State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1987 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 237,496 New York births in 1987 across 3,344 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#191 nationally
#83Estheroutside the national top 200
#97Micheleoutside the national top 200
#98Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#76Angel#165 nationally
#83Louis#161 nationally
#88Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#90Colleen#158 nationally
#80Kaitlin#141 nationally
#95Brendan#156 nationally
#84Marc#143 nationally
#65Jaclyn#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,796US #1
#2Jennifer2,739US #4
#3Amanda2,590US #3
#4Ashley2,580US #2
#5Nicole2,157US #8
#6Stephanie1,917US #6
#7Melissa1,679US #13
#8Danielle1,570US #14
#9Sarah1,530US #5
#10Christina1,508US #20
#11Samantha1,363US #11
#12Elizabeth1,299US #10
#13Lauren1,294US #16
#14Michelle1,094US #21
#15Rachel998US #17
#16Tiffany980US #18
#17Kimberly894US #23
#18Laura894US #22
#19Emily851US #19
#20Heather847US #9
#21Megan819US #12
#22Brittany810US #7
#23Christine798US #48
#24Katherine786US #28
#25Rebecca727US #25
#26Crystal685US #26
#27Lisa684US #40
#28Sara672US #29
#29Erica666US #31
#30Kelly665US #30
#31Jacqueline607US #54
#32Amy594US #24
#33Alexandra587US #59
#34Vanessa587US #43
#35Kristen584US #42
#36Erin527US #34
#37Victoria510US #50
#38Angela506US #35
#39Andrea503US #36
#40Shannon498US #45
#41Allison491US #44
#42Caitlin491US #63
#43Maria476US #53
#44Jamie461US #39
#45Amber458US #15
#46Mary453US #37
#47Courtney442US #33
#48Kristina439US #62
#49Diana434US #85
#50Alyssa433US #60
#51Lindsay428US #49
#52Alicia422US #46
#53Jasmine414US #79
#54Jenna411US #57
#55Kathryn406US #51
#56Catherine381US #74
#57Kayla380US #27
#58Kristin374US #55
#59Dana367US #83
#60Kathleen361US #72
#61Katie360US #38
#62Meghan354US #78
#63Natasha352US #73
#64Natalie343US #56
#65Jaclyn340US #116
#66Jillian331US #99
#67Cassandra326US #68
#68Tara321US #69
#69Anna317US #52
#70Julie315US #65
#71Krystal310US #70
#72Patricia309US #76
#73Gina297US #123
#74Chelsea283US #47
#75Erika278US #75
#76Cynthia268US #84
#77Marissa268US #109
#78Karen259US #107
#79Leah248US #82
#80Kaitlin244US #141
#81Julia241US #86
#82Dominique238US #114
#83Esther237
#84Margaret230US #90
#85Denise228US #132
#86Lindsey227US #41
#87Alexis226US #113
#88Kaitlyn226US #163
#89Monica224US #64
#90Colleen222US #158
#91Melanie222US #102
#92Hannah221US #66
#93Joanna216US #133
#94Sabrina214US #110
#95Veronica211US #80
#96Alison207US #100
#97Michele200
#98Stacey200US #103
#99Yesenia199US #137
#100Whitney198US #32

Boys

#1Michael5,727US #1
#2Christopher4,132US #2
#3Matthew3,331US #3
#4Daniel3,039US #7
#5Joseph2,914US #12
#6David2,655US #5
#7Andrew2,572US #6
#8Anthony2,319US #17
#9Robert2,284US #10
#10John2,246US #11
#11Jonathan2,128US #18
#12James2,108US #8
#13Joshua1,891US #4
#14Nicholas1,827US #16
#15Brian1,759US #20
#16Kevin1,734US #19
#17Justin1,655US #9
#18Ryan1,651US #13
#19Jason1,650US #23
#20Thomas1,645US #24
#21William1,643US #15
#22Steven1,526US #25
#23Eric1,378US #21
#24Richard1,212US #30
#25Timothy1,148US #26
#26Adam1,088US #27
#27Jeffrey1,034US #32
#28Sean1,025US #40
#29Kyle1,001US #22
#30Alexander963US #37
#31Brandon908US #14
#32Mark906US #36
#33Patrick893US #41
#34Stephen879US #38
#35Paul867US #46
#36Gregory835US #47
#37Peter770US #64
#38Benjamin763US #28
#39Charles754US #35
#40Jose732US #48
#41Jeremy681US #29
#42Zachary674US #33
#43Scott638US #43
#44Kenneth613US #53
#45Edward612US #61
#46Bryan557US #51
#47Luis553US #82
#48Samuel529US #50
#49Aaron494US #34
#50Jesse468US #55
#51Jacob464US #31
#52Christian460US #90
#53George459US #77
#54Keith457US #69
#55Shawn436US #59
#56Alex431US #60
#57Carlos424US #74
#58Vincent423US #95
#59Corey394US #57
#60Frank394US #97
#61Raymond390US #79
#62Travis383US #42
#63Joel382US #75
#64Jordan372US #52
#65Derek369US #54
#66Nathan364US #45
#67Philip361US #84
#68Ronald341US #73
#69Victor334US #91
#70Juan331US #66
#71Dennis293US #107
#72Evan292US #83
#73Edwin291US #191
#74Shane290US #65
#75Jared288US #58
#76Angel284US #165
#77Gary283US #87
#78Douglas281US #85
#79Ian279US #81
#80Tyler274US #39
#81Nathaniel264US #78
#82Donald254US #70
#83Louis253US #161
#84Marc252US #143
#85Bradley248US #56
#86Craig247US #88
#87Andre245US #136
#88Cory245US #62
#89Dustin245US #44
#90Gabriel235US #98
#91Phillip228US #68
#92Miguel221US #110
#93Antonio218US #72
#94Erik218US #94
#95Brendan216US #156
#96Brett216US #71
#97Chad216US #63
#98Rafael214
#99Henry212US #137
#100Devin207US #99

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑28Travis#62
↑23Alyssa#50
↑14Esther#83
↑14Corey#59
↑12Alexandra#33
↑11Caitlin#42
↑11Kristina#48
↑10Shane#74

Falling

↓20Craig#86
↓18Alison#96
↓14Tara#68
↓13Gabriel#90
↓12Whitney#100
↓11Brett#96
↓10Meghan#62
↓10Patricia#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.