State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1988 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 243,727 New York births in 1988 across 3,477 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.

#96Estheroutside the national top 200
#80Edwin#182 nationally
#99Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#73Angel#151 nationally
#88Louis#165 nationally
#98Theresa#171 nationally
#84Brendan#153 nationally
#82Marc#149 nationally
#83Gina#142 nationally
#89Andre#138 nationally
#99Dominique#145 nationally
#86Joanna#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,267US #1
#2Amanda2,614US #3
#3Ashley2,546US #2
#4Jennifer2,348US #5
#5Nicole2,177US #9
#6Stephanie2,095US #7
#7Samantha1,686US #8
#8Sarah1,625US #4
#9Melissa1,588US #16
#10Danielle1,520US #17
#11Elizabeth1,463US #10
#12Lauren1,417US #11
#13Christina1,328US #22
#14Tiffany1,264US #13
#15Michelle1,177US #21
#16Brittany1,097US #6
#17Emily965US #18
#18Rachel928US #19
#19Kimberly871US #25
#20Katherine866US #27
#21Megan831US #12
#22Christine806US #51
#23Laura797US #23
#24Heather772US #14
#25Rebecca772US #26
#26Alexandra733US #49
#27Erica712US #31
#28Kelly690US #32
#29Lisa678US #43
#30Crystal675US #28
#31Kristen651US #36
#32Caitlin643US #44
#33Sara616US #30
#34Alyssa614US #47
#35Courtney582US #24
#36Jacqueline581US #62
#37Victoria566US #42
#38Vanessa555US #41
#39Jasmine544US #53
#40Kayla534US #20
#41Amy533US #29
#42Andrea501US #35
#43Allison487US #46
#44Erin479US #37
#45Catherine476US #69
#46Angela471US #38
#47Amber465US #15
#48Alicia451US #50
#49Maria451US #60
#50Jamie444US #45
#51Mary435US #34
#52Shannon431US #56
#53Lindsay389US #57
#54Diana387US #85
#55Kathryn383US #55
#56Kristin375US #58
#57Jenna372US #66
#58Kristina371US #68
#59Dana363US #90
#60Cassandra362US #59
#61Chelsea359US #33
#62Tara358US #67
#63Natalie355US #63
#64Jillian347US #104
#65Katie341US #40
#66Natasha333US #73
#67Meghan332US #81
#68Patricia332US #77
#69Kathleen328US #75
#70Jaclyn308US #114
#71Erika298US #76
#72Julie298US #71
#73Anna292US #54
#74Krystal286US #74
#75Cynthia284US #79
#76Kaitlyn280US #106
#77Leah274US #82
#78Bianca270US #108
#79Julia267US #88
#80Kaitlin263US #98
#81Lindsey260US #48
#82Marissa245US #101
#83Gina244US #142
#84Katelyn241US #84
#85Alexis233US #97
#86Joanna232US #131
#87Karen232US #111
#88Brittney230US #52
#89Margaret229US #93
#90Hannah227US #61
#91Caroline217US #122
#92Sabrina216US #116
#93Gabrielle214US #137
#94Denise211US #139
#95Veronica211US #83
#96Esther210
#97Monica208US #70
#98Theresa208US #171
#99Dominique206US #145
#100Melanie203US #99

Boys

#1Michael6,048US #1
#2Christopher4,172US #2
#3Matthew3,361US #3
#4Daniel3,058US #8
#5Joseph2,932US #12
#6David2,504US #6
#7Anthony2,489US #18
#8Andrew2,486US #5
#9John2,371US #11
#10Robert2,313US #10
#11Jonathan2,306US #15
#12James2,110US #9
#13Nicholas2,073US #14
#14Joshua2,020US #4
#15Justin1,892US #7
#16Kevin1,808US #20
#17Brian1,736US #22
#18Thomas1,723US #23
#19Ryan1,633US #13
#20William1,563US #16
#21Steven1,544US #24
#22Eric1,446US #19
#23Jason1,394US #27
#24Richard1,197US #32
#25Timothy1,144US #25
#26Adam1,091US #26
#27Sean1,044US #38
#28Jeffrey1,019US #36
#29Alexander1,001US #34
#30Patrick961US #42
#31Kyle955US #21
#32Brandon942US #17
#33Stephen905US #40
#34Mark840US #39
#35Benjamin824US #30
#36Gregory820US #50
#37Paul820US #46
#38Peter759US #64
#39Zachary759US #29
#40Jose713US #49
#41Aaron695US #31
#42Charles679US #37
#43Jeremy666US #35
#44Scott621US #47
#45Kenneth618US #51
#46Bryan584US #54
#47Edward581US #62
#48Jacob572US #28
#49Samuel570US #45
#50Vincent569US #82
#51Travis564US #41
#52Luis554US #75
#53Christian534US #86
#54Jesse474US #55
#55Keith451US #70
#56Corey442US #56
#57Frank437US #99
#58Shawn432US #61
#59George427US #78
#60Alex404US #58
#61Raymond404US #84
#62Joel380US #85
#63Carlos378US #80
#64Jordan378US #52
#65Juan360US #68
#66Derek359US #53
#67Philip354US #94
#68Tyler340US #33
#69Nathan338US #44
#70Ian335US #77
#71Ronald328US #79
#72Victor327US #89
#73Angel313US #151
#74Evan312US #74
#75Shane303US #67
#76Donald285US #76
#77Jared281US #60
#78Douglas276US #88
#79Cory273US #59
#80Edwin273US #182
#81Dennis272US #116
#82Marc265US #149
#83Gary263US #100
#84Brendan251US #153
#85Craig250US #96
#86Bradley247US #57
#87Nathaniel246US #81
#88Louis243US #165
#89Andre239US #138
#90Antonio237US #72
#91Cody235US #43
#92Erik234US #92
#93Miguel234US #111
#94Chad222US #65
#95Brett218US #73
#96Gabriel215US #102
#97Marcus215US #66
#98Randy211US #113
#99Rafael204
#100Dustin201US #48

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑17Kayla#40
↑16Alyssa#34
↑14Jasmine#39
↑13Chelsea#61
↑12Courtney#35
↑12Kaitlyn#76
↑12Tyler#68
↑11Catherine#45

Falling

↓17Dominique#99
↓13Esther#96
↓12Shannon#52
↓11Dustin#100
↓10Kristina#58
↓10Gina#83
↓10Dennis#81
↓9Amy#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.