State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1984 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 221,211 New York births in 1984 across 3,058 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.

#74Edwin#184 nationally
#70Angel#179 nationally
#93Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#96Estheroutside the national top 200
#89Brendan#188 nationally
#71Jasmine#149 nationally
#81Louis#158 nationally
#90Michele#161 nationally
#76Colleen#144 nationally
#73Jaclyn#134 nationally
#78Marc#131 nationally
#85Ebony#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,821US #1
#2Jessica3,025US #2
#3Nicole2,081US #7
#4Melissa1,766US #8
#5Amanda1,614US #4
#6Stephanie1,593US #6
#7Danielle1,552US #16
#8Elizabeth1,443US #10
#9Sarah1,412US #5
#10Lauren1,303US #21
#11Michelle1,281US #17
#12Christina1,276US #20
#13Ashley1,215US #3
#14Heather995US #9
#15Tiffany963US #14
#16Laura962US #19
#17Kimberly946US #22
#18Rachel909US #15
#19Lisa895US #29
#20Christine886US #43
#21Crystal840US #12
#22Amy771US #13
#23Rebecca765US #23
#24Erin761US #25
#25Kelly731US #27
#26Megan721US #11
#27Katherine717US #30
#28Erica710US #34
#29Kristen710US #38
#30Vanessa702US #45
#31Emily681US #24
#32Sara600US #32
#33Samantha592US #39
#34Jacqueline587US #56
#35Andrea576US #28
#36Jamie567US #31
#37Lindsay560US #36
#38Shannon550US #37
#39Angela532US #26
#40Maria525US #50
#41Alicia495US #40
#42Diana488US #72
#43Kristin479US #47
#44Mary463US #33
#45Tara458US #49
#46Catherine415US #69
#47Meghan414US #65
#48Kathryn413US #48
#49Victoria409US #59
#50Amber397US #18
#51Jenna396US #54
#52Latoya396US #60
#53Allison394US #51
#54Kathleen381US #71
#55Katie379US #44
#56Courtney372US #46
#57Dana364US #73
#58Jillian357US #106
#59Joanna354US #88
#60Patricia354US #66
#61Julie349US #52
#62Alexandra345US #96
#63Karen328US #82
#64Natalie326US #55
#65Lindsey323US #35
#66Alexis312US #89
#67Natasha308US #77
#68Cynthia304US #62
#69Gina298US #109
#70Caitlin297US #118
#71Jasmine287US #149
#72Stacey279US #79
#73Jaclyn273US #134
#74Kristina268US #68
#75Denise264US #115
#76Colleen257US #144
#77Margaret251US #92
#78Theresa245US #121
#79April244US #42
#80Anna242US #57
#81Erika240US #81
#82Cassandra238US #63
#83Melanie238US #85
#84Krystal236US #74
#85Ebony232US #137
#86Valerie232US #76
#87Renee231US #108
#88Leah230US #83
#89Stacy225US #67
#90Michele222US #161
#91Susan222US #90
#92Tracy222US #91
#93Pamela217US #104
#94Alison215US #110
#95Monica207US #58
#96Esther206
#97Brittany205US #41
#98Sheena203US #80
#99Monique202US #130
#100Holly201US #53

Boys

#1Michael5,890US #1
#2Christopher4,055US #2
#3Matthew3,226US #3
#4Daniel2,897US #6
#5Joseph2,882US #10
#6David2,640US #5
#7John2,476US #8
#8Jason2,289US #11
#9James2,264US #7
#10Robert2,211US #9
#11Anthony2,064US #21
#12Brian1,911US #17
#13Jonathan1,864US #19
#14Andrew1,759US #14
#15Joshua1,629US #4
#16William1,626US #16
#17Thomas1,523US #25
#18Adam1,511US #18
#19Ryan1,494US #12
#20Steven1,422US #23
#21Nicholas1,416US #20
#22Eric1,401US #22
#23Justin1,400US #13
#24Kevin1,325US #24
#25Richard1,314US #27
#26Timothy1,077US #26
#27Jeffrey1,012US #28
#28Mark942US #32
#29Sean931US #43
#30Paul926US #40
#31Gregory888US #44
#32Patrick888US #36
#33Stephen886US #35
#34Brandon808US #15
#35Peter797US #60
#36Jose759US #49
#37Charles716US #33
#38Scott696US #39
#39Benjamin663US #30
#40Alexander600US #54
#41Kyle575US #34
#42Edward559US #58
#43Kenneth543US #46
#44Jeremy542US #31
#45Aaron528US #29
#46Bryan513US #48
#47Luis476US #88
#48Keith474US #61
#49Frank435US #86
#50Vincent435US #95
#51Shawn432US #56
#52Joel431US #66
#53Jesse423US #50
#54George417US #68
#55Zachary406US #45
#56Carlos400US #74
#57Philip378US #81
#58Jacob376US #37
#59Samuel371US #55
#60Raymond365US #73
#61Christian342US #104
#62Ronald342US #67
#63Craig321US #75
#64Derek317US #52
#65Nathan317US #38
#66Ian315US #78
#67Travis313US #42
#68Donald311US #63
#69Juan311US #64
#70Angel305US #179
#71Victor289US #90
#72Chad276US #51
#73Gary275US #76
#74Edwin274US #184
#75Dennis268US #97
#76Douglas268US #71
#77Jared266US #59
#78Marc262US #131
#79Miguel257US #113
#80Gabriel256US #87
#81Louis251US #158
#82Andre250US #119
#83Jordan248US #65
#84Corey244US #69
#85Alex235US #93
#86Erik230US #84
#87Evan229US #98
#88Antonio211US #77
#89Brendan210US #188
#90Dustin205US #41
#91Bradley202US #53
#92Tyler200US #47
#93Rafael197
#94Todd196US #92
#95Brett187US #72
#96Phillip187US #70
#97Alan185US #105
#98Lawrence180US #143
#99Cory179US #83
#100Marcus179US #57

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑40Joanna#59
↑16Alexandra#62
↑16Caitlin#70
↑16Cassandra#82
↑14Zachary#55
↑14Alex#85
↑13Latoya#52
↑13Margaret#77

Falling

↓20Holly#100
↓18Ebony#85
↓18Michele#90
↓14Karen#63
↓13April#79
↓12Susan#91
↓11Alexis#66
↓10Monique#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.