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Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1979 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 209,940 New York births in 1979 across 2,944 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.

#69Edwin#186 nationally
#75Angel#185 nationally
#94Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#99Brendanoutside the national top 200
#93Ebony#184 nationally
#89Omar#173 nationally
#86Hector#167 nationally
#79Louis#148 nationally
#43Michele#105 nationally
#71Colleen#133 nationally
#49Vincent#109 nationally
#81Andre#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,639US #1
#2Melissa2,504US #2
#3Jessica2,206US #4
#4Nicole1,875US #9
#5Michelle1,461US #10
#6Lisa1,380US #13
#7Elizabeth1,313US #11
#8Amanda1,127US #3
#9Kelly1,127US #16
#10Sarah1,107US #6
#11Amy1,103US #5
#12Kimberly1,077US #12
#13Christina1,074US #14
#14Danielle1,060US #33
#15Heather1,051US #7
#16Christine977US #35
#17Rebecca815US #17
#18Lauren754US #45
#19Laura740US #20
#20Erin737US #21
#21Stephanie736US #15
#22Angela700US #8
#23Tara663US #38
#24Rachel654US #27
#25Maria611US #37
#26Andrea584US #26
#27Erica572US #32
#28Mary571US #24
#29Jamie569US #19
#30Karen536US #46
#31Shannon533US #25
#32Katherine500US #36
#33Julie495US #29
#34Sara480US #30
#35Megan469US #31
#36Kristen468US #62
#37Vanessa452US #75
#38Jacqueline443US #80
#39Patricia442US #44
#40Tiffany416US #28
#41Kathleen410US #84
#42Denise405US #92
#43Michele404US #105
#44Emily400US #34
#45Susan387US #51
#46Crystal385US #18
#47April377US #23
#48Dawn375US #57
#49Jill373US #52
#50Catherine360US #78
#51Allison353US #70
#52Tracy351US #49
#53Dana349US #54
#54Cynthia347US #55
#55Stacey327US #60
#56Carrie322US #41
#57Diana320US #111
#58Kristy317US #56
#59Kristin316US #73
#60Cheryl315US #94
#61Gina310US #96
#62Kathryn303US #50
#63Melanie297US #53
#64Sandra297US #77
#65Samantha294US #66
#66Alison289US #102
#67Wendy286US #64
#68Meghan283US #121
#69Theresa281US #100
#70Alicia279US #47
#71Colleen277US #133
#72Jaclyn276US #124
#73Tanya273US #93
#74Tina271US #58
#75Courtney264US #71
#76Anna263US #59
#77Renee261US #101
#78Stacy253US #43
#79Natalie249US #68
#80Natasha247US #110
#81Monica246US #40
#82Erika245US #91
#83Lori245US #69
#84Suzanne244US #127
#85Sabrina242US #106
#86Victoria241US #119
#87Amber240US #22
#88Cindy238US #136
#89Sharon238US #117
#90Tammy238US #79
#91Valerie237US #89
#92Melinda236US #82
#93Ebony234US #184
#94Barbara229US #123
#95Jaime229US #97
#96Linda229US #114
#97Margaret221US #108
#98Nancy219US #107
#99Anne215US #115
#100Kristina210US #74

Boys

#1Michael5,779US #1
#2Christopher3,467US #2
#3Jason3,148US #3
#4David3,111US #4
#5Joseph2,684US #11
#6John2,595US #7
#7Robert2,401US #8
#8Daniel2,394US #12
#9James2,322US #5
#10Matthew2,183US #6
#11Brian2,073US #10
#12Anthony1,818US #21
#13William1,606US #13
#14Thomas1,488US #26
#15Kevin1,387US #19
#16Eric1,361US #17
#17Richard1,355US #25
#18Andrew1,347US #20
#19Nicholas1,256US #15
#20Steven1,196US #27
#21Joshua1,176US #9
#22Adam1,124US #23
#23Timothy1,120US #18
#24Jeffrey1,106US #24
#25Scott1,058US #29
#26Paul1,045US #34
#27Mark1,020US #30
#28Jonathan950US #31
#29Peter948US #53
#30Ryan867US #14
#31Gregory820US #42
#32Charles806US #28
#33Jose770US #44
#34Justin767US #22
#35Stephen762US #40
#36Jeremy754US #16
#37Patrick729US #39
#38Edward718US #48
#39Sean670US #49
#40Kenneth634US #41
#41Benjamin613US #33
#42Keith579US #52
#43Frank525US #78
#44Aaron506US #32
#45Shawn496US #43
#46George483US #57
#47Luis458US #102
#48Carlos445US #73
#49Vincent425US #109
#50Bryan410US #46
#51Raymond410US #70
#52Ronald407US #54
#53Joel401US #71
#54Donald381US #51
#55Alexander374US #94
#56Philip370US #83
#57Juan365US #61
#58Todd363US #60
#59Chad359US #38
#60Erik359US #66
#61Craig354US #77
#62Dennis344US #75
#63Douglas338US #58
#64Samuel337US #55
#65Christian329US #120
#66Jesse320US #50
#67Gary314US #59
#68Victor304US #105
#69Edwin300US #186
#70Jacob297US #45
#71Shaun291US #64
#72Corey286US #63
#73Marc285US #119
#74Nathan282US #37
#75Angel275US #185
#76Travis263US #36
#77Kyle251US #56
#78Brandon248US #35
#79Louis246US #148
#80Miguel238US #137
#81Andre232US #141
#82Jared226US #65
#83Ian221US #107
#84Lawrence216US #122
#85Jamie206US #88
#86Hector205US #167
#87Randy203US #86
#88Bradley195US #47
#89Omar195US #173
#90Seth194US #101
#91Derek192US #72
#92Phillip181US #68
#93Brett180US #98
#94Rafael180
#95Cory179US #82
#96Alan178US #116
#97Antonio177US #79
#98Alex175US #156
#99Brendan173
#100Gabriel169US #90

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑28Joel#53
↑27Megan#35
↑27Alison#66
↑20Jaclyn#72
↑15Brandon#78
↑13April#47
↑13Erik#60
↑12Amanda#8

Falling

↓34Jaime#95
↓21Nancy#98
↓20Shaun#71
↓18Sabrina#85
↓17Kristina#100
↓17Cory#95
↓15Tanya#73
↓15Tina#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.