Popular baby names in New York, 1911

The most popular baby names in New York in 1911 were Mary for girls (2,322 babies) and John for boys (1,624). Social Security records list 60,801 babies born in New York in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1911

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

Yetta: 43 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmela: 87 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roslyn: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Concetta: 64 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ray: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tessie: 61 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelina: 153 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Fanny: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Filomena: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 150 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Isidore: 40 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmine: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Seymour: 34 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nat: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Meyer: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Irving: 258 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sol: 46 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 110 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Vito: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hyman: 75 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	2,322	–	1
2	Helen	1,481	–	2
3	Margaret	1,194	↑2	3
4	Dorothy	1,101	↑2	4
5	Rose	1,054	↓2	14
6	Anna	1,006	↓2	6
7	Ruth	865	–	5
8	Frances	748	↑2	10
9	Lillian	689	↓1	13
10	Florence	676	↓1	12
11	Elizabeth	649	–	7
12	Mildred	645	–	8
13	Catherine	590	–	20
14	Marie	581	–	9
15	Josephine	497	–	29
16	Alice	476	–	11
17	Evelyn	407	↑2	16
18	Gertrude	400	–	30
19	Marion	400	↓2	58
20	Anne	385	↑1	64
21	Sylvia	374	↑6	82
22	Beatrice	363	↑2	37
23	Grace	363	↓3	23
24	Ann	338	↓2	53
25	Edna	320	↑1	17
26	Eleanor	320	↑3	49
27	Irene	318	↑1	21
28	Jean	313	↑2	74
29	Ethel	310	↓6	15
30	Edith	301	↑6	31
31	Louise	276	↓6	19
32	Esther	263	–	34
33	Julia	254	↓2	44
34	Gladys	244	–	18
35	Agnes	241	↓2	39
36	Ida	241	↑6	45
37	Virginia	233	↑6	26
38	Betty	231	↓1	69
39	Katherine	227	↑2	55
40	Pauline	223	–	38
41	Marjorie	221	↓2	59
42	Theresa	212	↓7	100
43	Doris	208	↑6	56
44	Elsie	201	–	41
45	Bertha	196	↓7	36
46	Jennie	193	↓1	85
47	Martha	191	↑1	28
48	Sarah	188	↓2	42
49	Hazel	177	new	25
50	Emma	166	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	1,624	–	1
2	Joseph	1,269	–	6
3	William	1,122	–	2
4	George	782	↑4	4
5	James	750	↓1	3
6	Charles	733	↓1	7
7	Frank	728	↓1	8
8	Edward	646	↓1	9
9	Robert	526	↑1	5
10	Thomas	444	↓1	10
11	Louis	420	–	21
12	Harry	415	↑1	13
13	Anthony	410	↓1	35
14	Harold	368	↑5	16
15	Michael	353	–	38
16	Arthur	322	–	18
17	Henry	301	–	11
18	Albert	286	↓4	15
19	Walter	279	↑1	12
20	Jack	263	↓2	25
21	Irving	258	↑2	93
22	Samuel	238	↓1	30
23	Richard	233	↑2	20
24	David	228	–	27
25	Paul	216	↓3	17
26	Francis	212	↑2	33
27	Alfred	209	–	39
28	Philip	193	↑3	69
29	Peter	189	↓3	50
30	Raymond	184	–	19
31	Frederick	178	↑2	52
32	Morris	177	–	85
33	Benjamin	172	↑9	64
34	Sidney	171	↑7	92
35	Ralph	166	↑2	24
36	Bernard	165	↓7	54
37	Vincent	160	↓2	80
38	Fred	155	↓2	22
39	Abraham	146	↑5	>100
40	Max	141	–	>100
41	Milton	140	↑9	70
42	Donald	138	new	36
43	Howard	138	↓9	28
44	Stanley	137	↓6	44
45	Sam	135	new	47
46	Herbert	133	–	41
47	Kenneth	133	new	40
48	Leo	124	↓1	51
49	Martin	121	new	75
50	Daniel	118	↓11	53

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