State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1982 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 218,700 New York births in 1982 across 3,067 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.

#68Edwin#189 nationally
#73Jasmine#189 nationally
#83Rafael#199 nationally
#71Angel#181 nationally
#91Alexisoutside the national top 200
#96Omar#183 nationally
#97Alexandra#180 nationally
#84Louis#162 nationally
#94Hector#172 nationally
#66Jaclyn#141 nationally
#68Michele#135 nationally
#75Marc#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,767US #1
#2Jessica3,165US #2
#3Nicole2,009US #6
#4Melissa1,968US #5
#5Elizabeth1,504US #8
#6Sarah1,494US #4
#7Amanda1,346US #3
#8Michelle1,322US #11
#9Stephanie1,194US #7
#10Lauren1,192US #26
#11Danielle1,139US #31
#12Christina1,101US #19
#13Kimberly1,077US #14
#14Lisa1,061US #23
#15Tiffany1,050US #13
#16Erin926US #20
#17Rebecca887US #15
#18Heather867US #12
#19Amy864US #10
#20Crystal855US #9
#21Laura836US #22
#22Rachel831US #21
#23Christine822US #46
#24Kelly814US #25
#25Erica761US #35
#26Kristen751US #33
#27Sara679US #28
#28Kristin650US #37
#29Andrea643US #27
#30Katherine642US #36
#31Emily629US #24
#32Jamie616US #29
#33Diana614US #63
#34Maria591US #42
#35Jacqueline587US #54
#36Angela560US #16
#37Mary553US #30
#38Vanessa525US #49
#39Shannon517US #38
#40Lindsay491US #39
#41Samantha482US #44
#42Tara454US #47
#43Megan450US #34
#44Julie433US #41
#45Kathryn429US #48
#46Victoria427US #66
#47Allison418US #58
#48Kathleen391US #77
#49Patricia383US #59
#50Karen375US #68
#51Courtney372US #43
#52Natalie370US #51
#53Catherine354US #73
#54Jillian347US #96
#55Denise344US #100
#56Amber335US #18
#57Dana332US #67
#58Natasha323US #71
#59April322US #32
#60Alexis312US #93
#61Katie310US #45
#62Ashley309US #17
#63Alicia306US #53
#64Erika301US #81
#65Cynthia288US #64
#66Jaclyn287US #141
#67Melanie284US #65
#68Michele284US #135
#69Susan284US #76
#70Ebony280US #132
#71Lindsey280US #40
#72Meghan276US #110
#73Jasmine270US #189
#74Valerie270US #75
#75Latoya268US #91
#76Monique263US #116
#77Carrie259US #57
#78Renee259US #101
#79Gina258US #124
#80Alison249US #111
#81Anna249US #56
#82Colleen247US #139
#83Theresa244US #109
#84Pamela240US #82
#85Julia232US #84
#86Monica230US #52
#87Tanya229US #114
#88Leah228US #79
#89Tracy228US #88
#90Cassandra227US #62
#91Jill225US #89
#92Stacey224US #85
#93Dawn220US #95
#94Sabrina220US #128
#95Veronica220US #69
#96Kristina216US #70
#97Alexandra213US #180
#98Jaime209US #138
#99Stacy208US #72
#100Margaret207US #97

Boys

#1Michael5,850US #1
#2Christopher3,854US #2
#3Jason2,969US #4
#4David2,921US #5
#5Matthew2,916US #3
#6Joseph2,888US #11
#7John2,511US #8
#8Robert2,459US #9
#9Daniel2,433US #10
#10James2,355US #6
#11Anthony1,935US #21
#12Brian1,901US #14
#13Jonathan1,701US #16
#14William1,700US #15
#15Thomas1,559US #23
#16Andrew1,512US #17
#17Joshua1,508US #7
#18Richard1,404US #27
#19Justin1,315US #12
#20Kevin1,300US #25
#21Ryan1,276US #13
#22Eric1,259US #20
#23Nicholas1,250US #22
#24Steven1,249US #26
#25Adam1,230US #19
#26Timothy1,091US #24
#27Jeffrey1,081US #29
#28Mark972US #32
#29Sean912US #44
#30Gregory904US #40
#31Paul889US #35
#32Scott841US #34
#33Peter838US #57
#34Jose801US #46
#35Charles779US #31
#36Stephen762US #38
#37Patrick761US #37
#38Benjamin639US #33
#39Jeremy633US #28
#40Kenneth619US #45
#41Edward597US #53
#42Aaron544US #30
#43Brandon533US #18
#44Joel509US #69
#45Luis507US #90
#46Frank485US #81
#47Jesse465US #43
#48Alexander461US #65
#49Shawn456US #52
#50Vincent455US #103
#51George453US #62
#52Bryan452US #49
#53Keith452US #59
#54Carlos413US #71
#55Raymond404US #70
#56Travis368US #39
#57Ronald355US #60
#58Craig346US #73
#59Kyle346US #47
#60Jacob345US #41
#61Philip342US #79
#62Samuel334US #56
#63Christian330US #114
#64Nathan325US #36
#65Juan324US #61
#66Victor323US #99
#67Douglas319US #68
#68Edwin313US #189
#69Dennis310US #87
#70Chad306US #48
#71Angel301US #181
#72Derek300US #50
#73Donald298US #58
#74Jared297US #54
#75Marc292US #138
#76Ian279US #83
#77Gary277US #64
#78Andre271US #124
#79Erik268US #80
#80Evan260US #108
#81Miguel260US #110
#82Shaun246US #96
#83Rafael244US #199
#84Louis227US #162
#85Zachary227US #55
#86Lawrence221US #128
#87Corey214US #74
#88Todd212US #82
#89Brett208US #72
#90Gabriel208US #88
#91Alexis204
#92Jordan203US #85
#93Alan202US #107
#94Hector202US #172
#95Bradley201US #51
#96Omar199US #183
#97Randy196US #94
#98Nathaniel195US #75
#99Alex193US #143
#100Phillip191US #67

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑29Jaclyn#66
↑26Travis#56
↑23Ebony#70
↑17Natalie#52
↑16Kyle#59
↑14Crystal#20
↑14Lindsay#40
↑14Jillian#54

Falling

↓30Dawn#93
↓22Tanya#87
↓19Stacey#92
↓18Gary#77
↓17Theresa#83
↓16Latoya#75
↓15Michele#68
↓15Gina#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.