State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1993 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 241,962 New York births in 1993 across 3,851 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
#80Shaquille#181 nationally
#97Louis#194 nationally
#85Edwin#176 nationally
#90Gina#174 nationally
#81Jillian#157 nationally
#75Philip#147 nationally
#84Dana#155 nationally
#77Brendan#145 nationally
#70Frank#134 nationally
#95Andre#146 nationally
#74Dominique#122 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,453US #2
#2Jessica2,239US #1
#3Samantha2,034US #4
#4Amanda1,846US #8
#5Nicole1,820US #13
#6Stephanie1,616US #10
#7Emily1,550US #5
#8Sarah1,450US #3
#9Jennifer1,423US #15
#10Danielle1,233US #18
#11Brittany1,138US #6
#12Michelle1,115US #31
#13Elizabeth1,110US #9
#14Rachel1,059US #14
#15Lauren1,024US #12
#16Melissa1,014US #30
#17Rebecca999US #22
#18Victoria994US #19
#19Alexandra963US #28
#20Taylor927US #7
#21Alyssa892US #26
#22Christina872US #35
#23Katherine830US #29
#24Megan771US #11
#25Kayla759US #16
#26Chelsea703US #25
#27Jasmine676US #23
#28Tiffany670US #33
#29Kimberly660US #39
#30Alexis656US #27
#31Courtney644US #20
#32Sara614US #40
#33Brianna610US #32
#34Kelly599US #51
#35Amber587US #17
#36Shannon583US #53
#37Laura497US #43
#38Crystal477US #57
#39Olivia474US #50
#40Catherine468US #75
#41Hannah465US #21
#42Allison461US #41
#43Erica460US #49
#44Maria458US #45
#45Gabrielle457US #84
#46Kelsey455US #24
#47Mary444US #36
#48Jenna437US #70
#49Julia427US #72
#50Kaitlyn425US #46
#51Andrea422US #44
#52Erin417US #48
#53Cassandra416US #66
#54Kristen411US #61
#55Marissa404US #59
#56Jacqueline397US #74
#57Natalie394US #62
#58Christine393US #90
#59Angela389US #73
#60Anna364US #47
#61Alexa359US #107
#62Heather358US #38
#63Emma354US #80
#64Caitlin351US #64
#65Diana339US #94
#66Morgan332US #34
#67Vanessa330US #55
#68Meghan319US #93
#69Bianca317US #101
#70Kathryn315US #68
#71Briana311US #71
#72Lisa304US #100
#73Amy300US #65
#74Dominique297US #122
#75Sabrina291US #97
#76Jamie284US #79
#77Alicia282US #76
#78Katelyn282US #54
#79Angelica274US #98
#80Melanie274US #110
#81Jillian266US #157
#82Paige264US #60
#83Kassandra261US #120
#84Dana251US #155
#85Karen251US #116
#86Lindsay251US #88
#87Kristina249US #104
#88Kathleen246US #118
#89Leah246US #92
#90Gina244US #174
#91Abigail243US #67
#92Brooke240US #52
#93Esther240
#94Alexandria237US #69
#95Patricia235US #125
#96Caroline231US #105
#97Erika229US #85
#98Cynthia222US #95
#99Grace220US #123
#100Molly218US #87

Boys

#1Michael4,694US #1
#2Christopher3,254US #2
#3Matthew2,877US #3
#4Joseph2,800US #12
#5Nicholas2,566US #8
#6Daniel2,454US #7
#7Anthony2,298US #19
#8Kevin2,119US #25
#9John2,111US #16
#10David2,048US #11
#11Ryan1,946US #13
#12Joshua1,932US #4
#13Jonathan1,885US #22
#14Andrew1,875US #10
#15Brandon1,825US #6
#16James1,819US #14
#17Robert1,696US #17
#18Justin1,516US #20
#19Thomas1,513US #27
#20Alexander1,436US #21
#21Zachary1,353US #15
#22Steven1,341US #31
#23William1,332US #18
#24Tyler1,322US #5
#25Brian1,251US #34
#26Kyle1,160US #23
#27Eric1,103US #29
#28Jacob1,052US #9
#29Richard910US #40
#30Sean887US #42
#31Christian831US #35
#32Dylan831US #33
#33Adam824US #39
#34Patrick816US #43
#35Timothy786US #38
#36Jason775US #45
#37Benjamin769US #32
#38Jordan757US #28
#39Stephen716US #47
#40Samuel687US #37
#41Aaron677US #30
#42Jose633US #36
#43Mark631US #49
#44Jeffrey629US #53
#45Cody608US #24
#46Charles600US #44
#47Gregory591US #65
#48Peter580US #82
#49Jeremy574US #46
#50Luis568US #58
#51Paul559US #56
#52Bryan544US #61
#53Alex534US #52
#54Vincent503US #100
#55Jesse470US #48
#56Kenneth455US #60
#57Edward453US #78
#58Carlos432US #72
#59Connor418US #57
#60Evan394US #62
#61Joel388US #101
#62Scott379US #69
#63Corey376US #68
#64Ian374US #70
#65George369US #104
#66Shawn366US #77
#67Travis366US #50
#68Austin361US #26
#69Nathan356US #41
#70Frank343US #134
#71Raymond343US #108
#72Juan336US #55
#73Gabriel326US #86
#74Angel321US #115
#75Philip302US #147
#76Derek299US #67
#77Brendan292US #145
#78Jared291US #63
#79Victor285US #91
#80Shaquille279US #181
#81Shane278US #84
#82Marcus276US #74
#83Miguel275US #88
#84Devin267US #71
#85Edwin264US #176
#86Nathaniel254US #75
#87Jake247US #111
#88Taylor247US #51
#89Keith246US #109
#90Henry245US #136
#91Trevor240US #64
#92Luke238US #87
#93Cameron227US #54
#94Ronald226US #122
#95Andre223US #146
#96Bradley222US #73
#97Louis222US #194
#98Lucas216US #95
#99Colin214US #121
#100Xavier214US #141

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑28Austin#68
↑21Olivia#39
↑17Alexa#61
↑16Emma#63
↑15Shannon#36
↑15Sabrina#75
↑15Paige#82
↑14Briana#71

Falling

↓16Heather#62
↓15Kaitlyn#50
↓15Christine#58
↓15Kathleen#88
↓14Keith#89
↓13Caroline#96
↓13Ronald#94
↓12Andrea#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.