Popular baby names in New York, 1912

The most popular baby names in New York in 1912 were Mary for girls (2,909 babies) and John for boys (2,709). Social Security records list 92,046 babies born in New York in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1912

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

Vincenza: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Roslyn: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Yetta: 66 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Concetta: 82 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carmela: 112 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ray: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Filomena: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelina: 164 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bella: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Isidore: 92 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Moe: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Seymour: 80 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sol: 107 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vito: 59 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hyman: 158 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Carmine: 62 babies, 6× the national rate
Mortimer: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Salvatore: 220 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Santo: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	2,909	–	1
2	Helen	2,089	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,442	↑1	3
4	Rose	1,438	↑1	15
5	Margaret	1,370	↓2	4
6	Anna	1,338	–	7
7	Ruth	1,223	–	5
8	Frances	940	–	9
9	Elizabeth	868	↑2	8
10	Florence	864	–	12
11	Lillian	835	↓2	14
12	Mildred	831	–	6
13	Catherine	784	–	21
14	Marie	761	–	10
15	Josephine	676	–	28
16	Alice	585	–	11
17	Gertrude	577	↑1	30
18	Evelyn	557	↓1	13
19	Sylvia	547	↑2	77
20	Marion	544	↓1	55
21	Anne	529	↓1	58
22	Grace	472	↑1	24
23	Eleanor	450	↑3	39
24	Beatrice	443	↓2	37
25	Ethel	438	↑4	18
26	Louise	432	↑5	17
27	Jean	415	↑1	64
28	Edith	414	↑2	31
29	Irene	411	↓2	22
30	Ann	410	↓6	47
31	Edna	368	↓6	16
32	Esther	365	–	33
33	Ida	328	↑3	45
34	Julia	328	↓1	44
35	Doris	323	↑8	48
36	Agnes	320	↓1	40
37	Pauline	308	↑3	38
38	Betty	307	–	66
39	Gladys	307	↓5	19
40	Katherine	306	↓1	53
41	Virginia	292	↓4	20
42	Bertha	278	↑3	36
43	Jennie	277	↑3	81
44	Clara	266	new	34
45	Sarah	264	↑3	41
46	Theresa	262	↓4	97
47	Marjorie	254	↓6	56
48	Elsie	247	↓4	42
49	Martha	234	↓2	29
50	Hazel	201	↓1	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	2,709	–	1
2	Joseph	2,250	–	5
3	William	1,923	–	2
4	Charles	1,336	↑2	7
5	George	1,284	↓1	6
6	James	1,257	↓1	3
7	Frank	1,211	–	9
8	Edward	1,140	–	8
9	Robert	1,038	–	4
10	Anthony	738	↑3	37
11	Thomas	732	↓1	10
12	Louis	722	↓1	20
13	Harry	675	↓1	16
14	Arthur	647	↑2	15
15	Harold	603	↓1	13
16	Henry	587	↑1	12
17	Michael	538	↓2	42
18	Walter	519	↑1	11
19	Albert	495	↓1	17
20	Samuel	458	↑2	30
21	Irving	446	–	94
22	David	436	↑2	29
23	Paul	399	↑2	14
24	Francis	385	↑2	35
25	Richard	383	↓2	19
26	Raymond	377	↑4	18
27	Jack	376	↓7	28
28	Vincent	366	↑9	72
29	Peter	357	–	48
30	Alfred	351	↓3	40
31	Sidney	334	↑3	80
32	Ralph	332	↑3	23
33	Bernard	328	↑3	60
34	Milton	320	↑7	64
35	Donald	309	↑7	27
36	Philip	309	↓8	69
37	Frederick	303	↓6	51
38	Herbert	296	↑8	39
39	Morris	296	↓7	82
40	Stanley	293	↑4	43
41	Fred	287	↓3	26
42	Howard	281	↑1	25
43	Max	255	↓3	>100
44	Daniel	250	↑6	53
45	Carl	246	new	24
46	Benjamin	235	↓13	67
47	Lawrence	233	new	38
48	Abraham	228	↓9	>100
49	Kenneth	223	↓2	33
50	Salvatore	220	new	>100

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