State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1989 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 253,689 New York births in 1989 across 3,716 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.

#28Christopoutside the national top 200
#42Christinoutside the national top 200
#45Stephanioutside the national top 200
#56Elizabetoutside the national top 200
#77Alexandeoutside the national top 200
#79Alexandroutside the national top 200
#96Katherinoutside the national top 200
#100Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#86Edwin#171 nationally
#87Louis#163 nationally
#88Marc#160 nationally
#72Gina#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,955US #1
#2Amanda2,654US #4
#3Ashley2,637US #2
#4Nicole2,182US #12
#5Samantha2,082US #6
#6Jennifer1,953US #7
#7Stephanie1,811US #8
#8Brittany1,700US #3
#9Sarah1,580US #5
#10Danielle1,502US #17
#11Lauren1,454US #9
#12Melissa1,426US #19
#13Michelle1,212US #22
#14Christina1,139US #23
#15Emily1,097US #13
#16Tiffany1,035US #16
#17Elizabeth1,027US #10
#18Rachel989US #18
#19Megan926US #11
#20Kimberly848US #28
#21Rebecca817US #24
#22Laura776US #25
#23Heather753US #15
#24Alyssa747US #33
#25Kelly720US #37
#26Erica699US #34
#27Katherine693US #26
#28Crystal690US #32
#29Courtney683US #21
#30Kristen680US #36
#31Jasmine679US #30
#32Sara646US #29
#33Lisa639US #55
#34Victoria632US #44
#35Christine598US #59
#36Kayla588US #20
#37Alexandra584US #43
#38Caitlin558US #49
#39Maria531US #56
#40Amber513US #14
#41Andrea513US #39
#42Christin499
#43Erin499US #40
#44Vanessa491US #50
#45Stephani490
#46Chelsea489US #27
#47Allison485US #46
#48Alicia478US #53
#49Amy478US #35
#50Angela475US #47
#51Mary461US #38
#52Catherine444US #67
#53Jacqueline438US #64
#54Kathryn437US #58
#55Diana430US #86
#56Elizabet419
#57Jamie404US #52
#58Shannon404US #61
#59Lindsay400US #63
#60Meghan393US #80
#61Kristina392US #65
#62Jenna383US #71
#63Kristin376US #60
#64Jillian368US #106
#65Natalie365US #62
#66Anna355US #51
#67Dana348US #105
#68Bianca343US #91
#69Kaitlyn338US #95
#70Kathleen333US #90
#71Katie329US #45
#72Gina327US #141
#73Melanie326US #88
#74Natasha313US #87
#75Cassandra312US #54
#76Kaitlin312US #100
#77Marissa312US #81
#78Tara303US #70
#79Alexandr301
#80Krystal301US #82
#81Leah301US #83
#82Patricia300US #89
#83Jaclyn297US #138
#84Karen297US #110
#85Kelsey296US #31
#86Brittney293US #41
#87Hannah290US #42
#88Lindsey285US #48
#89Erika280US #73
#90Alexis276US #92
#91Cynthia264US #84
#92Julie259US #78
#93Julia254US #96
#94Katelyn252US #76
#95Angelica248US #107
#96Katherin248
#97Gabrielle240US #112
#98Sabrina231US #116
#99Margaret227US #97
#100Caroline226US #113

Boys

#1Michael6,087US #1
#2Matthew3,494US #3
#3Christopher3,112US #2
#4Joseph3,067US #11
#5Daniel2,895US #6
#6David2,748US #5
#7Anthony2,524US #16
#8Andrew2,494US #7
#9John2,443US #12
#10Nicholas2,276US #14
#11Jonathan2,268US #17
#12Robert2,237US #10
#13Joshua2,185US #4
#14James2,172US #9
#15Kevin1,920US #19
#16Justin1,863US #8
#17Ryan1,743US #13
#18Steven1,688US #22
#19Brian1,646US #24
#20Thomas1,619US #23
#21William1,592US #15
#22Eric1,410US #21
#23Jason1,215US #35
#24Richard1,184US #33
#25Timothy1,139US #28
#26Adam1,120US #27
#27Sean1,083US #39
#28Christop1,082
#29Kyle1,069US #20
#30Patrick1,016US #38
#31Jeffrey1,010US #37
#32Brandon951US #18
#33Stephen940US #40
#34Gregory877US #52
#35Mark851US #42
#36Benjamin827US #29
#37Alexander825US #32
#38Paul821US #49
#39Zachary810US #25
#40Peter802US #66
#41Jose789US #46
#42Aaron749US #31
#43Charles710US #36
#44Jeremy652US #34
#45Samuel642US #47
#46Bryan619US #56
#47Jacob616US #26
#48Kenneth615US #53
#49Vincent607US #80
#50Scott600US #51
#51Edward590US #62
#52Luis564US #73
#53Travis561US #41
#54Corey514US #55
#55Jordan490US #44
#56Christian478US #78
#57Tyler473US #30
#58Alex472US #60
#59Jesse467US #50
#60Keith450US #70
#61Raymond444US #86
#62Frank442US #109
#63George437US #79
#64Carlos435US #77
#65Joel409US #88
#66Shawn407US #65
#67Derek400US #54
#68Evan391US #69
#69Nathan387US #43
#70Philip379US #101
#71Ian364US #68
#72Juan364US #63
#73Jared348US #57
#74Ronald347US #85
#75Angel342US #140
#76Victor314US #89
#77Alexande299
#78Donald296US #82
#79Douglas281US #92
#80Shane281US #71
#81Cory280US #61
#82Craig273US #105
#83Marcus270US #67
#84Brendan267US #145
#85Cody266US #45
#86Edwin263US #171
#87Louis260US #163
#88Marc254US #160
#89Dennis250US #123
#90Dustin247US #48
#91Miguel247US #108
#92Brett236US #81
#93Gary235US #106
#94Andre234US #134
#95Bradley231US #58
#96Antonio230US #76
#97Henry224US #141
#98Phillip222US #75
#99Gabriel220US #110
#100Rafael211

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑27Melanie#73
↑15Chelsea#46
↑14Marcus#83
↑11Gina#72
↑11Tyler#57
↑10Alyssa#24
↑10Maria#39
↑10Bianca#68

Falling

↓20Julie#92
↓18Erika#89
↓17Jacqueline#53
↓16Tara#78
↓16Cynthia#91
↓15Cassandra#75
↓14Patricia#82
↓14Julia#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.