State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1971 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 262,270 New York births in 1971 across 2,839 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.

#56Angeloutside the national top 200
#71Hectoroutside the national top 200
#78Maureenoutside the national top 200
#74Joanne#188 nationally
#87Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#68Miguel#180 nationally
#66Edwin#176 nationally
#93Marisoloutside the national top 200
#98Eileenoutside the national top 200
#99Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#46Luis#138 nationally
#77Carmen#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,963US #1
#2Lisa2,735US #3
#3Michelle2,408US #2
#4Christine1,884US #18
#5Kimberly1,658US #4
#6Amy1,608US #5
#7Melissa1,538US #7
#8Karen1,446US #15
#9Elizabeth1,403US #19
#10Dawn1,259US #14
#11Maria1,246US #37
#12Nicole1,201US #27
#13Mary1,144US #9
#14Patricia1,127US #26
#15Susan1,107US #17
#16Laura1,101US #16
#17Michele1,090US #39
#18Kelly1,068US #22
#19Denise1,005US #36
#20Heather982US #12
#21Tammy973US #8
#22Tracy946US #13
#23Deborah910US #33
#24Kathleen851US #53
#25Julie823US #10
#26Lori819US #25
#27Cynthia818US #24
#28Angela809US #6
#29Stephanie797US #11
#30Sandra773US #31
#31Tara756US #49
#32Donna732US #38
#33Nancy721US #52
#34Tina712US #20
#35Christina709US #30
#36Andrea690US #35
#37Linda679US #42
#38Rebecca677US #23
#39Jacqueline669US #75
#40Wendy660US #29
#41Stacey644US #41
#42Pamela638US #28
#43Sharon636US #40
#44Catherine609US #65
#45Barbara606US #47
#46Debra568US #57
#47Kim565US #101
#48Jessica563US #64
#49Danielle557US #99
#50Gina530US #69
#51Theresa522US #61
#52Diane521US #83
#53Renee519US #73
#54Rachel507US #54
#55Diana481US #82
#56Shannon481US #21
#57Ann480US #78
#58Cheryl477US #50
#59Margaret476US #86
#60Stacy473US #32
#61Suzanne463US #88
#62Jill455US #59
#63Tanya441US #72
#64Colleen434US #121
#65Tracey421US #74
#66Kristin418US #71
#67Brenda417US #43
#68Sarah413US #58
#69Kristen402US #87
#70Dana401US #44
#71Katherine400US #67
#72Robin398US #51
#73Laurie396US #96
#74Joanne357US #188
#75Beth350US #100
#76Victoria336US #97
#77Carmen333US #153
#78Maureen330
#79Melanie329US #66
#80Allison328US #119
#81Carrie328US #55
#82Carol324US #92
#83Yolanda322US #98
#84Janet321US #112
#85Teresa320US #34
#86Carolyn318US #104
#87Jodi317US #94
#88Lynn313US #128
#89Valerie313US #102
#90Monica312US #48
#91Cindy311US #70
#92April306US #56
#93Marisol305
#94Vanessa305US #129
#95Kerry303US #145
#96Monique303US #161
#97Paula297US #63
#98Eileen296
#99Erica296US #108
#100Anne295US #122

Boys

#1Michael6,836US #1
#2John4,621US #4
#3Robert4,166US #5
#4Christopher4,132US #6
#5David4,095US #3
#6James3,705US #2
#7Joseph3,196US #15
#8William2,725US #7
#9Richard2,503US #11
#10Scott2,479US #10
#11Thomas2,478US #17
#12Brian2,326US #9
#13Anthony2,197US #23
#14Daniel2,065US #20
#15Jason2,008US #8
#16Kevin1,928US #14
#17Matthew1,853US #19
#18Jeffrey1,836US #12
#19Eric1,807US #18
#20Mark1,781US #13
#21Steven1,705US #16
#22Paul1,623US #24
#23Peter1,417US #47
#24Timothy1,334US #21
#25Edward1,264US #32
#26Andrew1,258US #33
#27Charles1,243US #22
#28Jose1,157US #55
#29Kenneth1,145US #25
#30Stephen1,129US #27
#31Sean1,122US #36
#32Gregory1,081US #26
#33Frank955US #54
#34Patrick942US #35
#35Keith915US #37
#36Shawn900US #28
#37George853US #42
#38Todd839US #30
#39Ronald774US #31
#40Adam769US #57
#41Jonathan750US #40
#42Craig711US #43
#43Douglas663US #39
#44Donald637US #34
#45Raymond625US #52
#46Luis618US #138
#47Vincent573US #87
#48Marc565US #70
#49Gary555US #38
#50Carlos529US #88
#51Dennis512US #49
#52Aaron441US #41
#53Louis438US #126
#54Lawrence431US #85
#55Philip431US #94
#56Angel410
#57Nicholas408US #123
#58Juan406US #81
#59Alexander405US #134
#60Victor392US #113
#61Chad384US #29
#62Joshua384US #80
#63Jeremy365US #45
#64Samuel358US #66
#65Erik344US #97
#66Edwin318US #176
#67Benjamin316US #69
#68Miguel311US #180
#69Bryan309US #48
#70Christian307US #122
#71Hector302
#72Frederick301US #109
#73Derek295US #63
#74Wayne291US #92
#75Carl283US #72
#76Martin279US #105
#77Antonio278US #110
#78Ryan277US #51
#79Walter275US #91
#80Gerald273US #83
#81Arthur270US #117
#82Andre269US #129
#83Glenn269US #127
#84Russell268US #64
#85Henry267US #112
#86Alan265US #99
#87Rafael259
#88Albert254US #119
#89Brett246US #90
#90Eugene238US #145
#91Troy238US #46
#92Howard237US #156
#93Ralph237US #149
#94Larry230US #44
#95Derrick228US #84
#96Kyle225US #116
#97Roger224US #71
#98Justin221US #103
#99Salvatore221
#100Darren218US #100

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑30Joshua#62
↑26Dana#70
↑20Jessica#48
↑16Tara#31
↑16Danielle#49
↑12Hector#71
↑11Stacy#60
↑11Aaron#52

Falling

↓26Darren#100
↓22Albert#88
↓16Robin#72
↓16Gerald#80
↓15Ralph#93
↓14Kim#47
↓14Valerie#89
↓13Barbara#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.