State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1983 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 219,569 New York births in 1983 across 2,976 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.

#76Edwin#198 nationally
#64Angel#185 nationally
#92Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#71Jasmine#175 nationally
#88Brendan#191 nationally
#78Alexandra#163 nationally
#72Michele#155 nationally
#83Louis#156 nationally
#67Ebony#135 nationally
#86Caitlin#153 nationally
#64Jaclyn#126 nationally
#83Colleen#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,886US #1
#2Jessica3,053US #2
#3Nicole2,076US #7
#4Melissa1,848US #6
#5Amanda1,530US #3
#6Sarah1,466US #5
#7Stephanie1,462US #8
#8Elizabeth1,358US #10
#9Michelle1,356US #13
#10Danielle1,261US #29
#11Christina1,246US #16
#12Lauren1,239US #24
#13Heather1,113US #9
#14Kimberly1,058US #15
#15Lisa979US #27
#16Tiffany979US #14
#17Erin974US #18
#18Ashley954US #4
#19Crystal874US #11
#20Rebecca857US #19
#21Rachel839US #20
#22Amy815US #12
#23Laura803US #23
#24Christine798US #47
#25Kelly769US #26
#26Megan716US #21
#27Erica710US #33
#28Kristen697US #37
#29Jamie672US #28
#30Emily662US #25
#31Katherine622US #34
#32Maria612US #43
#33Vanessa610US #49
#34Samantha606US #40
#35Andrea602US #30
#36Sara594US #31
#37Angela591US #22
#38Jacqueline551US #53
#39Kristin540US #42
#40Mary538US #32
#41Lindsay531US #36
#42Diana497US #69
#43Shannon481US #38
#44Victoria463US #58
#45Tara460US #51
#46Kathryn438US #50
#47Alicia414US #41
#48Kathleen402US #73
#49Karen390US #77
#50Meghan377US #75
#51Courtney376US #44
#52Allison374US #59
#53Patricia371US #60
#54Catherine365US #66
#55Alexis359US #83
#56Katie356US #45
#57Dana343US #72
#58Natalie334US #52
#59Cynthia332US #62
#60Julie324US #46
#61Amber317US #17
#62Natasha315US #71
#63Jillian312US #115
#64Jaclyn305US #126
#65Latoya296US #90
#66April288US #39
#67Ebony280US #135
#68Gina279US #121
#69Kristina277US #63
#70Lindsey277US #35
#71Jasmine263US #175
#72Michele262US #155
#73Denise256US #109
#74Melanie256US #79
#75Anna255US #55
#76Stacey254US #76
#77Erika253US #80
#78Alexandra251US #163
#79Susan251US #86
#80Holly249US #48
#81Renee247US #97
#82Julia240US #85
#83Colleen239US #144
#84Theresa239US #122
#85Leah237US #82
#86Caitlin234US #153
#87Tracy234US #89
#88Valerie233US #74
#89Monique231US #117
#90Margaret229US #92
#91Pamela225US #91
#92Monica220US #54
#93Sabrina220US #111
#94Carrie217US #65
#95Stefanie214US #105
#96Desiree211US #94
#97Stacy208US #61
#98Cassandra207US #70
#99Joanna207US #139
#100Alison206US #116

Boys

#1Michael5,964US #1
#2Christopher3,922US #2
#3Matthew3,236US #3
#4Daniel2,811US #8
#5David2,793US #4
#6Joseph2,763US #11
#7Jason2,679US #7
#8Robert2,378US #10
#9John2,377US #9
#10James2,229US #6
#11Anthony2,087US #22
#12Brian2,009US #14
#13Andrew1,801US #15
#14Jonathan1,695US #19
#15William1,665US #16
#16Thomas1,535US #24
#17Adam1,509US #18
#18Joshua1,447US #5
#19Ryan1,432US #13
#20Eric1,411US #20
#21Steven1,409US #23
#22Justin1,404US #12
#23Richard1,343US #27
#24Kevin1,327US #25
#25Nicholas1,303US #21
#26Jeffrey1,085US #28
#27Mark1,045US #31
#28Timothy1,006US #26
#29Sean885US #44
#30Paul864US #39
#31Gregory840US #42
#32Stephen825US #35
#33Charles769US #33
#34Patrick765US #37
#35Peter760US #59
#36Brandon730US #17
#37Scott701US #38
#38Jose696US #48
#39Aaron649US #29
#40Benjamin621US #32
#41Edward593US #55
#42Kenneth588US #45
#43Jeremy557US #30
#44Kyle534US #34
#45Luis517US #88
#46Keith493US #61
#47Alexander489US #63
#48Bryan488US #47
#49Jesse470US #46
#50Joel462US #67
#51Vincent461US #97
#52Shawn449US #53
#53George444US #65
#54Frank441US #86
#55Carlos435US #75
#56Raymond427US #71
#57Jacob399US #36
#58Samuel377US #54
#59Christian346US #112
#60Philip344US #82
#61Craig336US #70
#62Juan334US #62
#63Nathan333US #40
#64Angel329US #185
#65Ronald325US #64
#66Donald322US #60
#67Derek321US #51
#68Travis311US #41
#69Zachary303US #50
#70Ian300US #77
#71Chad297US #49
#72Gary295US #68
#73Marc291US #125
#74Dennis285US #92
#75Victor281US #95
#76Edwin277US #198
#77Douglas270US #69
#78Jared269US #56
#79Evan268US #93
#80Andre267US #126
#81Erik267US #80
#82Miguel245US #114
#83Louis232US #156
#84Corey228US #74
#85Gabriel226US #89
#86Bradley221US #52
#87Todd221US #87
#88Brendan204US #191
#89Nathaniel204US #79
#90Lawrence202US #132
#91Phillip202US #66
#92Rafael201
#93Marcus200US #58
#94Carl199US #106
#95Cory198US #83
#96Jordan198US #72
#97Brett191US #73
#98Antonio186US #76
#99Alex183US #123
#100Henry183US #136

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑44Ashley#18
↑27Kristina#69
↑22Meghan#50
↑19Alexandra#78
↑17Megan#26
↑16Alicia#47
↑16Stacey#76
↑16Zachary#69

Falling

↓20Alison#100
↓18Denise#73
↓17Carrie#94
↓16Julie#60
↓14Valerie#88
↓13Erika#77
↓13Monique#89
↓12Travis#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.