State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1986 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 230,673 New York births in 1986 across 3,243 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.

#75Edwin#190 nationally
#97Estheroutside the national top 200
#98Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#95Michele#188 nationally
#72Angel#163 nationally
#95Brendan#185 nationally
#86Louis#160 nationally
#68Jaclyn#133 nationally
#84Theresa#144 nationally
#92Colleen#152 nationally
#70Gina#119 nationally
#89Marc#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,534US #1
#2Jennifer2,789US #4
#3Amanda2,464US #3
#4Nicole2,264US #7
#5Ashley2,016US #2
#6Stephanie1,779US #6
#7Sarah1,547US #5
#8Danielle1,492US #16
#9Melissa1,474US #12
#10Christina1,461US #19
#11Lauren1,342US #14
#12Elizabeth1,336US #10
#13Michelle1,141US #23
#14Samantha1,095US #21
#15Kimberly965US #18
#16Tiffany943US #17
#17Rachel928US #15
#18Heather916US #9
#19Laura902US #20
#20Christine870US #47
#21Emily791US #24
#22Megan787US #11
#23Katherine752US #28
#24Kelly729US #29
#25Erica722US #31
#26Brittany709US #8
#27Lisa698US #40
#28Rebecca697US #26
#29Crystal696US #25
#30Sara693US #27
#31Amy666US #22
#32Erin624US #30
#33Kristen614US #41
#34Vanessa540US #43
#35Andrea532US #36
#36Allison528US #42
#37Jacqueline527US #57
#38Maria517US #49
#39Jamie512US #34
#40Diana489US #75
#41Angela482US #33
#42Shannon480US #44
#43Victoria476US #54
#44Alicia470US #45
#45Alexandra462US #72
#46Courtney442US #35
#47Jenna442US #55
#48Amber435US #13
#49Kathryn424US #48
#50Mary419US #37
#51Lindsay416US #46
#52Meghan409US #71
#53Caitlin407US #69
#54Tara403US #56
#55Catherine401US #67
#56Katie400US #38
#57Kathleen388US #68
#58Kristin374US #50
#59Kristina368US #62
#60Jasmine356US #95
#61Natalie355US #52
#62Patricia343US #66
#63Jillian333US #107
#64Natasha326US #70
#65Krystal318US #61
#66Dana316US #92
#67Cassandra315US #60
#68Jaclyn294US #133
#69Julie294US #58
#70Gina292US #119
#71Anna287US #51
#72Karen286US #100
#73Alyssa278US #85
#74Dominique275US #98
#75Erika275US #74
#76Lindsey265US #39
#77Leah259US #78
#78Alison257US #96
#79Latoya250US #111
#80Marissa245US #115
#81Valerie245US #76
#82Cynthia242US #81
#83Julia241US #88
#84Theresa238US #144
#85Joanna237US #126
#86Denise236US #128
#87Monica236US #59
#88Whitney229US #32
#89Margaret227US #90
#90Melanie226US #97
#91Stacey223US #94
#92Colleen218US #152
#93Renee215US #127
#94Alexis212US #129
#95Michele210US #188
#96Veronica207US #77
#97Esther204
#98Susan199US #118
#99April197US #53
#100Katrina196US #99

Boys

#1Michael5,787US #1
#2Christopher4,107US #2
#3Matthew3,293US #3
#4Daniel3,014US #6
#5Joseph2,854US #12
#6David2,719US #5
#7Andrew2,478US #8
#8John2,339US #10
#9Robert2,318US #9
#10Anthony2,206US #19
#11Jonathan2,163US #16
#12James2,135US #7
#13Jason1,966US #18
#14Brian1,693US #20
#15Nicholas1,682US #17
#16Joshua1,673US #4
#17William1,633US #15
#18Ryan1,628US #11
#19Kevin1,558US #21
#20Thomas1,501US #26
#21Steven1,459US #25
#22Justin1,373US #14
#23Richard1,328US #29
#24Eric1,274US #22
#25Adam1,180US #24
#26Timothy1,070US #27
#27Jeffrey993US #32
#28Sean987US #37
#29Mark939US #35
#30Brandon935US #13
#31Kyle918US #23
#32Alexander889US #41
#33Stephen872US #36
#34Gregory868US #46
#35Patrick850US #39
#36Paul830US #45
#37Peter825US #60
#38Jose758US #51
#39Jeremy757US #28
#40Charles717US #34
#41Benjamin692US #30
#42Scott651US #44
#43Edward583US #61
#44Bryan582US #47
#45Aaron572US #33
#46Kenneth555US #50
#47Shawn521US #55
#48Zachary518US #38
#49Luis510US #79
#50Jesse495US #48
#51Vincent486US #93
#52Jacob468US #31
#53Keith468US #66
#54Joel458US #72
#55Samuel454US #52
#56Carlos452US #76
#57George439US #74
#58Frank434US #91
#59Philip415US #86
#60Christian399US #89
#61Raymond386US #77
#62Jordan363US #53
#63Alex362US #64
#64Juan360US #65
#65Nathan343US #43
#66Craig336US #80
#67Victor330US #88
#68Jared324US #58
#69Evan322US #81
#70Ronald318US #75
#71Derek310US #57
#72Angel303US #163
#73Corey301US #62
#74Donald291US #71
#75Edwin286US #190
#76Douglas282US #82
#77Gabriel271US #95
#78Dennis267US #104
#79Ian267US #85
#80Cory265US #68
#81Gary261US #84
#82Tyler260US #40
#83Miguel257US #111
#84Shane255US #67
#85Brett254US #69
#86Louis253US #160
#87Bradley236US #54
#88Chad230US #59
#89Marc226US #137
#90Travis226US #49
#91Nathaniel217US #78
#92Phillip210US #70
#93Marcus209US #63
#94Erik208US #92
#95Brendan205US #185
#96Andre200US #133
#97Antonio197US #73
#98Rafael196
#99Alan184US #107
#100Henry175US #139

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑18Marissa#80
↑18Jordan#62
↑16Alexandra#45
↑15Brittany#26
↑12Courtney#46
↑12Alex#63
↑10Donald#74
↑9Allison#36

Falling

↓16Lindsay#51
↓13Latoya#79
↓13Marc#89
↓13Travis#90
↓12Ian#79
↓11Kristin#58
↓10Cynthia#82
↓10Andre#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.