State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1972 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 232,715 New York births in 1972 across 2,825 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.

#65Angeloutside the national top 200
#76Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#62Edwin#177 nationally
#88Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#89Joanneoutside the national top 200
#89Hectoroutside the national top 200
#98Maureenoutside the national top 200
#98Juliooutside the national top 200
#74Miguel#174 nationally
#96Jeanette#191 nationally
#86Marie#167 nationally
#95Roberto#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer5,522US #1
#2Lisa2,295US #3
#3Michelle2,109US #2
#4Nicole1,637US #10
#5Christine1,595US #16
#6Kimberly1,491US #4
#7Amy1,477US #5
#8Melissa1,415US #7
#9Elizabeth1,178US #15
#10Karen1,117US #21
#11Maria1,079US #32
#12Heather1,009US #9
#13Dawn981US #20
#14Michele970US #36
#15Mary952US #13
#16Patricia903US #27
#17Kelly893US #23
#18Denise879US #35
#19Susan850US #24
#20Laura842US #17
#21Tara820US #38
#22Stephanie800US #8
#23Julie764US #12
#24Rebecca754US #14
#25Tracy727US #19
#26Danielle709US #73
#27Tammy709US #11
#28Angela705US #6
#29Deborah698US #43
#30Kathleen697US #57
#31Christina679US #26
#32Tina671US #18
#33Jessica646US #46
#34Lori621US #28
#35Cynthia608US #25
#36Sandra605US #31
#37Andrea591US #30
#38Nancy580US #63
#39Jacqueline568US #79
#40Stacey550US #41
#41Wendy550US #29
#42Rachel544US #40
#43Catherine540US #65
#44Donna532US #45
#45Barbara513US #58
#46Tanya504US #54
#47Linda495US #51
#48Sharon489US #50
#49Kim472US #118
#50Theresa455US #68
#51Pamela451US #34
#52Gina425US #78
#53Stacy422US #33
#54Shannon420US #22
#55Brenda414US #44
#56Kristin413US #67
#57Cheryl411US #56
#58Debra411US #66
#59Renee411US #77
#60Sarah410US #49
#61Colleen405US #123
#62Diana395US #83
#63Suzanne389US #92
#64Melanie375US #42
#65Kristen369US #85
#66Jill363US #62
#67Katherine354US #69
#68Robin348US #55
#69Margaret344US #95
#70Monica337US #47
#71Diane332US #105
#72Dana329US #52
#73Laurie327US #98
#74Ann325US #91
#75Allison317US #115
#76Carmen312US #144
#77Victoria312US #99
#78Erica308US #87
#79Carrie305US #53
#80Monique297US #153
#81Anna285US #86
#82Teresa284US #39
#83Janet283US #111
#84Tracey282US #88
#85Yolanda277US #89
#86Marie274US #167
#87Erin271US #93
#88Beth270US #113
#89Joanne270
#90Kerry263US #148
#91April262US #48
#92Cindy262US #80
#93Carolyn261US #110
#94Heidi260US #64
#95Alicia257US #96
#96Jeanette255US #191
#97Jodi254US #97
#98Maureen253
#99Valerie252US #100
#100Vanessa248US #133

Boys

#1Michael6,254US #1
#2Christopher4,125US #2
#3John3,791US #5
#4David3,619US #4
#5Robert3,573US #6
#6James3,157US #3
#7Joseph2,754US #12
#8Brian2,543US #8
#9William2,298US #9
#10Richard2,125US #14
#11Jason2,118US #7
#12Thomas2,008US #20
#13Daniel2,005US #15
#14Anthony2,002US #22
#15Scott1,875US #11
#16Matthew1,825US #10
#17Kevin1,671US #13
#18Eric1,604US #16
#19Jeffrey1,551US #17
#20Mark1,549US #18
#21Steven1,484US #19
#22Paul1,321US #24
#23Peter1,218US #48
#24Edward1,115US #34
#25Andrew1,112US #30
#26Timothy1,073US #21
#27Charles1,024US #23
#28Jose984US #50
#29Gregory975US #26
#30Stephen951US #29
#31Sean942US #33
#32Kenneth938US #27
#33Keith887US #38
#34Patrick777US #35
#35Frank750US #56
#36Jonathan739US #37
#37Shawn731US #28
#38George709US #44
#39Todd694US #31
#40Adam651US #51
#41Ronald635US #32
#42Craig609US #46
#43Raymond584US #54
#44Donald576US #36
#45Luis571US #124
#46Douglas539US #43
#47Vincent503US #105
#48Gary477US #41
#49Dennis474US #52
#50Marc458US #83
#51Aaron446US #40
#52Carlos431US #84
#53Nicholas407US #99
#54Juan398US #73
#55Christian394US #96
#56Chad391US #25
#57Joshua371US #59
#58Philip366US #104
#59Victor357US #107
#60Jeremy343US #42
#61Alexander335US #129
#62Edwin333US #177
#63Lawrence329US #101
#64Ryan325US #39
#65Angel322
#66Samuel322US #66
#67Benjamin309US #64
#68Louis307US #130
#69Justin303US #60
#70Bryan300US #45
#71Erik299US #86
#72Brett295US #80
#73Jermaine280US #135
#74Miguel273US #174
#75Wayne257US #103
#76Rafael252
#77Frederick244US #116
#78Henry242US #118
#79Derek241US #67
#80Antonio240US #93
#81Gerald239US #102
#82Russell239US #69
#83Albert238US #112
#84Arthur237US #119
#85Carl236US #85
#86Jamie232US #72
#87Andre229US #128
#88Salvatore217
#89Hector216
#90Martin216US #117
#91Darren215US #106
#92Joel213US #78
#93Walter202US #98
#94Roger199US #76
#95Roberto196US #176
#96Glenn194US #134
#97Larry192US #47
#98Julio191
#99Eugene190US #145
#100Jerry190US #53

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑29Justin#69
↑23Danielle#26
↑21Erica#78
↑20Monica#70
↑17Tanya#46
↑17Brett#72
↑16Monique#80
↑15Jessica#33

Falling

↓20Maureen#98
↓19Diane#71
↓19Tracey#84
↓18Hector#89
↓17Ann#74
↓15Joanne#89
↓15Louis#68
↓14Martin#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.