State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1969 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 290,190 New York births in 1969 across 2,734 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.

#61Angeloutside the national top 200
#82Hectoroutside the national top 200
#83Eileenoutside the national top 200
#85Miguel#198 nationally
#89Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#90Evelynoutside the national top 200
#91Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#47Luis#151 nationally
#57Edwin#161 nationally
#95Roberto#196 nationally
#60Alexander#150 nationally
#99Francis#189 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,074US #1
#2Jennifer3,210US #3
#3Michelle2,561US #2
#4Christine2,355US #14
#5Elizabeth1,854US #16
#6Kimberly1,846US #4
#7Karen1,792US #13
#8Susan1,765US #11
#9Melissa1,634US #5
#10Patricia1,568US #18
#11Mary1,554US #8
#12Laura1,547US #10
#13Michele1,529US #30
#14Dawn1,485US #21
#15Amy1,472US #6
#16Kelly1,407US #15
#17Maria1,390US #40
#18Kathleen1,257US #42
#19Denise1,213US #35
#20Deborah1,189US #27
#21Nancy1,086US #45
#22Tammy1,055US #9
#23Donna1,053US #26
#24Julie1,042US #12
#25Tracy1,034US #17
#26Lori995US #20
#27Sandra988US #25
#28Linda967US #33
#29Barbara914US #39
#30Nicole904US #47
#31Pamela880US #24
#32Stephanie876US #19
#33Kim875US #66
#34Cynthia834US #23
#35Jacqueline821US #62
#36Tina804US #22
#37Sharon803US #36
#38Theresa782US #49
#39Christina781US #37
#40Wendy775US #29
#41Debra773US #43
#42Catherine757US #58
#43Heather736US #34
#44Diane707US #61
#45Andrea688US #48
#46Angela677US #7
#47Ann627US #57
#48Gina622US #63
#49Jill611US #51
#50Cheryl608US #41
#51Suzanne607US #75
#52Stacey603US #52
#53Rebecca602US #28
#54Robin580US #46
#55Renee575US #67
#56Brenda562US #38
#57Colleen553US #109
#58Margaret539US #73
#59Laurie530US #79
#60Carol522US #56
#61Tracey504US #65
#62Diana501US #81
#63Rachel494US #69
#64Danielle493US #111
#65Lynn471US #103
#66Carolyn470US #71
#67Victoria466US #83
#68Joanne463US #156
#69Tara451US #107
#70Carmen431US #149
#71Anne428US #101
#72Beth426US #82
#73Teresa424US #32
#74Katherine420US #70
#75Janet417US #84
#76Stacy416US #53
#77Valerie409US #85
#78Maureen405US #161
#79Tanya401US #91
#80Paula400US #50
#81Leslie393US #64
#82Shannon393US #31
#83Eileen391
#84Yolanda388US #98
#85Yvette385US #152
#86Monica383US #59
#87Kristin378US #76
#88Sarah375US #72
#89Regina345US #86
#90Evelyn337
#91Kristen337US #96
#92Heidi335US #80
#93Anna333US #99
#94Cindy320US #74
#95Dana320US #60
#96Jodi319US #95
#97Veronica318US #108
#98Darlene317US #137
#99Marie309US #145
#100Annette307US #113

Boys

#1Michael8,003US #1
#2John5,902US #4
#3David5,358US #2
#4Robert5,293US #5
#5James4,487US #3
#6Christopher3,721US #7
#7Joseph3,654US #15
#8Thomas3,167US #13
#9William3,154US #6
#10Richard3,076US #10
#11Anthony2,637US #20
#12Mark2,502US #8
#13Scott2,487US #12
#14Daniel2,360US #18
#15Brian2,302US #9
#16Steven2,183US #14
#17Kevin2,102US #16
#18Paul2,091US #22
#19Jeffrey2,073US #11
#20Eric1,913US #21
#21Peter1,669US #43
#22Matthew1,662US #24
#23Edward1,631US #32
#24Timothy1,567US #17
#25Kenneth1,513US #23
#26Andrew1,509US #33
#27Stephen1,404US #27
#28Charles1,386US #19
#29Patrick1,223US #31
#30Gregory1,178US #26
#31Frank1,149US #47
#32Jose1,129US #56
#33Jason1,098US #25
#34Ronald1,079US #29
#35George1,033US #38
#36Sean1,023US #37
#37Todd991US #28
#38Donald874US #30
#39Douglas862US #34
#40Keith817US #36
#41Jonathan789US #46
#42Craig784US #39
#43Raymond769US #50
#44Vincent724US #70
#45Gary702US #35
#46Marc670US #63
#47Luis623US #151
#48Dennis559US #44
#49Shawn550US #41
#50Carlos546US #110
#51Adam521US #114
#52Philip495US #86
#53Victor487US #102
#54Lawrence478US #71
#55Louis474US #121
#56Nicholas453US #123
#57Edwin432US #161
#58Juan428US #104
#59Glenn421US #88
#60Alexander395US #150
#61Angel393
#62Martin388US #78
#63Samuel377US #64
#64Darren366US #60
#65Wayne366US #75
#66Carl353US #62
#67Gerald352US #65
#68Walter350US #84
#69Russell349US #57
#70Corey348US #58
#71Arthur340US #97
#72Bruce335US #72
#73Rodney326US #49
#74Frederick323US #116
#75Albert320US #108
#76Benjamin313US #91
#77Erik309US #119
#78Alan308US #76
#79Antonio303US #124
#80Dean298US #89
#81Henry296US #100
#82Hector288
#83Ralph280US #126
#84Christian279US #140
#85Miguel279US #198
#86Andre276US #149
#87Aaron274US #61
#88Leonard264US #133
#89Rafael264
#90Derrick262US #107
#91Salvatore261
#92Troy261US #42
#93Bryan259US #51
#94Eugene258US #131
#95Roberto253US #196
#96Neil251US #164
#97Randy242US #55
#98Howard240US #142
#99Francis239US #189
#100Joel237US #80

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑37Nicole#30
↑33Heather#43
↑30Tara#69
↑23Rachel#63
↑17Danielle#64
↑15Jason#33
↑14Stacy#76
↑13Juan#58

Falling

↓19Marie#99
↓19Francis#99
↓15Eileen#83
↓14Margaret#58
↓14Maureen#78
↓14Alan#78
↓13Eugene#94
↓12Janet#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.