Popular baby names in New York, 1921

The most popular baby names in New York in 1921 were Mary for girls (5,413 babies) and John for boys (6,036). Social Security records list 193,436 babies born in New York in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1921

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

Roslyn: 158 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Vincenza: 76 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Yetta: 72 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carmela: 301 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bella: 100 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Concetta: 195 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Filomena: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rosalind: 85 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelina: 378 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 394 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Isidore: 101 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Seymour: 480 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Mortimer: 55 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hyman: 140 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sol: 139 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Carmine: 124 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Meyer: 84 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Murray: 317 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 459 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Vito: 148 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	5,413	–	1
2	Helen	3,605	–	3
3	Dorothy	3,367	–	2
4	Margaret	2,699	–	4
5	Ruth	2,569	–	5
6	Rose	2,029	↑1	20
7	Anna	1,928	↓1	11
8	Frances	1,854	–	9
9	Florence	1,725	–	17
10	Marie	1,661	↑1	14
11	Elizabeth	1,589	↓1	10
12	Josephine	1,404	↑2	28
13	Catherine	1,396	↑2	23
14	Mildred	1,350	↓2	7
15	Virginia	1,272	↑3	6
16	Doris	1,239	↑3	13
17	Lillian	1,239	↓4	19
18	Evelyn	1,213	↓1	12
19	Eleanor	1,208	↓3	29
20	Marion	1,107	↑1	43
21	Jean	1,093	↑1	25
22	Alice	1,064	↓2	15
23	Shirley	1,053	↑2	44
24	Irene	1,023	↑3	18
25	Betty	974	↓1	8
26	Sylvia	917	↓3	88
27	Beatrice	902	↑1	41
28	Grace	876	↓2	35
29	Marjorie	858	↑5	16
30	Rita	853	↓1	48
31	Gertrude	772	↓1	46
32	Edith	762	↑1	33
33	Anne	747	↓2	70
34	Ann	709	↓2	53
35	Jane	694	–	47
36	Louise	649	–	22
37	Muriel	628	↑1	>100
38	Gloria	611	new	>100
39	Ethel	610	↓2	32
40	Theresa	601	↑5	>100
41	Barbara	591	↑5	40
42	Gladys	559	↓3	24
43	Esther	544	↓3	42
44	Edna	535	↓3	27
45	Katherine	534	↓2	49
46	Norma	503	new	51
47	Jennie	497	–	99
48	Charlotte	477	↑2	79
49	Eileen	469	new	100
50	Agnes	467	↓8	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	John	6,036	–	1
2	William	4,271	↑1	3
3	Robert	4,255	↑1	2
4	Joseph	4,195	↓2	7
5	James	2,816	↑2	4
6	George	2,613	↓1	6
7	Edward	2,544	↓1	8
8	Charles	2,450	↑1	5
9	Frank	2,355	↓1	9
10	Richard	1,558	↑2	10
11	Thomas	1,554	↓1	11
12	Anthony	1,478	↑1	40
13	Harold	1,393	↓2	12
14	Arthur	1,363	–	19
15	Walter	1,251	–	15
16	Donald	1,187	–	13
17	Raymond	1,083	↑2	16
18	Henry	1,080	–	17
19	Louis	1,049	↓2	29
20	Michael	1,046	↑1	47
21	Albert	966	↑1	20
22	Paul	963	↑1	14
23	Harry	922	↓3	21
24	Bernard	884	↑1	45
25	Stanley	841	↑1	41
26	Vincent	824	↑1	70
27	Francis	815	↓3	35
28	Peter	787	↑2	57
29	Jack	786	–	18
30	David	747	↑1	25
31	Herbert	706	↑3	42
32	Alfred	700	↓4	43
33	Howard	699	↓1	27
34	Ralph	685	↑1	23
35	Leonard	647	↑4	39
36	Irving	646	↓3	>100
37	Eugene	644	↑1	26
38	Kenneth	638	↓2	22
39	Frederick	586	↑1	61
40	Lawrence	584	↑2	37
41	Philip	576	–	72
42	Daniel	574	↓5	49
43	Warren	573	new	24
44	Fred	514	↑1	33
45	Norman	503	↑2	46
46	Samuel	503	↑4	44
47	Martin	500	↓3	78
48	Seymour	480	–	>100
49	Salvatore	459	↓3	>100
50	Nicholas	454	new	>100

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