Popular baby names in New York, 1977

The most popular baby names in New York in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (3,988 babies) and Michael for boys (6,013). Social Security records list 215,462 babies born in New York in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1977

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Chaya: 73 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chana: 88 babies, 9× the national rate
Milagros: 70 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jasmin: 105 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Yasmin: 67 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Damaris: 53 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Janine: 146 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maritza: 81 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Simone: 51 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daniela: 52 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 64 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Moshe: 75 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamel: 139 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 162 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kareem: 160 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jean: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dominick: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angel: 335 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alexis: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelo: 138 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,988	–	1
2	Jessica	2,157	↑1	4
3	Melissa	1,893	↓1	2
4	Nicole	1,609	↑1	15
5	Michelle	1,552	↓1	7
6	Lisa	1,431	↑1	12
7	Elizabeth	1,336	↑2	13
8	Amy	1,324	↓2	3
9	Kelly	1,286	↑4	10
10	Danielle	1,212	↑1	31
11	Heather	1,168	↓3	5
12	Kimberly	1,157	↓2	8
13	Christine	1,064	↓1	30
14	Sarah	1,022	↑1	11
15	Christina	1,000	↓1	16
16	Rebecca	847	–	17
17	Laura	765	↑2	20
18	Stephanie	751	↓1	14
19	Erin	733	↑10	23
20	Tara	731	↑4	35
21	Karen	722	↓1	32
22	Maria	709	↓4	36
23	Mary	664	↓1	21
24	Angela	658	↓1	6
25	Shannon	634	↓4	19
26	Amanda	607	↑5	9
27	Rachel	597	↓2	26
28	Jamie	579	↑5	18
29	Andrea	575	↑3	24
30	Julie	553	–	22
31	Sara	531	↑6	27
32	Jaime	509	↓6	46
33	Dawn	496	↓6	43
34	Erica	496	↑5	38
35	Michele	473	↓7	77
36	Carrie	471	↑4	28
37	Patricia	464	↓3	47
38	Susan	453	↓3	45
39	Jill	452	↑8	41
40	Kathleen	426	↑3	80
41	Lauren	426	↑9	>100
42	Cynthia	424	↑4	48
43	Stacey	421	↓2	56
44	Denise	418	↓8	78
45	Katherine	417	↓1	44
46	Tracy	402	↓8	50
47	Kristen	396	↓2	72
48	Tanya	392	–	67
49	Catherine	375	↓7	75
50	Stacy	374	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	6,013	–	1
2	Jason	3,462	↑1	2
3	Christopher	3,121	↓1	3
4	David	3,015	–	4
5	John	2,831	–	7
6	Joseph	2,733	↑1	10
7	Robert	2,674	↓1	6
8	James	2,578	–	5
9	Brian	2,398	–	8
10	Daniel	2,298	–	11
11	Matthew	2,034	–	9
12	Anthony	1,791	↑1	21
13	William	1,745	↓1	12
14	Thomas	1,601	–	22
15	Kevin	1,589	↑2	13
16	Richard	1,477	–	20
17	Eric	1,413	↓2	17
18	Steven	1,239	–	23
19	Andrew	1,231	↑3	24
20	Jeffrey	1,223	–	19
21	Timothy	1,136	↑3	18
22	Mark	1,115	↓1	25
23	Scott	1,091	↓4	27
24	Paul	1,074	↓1	31
25	Peter	993	–	55
26	Joshua	883	↑5	14
27	Gregory	876	↑1	35
28	Adam	861	↓1	33
29	Jonathan	853	↑3	28
30	Jeremy	820	↑5	15
31	Jose	813	↓5	45
32	Charles	802	↓3	26
33	Sean	778	–	43
34	Stephen	771	–	38
35	Ryan	762	↑6	16
36	Edward	681	↓6	47
37	Patrick	669	↑1	40
38	Keith	655	↓2	48
39	Shawn	641	–	37
40	Benjamin	638	↑2	29
41	Kenneth	624	↓4	39
42	Justin	608	↑2	30
43	Frank	576	–	71
44	George	568	↓4	57
45	Nicholas	524	new	51
46	Aaron	514	–	32
47	Todd	477	↓2	50
48	Luis	465	↓1	>100
49	Raymond	428	↑1	65
50	Donald	424	new	46

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