State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1996 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 223,054 New York births in 1996 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.

#84Estheroutside the national top 200
#93Edwin#196 nationally
#92Liam#184 nationally
#89Dana#175 nationally
#81Frank#162 nationally
#61Gabriella#139 nationally
#52Vincent#116 nationally
#74Christine#135 nationally
#75Brendan#131 nationally
#83Henry#139 nationally
#72Joel#124 nationally
#80Raymond#132 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,892US #3
#2Samantha1,711US #5
#3Emily1,623US #1
#4Jessica1,617US #2
#5Amanda1,358US #13
#6Sarah1,334US #4
#7Nicole1,329US #22
#8Rachel1,116US #9
#9Stephanie1,065US #20
#10Jennifer1,002US #19
#11Brianna986US #17
#12Elizabeth954US #10
#13Danielle947US #29
#14Taylor909US #6
#15Victoria888US #18
#16Kayla857US #11
#17Alexis836US #8
#18Alexandra813US #26
#19Brittany779US #14
#20Lauren739US #16
#21Alyssa734US #23
#22Michelle734US #47
#23Rebecca730US #24
#24Megan668US #12
#25Kimberly661US #41
#26Hannah659US #7
#27Melissa655US #42
#28Julia634US #48
#29Katherine633US #31
#30Christina622US #57
#31Tiffany584US #52
#32Gabrielle569US #54
#33Olivia565US #34
#34Courtney557US #21
#35Sabrina542US #58
#36Maria505US #37
#37Sara500US #50
#38Jasmine485US #28
#39Kelly453US #73
#40Amber440US #27
#41Anna439US #33
#42Shannon439US #80
#43Kaitlyn427US #40
#44Destiny423US #56
#45Erin423US #51
#46Natalie421US #46
#47Emma420US #53
#48Jacqueline416US #69
#49Morgan410US #25
#50Abigail399US #32
#51Alexa397US #100
#52Chelsea397US #55
#53Allison395US #38
#54Marissa391US #59
#55Jenna368US #83
#56Kristen365US #70
#57Briana361US #72
#58Laura348US #66
#59Erica343US #79
#60Kelsey336US #36
#61Gabriella330US #139
#62Sydney330US #39
#63Caroline327US #78
#64Angela321US #90
#65Catherine321US #95
#66Madison313US #15
#67Mary312US #44
#68Vanessa305US #60
#69Jamie288US #96
#70Leah287US #98
#71Melanie286US #119
#72Crystal285US #92
#73Paige284US #65
#74Christine283US #135
#75Meghan276US #113
#76Mariah275US #63
#77Caitlin270US #84
#78Amy268US #88
#79Cassandra267US #89
#80Andrea266US #61
#81Grace264US #94
#82Monica263US #82
#83Brooke259US #45
#84Esther253
#85Diana249US #107
#86Bianca247US #123
#87Dominique243US #122
#88Heather241US #71
#89Dana236US #175
#90Haley232US #30
#91Kathryn231US #87
#92Margaret224US #105
#93Alexandria218US #77
#94Angelica218US #97
#95Mackenzie218US #75
#96Shelby216US #35
#97Alicia215US #91
#98Cheyenne214US #68
#99Katelyn214US #64
#100Kristina211US #148

Boys

#1Michael3,559US #1
#2Matthew2,677US #2
#3Christopher2,541US #4
#4Nicholas2,491US #6
#5Joseph2,459US #12
#6Daniel2,130US #11
#7Anthony2,032US #19
#8Brandon1,863US #8
#9Joshua1,805US #5
#10John1,795US #15
#11Justin1,711US #20
#12Kevin1,701US #26
#13Ryan1,677US #16
#14Andrew1,642US #10
#15David1,601US #13
#16James1,492US #17
#17Jonathan1,490US #21
#18Tyler1,381US #7
#19Robert1,287US #23
#20Alexander1,279US #22
#21Thomas1,262US #28
#22Zachary1,240US #14
#23Jacob1,231US #3
#24William1,176US #18
#25Brian1,135US #36
#26Christian1,080US #24
#27Kyle1,007US #25
#28Steven928US #38
#29Eric859US #35
#30Benjamin829US #29
#31Jason803US #41
#32Austin779US #9
#33Jordan761US #27
#34Samuel739US #30
#35Sean729US #46
#36Richard719US #45
#37Dylan718US #33
#38Patrick691US #44
#39Adam651US #39
#40Aaron648US #34
#41Timothy647US #40
#42Jose581US #32
#43Mark545US #55
#44Peter514US #95
#45Bryan511US #66
#46Luis509US #57
#47Connor504US #54
#48Stephen472US #59
#49Alex463US #53
#50Paul457US #78
#51Charles449US #43
#52Vincent444US #116
#53Isaiah437US #71
#54Jeffrey435US #72
#55Cody431US #31
#56Jeremy425US #56
#57Kenneth413US #77
#58Edward409US #96
#59Jack399US #89
#60Malik396US #97
#61Jesse382US #51
#62Elijah376US #81
#63Noah371US #50
#64Gregory370US #98
#65Ian361US #70
#66Carlos360US #67
#67Gabriel349US #61
#68Nathan345US #37
#69Jake316US #114
#70Evan311US #65
#71Jared305US #64
#72Joel299US #124
#73Devin298US #60
#74Angel293US #102
#75Brendan290US #131
#76Luke286US #75
#77Victor284US #100
#78George282US #118
#79Nathaniel272US #69
#80Raymond271US #132
#81Frank265US #162
#82Shawn265US #111
#83Henry262US #139
#84Juan261US #52
#85Travis255US #73
#86Marcus254US #87
#87Corey252US #94
#88Scott251US #108
#89Ethan250US #62
#90Antonio249US #80
#91Miguel246US #91
#92Liam240US #184
#93Edwin233US #196
#94Isaac232US #86
#95Lucas232US #93
#96Shane229US #112
#97Derek226US #101
#98Trevor225US #63
#99Cameron219US #49
#100Mitchell212US #88

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑39Sabrina#35
↑29Noah#63
↑27Isaiah#53
↑23Mariah#76
↑22Jack#59
↑17Destiny#44
↑14Luke#76
↑12Caroline#63

Falling

↓19Heather#88
↓18Andrea#80
↓16Cassandra#79
↓15Alicia#97
↓14Corey#87
↓13Mary#67
↓13Crystal#72
↓12Allison#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.