Popular baby names in New York, 1923

The most popular baby names in New York in 1923 were Mary for girls (5,158 babies) and John for boys (6,228). Social Security records list 193,932 babies born in New York in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1923

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: 184 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Vincenza: 83 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Carmela: 323 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Yetta: 54 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 125 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Concetta: 205 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bella: 77 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Filomena: 86 babies, 5× the national rate
Renee: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelina: 381 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 514 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Isidore: 71 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Hyman: 142 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carmine: 140 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sol: 156 babies, 7× the national rate
Murray: 334 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 528 babies, 6× the national rate
Santo: 48 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 287 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rosario: 60 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	5,158	–	1
2	Dorothy	3,395	↑1	2
3	Helen	3,224	↓1	3
4	Margaret	2,379	–	4
5	Ruth	2,361	–	6
6	Rose	1,796	–	23
7	Anna	1,641	–	13
8	Frances	1,627	↑1	10
9	Florence	1,625	↓1	18
10	Elizabeth	1,558	↑1	9
11	Marie	1,512	↓1	14
12	Josephine	1,376	–	30
13	Shirley	1,358	↑6	26
14	Betty	1,348	↑6	5
15	Catherine	1,311	↓2	24
16	Doris	1,269	↑1	11
17	Mildred	1,264	↓3	8
18	Lillian	1,261	–	20
19	Gloria	1,247	↑7	48
20	Eleanor	1,225	↑2	28
21	Virginia	1,224	↓6	7
22	Jean	1,214	↓1	19
23	Evelyn	1,133	↓7	12
24	Marion	1,097	–	44
25	Irene	1,059	–	17
26	Alice	1,018	↓3	15
27	Ann	861	↑4	52
28	Rita	834	↓1	50
29	Grace	818	–	39
30	Beatrice	786	↓2	46
31	Anne	756	↑3	71
32	Sylvia	743	↓2	98
33	Gertrude	728	↑2	59
34	Jane	716	↑2	55
35	Edith	712	↓3	36
36	Barbara	697	↑4	33
37	Muriel	693	–	>100
38	Marjorie	689	↓5	16
39	Louise	646	↓1	22
40	Theresa	556	↑1	>100
41	Ethel	555	↓2	38
42	Eileen	530	↑2	95
43	Norma	520	↑2	41
44	June	519	new	42
45	Gladys	495	↓2	29
46	Esther	494	↓4	47
47	Patricia	494	new	56
48	Edna	481	↓2	32
49	Agnes	473	–	63
50	Jennie	468	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	6,228	–	1
2	Robert	4,700	–	2
3	William	4,406	↑1	3
4	Joseph	4,208	↓1	7
5	James	2,690	–	4
6	Edward	2,637	↑1	8
7	George	2,595	↓1	6
8	Charles	2,421	↑1	5
9	Frank	2,304	↓1	11
10	Richard	1,819	–	9
11	Thomas	1,788	–	12
12	Anthony	1,455	–	39
13	Donald	1,426	↑2	10
14	Harold	1,414	–	13
15	Arthur	1,334	↓2	19
16	Walter	1,194	–	16
17	Raymond	1,104	↑2	15
18	Albert	1,045	↑3	20
19	Louis	1,035	↓2	27
20	Michael	1,004	↓2	50
21	Henry	996	↓1	18
22	Paul	973	–	14
23	Stanley	913	–	41
24	Harry	897	–	22
25	Bernard	886	↑2	46
26	Francis	830	–	34
27	Vincent	830	↓2	72
28	David	815	↑1	24
29	Jack	760	↓1	17
30	Peter	760	–	58
31	Alfred	739	↑2	42
32	Herbert	716	–	40
33	Eugene	709	↑3	25
34	Ralph	693	↑4	23
35	Kenneth	686	↓1	21
36	Howard	672	↓5	26
37	Lawrence	661	↑3	36
38	Irving	643	↓1	>100
39	Daniel	635	–	47
40	Leonard	632	↓5	37
41	Philip	581	–	70
42	Fred	555	↑4	33
43	Martin	536	↓1	80
44	Norman	531	↓1	44
45	Salvatore	528	↑2	>100
46	Frederick	527	↓2	60
47	Seymour	514	↓2	>100
48	Theodore	461	–	62
49	Samuel	439	–	45
50	Nicholas	418	–	>100

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