,920US #4
#3Robert5,901US #5
#4David5,666US #2
#5James5,271US #3
#6Joseph4,088US #15
#7Richard3,665US #8
#8Thomas3,568US #10
#9William3,511US #6
#10Christopher3,340US #12
#11Anthony2,851US #22
#12Mark2,626US #7
#13Steven2,587US #13
#14Paul2,421US #18
#15Kevin2,401US #17
#16Daniel2,345US #19
#17Jeffrey2,328US #9
#18Scott2,314US #16
#19Timothy2,161US #11
#20Brian2,055US #14
#21Peter1,924US #39
#22Edward1,774US #30
#23Kenneth1,771US #21
#24Eric1,715US #25
#25Charles1,589US #20
#26Stephen1,570US #26
#27Andrew1,536US #36
#28Ronald1,321US #24
#29Frank1,278US #43
#30Gregory1,263US #23
#31Matthew1,226US #34
#32Patrick1,199US #31
#33George1,166US #37
#34Keith1,026US #32
#35Donald1,008US #27
#36Gary958US #28
#37Jose950US #79
#38Douglas944US #33
#39Vincent900US #58
#40Todd884US #29
#41Raymond866US #47
#42Sean776US #50
#43Craig707US #46
#44Dennis652US #44
#45Lawrence635US #66
#46Jonathan603US #65
#47Philip571US #86
#48Louis562US #104
#49Luis556US #165
#50Rodney520US #35
#51Adam512US #123
#52Bruce490US #53
#53Alan474US #57
#54Marc469US #105
#55Wayne457US #59
#56Carl449US #56
#57Edwin448US #152
#58Shawn447US #54
#59Nicholas441US #139
#60Victor440US #101
#61Carlos430US #138
#62Martin426US #78
#63Gerald413US #60
#64Glenn409US #90
#65Darren386US #63
#66Frederick386US #109
#67Samuel379US #81
#68Walter378US #83
#69Randy377US #45
#70Arthur373US #96
#71Juan355US #129
#72Henry353US #92
#73Ralph344US #112
#74Russell340US #61
#75Angel339
#76Howard337US #120
#77Albert336US #100
#78Francis320US #164
#79Darryl315US #88
#80Roger313US #51
#81Dean308US #84
#82Eugene306US #116
#83Jason291US #89
#84Harold282US #99
#85Miguel278
#86Antonio275US #148
#87Chris275US #55
#88Leonard272US #125
#89Andre271US #143
#90Salvatore268
#91Larry266US #38
#92Alexander264US #182
#93Barry259US #87
#94Gerard256
#95Derrick251US #127
#96Jeffery246US #42
#97Erik245US #145
#98Jay245US #91
#99Jon245US #76
#100Bryan244US #52

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑17Melissa#39
↑15Tracey#68
↑15Shawn#58
↑14Michelle#5
↑14Michele#15
↑14Tracy#35
↑13Gina#52
↑11Kelly#29

Falling

↓15Joan#97
↓15Darryl#79
↓14Jay#98
↓12Carol#50
↓12Glenn#64
↓11Barry#93
↓10Linda#20
↓10Ellen#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.