State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1994 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 237,037 New York births in 1994 across 3,905 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.

#88Estheroutside the national top 200
#93Marcoutside the national top 200
#98Louisoutside the national top 200
#99Gina#194 nationally
#97Jillian#191 nationally
#82Edwin#175 nationally
#82Gabriella#160 nationally
#66Frank#141 nationally
#93Deanna#165 nationally
#95Dana#167 nationally
#89Henry#145 nationally
#80Brendan#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,217US #2
#2Jessica2,191US #1
#3Samantha1,917US #4
#4Nicole1,766US #11
#5Amanda1,682US #8
#6Emily1,623US #3
#7Stephanie1,414US #15
#8Sarah1,406US #5
#9Danielle1,247US #20
#10Jennifer1,227US #17
#11Elizabeth1,128US #9
#12Brittany1,068US #7
#13Rachel972US #13
#14Victoria956US #19
#15Taylor949US #6
#16Alexandra911US #28
#17Melissa907US #31
#18Lauren902US #14
#19Michelle896US #33
#20Rebecca893US #24
#21Kimberly832US #32
#22Megan814US #10
#23Kayla810US #12
#24Katherine806US #30
#25Christina786US #39
#26Tiffany778US #35
#27Alyssa775US #26
#28Brianna774US #27
#29Alexis754US #18
#30Jasmine686US #23
#31Courtney615US #22
#32Amber556US #21
#33Shannon537US #60
#34Hannah527US #16
#35Allison508US #34
#36Gabrielle507US #67
#37Kelly502US #62
#38Sara496US #43
#39Maria485US #47
#40Jacqueline483US #65
#41Olivia480US #50
#42Julia477US #72
#43Chelsea463US #38
#44Laura458US #46
#45Erin452US #45
#46Marissa444US #53
#47Crystal438US #64
#48Morgan428US #25
#49Kristen427US #55
#50Jenna426US #80
#51Catherine422US #84
#52Erica422US #57
#53Kaitlyn421US #48
#54Emma409US #74
#55Natalie390US #56
#56Kelsey387US #29
#57Mary381US #37
#58Anna378US #41
#59Alexa372US #95
#60Christine368US #104
#61Briana359US #68
#62Cassandra357US #66
#63Angela343US #81
#64Abigail341US #42
#65Heather339US #44
#66Vanessa336US #59
#67Andrea332US #49
#68Diana327US #98
#69Destiny318US #86
#70Alicia305US #83
#71Sabrina305US #97
#72Bianca302US #111
#73Meghan300US #100
#74Caitlin295US #78
#75Kristina287US #113
#76Caroline281US #94
#77Jamie280US #87
#78Melanie279US #120
#79Kathryn276US #79
#80Lisa260US #123
#81Paige257US #63
#82Gabriella256US #160
#83Leah253US #101
#84Amy252US #77
#85Brooke251US #54
#86Katelyn249US #58
#87Dominique246US #132
#88Esther246
#89Kathleen245US #130
#90Alexandria243US #73
#91Erika241US #90
#92Katie238US #70
#93Deanna237US #165
#94Kaitlin235US #93
#95Dana227US #167
#96Margaret222US #106
#97Jillian219US #191
#98Shelby219US #40
#99Gina218US #194
#100Karen209US #128

Boys

#1Michael4,170US #1
#2Christopher2,965US #2
#3Matthew2,767US #3
#4Nicholas2,519US #9
#5Joseph2,514US #11
#6Daniel2,397US #8
#7Anthony2,259US #18
#8John2,006US #15
#9Kevin1,994US #26
#10Brandon1,935US #6
#11Joshua1,861US #4
#12David1,859US #13
#13Andrew1,833US #10
#14Jonathan1,819US #23
#15Ryan1,733US #16
#16James1,717US #14
#17Robert1,568US #21
#18Justin1,517US #20
#19Tyler1,460US #5
#20Thomas1,453US #27
#21Alexander1,442US #22
#22William1,377US #19
#23Zachary1,352US #12
#24Steven1,233US #34
#25Brian1,202US #37
#26Kyle1,104US #24
#27Jacob1,061US #7
#28Eric1,019US #30
#29Christian922US #35
#30Patrick841US #42
#31Sean793US #44
#32Benjamin789US #31
#33Richard788US #41
#34Jason779US #46
#35Adam771US #38
#36Aaron757US #28
#37Dylan749US #32
#38Timothy741US #39
#39Jordan696US #29
#40Samuel695US #33
#41Jose666US #36
#42Mark632US #48
#43Austin630US #17
#44Stephen618US #49
#45Cody598US #25
#46Jeffrey598US #55
#47Peter586US #87
#48Jeremy566US #47
#49Luis529US #57
#50Charles519US #43
#51Bryan508US #66
#52Paul508US #64
#53Alex507US #50
#54Gregory503US #76
#55Vincent501US #100
#56Jesse456US #45
#57Kenneth441US #65
#58Evan421US #62
#59Edward412US #84
#60Carlos408US #72
#61Gabriel390US #68
#62Nathan379US #40
#63Connor377US #59
#64Juan368US #51
#65Corey353US #73
#66Frank352US #141
#67Shawn349US #86
#68Ian346US #74
#69Joel342US #108
#70Raymond335US #115
#71Scott333US #80
#72George325US #110
#73Jake317US #106
#74Angel312US #104
#75Travis303US #53
#76Shane302US #92
#77Victor301US #93
#78Devin297US #61
#79Marcus289US #75
#80Brendan285US #129
#81Jared282US #63
#82Edwin269US #175
#83Trevor264US #58
#84Miguel263US #94
#85Elijah257US #133
#86Mitchell254US #71
#87Erik251US #99
#88Nathaniel251US #78
#89Henry241US #145
#90Keith240US #126
#91Ronald232US #137
#92Derek227US #77
#93Marc227
#94Jack226US #127
#95Lucas225US #95
#96Cameron220US #52
#97Devon219US #117
#98Louis219
#99Luke216US #91
#100Andre215US #148

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑27Abigail#64
↑25Austin#43
↑20Caroline#76
↑18Morgan#48
↑16Jacqueline#40
↑14Jake#73
↑12Kristina#75
↑12Gabriel#61

Falling

↓17Chelsea#43
↓16Andrea#67
↓16Jillian#97
↓16Derek#92
↓15Karen#100
↓13Dominique#87
↓11Catherine#51
↓11Amy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.