State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1992 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 248,156 New York births in 1992 across 3,863 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.

#93Louis#192 nationally
#85Edwin#177 nationally
#73Brendan#145 nationally
#93Shanice#162 nationally
#99Gina#165 nationally
#78Alexa#140 nationally
#82Dana#144 nationally
#87Jillian#149 nationally
#92Dennis#150 nationally
#70Frank#125 nationally
#84Philip#138 nationally
#95Xavier#147 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,513US #1
#2Jessica2,291US #2
#3Samantha2,109US #6
#4Amanda2,088US #3
#5Stephanie1,857US #8
#6Nicole1,836US #14
#7Sarah1,557US #5
#8Jennifer1,556US #11
#9Emily1,400US #7
#10Danielle1,332US #18
#11Brittany1,307US #4
#12Elizabeth1,293US #9
#13Michelle1,203US #25
#14Melissa1,087US #24
#15Lauren1,042US #12
#16Christina1,025US #33
#17Rachel1,024US #16
#18Rebecca1,005US #20
#19Chelsea970US #15
#20Victoria956US #22
#21Alexandra949US #29
#22Katherine887US #27
#23Alyssa876US #30
#24Megan867US #10
#25Kayla785US #13
#26Kimberly744US #35
#27Kelly662US #47
#28Tiffany661US #32
#29Jasmine643US #28
#30Taylor628US #17
#31Sara610US #37
#32Amber589US #19
#33Courtney569US #21
#34Crystal547US #50
#35Kaitlyn543US #42
#36Alexis534US #40
#37Laura524US #38
#38Erica499US #44
#39Andrea484US #39
#40Catherine484US #78
#41Brianna482US #43
#42Kristen482US #53
#43Christine479US #82
#44Erin478US #46
#45Maria478US #45
#46Heather475US #31
#47Allison469US #48
#48Mary464US #36
#49Julia463US #70
#50Kelsey457US #23
#51Shannon456US #66
#52Jacqueline450US #76
#53Hannah445US #26
#54Jenna437US #67
#55Gabrielle428US #84
#56Cassandra423US #52
#57Angela421US #69
#58Caitlin402US #62
#59Natalie392US #61
#60Olivia392US #58
#61Amy390US #51
#62Lisa383US #88
#63Vanessa379US #55
#64Kathryn372US #60
#65Anna353US #49
#66Diana349US #101
#67Jamie339US #75
#68Marissa330US #72
#69Dominique319US #116
#70Alicia312US #71
#71Meghan312US #91
#72Melanie312US #98
#73Kathleen305US #108
#74Lindsay301US #81
#75Bianca299US #97
#76Morgan294US #41
#77Kristina293US #93
#78Alexa286US #140
#79Emma286US #104
#80Katelyn274US #65
#81Katie274US #54
#82Dana272US #144
#83Caroline271US #105
#84Ariel269US #87
#85Briana269US #79
#86Erika261US #80
#87Jillian261US #149
#88Patricia261US #111
#89Molly260US #83
#90Sabrina259US #112
#91Brittney255US #68
#92Cynthia255US #92
#93Shanice254US #162
#94Alexandria252US #73
#95Krystal252US #128
#96Shelby250US #34
#97Paige248US #64
#98Natasha245US #120
#99Gina244US #165
#100Margaret244US #102

Boys

#1Michael5,207US #1
#2Christopher3,530US #2
#3Matthew3,080US #3
#4Joseph2,928US #11
#5Nicholas2,503US #12
#6Daniel2,455US #7
#7Anthony2,442US #19
#8John2,260US #14
#9Andrew2,135US #5
#10David2,103US #10
#11Kevin2,051US #25
#12Joshua2,041US #4
#13Jonathan1,983US #21
#14James1,982US #9
#15Ryan1,934US #13
#16Robert1,830US #17
#17Brandon1,737US #6
#18Justin1,561US #18
#19Thomas1,466US #27
#20Alexander1,450US #23
#21Brian1,421US #31
#22William1,413US #20
#23Steven1,408US #29
#24Zachary1,275US #16
#25Kyle1,239US #22
#26Tyler1,181US #8
#27Eric1,160US #26
#28Richard979US #41
#29Sean962US #42
#30Jacob961US #15
#31Patrick944US #39
#32Christian895US #35
#33Timothy875US #34
#34Jason860US #46
#35Benjamin848US #33
#36Adam821US #36
#37Dylan802US #28
#38Stephen789US #45
#39Jose726US #37
#40Jeffrey716US #51
#41Samuel691US #40
#42Mark683US #49
#43Peter683US #81
#44Jordan681US #32
#45Aaron676US #30
#46Cody641US #24
#47Gregory602US #60
#48Paul598US #55
#49Charles592US #43
#50Bryan573US #57
#51Luis553US #64
#52Vincent552US #92
#53Jeremy534US #47
#54Alex512US #54
#55Kenneth512US #59
#56Edward507US #70
#57Jesse497US #50
#58Carlos439US #69
#59Scott421US #61
#60Travis409US #48
#61Corey406US #65
#62Evan404US #66
#63Raymond395US #104
#64Ian387US #68
#65Connor383US #80
#66George382US #95
#67Joel360US #100
#68Shawn360US #71
#69Nathan359US #44
#70Frank355US #125
#71Juan329US #56
#72Victor327US #87
#73Brendan325US #145
#74Shane310US #77
#75Keith306US #102
#76Angel305US #114
#77Derek305US #62
#78Gabriel301US #86
#79Jared295US #67
#80Nathaniel276US #79
#81Ronald276US #112
#82Devin265US #75
#83Miguel256US #90
#84Philip254US #138
#85Edwin248US #177
#86Marcus246US #82
#87Trevor245US #63
#88Luke244US #93
#89Taylor243US #52
#90Jake236US #119
#91Devon235US #123
#92Dennis230US #150
#93Louis230US #192
#94Erik225US #98
#95Xavier221US #147
#96Austin219US #38
#97Donald219US #110
#98Brett218US #97
#99Cory215US #83
#100Douglas213US #127

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑36Kaitlyn#35
↑25Dominique#69
↑21Morgan#76
↑20Nathaniel#80
↑17Taylor#30
↑17Devin#82
↑15Brianna#41
↑15Caroline#83

Falling

↓27Ariel#84
↓17Caitlin#58
↓14Sabrina#90
↓14Krystal#95
↓12Lisa#62
↓11Donald#97
↓11Cory#99
↓10Christine#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.