State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1968 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 283,980 New York births in 1968 across 2,567 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.

#62Angeloutside the national top 200
#68Eileen#197 nationally
#82Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#83Hectoroutside the national top 200
#86Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#88Migueloutside the national top 200
#82Evelyn#192 nationally
#45Luis#152 nationally
#61Edwin#160 nationally
#99Roberto#195 nationally
#80Francis#175 nationally
#68Alexander#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,435US #1
#2Jennifer2,512US #4
#3Michelle2,471US #2
#4Christine2,292US #14
#5Karen1,979US #9
#6Susan1,826US #10
#7Elizabeth1,803US #17
#8Mary1,798US #6
#9Kimberly1,737US #3
#10Patricia1,725US #15
#11Laura1,696US #11
#12Michele1,484US #29
#13Dawn1,467US #21
#14Kelly1,430US #12
#15Maria1,403US #41
#16Deborah1,302US #27
#17Kathleen1,299US #40
#18Melissa1,273US #5
#19Denise1,255US #35
#20Amy1,253US #13
#21Donna1,197US #24
#22Nancy1,162US #39
#23Linda1,088US #28
#24Tammy1,084US #8
#25Lori1,030US #22
#26Barbara1,014US #36
#27Jacqueline972US #50
#28Pamela967US #20
#29Cynthia939US #19
#30Kim921US #57
#31Julie910US #16
#32Sandra904US #26
#33Tina874US #18
#34Debra851US #38
#35Tracy840US #25
#36Stephanie823US #23
#37Sharon819US #32
#38Theresa819US #47
#39Diane801US #51
#40Wendy800US #31
#41Catherine782US #56
#42Christina739US #44
#43Angela727US #7
#44Margaret711US #63
#45Andrea696US #48
#46Jill694US #46
#47Cheryl684US #37
#48Suzanne682US #69
#49Ann672US #54
#50Gina659US #58
#51Robin659US #43
#52Brenda612US #34
#53Carol567US #49
#54Renee564US #65
#55Rebecca561US #33
#56Diana547US #71
#57Stacey533US #55
#58Laurie523US #79
#59Colleen518US #101
#60Lynn511US #85
#61Carolyn501US #61
#62Anne487US #88
#63Janet485US #73
#64Maureen485US #148
#65Beth472US #74
#66Tracey460US #72
#67Nicole457US #108
#68Eileen452US #197
#69Valerie447US #77
#70Victoria443US #82
#71Teresa438US #30
#72Carmen434US #141
#73Joanne428US #154
#74Yvette406US #144
#75Katherine403US #75
#76Heather401US #62
#77Paula400US #45
#78Yolanda383US #93
#79Leslie378US #66
#80Marie369US #135
#81Danielle362US #133
#82Evelyn357US #192
#83Wanda357US #115
#84Tanya355US #106
#85Anna353US #99
#86Rachel349US #92
#87Monica347US #68
#88Kristen340US #107
#89Kristin337US #84
#90Stacy333US #64
#91Darlene330US #121
#92Cindy325US #67
#93Sheila323US #59
#94Heidi321US #89
#95Jodi321US #97
#96Annette319US #102
#97Sarah318US #78
#98Regina313US #81
#99Tara303US #147
#100Jeanette302US #183

Boys

#1Michael7,901US #1
#2John5,953US #3
#3Robert5,511US #5
#4David5,445US #2
#5James4,685US #4
#6Joseph3,659US #16
#7Christopher3,466US #9
#8Richard3,299US #8
#9William3,262US #6
#10Thomas3,198US #12
#11Mark2,714US #7
#12Anthony2,608US #21
#13Daniel2,301US #18
#14Scott2,268US #14
#15Paul2,224US #19
#16Brian2,147US #10
#17Jeffrey2,078US #11
#18Steven2,077US #15
#19Kevin2,073US #17
#20Timothy1,840US #13
#21Eric1,822US #22
#22Peter1,725US #39
#23Edward1,597US #31
#24Matthew1,564US #24
#25Charles1,469US #20
#26Kenneth1,459US #23
#27Andrew1,441US #34
#28Stephen1,403US #27
#29Patrick1,262US #30
#30Frank1,139US #49
#31Gregory1,134US #26
#32Ronald1,118US #25
#33George1,070US #36
#34Jose1,045US #58
#35Sean1,009US #37
#36Todd988US #28
#37Donald915US #29
#38Keith882US #35
#39Douglas878US #33
#40Raymond812US #50
#41Gary783US #32
#42Vincent747US #73
#43Craig725US #41
#44Jonathan671US #53
#45Luis585US #152
#46Marc583US #84
#47Dennis563US #45
#48Jason561US #47
#49Lawrence547US #67
#50Philip515US #82
#51Adam482US #119
#52Louis475US #109
#53Shawn458US #43
#54Carlos457US #121
#55Nicholas448US #118
#56Victor421US #101
#57Gerald397US #62
#58Glenn388US #92
#59Wayne387US #63
#60Martin380US #68
#61Edwin375US #160
#62Angel365
#63Russell362US #56
#64Alan359US #74
#65Rodney355US #42
#66Bruce349US #61
#67Carl344US #59
#68Alexander340US #154
#69Samuel338US #66
#70Dean332US #78
#71Juan329US #112
#72Darren328US #60
#73Albert321US #103
#74Walter319US #83
#75Henry316US #95
#76Frederick311US #113
#77Arthur303US #98
#78Roger294US #55
#79Erik288US #125
#80Francis287US #175
#81Eugene284US #126
#82Salvatore281
#83Hector279
#84Benjamin278US #99
#85Ralph277US #127
#86Rafael276
#87Jeffery272US #46
#88Miguel266
#89Randy262US #54
#90Andre259US #145
#91Antonio256US #134
#92Bryan254US #51
#93Howard254US #133
#94Troy242US #40
#95Joel241US #80
#96Derrick238US #116
#97Jay231US #88
#98Jerry223US #44
#99Roberto223US #195
#100Jon222US #65

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑21Heather#76
↑20Alexander#68
↑16Nicole#67
↑14Christina#42
↑14Rachel#86
↑13Rebecca#55
↑13Rafael#86
↑12Tammy#24

Falling

↓18Sheila#93
↓16Howard#93
↓15Annette#96
↓14Regina#98
↓14Ralph#85
↓13Derrick#96
↓12Carl#67
↓11Diane#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.