State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1977 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 215,454 New York births in 1977 across 3,038 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.

#67Angel#189 nationally
#83Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#70Edwin#180 nationally
#85Omar#193 nationally
#92Hector#199 nationally
#69Colleen#145 nationally
#85Monique#161 nationally
#97Jermaine#172 nationally
#100Aisha#175 nationally
#69Louis#143 nationally
#89Dwayne#163 nationally
#41Lauren#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,987US #1
#2Jessica2,157US #4
#3Melissa1,893US #2
#4Nicole1,609US #15
#5Michelle1,552US #7
#6Lisa1,431US #12
#7Elizabeth1,336US #13
#8Amy1,324US #3
#9Kelly1,286US #10
#10Danielle1,212US #31
#11Heather1,168US #5
#12Kimberly1,158US #8
#13Christine1,064US #30
#14Sarah1,022US #11
#15Christina1,000US #16
#16Rebecca847US #17
#17Laura765US #20
#18Stephanie751US #14
#19Erin733US #23
#20Tara731US #35
#21Karen722US #32
#22Maria709US #36
#23Mary664US #21
#24Angela658US #6
#25Shannon634US #19
#26Amanda607US #9
#27Rachel597US #26
#28Jamie579US #18
#29Andrea575US #24
#30Julie553US #22
#31Sara531US #27
#32Jaime509US #46
#33Dawn496US #43
#34Erica496US #38
#35Michele473US #77
#36Carrie471US #28
#37Patricia464US #47
#38Susan453US #45
#39Jill452US #41
#40Kathleen426US #80
#41Lauren426US #114
#42Cynthia424US #48
#43Stacey421US #56
#44Denise418US #78
#45Katherine417US #44
#46Tracy402US #50
#47Kristen396US #72
#48Tanya392US #67
#49Catherine375US #75
#50Stacy374US #42
#51Jacqueline372US #92
#52Melanie370US #53
#53Wendy370US #49
#54Emily369US #37
#55Vanessa367US #90
#56Allison350US #66
#57Megan348US #54
#58Tiffany346US #34
#59Sabrina340US #63
#60Kristin339US #82
#61Renee330US #87
#62Diana325US #100
#63Dana321US #62
#64Gina320US #88
#65Theresa313US #98
#66Sandra312US #61
#67Crystal303US #25
#68Lori303US #57
#69Colleen294US #145
#70Nancy294US #89
#71Tina293US #58
#72April284US #29
#73Tammy282US #55
#74Barbara281US #101
#75Natasha274US #116
#76Samantha270US #85
#77Monica266US #39
#78Kathryn260US #70
#79Sharon258US #95
#80Deborah254US #109
#81Suzanne251US #121
#82Linda250US #99
#83Beth248US #97
#84Erika248US #103
#85Monique245US #161
#86Natalie244US #69
#87Veronica241US #73
#88Alison239US #122
#89Cindy239US #132
#90Alicia236US #60
#91Margaret234US #111
#92Jaclyn233US #148
#93Marie232US #149
#94Courtney228US #76
#95Pamela225US #102
#96Victoria224US #107
#97Latoya222US #125
#98Valerie219US #86
#99Kristy216US #68
#100Aisha213US #175

Boys

#1Michael6,013US #1
#2Jason3,462US #2
#3Christopher3,122US #3
#4David3,014US #4
#5John2,831US #7
#6Joseph2,734US #10
#7Robert2,674US #6
#8James2,578US #5
#9Brian2,398US #8
#10Daniel2,298US #11
#11Matthew2,034US #9
#12Anthony1,791US #21
#13William1,745US #12
#14Thomas1,600US #22
#15Kevin1,589US #13
#16Richard1,477US #20
#17Eric1,412US #17
#18Steven1,239US #23
#19Andrew1,232US #24
#20Jeffrey1,223US #19
#21Timothy1,136US #18
#22Mark1,116US #25
#23Scott1,091US #27
#24Paul1,074US #31
#25Peter993US #55
#26Joshua883US #14
#27Gregory876US #35
#28Adam861US #33
#29Jonathan853US #28
#30Jeremy820US #15
#31Jose813US #45
#32Charles802US #26
#33Sean778US #43
#34Stephen771US #38
#35Ryan762US #16
#36Edward681US #47
#37Patrick669US #40
#38Keith655US #48
#39Shawn641US #37
#40Benjamin638US #29
#41Kenneth624US #39
#42Justin608US #30
#43Frank576US #71
#44George568US #57
#45Nicholas525US #51
#46Aaron514US #32
#47Todd477US #50
#48Luis465US #108
#49Raymond429US #65
#50Donald424US #46
#51Vincent408US #110
#52Alexander401US #96
#53Ronald398US #53
#54Craig392US #64
#55Juan390US #63
#56Carlos384US #74
#57Dennis375US #68
#58Bryan374US #42
#59Marc369US #101
#60Douglas367US #59
#61Chad363US #34
#62Corey352US #52
#63Philip352US #90
#64Samuel345US #60
#65Christian337US #116
#66Victor337US #104
#67Angel335US #189
#68Gary328US #58
#69Louis302US #143
#70Edwin301US #180
#71Jesse284US #54
#72Lawrence277US #115
#73Nathan254US #36
#74Andre248US #134
#75Erik241US #94
#76Miguel238US #145
#77Jacob237US #56
#78Antonio223US #77
#79Cory219US #67
#80Joel209US #73
#81Henry204US #127
#82Ian204US #119
#83Rafael203
#84Derek200US #84
#85Omar196US #193
#86Alex195US #153
#87Jamie190US #82
#88Martin190US #125
#89Dwayne187US #163
#90Alan186US #126
#91Gabriel186US #87
#92Hector183US #199
#93Walter181US #123
#94Brandon178US #41
#95Randy178US #86
#96Shane178US #61
#97Jermaine177US #172
#98Jared176US #76
#99Seth176US #118
#100Carl175US #99

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑25Crystal#67
↑20Vanessa#55
↑17Emily#54
↑14Erika#84
↑14Corey#62
↑13Nicholas#45
↑12Veronica#87
↑10Erin#19

Falling

↓18Deborah#80
↓18Jamie#87
↓17Lori#68
↓17Tina#71
↓16Victoria#96
↓15Tammy#73
↓15Carl#100
↓14Sandra#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.