State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1995 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 229,850 New York births in 1995 across 3,893 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
#85Edwin#187 nationally
#98Jillian#197 nationally
#70Frank#157 nationally
#65Gabriella#143 nationally
#62Malik#131 nationally
#54Vincent#113 nationally
#84Dominique#140 nationally
#88Lisa#144 nationally
#78Brendan#133 nationally
#67Joel#120 nationally
#71Raymond#124 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,057US #2
#2Samantha1,892US #4
#3Jessica1,853US #1
#4Emily1,687US #3
#5Amanda1,578US #9
#6Nicole1,484US #19
#7Sarah1,415US #5
#8Stephanie1,235US #16
#9Jennifer1,138US #18
#10Rachel1,103US #12
#11Danielle1,029US #24
#12Elizabeth996US #10
#13Brittany977US #8
#14Victoria947US #20
#15Taylor942US #6
#16Alexandra907US #26
#17Kayla903US #11
#18Brianna894US #21
#19Lauren816US #15
#20Alyssa789US #27
#21Alexis780US #14
#22Michelle778US #41
#23Rebecca769US #28
#24Melissa757US #35
#25Megan749US #13
#26Christina722US #45
#27Kimberly710US #37
#28Katherine689US #30
#29Courtney662US #17
#30Tiffany641US #46
#31Hannah589US #7
#32Jasmine586US #25
#33Gabrielle549US #61
#34Amber541US #22
#35Maria525US #44
#36Sara503US #48
#37Julia499US #62
#38Kelly496US #64
#39Shannon486US #73
#40Olivia481US #39
#41Allison462US #34
#42Morgan443US #23
#43Marissa441US #53
#44Jacqueline426US #70
#45Kaitlyn426US #42
#46Erin422US #49
#47Anna417US #31
#48Kristen416US #65
#49Natalie409US #51
#50Alexa402US #100
#51Laura399US #56
#52Chelsea398US #47
#53Emma386US #67
#54Mary374US #40
#55Abigail371US #36
#56Briana365US #74
#57Jenna365US #84
#58Erica342US #69
#59Crystal337US #80
#60Vanessa335US #63
#61Destiny333US #66
#62Andrea331US #55
#63Cassandra325US #78
#64Jamie322US #93
#65Gabriella320US #143
#66Angela319US #85
#67Christine319US #114
#68Sydney316US #43
#69Heather314US #54
#70Caitlin313US #81
#71Kelsey313US #33
#72Catherine312US #90
#73Diana298US #105
#74Sabrina295US #95
#75Caroline283US #92
#76Leah283US #103
#77Paige280US #58
#78Miranda273US #57
#79Melanie272US #117
#80Amy258US #75
#81Alexandria255US #72
#82Alicia255US #89
#83Meghan255US #112
#84Dominique253US #140
#85Grace250US #97
#86Bianca248US #128
#87Brooke246US #52
#88Lisa238US #144
#89Erika234US #102
#90Kathryn231US #83
#91Monica230US #87
#92Angelica229US #101
#93Esther228
#94Kristina225US #130
#95Katelyn217US #59
#96Sierra216US #60
#97Kathleen214US #139
#98Jillian212US #197
#99Mariah211US #71
#100Kaitlin209US #94

Boys

#1Michael3,908US #1
#2Christopher2,902US #3
#3Matthew2,744US #2
#4Nicholas2,664US #7
#5Joseph2,471US #12
#6Daniel2,347US #9
#7Anthony2,045US #19
#8John1,924US #13
#9Joshua1,871US #5
#10Brandon1,809US #8
#11Ryan1,802US #15
#12Andrew1,796US #11
#13Kevin1,782US #25
#14Justin1,740US #18
#15David1,660US #16
#16Jonathan1,636US #23
#17James1,587US #17
#18Tyler1,428US #6
#19Robert1,376US #22
#20Alexander1,373US #21
#21Thomas1,324US #27
#22Brian1,230US #36
#23William1,210US #20
#24Jacob1,196US #4
#25Zachary1,177US #14
#26Kyle1,087US #24
#27Steven1,039US #37
#28Christian999US #28
#29Eric914US #32
#30Jason810US #41
#31Patrick768US #43
#32Dylan765US #34
#33Richard756US #42
#34Benjamin748US #31
#35Austin736US #10
#36Jordan714US #29
#37Adam712US #38
#38Sean705US #45
#39Samuel704US #33
#40Aaron692US #30
#41Timothy668US #40
#42Jose610US #35
#43Mark576US #52
#44Peter576US #89
#45Jeffrey557US #64
#46Alex556US #47
#47Paul529US #71
#48Luis513US #59
#49Stephen502US #57
#50Cody498US #26
#51Charles495US #44
#52Jeremy490US #48
#53Bryan469US #70
#54Vincent468US #113
#55Connor449US #55
#56Jesse445US #46
#57Gregory434US #84
#58Edward405US #88
#59Carlos395US #68
#60Kenneth381US #72
#61Gabriel371US #65
#62Malik365US #131
#63Evan364US #60
#64Nathan361US #39
#65Elijah351US #93
#66Ian340US #67
#67Joel334US #120
#68Jake324US #108
#69Angel322US #101
#70Frank322US #157
#71Raymond319US #124
#72Shawn312US #100
#73Corey311US #74
#74Devin305US #58
#75Juan305US #50
#76George292US #115
#77Jared291US #63
#78Brendan290US #133
#79Victor284US #90
#80Isaiah275US #109
#81Jack272US #110
#82Scott264US #92
#83Travis264US #66
#84Nathaniel263US #73
#85Edwin262US #187
#86Henry248US #136
#87Lucas248US #91
#88Cristian240US #127
#89Trevor238US #61
#90Luke235US #82
#91Marcus235US #81
#92Noah235US #99
#93Shane235US #103
#94Julian232US #132
#95Ronald225US #146
#96Mitchell223US #79
#97Ethan222US #75
#98Miguel221US #94
#99Erik217US #111
#100Isaac216US #98

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑20Elijah#65
↑17Gabriella#65
↑13Jamie#64
↑13Jack#81
↑11Anna#47
↑10Brianna#18
↑9Alexa#50
↑9Abigail#55

Falling

↓21Catherine#72
↓19Kristina#94
↓17Shane#93
↓15Kelsey#71
↓14Bianca#86
↓14Miguel#98
↓12Crystal#59
↓12Alicia#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.