State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1970 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 296,047 New York births in 1970 across 2,906 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.

#58Angeloutside the national top 200
#73Miguel#197 nationally
#80Marisoloutside the national top 200
#81Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#83Hectoroutside the national top 200
#93Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#94Eileenoutside the national top 200
#62Edwin#167 nationally
#78Maureen#182 nationally
#48Luis#145 nationally
#82Joanne#170 nationally
#53Alexander#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,203US #1
#2Lisa3,488US #2
#3Michelle2,503US #4
#4Christine2,124US #14
#5Kimberly2,039US #3
#6Karen1,751US #12
#7Elizabeth1,718US #18
#8Dawn1,624US #16
#9Amy1,596US #5
#10Melissa1,567US #7
#11Laura1,483US #13
#12Mary1,472US #9
#13Susan1,439US #15
#14Patricia1,409US #24
#15Maria1,369US #39
#16Nicole1,355US #30
#17Michele1,334US #31
#18Kelly1,265US #20
#19Tracy1,250US #10
#20Denise1,216US #36
#21Kathleen1,121US #45
#22Tammy1,066US #8
#23Deborah1,050US #33
#24Heather1,029US #19
#25Julie987US #11
#26Cynthia981US #25
#27Sandra974US #27
#28Lori948US #23
#29Donna937US #32
#30Nancy926US #50
#31Pamela843US #26
#32Barbara838US #41
#33Kim838US #78
#34Linda822US #38
#35Sharon820US #37
#36Angela807US #6
#37Stephanie807US #17
#38Tina800US #21
#39Jacqueline788US #66
#40Christina781US #35
#41Wendy759US #28
#42Andrea755US #43
#43Theresa698US #53
#44Catherine657US #59
#45Diane653US #70
#46Stacey652US #48
#47Tara651US #69
#48Rebecca640US #29
#49Gina631US #61
#50Renee627US #68
#51Debra626US #47
#52Cheryl617US #44
#53Suzanne614US #87
#54Jill602US #52
#55Ann562US #62
#56Robin555US #51
#57Rachel554US #58
#58Shannon544US #22
#59Diana527US #89
#60Colleen525US #117
#61Brenda524US #40
#62Margaret511US #80
#63Tracey509US #55
#64Tanya507US #76
#65Danielle504US #114
#66Kristen503US #83
#67Kristin494US #63
#68Jessica481US #98
#69Victoria481US #85
#70Laurie461US #88
#71Stacy452US #42
#72Katherine450US #67
#73Sarah434US #65
#74Teresa421US #34
#75Valerie421US #97
#76Carol410US #71
#77Janet406US #96
#78Maureen397US #182
#79Lynn395US #119
#80Marisol395
#81Carolyn387US #84
#82Joanne386US #170
#83Carmen382US #152
#84Beth377US #92
#85Paula364US #57
#86Allison359US #133
#87Leslie359US #64
#88Monique356US #160
#89Yvette356US #162
#90Jodi355US #95
#91Yolanda351US #106
#92Monica348US #56
#93Anne347US #112
#94Eileen344
#95Vanessa341US #138
#96Dana331US #54
#97Anna329US #102
#98Kristine327US #109
#99Wanda326US #132
#100Tonya316US #49

Boys

#1Michael7,951US #1
#2John5,559US #4
#3David5,112US #3
#4Robert4,958US #5
#5James4,580US #2
#6Christopher4,000US #6
#7Joseph3,666US #16
#8William3,194US #7
#9Richard3,026US #10
#10Thomas2,995US #17
#11Anthony2,631US #22
#12Daniel2,363US #19
#13Mark2,362US #9
#14Brian2,355US #8
#15Scott2,335US #12
#16Jeffrey2,264US #11
#17Kevin2,257US #14
#18Steven2,094US #15
#19Eric2,052US #18
#20Paul1,881US #23
#21Matthew1,837US #24
#22Jason1,752US #13
#23Peter1,662US #44
#24Timothy1,564US #20
#25Edward1,532US #31
#26Andrew1,466US #32
#27Charles1,417US #21
#28Kenneth1,373US #25
#29Stephen1,330US #27
#30Gregory1,210US #26
#31Jose1,161US #56
#32Sean1,149US #37
#33Patrick1,112US #33
#34Frank1,056US #48
#35Todd1,041US #28
#36Ronald1,035US #29
#37George996US #40
#38Keith907US #38
#39Craig879US #39
#40Jonathan856US #42
#41Donald809US #30
#42Shawn809US #34
#43Marc766US #60
#44Raymond759US #49
#45Douglas751US #36
#46Adam741US #72
#47Gary702US #35
#48Luis693US #145
#49Vincent671US #79
#50Dennis617US #46
#51Carlos566US #98
#52Louis465US #124
#53Alexander459US #137
#54Nicholas457US #123
#55Philip452US #92
#56Lawrence433US #83
#57Victor426US #106
#58Angel417
#59Samuel414US #62
#60Juan410US #95
#61Wayne400US #80
#62Edwin397US #167
#63Aaron373US #52
#64Gerald357US #67
#65Erik351US #101
#66Albert341US #107
#67Benjamin335US #81
#68Frederick329US #115
#69Christian327US #127
#70Martin327US #93
#71Andre325US #134
#72Henry325US #104
#73Miguel318US #197
#74Darren316US #75
#75Glenn314US #109
#76Russell314US #58
#77Carl311US #66
#78Ralph307US #147
#79Walter307US #89
#80Troy300US #41
#81Rafael299
#82Alan296US #91
#83Hector293
#84Derek289US #77
#85Corey286US #84
#86Bruce285US #94
#87Derrick283US #96
#88Antonio276US #121
#89Roger274US #61
#90Arthur273US #111
#91Tyrone273US #132
#92Joshua271US #150
#93Salvatore267
#94Marcus260US #71
#95Larry258US #43
#96Lance255US #76
#97Howard252US #156
#98Eugene249US #146
#99Rodney247US #55
#100Dean246US #112

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑25Kristen#66
↑24Shannon#58
↑24Aaron#63
↑22Tara#47
↑20Kristin#67
↑19Heather#24
↑15Tanya#64
↑15Sarah#73

Falling

↓26Rodney#99
↓22Anne#93
↓20Dean#100
↓19Arthur#90
↓16Carol#76
↓16Glenn#75
↓15Carolyn#81
↓15Corey#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.