State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1973 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 217,681 New York births in 1973 across 2,816 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.

#63Angeloutside the national top 200
#80Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#77Joanne#197 nationally
#75Hector#190 nationally
#92Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#70Edwin#177 nationally
#97Eileenoutside the national top 200
#74Miguel#163 nationally
#82Carmen#156 nationally
#81Monique#154 nationally
#54Colleen#125 nationally
#44Luis#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,955US #1
#2Lisa1,966US #5
#3Michelle1,945US #3
#4Nicole1,526US #11
#5Amy1,517US #2
#6Melissa1,506US #6
#7Christine1,338US #17
#8Kimberly1,326US #4
#9Elizabeth1,160US #13
#10Heather1,108US #8
#11Maria935US #31
#12Karen922US #23
#13Stephanie867US #9
#14Michele864US #44
#15Dawn852US #21
#16Danielle838US #49
#17Tara833US #37
#18Patricia822US #27
#19Mary821US #14
#20Kelly800US #18
#21Rebecca775US #10
#22Susan768US #25
#23Denise756US #38
#24Jessica743US #34
#25Laura736US #19
#26Julie712US #12
#27Christina657US #16
#28Angela624US #7
#29Tracy620US #20
#30Kathleen604US #68
#31Tammy598US #15
#32Andrea571US #30
#33Cynthia566US #26
#34Sandra561US #39
#35Lori549US #28
#36Deborah547US #56
#37Tina540US #24
#38Stacey510US #41
#39Rachel488US #42
#40Kristen470US #58
#41Sarah466US #35
#42Wendy462US #29
#43Tanya457US #50
#44Nancy454US #77
#45Catherine445US #67
#46Barbara441US #63
#47Jacqueline429US #88
#48Donna418US #55
#49Sharon412US #57
#50Stacy409US #32
#51Theresa405US #69
#52Katherine402US #64
#53Linda400US #61
#54Colleen377US #125
#55Pamela372US #47
#56Renee371US #80
#57Jill364US #62
#58Diana360US #85
#59Kim360US #129
#60Gina359US #83
#61Shannon352US #22
#62Suzanne351US #98
#63Brenda346US #53
#64Cheryl340US #74
#65Melanie340US #43
#66Dana338US #59
#67Kristin334US #78
#68Carrie330US #46
#69Margaret328US #94
#70Debra325US #84
#71Monica318US #40
#72Diane312US #115
#73Erin311US #79
#74Erica309US #81
#75Allison305US #105
#76Ann292US #93
#77Joanne292US #197
#78Robin285US #60
#79April282US #33
#80Victoria282US #95
#81Monique280US #154
#82Carmen272US #156
#83Laurie270US #106
#84Anna265US #86
#85Tracey263US #102
#86Heidi257US #65
#87Valerie256US #96
#88Amanda254US #51
#89Holly254US #54
#90Teresa253US #45
#91Kerry249US #148
#92Vanessa249US #134
#93Melinda247US #72
#94Tiffany245US #52
#95Lynn244US #145
#96Leslie242US #75
#97Eileen240
#98Crystal238US #48
#99Jodi238US #100
#100Cindy236US #92

Boys

#1Michael5,735US #1
#2Christopher3,587US #2
#3John3,480US #6
#4David3,205US #5
#5Robert3,132US #7
#6James2,904US #4
#7Joseph2,628US #12
#8Jason2,612US #3
#9Brian2,434US #8
#10Daniel2,109US #11
#11William1,963US #9
#12Thomas1,834US #19
#13Anthony1,833US #21
#14Matthew1,807US #10
#15Richard1,744US #16
#16Kevin1,585US #14
#17Scott1,557US #18
#18Mark1,495US #15
#19Eric1,455US #13
#20Jeffrey1,373US #17
#21Paul1,238US #24
#22Steven1,170US #20
#23Peter1,044US #52
#24Andrew1,036US #29
#25Timothy965US #22
#26Edward956US #39
#27Gregory918US #26
#28Jose899US #49
#29Charles887US #23
#30Keith846US #41
#31Kenneth811US #28
#32Sean806US #36
#33Jonathan801US #31
#34Stephen795US #32
#35Shawn778US #27
#36Frank724US #61
#37Patrick708US #37
#38George680US #46
#39Adam670US #45
#40Todd624US #35
#41Craig593US #48
#42Ronald590US #40
#43Raymond545US #60
#44Luis522US #114
#45Donald503US #38
#46Vincent487US #99
#47Carlos474US #74
#48Joshua474US #42
#49Marc471US #81
#50Douglas468US #47
#51Dennis465US #56
#52Aaron437US #34
#53Juan414US #67
#54Gary411US #44
#55Jeremy403US #33
#56Chad381US #25
#57Philip376US #91
#58Nicholas375US #85
#59Christian374US #97
#60Ryan365US #30
#61Alexander353US #116
#62Victor353US #103
#63Angel350
#64Benjamin350US #55
#65Justin335US #51
#66Louis324US #135
#67Bryan306US #43
#68Samuel291US #66
#69Lawrence289US #104
#70Edwin288US #177
#71Erik282US #86
#72Derek260US #69
#73Jermaine256US #127
#74Miguel243US #163
#75Hector240US #190
#76Carl239US #90
#77Wayne237US #107
#78Brett222US #88
#79Jamie216US #70
#80Rafael216
#81Russell216US #77
#82Walter216US #101
#83Martin215US #108
#84Antonio214US #92
#85Henry214US #111
#86Albert212US #112
#87Frederick211US #120
#88Darren202US #113
#89Andre201US #132
#90Joel200US #73
#91Gerald198US #102
#92Salvatore192
#93Roger191US #84
#94Alan188US #115
#95Ralph186US #157
#96Roberto185US #166
#97Corey183US #89
#98Shane182US #54
#99Damon180US #125
#100Jerry175US #57

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑25Kristen#40
↑19Sarah#41
↑15Katherine#52
↑14Erin#73
↑14Hector#75
↑12Joanne#77
↑12April#79
↑12Valerie#87

Falling

↓12Debra#70
↓11Kristin#67
↓10Kim#59
↓10Robin#78
↓10Laurie#83
↓10Frederick#87
↓10Gerald#91
↓8Jacqueline#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.