State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1991 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 253,417 New York births in 1991 across 3,855 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.

#95Marc#196 nationally
#87Louis#187 nationally
#82Edwin#163 nationally
#91Gina#160 nationally
#79Brendan#147 nationally
#84Andre#140 nationally
#78Dana#131 nationally
#84Jillian#136 nationally
#66Frank#116 nationally
#80Alexa#127 nationally
#77Angel#123 nationally
#75Philip#120 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,728US #1
#2Jessica2,627US #2
#3Amanda2,317US #4
#4Stephanie2,226US #7
#5Samantha2,188US #5
#6Nicole1,843US #15
#7Jennifer1,761US #8
#8Brittany1,490US #3
#9Sarah1,480US #6
#10Elizabeth1,319US #9
#11Danielle1,287US #17
#12Melissa1,287US #20
#13Emily1,235US #10
#14Michelle1,227US #22
#15Lauren1,147US #13
#16Christina1,073US #31
#17Rachel1,022US #14
#18Megan976US #11
#19Katherine943US #25
#20Alyssa937US #30
#21Rebecca918US #21
#22Alexandra880US #36
#23Victoria840US #28
#24Kimberly808US #34
#25Tiffany786US #27
#26Kayla760US #12
#27Jasmine726US #24
#28Chelsea707US #18
#29Kelly677US #42
#30Sara635US #37
#31Laura609US #35
#32Erica603US #40
#33Christine596US #73
#34Crystal581US #41
#35Courtney573US #19
#36Heather568US #23
#37Amber548US #16
#38Catherine519US #72
#39Maria514US #45
#40Kristen487US #48
#41Caitlin482US #55
#42Erin474US #44
#43Mary469US #38
#44Alexis462US #47
#45Jacqueline461US #70
#46Julia460US #67
#47Taylor449US #32
#48Andrea446US #39
#49Cassandra438US #54
#50Lisa430US #83
#51Angela422US #59
#52Kelsey422US #26
#53Amy420US #43
#54Allison418US #50
#55Jenna410US #80
#56Brianna409US #51
#57Ariel400US #66
#58Olivia397US #61
#59Shannon397US #71
#60Hannah396US #29
#61Gabrielle388US #97
#62Natalie385US #64
#63Kathryn382US #57
#64Jamie379US #60
#65Bianca377US #89
#66Melanie358US #96
#67Diana357US #103
#68Anna350US #46
#69Alicia347US #63
#70Vanessa342US #56
#71Kaitlyn340US #82
#72Kathleen334US #102
#73Kristina328US #87
#74Marissa320US #81
#75Meghan315US #94
#76Sabrina315US #115
#77Katie306US #53
#78Dana305US #131
#79Lindsay305US #77
#80Alexa295US #127
#81Krystal292US #112
#82Julie288US #98
#83Molly286US #74
#84Jillian284US #136
#85Patricia280US #101
#86Katelyn278US #75
#87Mariah277US #69
#88Leah274US #91
#89Erika273US #84
#90Kristin272US #86
#91Gina268US #160
#92Kaitlin267US #99
#93Shelby266US #33
#94Dominique261US #132
#95Lindsey261US #52
#96Cynthia258US #93
#97Morgan253US #49
#98Caroline250US #116
#99Brittney248US #58
#100Natasha247US #113

Boys

#1Michael5,649US #1
#2Christopher3,741US #2
#3Matthew3,210US #3
#4Joseph3,119US #9
#5Daniel2,658US #6
#6Anthony2,569US #18
#7Nicholas2,339US #12
#8David2,289US #8
#9Andrew2,272US #5
#10John2,251US #10
#11Jonathan2,203US #20
#12Joshua2,095US #4
#13Robert2,044US #13
#14James2,041US #7
#15Kevin1,912US #23
#16Ryan1,764US #11
#17Justin1,691US #14
#18Steven1,553US #27
#19Thomas1,544US #28
#20William1,466US #19
#21Brian1,436US #30
#22Brandon1,351US #15
#23Alexander1,323US #26
#24Eric1,261US #25
#25Kyle1,218US #21
#26Richard1,089US #34
#27Patrick1,057US #35
#28Zachary1,037US #22
#29Timothy998US #32
#30Sean985US #40
#31Tyler983US #16
#32Jason876US #49
#33Jacob863US #17
#34Jeffrey860US #45
#35Adam850US #36
#36Stephen841US #41
#37Benjamin834US #33
#38Christian824US #48
#39Mark791US #47
#40Jordan765US #29
#41Gregory753US #55
#42Peter719US #77
#43Jose714US #37
#44Paul706US #53
#45Aaron687US #31
#46Samuel654US #39
#47Charles622US #38
#48Vincent621US #81
#49Jeremy610US #43
#50Dylan594US #46
#51Cody582US #24
#52Luis571US #66
#53Kenneth547US #54
#54Bryan542US #61
#55Edward540US #68
#56Scott492US #57
#57Jesse489US #51
#58Travis482US #44
#59Alex464US #63
#60George426US #87
#61Joel418US #100
#62Carlos414US #72
#63Shawn414US #71
#64Raymond402US #97
#65Corey399US #58
#66Frank374US #116
#67Ian369US #73
#68Evan360US #70
#69Juan360US #60
#70Nathan357US #42
#71Gabriel345US #82
#72Derek335US #59
#73Keith333US #89
#74Shane324US #75
#75Philip323US #120
#76Jared321US #64
#77Angel318US #123
#78Victor306US #85
#79Brendan304US #147
#80Ronald289US #101
#81Ethan285US #65
#82Edwin277US #163
#83Miguel275US #92
#84Andre256US #140
#85Trevor253US #69
#86Donald247US #102
#87Louis246US #187
#88Cory239US #74
#89Johnathan236US #110
#90Marcus236US #76
#91Erik235US #95
#92Brett234US #88
#93Julian233US #122
#94Taylor232US #52
#95Marc231US #196
#96Douglas229US #109
#97Dennis228US #138
#98Bradley227US #67
#99Devin226US #83
#100Nathaniel224US #84

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑34Dylan#50
↑32Julia#46
↑32Ariel#57
↑30Taylor#47
↑19Jenna#55
↑17Kelsey#52
↑17Alexa#80
↑17Julie#82

Falling

↓19Alicia#69
↓19Vanessa#70
↓18Brittney#99
↓17Jillian#84
↓15Kristin#90
↓14Natasha#100
↓14Marc#95
↓13Diana#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.