State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1985 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 227,947 New York births in 1985 across 3,127 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#189 nationally
#66Angel#172 nationally
#100Estheroutside the national top 200
#96Rafael#195 nationally
#93Brendan#185 nationally
#91Michele#182 nationally
#81Louis#164 nationally
#81Ebony#160 nationally
#85Colleen#150 nationally
#80Theresa#136 nationally
#98Marissa#152 nationally
#70Jaclyn#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,237US #1
#2Jennifer3,228US #3
#3Nicole2,168US #7
#4Amanda2,121US #4
#5Ashley1,736US #2
#6Stephanie1,688US #6
#7Melissa1,632US #11
#8Christina1,542US #12
#9Danielle1,516US #18
#10Elizabeth1,484US #9
#11Sarah1,355US #5
#12Lauren1,325US #15
#13Michelle1,121US #22
#14Laura1,009US #14
#15Heather987US #8
#16Rachel945US #13
#17Kimberly921US #19
#18Christine894US #44
#19Megan869US #10
#20Tiffany807US #23
#21Lisa794US #36
#22Samantha783US #29
#23Emily767US #24
#24Crystal741US #21
#25Kelly741US #28
#26Rebecca735US #25
#27Kristen690US #38
#28Erica687US #34
#29Katherine683US #32
#30Amy677US #20
#31Sara633US #30
#32Vanessa633US #42
#33Erin614US #26
#34Jamie591US #27
#35Lindsay558US #40
#36Andrea557US #33
#37Jacqueline532US #60
#38Maria532US #52
#39Angela525US #31
#40Shannon518US #41
#41Brittany508US #17
#42Jenna493US #50
#43Diana486US #74
#44Alicia479US #45
#45Allison473US #46
#46Victoria473US #59
#47Kristin472US #49
#48Meghan466US #63
#49Tara466US #51
#50Mary454US #35
#51Catherine442US #65
#52Kristina441US #57
#53Caitlin431US #77
#54Katie402US #39
#55Amber396US #16
#56Kathleen385US #68
#57Kathryn379US #48
#58Courtney377US #43
#59Natalie368US #58
#60Patricia354US #64
#61Alexandra349US #92
#62Krystal337US #53
#63Jasmine336US #103
#64Jillian326US #115
#65Natasha317US #79
#66Latoya312US #81
#67Cassandra311US #62
#68Dominique311US #83
#69Gina311US #113
#70Jaclyn307US #123
#71Julie297US #55
#72Cynthia294US #66
#73Karen292US #87
#74Dana287US #82
#75Anna279US #54
#76Joanna278US #99
#77Denise275US #120
#78Valerie271US #71
#79Lindsey269US #37
#80Theresa263US #136
#81Ebony249US #160
#82Erika249US #80
#83Stacey248US #89
#84Alison239US #97
#85Colleen238US #150
#86Leah236US #78
#87Alexis229US #112
#88Holly225US #56
#89Margaret223US #90
#90Renee222US #118
#91Michele219US #182
#92Julia217US #85
#93Melanie215US #88
#94Monica215US #61
#95April212US #47
#96Veronica212US #72
#97Krystle207US #111
#98Marissa206US #152
#99Stacy206US #67
#100Esther196

Boys

#1Michael5,853US #1
#2Christopher4,179US #2
#3Matthew3,310US #3
#4Daniel3,153US #5
#5Joseph2,973US #10
#6David2,732US #6
#7John2,372US #9
#8Robert2,307US #8
#9James2,246US #7
#10Anthony2,130US #20
#11Jonathan2,072US #17
#12Jason2,041US #14
#13Andrew2,032US #11
#14Joshua1,868US #4
#15Brian1,778US #18
#16Thomas1,627US #25
#17William1,567US #16
#18Nicholas1,563US #19
#19Ryan1,555US #12
#20Kevin1,468US #23
#21Steven1,404US #24
#22Eric1,402US #21
#23Justin1,331US #15
#24Adam1,291US #22
#25Richard1,279US #28
#26Jeffrey1,099US #29
#27Timothy1,069US #26
#28Sean1,000US #38
#29Brandon943US #13
#30Stephen941US #36
#31Gregory920US #45
#32Patrick915US #37
#33Mark907US #32
#34Paul865US #42
#35Peter847US #60
#36Charles783US #34
#37Benjamin760US #31
#38Kyle740US #27
#39Alexander733US #50
#40Jose729US #49
#41Scott683US #44
#42Kenneth613US #47
#43Jeremy557US #30
#44Edward550US #59
#45Aaron522US #33
#46Luis518US #85
#47Bryan502US #48
#48Shawn478US #55
#49Vincent475US #95
#50Zachary475US #39
#51Keith474US #64
#52Jesse465US #51
#53Samuel444US #54
#54Frank438US #90
#55Jacob428US #35
#56George422US #72
#57Carlos403US #74
#58Joel398US #67
#59Christian393US #101
#60Philip390US #84
#61Raymond388US #75
#62Nathan368US #40
#63Juan346US #65
#64Corey339US #63
#65Ronald337US #71
#66Angel326US #172
#67Ian316US #78
#68Evan304US #91
#69Derek303US #56
#70Victor303US #88
#71Jared300US #58
#72Craig299US #79
#73Edwin292US #189
#74Douglas289US #76
#75Alex276US #80
#76Marc273US #129
#77Travis267US #46
#78Gary264US #82
#79Dennis263US #103
#80Jordan256US #62
#81Louis256US #164
#82Miguel254US #113
#83Gabriel252US #92
#84Donald251US #66
#85Chad248US #57
#86Andre247US #124
#87Tyler246US #43
#88Shane243US #68
#89Erik220US #87
#90Bradley218US #53
#91Brett214US #70
#92Dustin213US #41
#93Brendan212US #185
#94Marcus210US #61
#95Henry209US #137
#96Rafael207US #195
#97Phillip201US #69
#98Nathaniel199US #77
#99Lawrence197US #144
#100Antonio192US #73

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑56Brittany#41
↑22Kristina#52
↑22Krystal#62
↑20Corey#64
↑19Evan#68
↑17Caitlin#53
↑15Cassandra#67
↑12Holly#88

Falling

↓21Alexis#87
↓17Dana#74
↓17Joanna#76
↓16April#95
↓16Donald#84
↓14Latoya#66
↓14Lindsey#79
↓13Chad#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.