State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1974 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 217,482 New York births in 1974 across 2,858 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.

#66Angel#198 nationally
#76Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#70Edwin#192 nationally
#78Lauren#187 nationally
#97Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#99Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#100Hector#185 nationally
#91Monique#174 nationally
#71Miguel#147 nationally
#72Kim#145 nationally
#80Jermaine#151 nationally
#67Louis#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,920US #1
#2Michelle1,883US #3
#3Lisa1,739US #8
#4Melissa1,541US #7
#5Amy1,534US #2
#6Nicole1,404US #11
#7Heather1,295US #4
#8Christine1,292US #19
#9Kimberly1,272US #6
#10Jessica1,111US #17
#11Elizabeth1,067US #12
#12Danielle991US #40
#13Karen951US #26
#14Maria876US #31
#15Stephanie870US #9
#16Rebecca849US #10
#17Dawn819US #22
#18Kelly814US #15
#19Mary799US #13
#20Michele759US #50
#21Christina722US #16
#22Patricia713US #29
#23Tara709US #39
#24Laura676US #21
#25Susan674US #27
#26Kristen654US #45
#27Angela647US #5
#28Denise641US #53
#29Sarah632US #20
#30Julie611US #14
#31Tracy601US #23
#32Rachel553US #36
#33Tanya551US #46
#34Lori548US #30
#35Andrea525US #35
#36Kathleen515US #76
#37Cynthia510US #33
#38Sandra510US #44
#39Deborah504US #68
#40Stacey493US #48
#41Jacqueline490US #83
#42Erin456US #47
#43Catherine454US #73
#44Nancy446US #78
#45Tammy445US #24
#46Shannon444US #18
#47Tina441US #25
#48Wendy425US #32
#49Carrie408US #42
#50Diana402US #87
#51Erica401US #74
#52Jill400US #58
#53Stacy391US #38
#54Theresa391US #79
#55Barbara386US #77
#56Katherine382US #62
#57Donna372US #67
#58Renee371US #85
#59Kristin369US #72
#60Gina365US #84
#61Pamela361US #54
#62Sharon361US #70
#63Linda352US #75
#64Colleen351US #123
#65Dana332US #55
#66Allison329US #99
#67Suzanne327US #111
#68April324US #28
#69Melanie321US #51
#70Brenda315US #59
#71Vanessa315US #122
#72Kim314US #145
#73Margaret308US #95
#74Debra307US #94
#75Tiffany304US #41
#76Monica297US #43
#77Cheryl294US #88
#78Lauren290US #187
#79Natasha284US #141
#80Amanda277US #34
#81Laurie268US #116
#82Victoria267US #104
#83Jodi266US #91
#84Sara265US #61
#85Emily262US #69
#86Ann261US #100
#87Diane260US #129
#88Heidi258US #60
#89Alison254US #135
#90Anna254US #82
#91Monique253US #174
#92Tracey253US #108
#93Robin252US #63
#94Tamara249US #64
#95Valerie249US #93
#96Teresa248US #52
#97Holly242US #56
#98Carolyn238US #118
#99Anne237US #120
#100Kathryn237US #98

Boys

#1Michael5,879US #1
#2Christopher3,480US #3
#3Jason3,280US #2
#4David3,247US #4
#5John3,235US #6
#6Robert2,988US #7
#7James2,783US #5
#8Joseph2,543US #12
#9Brian2,492US #8
#10Daniel2,176US #11
#11Matthew1,982US #9
#12William1,968US #10
#13Anthony1,826US #21
#14Thomas1,770US #20
#15Richard1,614US #17
#16Eric1,498US #13
#17Scott1,431US #18
#18Mark1,378US #16
#19Kevin1,370US #14
#20Jeffrey1,359US #15
#21Steven1,328US #19
#22Paul1,163US #27
#23Andrew1,063US #28
#24Peter1,063US #50
#25Timothy1,012US #22
#26Edward907US #40
#27Charles903US #23
#28Jose898US #47
#29Gregory884US #31
#30Sean861US #37
#31Stephen859US #35
#32Adam806US #36
#33Jonathan769US #33
#34Shawn741US #30
#35Kenneth727US #34
#36Keith719US #44
#37Frank669US #65
#38Patrick647US #38
#39George646US #49
#40Todd605US #39
#41Joshua576US #29
#42Jeremy564US #24
#43Ronald562US #42
#44Craig537US #57
#45Luis514US #106
#46Donald497US #41
#47Aaron493US #32
#48Raymond485US #62
#49Ryan460US #25
#50Vincent457US #107
#51Carlos450US #71
#52Marc437US #85
#53Benjamin419US #46
#54Dennis419US #59
#55Gary418US #48
#56Justin397US #43
#57Douglas389US #53
#58Nicholas388US #80
#59Chad386US #26
#60Juan381US #64
#61Philip376US #86
#62Victor354US #96
#63Christian345US #103
#64Alexander344US #112
#65Bryan335US #45
#66Angel304US #198
#67Louis301US #134
#68Samuel301US #60
#69Lawrence294US #100
#70Edwin264US #192
#71Miguel256US #147
#72Jamie241US #68
#73Henry236US #115
#74Walter234US #104
#75Andre232US #132
#76Rafael231
#77Derek228US #74
#78Jesse228US #67
#79Erik222US #90
#80Jermaine217US #151
#81Joel215US #75
#82Brett210US #95
#83Shane209US #56
#84Russell207US #84
#85Rodney206US #72
#86Martin204US #109
#87Wayne201US #120
#88Antonio200US #82
#89Damon196US #110
#90Albert195US #130
#91Nathan192US #52
#92Carl188US #89
#93Corey187US #77
#94Eugene183US #154
#95Gerald183US #108
#96Darren182US #127
#97Salvatore182
#98Frederick181US #135
#99Nelson180
#100Hector179US #185

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑31Erin#42
↑23Erica#51
↑21Vanessa#71
↑19Carrie#49
↑19Tiffany#75
↑16Jodi#83
↑15Shannon#46
↑15Shane#83

Falling

↓25Hector#100
↓16Carl#92
↓15Diane#87
↓15Robin#93
↓14Tammy#45
↓13Sharon#62
↓13Kim#72
↓13Cheryl#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.