State roster

Top names in New York

The names most likely to appear on 1997 New York birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 215,884 New York births in 1997 across 3,906 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.

#79Estheroutside the national top 200
#94Andyoutside the national top 200
#99Edwin#198 nationally
#77Liam#162 nationally
#96Dana#179 nationally
#86Frank#168 nationally
#86Jillian#166 nationally
#51Gabriella#123 nationally
#89Christine#159 nationally
#53Vincent#118 nationally
#42Peter#102 nationally
#81Raymond#138 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha1,686US #6
#2Emily1,634US #1
#3Ashley1,497US #3
#4Jessica1,456US #2
#5Sarah1,388US #4
#6Nicole1,289US #21
#7Amanda1,261US #16
#8Brianna1,001US #17
#9Taylor964US #7
#10Rachel917US #13
#11Jennifer916US #18
#12Stephanie915US #23
#13Kayla870US #12
#14Elizabeth862US #9
#15Victoria859US #19
#16Alexis823US #8
#17Alyssa799US #15
#18Julia767US #37
#19Alexandra764US #30
#20Danielle764US #34
#21Lauren753US #14
#22Rebecca713US #25
#23Hannah707US #5
#24Megan705US #11
#25Olivia703US #27
#26Brittany676US #20
#27Katherine629US #32
#28Michelle600US #55
#29Sabrina597US #53
#30Melissa574US #44
#31Christina528US #62
#32Kimberly518US #49
#33Emma510US #36
#34Gabrielle509US #51
#35Jasmine505US #24
#36Maria495US #38
#37Sara482US #50
#38Amber466US #29
#39Tiffany446US #61
#40Abigail441US #26
#41Anna428US #33
#42Destiny428US #42
#43Erin428US #52
#44Shannon427US #85
#45Kaitlyn424US #41
#46Morgan416US #22
#47Allison412US #39
#48Courtney411US #28
#49Natalie404US #48
#50Jenna392US #76
#51Gabriella391US #123
#52Madison382US #10
#53Kelly372US #83
#54Briana369US #72
#55Chelsea363US #73
#56Jacqueline342US #77
#57Alexa340US #106
#58Catherine337US #96
#59Laura336US #66
#60Mary334US #46
#61Marissa327US #60
#62Caroline311US #75
#63Diana310US #97
#64Grace309US #69
#65Leah301US #104
#66Erica298US #84
#67Kristen297US #82
#68Vanessa295US #54
#69Angela294US #93
#70Sydney293US #35
#71Sophia290US #94
#72Caitlin284US #88
#73Brooke269US #45
#74Amy267US #92
#75Andrea266US #58
#76Cassandra263US #81
#77Jordan256US #40
#78Paige250US #64
#79Esther244
#80Jamie244US #103
#81Melanie242US #127
#82Haley241US #31
#83Meghan239US #113
#84Dominique238US #118
#85Isabella237US #114
#86Jillian235US #166
#87Kelsey234US #57
#88Madeline234US #59
#89Christine228US #159
#90Bianca226US #134
#91Crystal224US #99
#92Alexandria220US #78
#93Kathryn219US #86
#94Mariah219US #67
#95Monica218US #79
#96Dana213US #179
#97Alicia210US #89
#98Molly210US #98
#99Sierra210US #56
#100Miranda206US #70

Boys

#1Michael3,461US #1
#2Matthew2,672US #3
#3Christopher2,457US #4
#4Nicholas2,432US #6
#5Joseph2,366US #12
#6Daniel1,875US #11
#7Anthony1,873US #18
#8Brandon1,735US #8
#9Joshua1,715US #5
#10John1,713US #15
#11Andrew1,609US #7
#12Justin1,584US #20
#13Ryan1,582US #16
#14David1,575US #14
#15Kevin1,396US #28
#16Jonathan1,388US #21
#17James1,375US #17
#18Tyler1,357US #10
#19Jacob1,356US #2
#20Zachary1,216US #13
#21William1,190US #19
#22Robert1,168US #23
#23Alexander1,161US #22
#24Thomas1,155US #31
#25Kyle1,076US #24
#26Brian1,026US #37
#27Christian946US #25
#28Steven863US #40
#29Jason843US #41
#30Austin839US #9
#31Benjamin791US #29
#32Jordan789US #26
#33Dylan775US #30
#34Samuel763US #27
#35Eric752US #35
#36Sean731US #48
#37Patrick677US #50
#38Richard622US #51
#39Aaron617US #33
#40Timothy570US #43
#41Adam558US #39
#42Peter522US #102
#43Bryan513US #69
#44Jose502US #32
#45Mark480US #58
#46Connor475US #52
#47Alex453US #55
#48Luis450US #53
#49Charles448US #49
#50Jeremy436US #64
#51Stephen435US #68
#52Noah424US #38
#53Vincent421US #118
#54Isaiah418US #60
#55Jack398US #76
#56Paul394US #79
#57Jeffrey387US #84
#58Elijah375US #74
#59Edward372US #100
#60Ethan370US #46
#61Nathan366US #34
#62Evan362US #61
#63Gabriel354US #57
#64Gregory349US #103
#65Jared345US #56
#66Jake331US #101
#67Carlos330US #67
#68Kenneth325US #83
#69Brendan321US #107
#70Ian315US #70
#71George308US #121
#72Angel299US #86
#73Antonio299US #75
#74Joel298US #126
#75Cody296US #36
#76Nathaniel295US #65
#77Liam294US #162
#78Devin286US #59
#79Jesse286US #63
#80Malik285US #111
#81Raymond280US #138
#82Juan277US #54
#83Luke270US #78
#84Shawn263US #109
#85Cameron262US #45
#86Frank260US #168
#87Marcus254US #93
#88Shane252US #114
#89Scott243US #113
#90Victor236US #105
#91Henry232US #139
#92Trevor228US #62
#93Isaac227US #73
#94Andy225
#95Travis222US #81
#96Derek221US #106
#97Hunter219US #44
#98Lucas215US #98
#99Edwin213US #198
#100Colin211US #125

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑29Ethan#60
↑22Diana#63
↑17Grace#64
↑17Antonio#73
↑15Liam#77
↑14Emma#33
↑14Madison#52
↑14Cameron#85

Falling

↓27Kelsey#87
↓20Cody#75
↓20Malik#80
↓19Crystal#91
↓18Mariah#94
↓18Jesse#79
↓15Christine#89
↓14Courtney#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.