State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1990 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 260,883 New York births in 1990 across 3,848 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.

#93Estheroutside the national top 200
#77Edwin#170 nationally
#81Marc#163 nationally
#93Louis#168 nationally
#82Brendan#155 nationally
#74Angel#133 nationally
#85Jaclyn#143 nationally
#82Gina#139 nationally
#67Jillian#122 nationally
#97Alexa#146 nationally
#61Frank#109 nationally
#68Dana#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,912US #1
#2Ashley2,688US #2
#3Amanda2,605US #4
#4Stephanie2,331US #7
#5Samantha2,176US #5
#6Jennifer1,922US #8
#7Nicole1,910US #13
#8Brittany1,804US #3
#9Sarah1,569US #6
#10Elizabeth1,461US #9
#11Lauren1,447US #10
#12Danielle1,316US #18
#13Melissa1,313US #20
#14Michelle1,280US #22
#15Christina1,267US #25
#16Emily1,243US #12
#17Rachel1,013US #16
#18Rebecca1,001US #21
#19Katherine979US #26
#20Megan934US #11
#21Tiffany930US #23
#22Alyssa863US #27
#23Alexandra841US #37
#24Kimberly810US #31
#25Laura755US #29
#26Victoria747US #33
#27Courtney712US #17
#28Christine704US #62
#29Kayla703US #14
#30Jasmine681US #28
#31Kelly678US #41
#32Chelsea663US #24
#33Heather656US #19
#34Sara642US #34
#35Erica634US #36
#36Crystal609US #39
#37Kristen578US #42
#38Caitlin577US #50
#39Jacqueline563US #67
#40Lisa544US #64
#41Maria544US #47
#42Erin541US #43
#43Amber523US #15
#44Catherine512US #71
#45Andrea501US #40
#46Allison494US #48
#47Angela491US #52
#48Cassandra468US #49
#49Mary466US #35
#50Alicia458US #54
#51Vanessa452US #56
#52Amy447US #38
#53Jamie405US #55
#54Diana393US #98
#55Alexis391US #66
#56Shannon391US #68
#57Anna382US #45
#58Kaitlyn382US #78
#59Kathryn382US #57
#60Gabrielle379US #99
#61Bianca378US #84
#62Kristina374US #77
#63Hannah370US #30
#64Natalie368US #63
#65Melanie359US #86
#66Brianna358US #61
#67Jillian354US #122
#68Dana351US #114
#69Kelsey348US #32
#70Olivia345US #72
#71Meghan341US #91
#72Kathleen339US #92
#73Lindsay336US #69
#74Jenna335US #81
#75Kristin321US #65
#76Marissa319US #87
#77Taylor313US #46
#78Julia308US #83
#79Tara304US #85
#80Leah297US #82
#81Brittney292US #44
#82Gina291US #139
#83Patricia289US #97
#84Lindsey286US #51
#85Jaclyn285US #143
#86Natasha285US #105
#87Cynthia284US #88
#88Katie282US #53
#89Ariel276US #94
#90Krystal276US #104
#91Erika273US #74
#92Katelyn271US #75
#93Esther257
#94Kaitlin257US #101
#95Caroline254US #116
#96Margaret254US #102
#97Alexa249US #146
#98Morgan248US #58
#99Julie247US #93
#100Karen244US #120

Boys

#1Michael6,170US #1
#2Christopher4,050US #2
#3Matthew3,528US #3
#4Joseph3,061US #10
#5Daniel3,004US #5
#6Anthony2,657US #15
#7David2,547US #6
#8John2,465US #12
#9Andrew2,424US #7
#10Jonathan2,312US #17
#11Nicholas2,249US #14
#12Robert2,195US #13
#13James2,191US #8
#14Joshua2,125US #4
#15Kevin1,927US #23
#16Ryan1,867US #11
#17Justin1,799US #9
#18Thomas1,694US #26
#19Steven1,665US #25
#20William1,657US #16
#21Brian1,532US #27
#22Eric1,372US #24
#23Alexander1,247US #28
#24Kyle1,226US #18
#25Richard1,177US #35
#26Sean1,097US #37
#27Timothy1,086US #30
#28Patrick1,053US #36
#29Adam1,025US #32
#30Jeffrey973US #43
#31Brandon962US #19
#32Zachary960US #22
#33Stephen945US #39
#34Jason937US #46
#35Benjamin877US #33
#36Mark866US #47
#37Gregory853US #51
#38Jacob812US #20
#39Jose793US #41
#40Paul765US #49
#41Peter740US #74
#42Jordan739US #29
#43Vincent718US #78
#44Charles716US #38
#45Aaron683US #34
#46Christian674US #60
#47Samuel674US #45
#48Tyler673US #21
#49Jeremy636US #40
#50Luis595US #66
#51Bryan588US #57
#52Kenneth583US #52
#53Scott550US #53
#54Edward539US #68
#55Jesse521US #48
#56Travis520US #42
#57Alex491US #59
#58George487US #79
#59Corey462US #56
#60Raymond459US #92
#61Frank440US #109
#62Joel440US #95
#63Carlos437US #75
#64Shawn430US #69
#65Cody406US #31
#66Evan384US #71
#67Juan380US #61
#68Nathan377US #44
#69Keith372US #80
#70Derek370US #54
#71Ian366US #70
#72Victor361US #82
#73Philip352US #111
#74Angel347US #133
#75Jared331US #63
#76Ronald327US #97
#77Edwin300US #170
#78Shane300US #73
#79Miguel298US #101
#80Erik284US #96
#81Marc282US #163
#82Brendan278US #155
#83Ethan276US #58
#84Dylan274US #83
#85Douglas261US #103
#86Dennis259US #129
#87Gabriel259US #100
#88Julian258US #123
#89Marcus253US #72
#90Cory252US #67
#91Andre251US #137
#92Johnathan251US #108
#93Louis251US #168
#94Donald242US #87
#95Henry240US #138
#96Nathaniel234US #86
#97Antonio232US #77
#98Brett232US #84
#99Phillip231US #81
#100Trevor231US #76

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑37Gabrielle#60
↑35Alexis#55
↑27Cassandra#48
↑24Hannah#63
↑20Cody#65
↑16Kelsey#69
↑15Julia#78
↑14Alexandra#23

Falling

↓18Kaitlin#94
↓17Katie#88
↓16Karen#100
↓16Donald#94
↓14Lindsay#73
↓12Jenna#74
↓12Kristin#75
↓12Natasha#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.