State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1978 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 208,589 New York births in 1978 across 3,008 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.

#66Edwin#194 nationally
#67Angel#189 nationally
#85Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#76Omar#181 nationally
#97Hector#191 nationally
#98Diane#181 nationally
#72Louis#149 nationally
#99Monique#172 nationally
#99Alex#164 nationally
#47Luis#110 nationally
#91Roberto#154 nationally
#83Miguel#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,747US #1
#2Jessica2,193US #3
#3Melissa2,051US #2
#4Nicole1,796US #10
#5Michelle1,475US #9
#6Lisa1,415US #11
#7Elizabeth1,271US #14
#8Kelly1,244US #12
#9Amy1,159US #4
#10Danielle1,135US #31
#11Heather1,100US #5
#12Christine1,097US #29
#13Sarah1,081US #8
#14Christina1,043US #15
#15Kimberly992US #13
#16Stephanie818US #16
#17Laura769US #19
#18Rebecca758US #17
#19Erin757US #21
#20Amanda697US #6
#21Angela657US #7
#22Maria655US #36
#23Rachel628US #25
#24Andrea624US #23
#25Karen622US #39
#26Tara596US #40
#27Erica584US #34
#28Julie570US #26
#29Lauren564US #80
#30Shannon560US #22
#31Mary539US #24
#32Jamie514US #20
#33Sara498US #28
#34Katherine488US #38
#35Michele476US #86
#36Patricia468US #48
#37Kathleen435US #79
#38Susan422US #49
#39Jacqueline413US #81
#40Vanessa412US #76
#41Denise408US #85
#42Crystal407US #18
#43Kristen405US #62
#44Dawn398US #52
#45Jill398US #46
#46Cynthia392US #50
#47Catherine384US #72
#48Emily383US #33
#49Carrie375US #35
#50Tiffany370US #32
#51Allison347US #75
#52Stacey344US #53
#53Kristy343US #51
#54Diana333US #102
#55Tracy333US #47
#56Melanie332US #54
#57Gina329US #93
#58Tanya327US #82
#59Tina327US #45
#60April325US #27
#61Jaime319US #70
#62Megan319US #41
#63Kathryn311US #57
#64Dana310US #71
#65Samantha306US #74
#66Kristin301US #78
#67Sabrina293US #91
#68Stacy289US #44
#69Renee284US #99
#70Sandra284US #69
#71Cheryl282US #94
#72Wendy279US #56
#73Colleen275US #133
#74Suzanne275US #117
#75Alicia274US #58
#76Lori274US #60
#77Nancy269US #97
#78Erika265US #104
#79Theresa261US #101
#80Tammy258US #67
#81Monica253US #42
#82Natasha252US #114
#83Kristina246US #64
#84Melinda245US #84
#85Natalie245US #66
#86Sharon243US #106
#87Anna242US #65
#88Linda240US #100
#89Deborah239US #118
#90Barbara238US #113
#91Valerie235US #92
#92Jaclyn233US #131
#93Alison230US #123
#94Latoya227US #135
#95Beth224US #107
#96Donna222US #120
#97Victoria207US #121
#98Diane206US #181
#99Monique206US #172
#100Brenda203US #103

Boys

#1Michael5,854US #1
#2Jason3,254US #2
#3Christopher3,245US #3
#4David3,112US #4
#5John2,690US #7
#6Joseph2,659US #10
#7James2,582US #5
#8Robert2,389US #8
#9Brian2,218US #9
#10Daniel2,202US #11
#11Matthew2,108US #6
#12Anthony1,772US #20
#13William1,622US #13
#14Thomas1,560US #23
#15Kevin1,469US #15
#16Richard1,454US #21
#17Eric1,352US #16
#18Steven1,249US #24
#19Andrew1,248US #22
#20Jeffrey1,219US #19
#21Timothy1,162US #17
#22Paul1,069US #33
#23Mark1,062US #26
#24Nicholas1,049US #25
#25Joshua993US #12
#26Adam990US #29
#27Scott947US #30
#28Peter897US #54
#29Ryan849US #14
#30Charles822US #27
#31Jonathan800US #31
#32Stephen765US #37
#33Gregory757US #38
#34Jose751US #44
#35Sean723US #45
#36Justin708US #28
#37Jeremy685US #18
#38Patrick682US #42
#39Edward652US #47
#40Shawn621US #39
#41Kenneth581US #41
#42Keith564US #49
#43Benjamin529US #34
#44Aaron521US #32
#45Frank496US #77
#46George492US #58
#47Luis481US #110
#48Carlos443US #78
#49Raymond439US #69
#50Vincent420US #105
#51Shaun419US #52
#52Craig413US #66
#53Juan377US #62
#54Dennis376US #71
#55Donald375US #48
#56Ronald373US #55
#57Bryan371US #43
#58Todd362US #56
#59Chad353US #35
#60Alexander347US #98
#61Douglas339US #59
#62Philip334US #84
#63Samuel331US #57
#64Gary323US #60
#65Marc322US #107
#66Edwin314US #194
#67Angel308US #189
#68Christian307US #116
#69Jesse306US #51
#70Victor299US #103
#71Nathan279US #36
#72Louis275US #149
#73Erik273US #85
#74Corey264US #61
#75Jacob253US #50
#76Omar238US #181
#77Lawrence234US #113
#78Cory225US #73
#79Ian217US #117
#80Andre215US #129
#81Joel214US #74
#82Bradley206US #53
#83Miguel206US #144
#84Shane195US #65
#85Rafael191
#86Kyle190US #63
#87Antonio188US #79
#88Derek188US #75
#89Randy187US #86
#90Jared186US #72
#91Roberto182US #154
#92Phillip180US #67
#93Brandon178US #40
#94Carl178US #100
#95Gabriel178US #90
#96Alan175US #122
#97Hector172US #191
#98Seth172US #106
#99Alex170US #164
#100Henry169US #127

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑46Kristy#53
↑25Crystal#42
↑21Nicholas#24
↑15Vanessa#40
↑15Kathryn#63
↑15Alicia#75
↑12Lauren#29
↑12Jacqueline#39

Falling

↓29Jaime#61
↓19Wendy#72
↓19Henry#100
↓18Stacy#68
↓16Barbara#90
↓14Theresa#79
↓14Monique#99
↓13Carrie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.