State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1981 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 214,874 New York births in 1981 across 2,995 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.

#73Angel#194 nationally
#70Edwin#187 nationally
#87Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#82Jasmine#191 nationally
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#86Omar#174 nationally
#93Ebony#178 nationally
#100Hector#177 nationally
#76Louis#151 nationally
#53Michele#127 nationally
#68Jillian#137 nationally
#71Colleen#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,836US #1
#2Jessica3,142US #2
#3Melissa2,105US #5
#4Nicole1,959US #7
#5Sarah1,458US #4
#6Elizabeth1,401US #9
#7Michelle1,369US #11
#8Danielle1,217US #30
#9Amanda1,208US #3
#10Lisa1,206US #18
#11Stephanie1,112US #8
#12Kimberly1,094US #13
#13Christina1,089US #17
#14Amy1,002US #6
#15Lauren983US #35
#16Rebecca938US #12
#17Erin929US #19
#18Heather924US #10
#19Tiffany882US #14
#20Christine880US #42
#21Kelly842US #23
#22Laura834US #21
#23Rachel806US #22
#24Sara680US #26
#25Kristin664US #31
#26Andrea659US #24
#27Erica640US #36
#28Maria634US #40
#29Kristen623US #38
#30Jamie609US #28
#31Mary586US #27
#32Angela585US #15
#33Katherine575US #39
#34Crystal565US #16
#35Tara553US #45
#36Shannon531US #32
#37Diana506US #75
#38Emily493US #29
#39Julie480US #37
#40Jacqueline458US #67
#41Megan439US #33
#42Vanessa420US #62
#43Karen415US #64
#44Patricia406US #53
#45Samantha405US #51
#46Allison391US #57
#47Kathryn387US #48
#48Kathleen386US #82
#49Catherine372US #73
#50April367US #25
#51Courtney360US #43
#52Denise354US #96
#53Michele353US #127
#54Lindsay346US #47
#55Cynthia345US #59
#56Dana334US #70
#57Susan332US #71
#58Victoria332US #87
#59Latoya324US #69
#60Katie321US #44
#61Alicia317US #46
#62Amber306US #20
#63Dawn298US #79
#64Gina296US #106
#65Tanya293US #92
#66Theresa292US #100
#67Natasha290US #85
#68Jillian288US #137
#69Natalie287US #60
#70Renee282US #98
#71Colleen277US #138
#72Carrie276US #55
#73Stacey276US #83
#74Anna267US #54
#75Erika265US #93
#76Monique262US #103
#77Tracy262US #77
#78Alison261US #113
#79Melanie256US #66
#80Pamela255US #76
#81Tina254US #80
#82Jasmine252US #191
#83Jill248US #78
#84Meghan245US #116
#85Sandra242US #74
#86Kristina237US #72
#87Monica231US #49
#88Valerie231US #89
#89Veronica228US #68
#90Brooke225US #52
#91Julia222US #88
#92Stacy222US #65
#93Ebony219US #178
#94Margaret218US #107
#95Jaclyn214US #158
#96Wendy208US #90
#97Barbara204US #119
#98Linda204US #111
#99Jaime203US #124
#100Leah201US #81

Boys

#1Michael5,993US #1
#2Christopher3,445US #2
#3Jason2,895US #4
#4David2,838US #5
#5Joseph2,774US #11
#6Matthew2,740US #3
#7John2,535US #8
#8Daniel2,425US #10
#9Robert2,387US #9
#10James2,255US #7
#11Brian2,000US #14
#12Anthony1,875US #23
#13William1,597US #15
#14Jonathan1,526US #16
#15Joshua1,438US #6
#16Thomas1,435US #26
#17Eric1,410US #17
#18Kevin1,397US #25
#19Richard1,388US #27
#20Andrew1,330US #18
#21Justin1,283US #12
#22Nicholas1,269US #21
#23Adam1,266US #20
#24Steven1,249US #28
#25Ryan1,228US #13
#26Timothy1,146US #24
#27Jeffrey1,086US #29
#28Paul1,003US #35
#29Sean928US #44
#30Mark901US #33
#31Peter884US #55
#32Scott839US #34
#33Charles800US #31
#34Patrick794US #38
#35Stephen776US #39
#36Jose773US #45
#37Gregory760US #46
#38Jeremy738US #22
#39Benjamin683US #32
#40Edward630US #51
#41Kenneth595US #41
#42Aaron559US #30
#43Jesse549US #37
#44Brandon536US #19
#45Joel529US #65
#46Luis500US #92
#47Shawn497US #49
#48George487US #61
#49Keith470US #58
#50Frank467US #82
#51Alexander447US #70
#52Vincent413US #107
#53Raymond395US #68
#54Carlos389US #71
#55Bryan380US #48
#56Juan369US #60
#57Philip361US #84
#58Chad348US #47
#59Gary339US #62
#60Samuel333US #54
#61Ronald329US #59
#62Dennis323US #83
#63Donald323US #56
#64Jacob323US #43
#65Nathan319US #36
#66Christian312US #121
#67Craig310US #72
#68Jared310US #57
#69Douglas308US #64
#70Edwin304US #187
#71Derek303US #53
#72Victor291US #104
#73Angel290US #194
#74Erik289US #76
#75Kyle271US #52
#76Louis268US #151
#77Marc253US #134
#78Todd253US #74
#79Shaun252US #86
#80Ian238US #101
#81Miguel234US #116
#82Travis228US #40
#83Evan227US #139
#84Andre223US #133
#85Lawrence218US #125
#86Omar217US #174
#87Rafael216
#88Bradley208US #50
#89Corey203US #69
#90Randy202US #91
#91Brett200US #79
#92Nathaniel196US #80
#93Jordan194US #102
#94Phillip192US #66
#95Alex189US #148
#96Gabriel189US #87
#97Brendan186
#98Antonio185US #75
#99Zachary185US #63
#100Hector184US #177

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑31Lindsay#54
↑31Latoya#59
↑29Diana#37
↑29Jillian#68
↑23Courtney#51
↑20Victoria#58
↑19Brandon#44
↑16Jasmine#82

Falling

↓29Tracy#77
↓29Melanie#79
↓21Jill#83
↓21Meghan#84
↓19Monique#76
↓19Stacy#92
↓19Erik#74
↓16Wendy#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.