State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1975 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 214,418 New York births in 1975 across 2,969 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
#82Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#68Edwin#183 nationally
#89Joanneoutside the national top 200
#94Omaroutside the national top 200
#80Hector#182 nationally
#99Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#78Kim#178 nationally
#80Monique#176 nationally
#51Lauren#144 nationally
#97Alex#175 nationally
#75Miguel#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,155US #1
#2Michelle1,836US #6
#3Melissa1,698US #4
#4Lisa1,636US #8
#5Amy1,526US #2
#6Nicole1,526US #10
#7Jessica1,379US #13
#8Heather1,309US #3
#9Kimberly1,290US #7
#10Christine1,249US #22
#11Elizabeth1,136US #15
#12Kelly988US #16
#13Danielle955US #42
#14Maria879US #30
#15Stephanie862US #9
#16Karen860US #27
#17Christina836US #12
#18Dawn775US #23
#19Rebecca749US #11
#20Laura741US #20
#21Tara718US #41
#22Sarah716US #17
#23Mary689US #19
#24Michele658US #56
#25Susan638US #32
#26Angela634US #5
#27Julie625US #18
#28Patricia611US #36
#29Tracy602US #24
#30Rachel600US #26
#31Denise548US #64
#32Andrea540US #28
#33Tanya533US #50
#34Erin497US #38
#35Kristen494US #60
#36Jill486US #46
#37Stacey484US #44
#38Kathleen478US #80
#39Amanda467US #14
#40Sandra458US #51
#41Carrie457US #29
#42Lori437US #39
#43Cynthia430US #40
#44Wendy421US #33
#45Jacqueline415US #90
#46Tina408US #35
#47Tammy406US #31
#48Nancy402US #82
#49Catherine400US #73
#50Katherine400US #58
#51Lauren396US #144
#52Shannon395US #21
#53Theresa391US #78
#54Deborah384US #86
#55Allison380US #89
#56Erica375US #63
#57Renee370US #87
#58Gina354US #84
#59Sara354US #54
#60Diana351US #100
#61Stacy350US #34
#62Sharon339US #75
#63Kristin338US #74
#64Barbara333US #83
#65Vanessa330US #115
#66Tiffany328US #37
#67Melanie325US #52
#68Linda324US #81
#69Dana308US #62
#70Megan303US #69
#71Donna299US #85
#72Emily295US #48
#73Alison290US #127
#74Colleen283US #133
#75April280US #25
#76Brenda274US #67
#77Margaret272US #98
#78Kim265US #178
#79Victoria265US #105
#80Monique262US #176
#81Pamela262US #70
#82Suzanne260US #121
#83Samantha259US #101
#84Valerie259US #92
#85Robin257US #65
#86Cheryl254US #97
#87Ann246US #104
#88Anna246US #79
#89Joanne240
#90Jodi237US #94
#91Monica232US #49
#92Carolyn231US #119
#93Crystal231US #43
#94Diane231US #142
#95Tamara231US #77
#96Veronica231US #72
#97Holly227US #55
#98Alicia224US #76
#99Cindy220US #112
#100Carmen219US #151

Boys

#1Michael6,036US #1
#2Christopher3,256US #3
#3Jason3,157US #2
#4David3,031US #5
#5John2,966US #7
#6Robert2,790US #6
#7James2,662US #4
#8Joseph2,536US #12
#9Brian2,202US #8
#10Daniel2,114US #11
#11Matthew1,923US #9
#12William1,838US #10
#13Anthony1,813US #21
#14Thomas1,642US #20
#15Richard1,572US #16
#16Kevin1,448US #15
#17Eric1,446US #13
#18Scott1,370US #17
#19Steven1,319US #18
#20Jeffrey1,265US #14
#21Paul1,167US #29
#22Mark1,144US #19
#23Andrew1,105US #28
#24Peter1,005US #54
#25Timothy999US #22
#26Jose933US #48
#27Gregory884US #33
#28Charles834US #25
#29Edward817US #41
#30Sean813US #40
#31Adam801US #38
#32Stephen797US #34
#33Jonathan769US #30
#34Kenneth742US #35
#35Keith721US #49
#36Joshua693US #26
#37Patrick666US #39
#38Shawn659US #31
#39Frank633US #66
#40George612US #53
#41Jeremy575US #24
#42Luis548US #107
#43Todd516US #43
#44Ronald513US #46
#45Ryan506US #23
#46Benjamin504US #36
#47Raymond490US #63
#48Aaron473US #32
#49Craig473US #58
#50Donald462US #42
#51Carlos451US #73
#52Justin448US #37
#53Dennis442US #59
#54Nicholas436US #81
#55Vincent432US #109
#56Marc423US #89
#57Juan408US #60
#58Chad406US #27
#59Alexander388US #105
#60Douglas371US #55
#61Philip363US #85
#62Gary357US #50
#63Bryan344US #47
#64Victor333US #95
#65Angel332
#66Christian328US #103
#67Louis319US #138
#68Edwin308US #183
#69Lawrence281US #110
#70Erik279US #87
#71Jamie277US #62
#72Samuel262US #61
#73Antonio245US #77
#74Jesse243US #64
#75Miguel239US #148
#76Derek233US #83
#77Andre220US #123
#78Henry216US #124
#79Corey212US #71
#80Hector212US #182
#81Ian208US #144
#82Rafael208
#83Martin207US #119
#84Nathan205US #45
#85Rodney203US #76
#86Shane200US #57
#87Frederick199US #141
#88Randy199US #78
#89Russell199US #82
#90Brett198US #92
#91Joel198US #74
#92Gerald197US #108
#93Albert195US #129
#94Omar194
#95Carl192US #91
#96Seth192US #136
#97Alex191US #175
#98Walter191US #112
#99Salvatore184
#100Wayne183US #120

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑41Amanda#39
↑27Lauren#51
↑25Sara#59
↑20Hector#80
↑16Jill#36
↑16Alison#73
↑15Antonio#73
↑14Corey#79

Falling

↓24Walter#98
↓20Pamela#81
↓15Deborah#54
↓15Suzanne#82
↓15Monica#91
↓14Donna#71
↓13Wayne#100
↓10Diana#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.