Popular baby names in New York, 1925

The most popular baby names in New York in 1925 were Mary for girls (4,914 babies) and John for boys (6,133). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 195,733 babies born in New York in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1925

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: 170 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Vincenza: 60 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Blossom: 61 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carmela: 276 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Concetta: 194 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Renee: 95 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Filomena: 62 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 86 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelina: 405 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 455 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Isidore: 53 babies, 8× the national rate
Seymour: 438 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hyman: 80 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Carmine: 125 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Meyer: 51 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sol: 104 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Murray: 321 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 520 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dominick: 272 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rosario: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	4,914	–	1
2	Dorothy	3,329	–	2
3	Helen	2,759	–	4
4	Margaret	2,328	–	5
5	Ruth	2,150	–	6
6	Gloria	1,996	↑5	20
7	Rose	1,693	↓1	26
8	Marie	1,619	↑2	16
9	Betty	1,592	↑5	3
10	Anna	1,569	↓3	13
11	Jean	1,504	↑4	14
12	Florence	1,500	↓4	24
13	Shirley	1,459	–	17
14	Frances	1,441	↓5	11
15	Elizabeth	1,348	↓3	10
16	Doris	1,344	–	8
17	Josephine	1,305	–	36
18	Catherine	1,257	↑1	29
19	Virginia	1,206	↑1	7
20	Eleanor	1,192	↑1	31
21	Alice	1,115	↑3	15
22	Mildred	1,111	↓4	9
23	Evelyn	1,106	–	12
24	Irene	1,057	↑2	19
25	Lillian	1,043	↓3	25
26	Marion	982	↓1	47
27	Rita	899	–	48
28	Patricia	897	↑9	28
29	Barbara	878	↑4	22
30	Grace	845	↓1	44
31	Ann	842	↓3	52
32	Joan	836	↑10	66
33	Anne	734	↑1	85
34	Theresa	726	↑7	80
35	Beatrice	710	↓3	50
36	Marjorie	705	↓5	21
37	Jane	700	↓7	53
38	Muriel	682	↑2	>100
39	Edith	637	↓3	42
40	June	624	↑5	39
41	Phyllis	600	↑2	40
42	Eileen	595	↑2	96
43	Louise	590	↓4	27
44	Norma	586	↑2	34
45	Sylvia	569	↓7	>100
46	Gertrude	566	↓11	70
47	Elaine	508	↑1	73
48	Bernice	484	↑2	46
49	Marilyn	476	new	83
50	Nancy	476	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	John	6,133	–	2
2	Robert	5,092	–	1
3	William	4,629	–	3
4	Joseph	4,088	–	7
5	James	3,014	–	4
6	Edward	2,687	–	9
7	George	2,518	–	6
8	Charles	2,396	–	5
9	Richard	2,357	↑1	8
10	Frank	2,306	↓1	12
11	Thomas	1,851	–	11
12	Donald	1,674	–	10
13	Anthony	1,419	–	39
14	Arthur	1,376	↑1	20
15	Harold	1,317	↓1	14
16	Walter	1,173	–	16
17	Raymond	1,151	–	15
18	Paul	1,043	↑2	13
19	Louis	1,014	–	29
20	Albert	992	↓2	21
21	Henry	988	–	18
22	Michael	961	–	55
23	Stanley	955	–	40
24	David	889	↑2	22
25	Bernard	880	↑2	48
26	Vincent	870	↓1	71
27	Francis	852	↑1	35
28	Jack	808	↑4	17
29	Harry	804	↓5	23
30	Peter	780	–	60
31	Eugene	778	↑2	24
32	Alfred	759	↓3	43
33	Daniel	734	↑5	44
34	Howard	730	↑3	26
35	Kenneth	720	–	19
36	Ralph	720	–	25
37	Leonard	714	↓3	38
38	Herbert	705	↓7	42
39	Lawrence	591	↑1	36
40	Norman	579	↑3	41
41	Philip	565	↓2	75
42	Fred	544	↓1	33
43	Martin	527	↑2	83
44	Irving	522	↓2	>100
45	Salvatore	520	↑2	>100
46	Frederick	519	–	65
47	Gerald	517	↑1	45
48	Seymour	438	↓4	>100
49	Nicholas	404	–	>100
50	Theodore	402	new	63

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