State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1980 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 212,410 New York births in 1980 across 3,002 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.

#73Edwin#188 nationally
#89Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#68Angel#172 nationally
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#98Jasmineoutside the national top 200
#94Ebony#175 nationally
#47Michele#126 nationally
#77Louis#151 nationally
#97Jillian#171 nationally
#98Hector#169 nationally
#70Colleen#137 nationally
#51Vincent#111 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,808US #1
#2Jessica2,385US #3
#3Melissa2,338US #4
#4Nicole1,969US #7
#5Michelle1,469US #10
#6Sarah1,371US #5
#7Elizabeth1,342US #9
#8Lisa1,331US #16
#9Kimberly1,152US #11
#10Amanda1,139US #2
#11Danielle1,134US #33
#12Christina1,129US #15
#13Heather998US #6
#14Kelly956US #19
#15Stephanie951US #13
#16Christine938US #41
#17Amy932US #8
#18Lauren889US #38
#19Tiffany838US #14
#20Erin831US #20
#21Rebecca817US #17
#22Laura754US #21
#23Angela676US #12
#24Rachel668US #23
#25Erica664US #34
#26Maria639US #36
#27Sara633US #27
#28Mary596US #25
#29Tara581US #43
#30Andrea568US #28
#31Kristen565US #39
#32Jamie564US #24
#33Katherine539US #35
#34Shannon527US #29
#35Kristin503US #37
#36Karen494US #54
#37Megan491US #30
#38Julie486US #32
#39Crystal472US #18
#40Jacqueline444US #81
#41Vanessa444US #69
#42Emily418US #31
#43Patricia407US #51
#44Kathleen393US #82
#45Catherine373US #77
#46Denise368US #95
#47Michele367US #126
#48Tracy364US #56
#49Susan357US #62
#50Melanie348US #60
#51Dana346US #68
#52Allison344US #59
#53Samantha341US #58
#54Kathryn339US #50
#55April325US #26
#56Cynthia324US #64
#57Monique323US #93
#58Dawn319US #67
#59Stacey316US #74
#60Alicia308US #47
#61Gina307US #100
#62Jill305US #66
#63Meghan296US #114
#64Katie288US #44
#65Tanya285US #88
#66Diana282US #118
#67Theresa282US #104
#68Amber273US #22
#69Natalie273US #65
#70Colleen272US #137
#71Carrie270US #46
#72Anna263US #55
#73Stacy260US #53
#74Courtney259US #48
#75Natasha259US #89
#76Tina259US #72
#77Erika250US #87
#78Victoria243US #103
#79Brooke242US #57
#80Wendy239US #75
#81Alison238US #101
#82Renee238US #107
#83Sandra235US #80
#84Kristina232US #73
#85Lindsay232US #71
#86Kristy231US #78
#87Monica231US #45
#88Cheryl230US #119
#89Lori230US #76
#90Latoya229US #123
#91Leah229US #84
#92Margaret229US #105
#93Sabrina227US #113
#94Ebony219US #175
#95Linda219US #110
#96Valerie215US #85
#97Jillian214US #171
#98Jasmine212
#99Sharon211US #129
#100Nancy208US #111

Boys

#1Michael5,799US #1
#2Christopher3,266US #2
#3Jason3,136US #3
#4David2,939US #4
#5Joseph2,709US #10
#6John2,564US #8
#7Robert2,448US #9
#8Matthew2,378US #6
#9Daniel2,293US #11
#10James2,275US #5
#11Brian2,054US #12
#12Anthony1,825US #24
#13William1,643US #14
#14Eric1,496US #16
#15Thomas1,491US #25
#16Richard1,416US #26
#17Kevin1,374US #23
#18Andrew1,326US #19
#19Nicholas1,294US #17
#20Jonathan1,243US #21
#21Adam1,216US #22
#22Joshua1,210US #7
#23Justin1,203US #13
#24Steven1,151US #28
#25Jeffrey1,144US #27
#26Timothy1,079US #20
#27Ryan1,053US #15
#28Mark1,000US #30
#29Paul988US #35
#30Scott913US #33
#31Charles827US #29
#32Peter823US #55
#33Gregory794US #42
#34Patrick758US #38
#35Sean751US #48
#36Jeremy745US #18
#37Stephen735US #40
#38Jose703US #46
#39Benjamin631US #32
#40Edward628US #52
#41Joel614US #67
#42Kenneth580US #41
#43Shawn548US #47
#44Aaron534US #34
#45Keith526US #56
#46George514US #60
#47Luis511US #88
#48Frank491US #81
#49Raymond447US #66
#50Bryan431US #49
#51Vincent419US #111
#52Ronald416US #58
#53Carlos395US #78
#54Jesse385US #45
#55Erik383US #64
#56Philip380US #82
#57Chad377US #39
#58Juan362US #59
#59Donald360US #53
#60Samuel356US #54
#61Alexander351US #91
#62Craig349US #73
#63Brandon334US #31
#64Douglas332US #62
#65Derek331US #50
#66Nathan322US #36
#67Gary321US #63
#68Angel316US #172
#69Christian308US #118
#70Victor297US #107
#71Marc293US #119
#72Jacob286US #43
#73Edwin284US #188
#74Dennis282US #80
#75Shaun275US #79
#76Jared274US #61
#77Louis247US #151
#78Todd246US #75
#79Corey245US #68
#80Travis245US #37
#81Bradley240US #51
#82Ian236US #104
#83Kyle223US #57
#84Phillip220US #65
#85Andre219US #133
#86Miguel216US #128
#87Gabriel207US #85
#88Antonio205US #77
#89Rafael197
#90Lawrence195US #129
#91Alan193US #112
#92Roberto192US #145
#93Henry185US #135
#94Shane185US #69
#95Randy182US #87
#96Russell180US #92
#97Brendan178
#98Hector176US #169
#99Carl175US #103
#100Jermaine175US #149

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑26Derek#65
↑24Kristin#35
↑21Tiffany#19
↑19Amber#68
↑16Kristina#84
↑15Brandon#63
↑13Melanie#50
↑13Gabriel#87

Falling

↓28Kristy#86
↓28Cheryl#88
↓20Todd#78
↓19Sandra#83
↓15Carrie#71
↓15Alison#81
↓13Jill#62
↓13Wendy#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.