State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1976 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 212,555 New York births in 1976 across 2,991 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.

#64Angel#197 nationally
#77Omar#198 nationally
#68Edwin#188 nationally
#86Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#94Kim#195 nationally
#87Hector#180 nationally
#85Monique#170 nationally
#50Lauren#125 nationally
#70Louis#142 nationally
#67Colleen#136 nationally
#96Jermaine#164 nationally
#78Miguel#143 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,255US #1
#2Melissa1,880US #3
#3Jessica1,739US #8
#4Michelle1,621US #6
#5Nicole1,592US #13
#6Amy1,554US #2
#7Lisa1,473US #9
#8Heather1,354US #4
#9Elizabeth1,192US #16
#10Kimberly1,171US #7
#11Danielle1,082US #33
#12Christine1,061US #26
#13Kelly870US #19
#14Christina866US #14
#15Sarah828US #15
#16Rebecca820US #12
#17Stephanie802US #11
#18Maria793US #34
#19Laura772US #20
#20Karen761US #31
#21Shannon681US #17
#22Mary671US #22
#23Angela655US #5
#24Tara624US #42
#25Rachel604US #23
#26Jaime603US #29
#27Dawn590US #35
#28Michele588US #63
#29Erin586US #24
#30Julie586US #21
#31Amanda562US #10
#32Andrea556US #25
#33Jamie552US #18
#34Patricia540US #43
#35Susan519US #40
#36Denise511US #69
#37Sara491US #27
#38Tracy461US #37
#39Erica457US #54
#40Carrie443US #28
#41Stacey441US #51
#42Catherine439US #72
#43Kathleen431US #82
#44Katherine428US #57
#45Kristen418US #73
#46Cynthia415US #44
#47Jill408US #52
#48Tanya408US #61
#49Allison395US #67
#50Lauren388US #125
#51Lori380US #47
#52Sandra374US #59
#53Wendy370US #39
#54Tina367US #48
#55Stacy365US #38
#56Tiffany356US #32
#57Jacqueline351US #99
#58Tammy350US #41
#59Melanie348US #53
#60Nancy348US #87
#61Renee339US #86
#62Deborah329US #96
#63Diana329US #101
#64Kristin324US #74
#65Theresa320US #89
#66Megan314US #62
#67Colleen313US #136
#68Dana311US #64
#69Gina307US #94
#70Barbara302US #98
#71Emily302US #50
#72April300US #30
#73Sharon289US #81
#74Samantha285US #85
#75Vanessa281US #106
#76Monica278US #45
#77Natasha277US #131
#78Donna267US #93
#79Alison264US #118
#80Victoria258US #92
#81Brenda257US #77
#82Kathryn253US #88
#83Margaret252US #103
#84Pamela248US #84
#85Monique246US #170
#86Linda245US #90
#87Suzanne239US #126
#88Alicia237US #71
#89Laurie236US #137
#90Valerie235US #83
#91Anna234US #78
#92Crystal231US #36
#93Latoya228US #135
#94Kim225US #195
#95Cindy224US #120
#96Joanna223US #152
#97Ann218US #108
#98Erika210US #112
#99Veronica210US #68
#100Diane206US #155

Boys

#1Michael5,917US #1
#2Christopher3,253US #3
#3Jason3,209US #2
#4David3,165US #4
#5John2,897US #6
#6Robert2,722US #7
#7Joseph2,594US #12
#8James2,553US #5
#9Brian2,308US #8
#10Daniel2,170US #10
#11Matthew1,967US #9
#12William1,766US #11
#13Anthony1,756US #22
#14Thomas1,637US #23
#15Eric1,536US #13
#16Richard1,509US #19
#17Kevin1,444US #15
#18Steven1,307US #20
#19Scott1,242US #24
#20Jeffrey1,193US #17
#21Mark1,155US #25
#22Andrew1,094US #27
#23Paul1,048US #28
#24Timothy1,048US #21
#25Peter922US #54
#26Jose877US #44
#27Adam871US #36
#28Gregory856US #35
#29Charles807US #26
#30Edward794US #45
#31Joshua786US #18
#32Jonathan764US #31
#33Sean761US #42
#34Stephen761US #37
#35Jeremy721US #14
#36Keith696US #48
#37Kenneth688US #38
#38Patrick658US #41
#39Shawn629US #34
#40George581US #53
#41Ryan580US #16
#42Benjamin577US #32
#43Frank576US #68
#44Justin532US #33
#45Todd499US #50
#46Aaron492US #30
#47Luis489US #110
#48Ronald486US #49
#49Carlos457US #70
#50Raymond457US #65
#51Vincent453US #106
#52Craig440US #61
#53Alexander415US #107
#54Dennis414US #66
#55Juan403US #58
#56Donald399US #47
#57Douglas386US #56
#58Nicholas385US #77
#59Bryan383US #43
#60Chad382US #29
#61Marc356US #99
#62Philip354US #89
#63Samuel350US #59
#64Angel345US #197
#65Gary334US #52
#66Victor330US #100
#67Christian303US #112
#68Edwin290US #188
#69Jamie288US #62
#70Louis287US #142
#71Jesse280US #55
#72Erik272US #94
#73Lawrence256US #113
#74Nathan252US #39
#75Andre246US #125
#76Corey229US #64
#77Omar225US #198
#78Miguel224US #143
#79Jacob221US #63
#80Joel221US #72
#81Frederick218US #145
#82Brandon215US #40
#83Antonio214US #71
#84Henry212US #122
#85Carl211US #95
#86Rafael210
#87Hector203US #180
#88Martin203US #118
#89Ian199US #135
#90Alan194US #115
#91Derek191US #84
#92Damon186US #104
#93Bradley185US #51
#94Tyrone184US #146
#95Kyle182US #80
#96Jermaine181US #164
#97Jorge179US #152
#98Roberto179US #156
#99Seth177US #128
#100Shane177US #57

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑31Shannon#21
↑22Sara#37
↑17Erica#39
↑17Omar#77
↑15Monica#76
↑11Joel#80
↑10Tiffany#56
↑10Alicia#88

Falling

↓18Linda#86
↓16Kim#94
↓15Tanya#48
↓15Derek#91
↓14Shane#100
↓12Sandra#52
↓12Jacqueline#57
↓12Nancy#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.