Popular baby names in New York, 1913

The most popular baby names in New York in 1913 were Mary for girls (3,267 babies) and John for boys (3,149). Social Security records list 103,333 babies born in New York in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1913

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: 100 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Vincenza: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Roslyn: 37 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmela: 135 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Concetta: 98 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Filomena: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelina: 216 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ray: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bella: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tessie: 73 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Moe: 31 babies, 10× the national rate
Isidore: 83 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Seymour: 105 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Vito: 72 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rosario: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mortimer: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Murray: 147 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmine: 62 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 226 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hyman: 144 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	3,267	–	1
2	Helen	2,265	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,623	–	3
4	Margaret	1,620	↑1	4
5	Rose	1,529	↓1	14
6	Anna	1,470	–	7
7	Ruth	1,327	–	5
8	Frances	1,012	–	9
9	Elizabeth	996	–	8
10	Florence	981	–	13
11	Lillian	930	–	16
12	Mildred	908	–	6
13	Catherine	885	–	22
14	Josephine	822	↑1	24
15	Marie	759	↓1	10
16	Sylvia	623	↑3	72
17	Evelyn	607	↑1	12
18	Alice	603	↓2	11
19	Anne	600	↑2	57
20	Gertrude	582	↓3	33
21	Marion	559	↓1	51
22	Eleanor	545	↑1	34
23	Beatrice	515	↑1	37
24	Grace	513	↓2	25
25	Ethel	480	–	20
26	Edith	474	↑2	29
27	Jean	463	–	60
28	Irene	443	↑1	21
29	Ann	432	↑1	46
30	Edna	422	↑1	18
31	Louise	418	↓5	17
32	Esther	415	–	32
33	Virginia	395	↑8	15
34	Ida	356	↓1	49
35	Julia	353	↓1	42
36	Agnes	345	–	41
37	Doris	333	↓2	44
38	Pauline	333	↓1	35
39	Gladys	332	–	19
40	Rita	327	new	>100
41	Theresa	319	↑5	97
42	Marjorie	307	↑5	48
43	Betty	306	↓5	67
44	Katherine	298	↓4	54
45	Jennie	284	↓2	80
46	Martha	281	↑3	28
47	Elsie	277	↑1	40
48	Bertha	269	↓6	39
49	Clara	244	↓5	36
50	Sarah	244	↓5	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	3,149	–	1
2	Joseph	2,517	–	5
3	William	2,271	–	2
4	Charles	1,415	–	7
5	James	1,387	↑1	3
6	George	1,370	↓1	6
7	Frank	1,340	–	9
8	Edward	1,265	–	8
9	Robert	1,153	–	4
10	Louis	838	↑2	20
11	Thomas	790	–	10
12	Anthony	778	↓2	38
13	Harry	723	–	15
14	Harold	701	↑1	13
15	Arthur	689	↓1	17
16	Michael	663	↑1	40
17	Henry	634	↓1	12
18	Walter	627	–	11
19	Albert	559	–	16
20	Francis	511	↑4	30
21	David	503	↑1	29
22	Richard	498	↑3	19
23	Jack	457	↑4	28
24	Vincent	455	↑4	66
25	Paul	454	↓2	14
26	Samuel	452	↓6	36
27	Raymond	443	↓1	18
28	Peter	434	↑1	51
29	Irving	431	↓8	>100
30	Alfred	388	–	42
31	Bernard	383	↑2	52
32	Philip	375	↑4	69
33	Sidney	371	↓2	90
34	Donald	350	↑1	25
35	Frederick	335	↑2	49
36	Stanley	332	↑4	41
37	Morris	320	↑2	89
38	Ralph	319	↓6	22
39	Daniel	318	↑5	54
40	Howard	318	↑2	26
41	Herbert	315	↓3	39
42	Fred	310	↓1	27
43	Milton	305	↓9	71
44	Benjamin	291	↑2	70
45	Lawrence	275	↑2	35
46	Nicholas	270	new	>100
47	Carl	264	↓2	23
48	Leo	260	new	48
49	Abraham	256	↓1	>100
50	Kenneth	255	↓1	33

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