Popular baby names in New York, 1926

The most popular baby names in New York in 1926 were Mary for girls (4,780 babies) and John for boys (6,187). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 194,856 babies born in New York in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1926

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, 7.7× the national rate
Vincenza: 68 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Carmela: 280 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Renee: 125 babies, 6× the national rate
Rhoda: 243 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Concetta: 189 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rosalind: 89 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Selma: 254 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelina: 323 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 168 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 441 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Hyman: 76 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Carmine: 124 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Meyer: 52 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Murray: 333 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sol: 96 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Irwin: 240 babies, 6× the national rate
Salvatore: 513 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 228 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Vito: 143 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	4,780	–	1
2	Dorothy	3,108	–	2
3	Helen	2,578	–	4
4	Margaret	2,203	–	5
5	Ruth	1,936	–	6
6	Gloria	1,871	–	20
7	Rose	1,688	–	25
8	Marie	1,586	–	18
9	Shirley	1,584	↑4	14
10	Jean	1,571	↑1	12
11	Anna	1,546	↓1	15
12	Betty	1,508	↓3	3
13	Florence	1,489	↓1	26
14	Frances	1,434	–	10
15	Elizabeth	1,398	–	11
16	Doris	1,379	–	7
17	Eleanor	1,145	↑3	32
18	Virginia	1,131	↑1	8
19	Alice	1,117	↑2	17
20	Josephine	1,116	↓3	37
21	Catherine	1,113	↓3	31
22	Evelyn	1,042	↑1	13
23	Mildred	1,033	↓1	9
24	Irene	1,016	–	21
25	Joan	988	↑7	51
26	Barbara	979	↑3	16
27	Lillian	976	↓2	28
28	Marion	965	↓2	47
29	Theresa	930	↑5	64
30	Patricia	913	↓2	23
31	Rita	871	↓4	50
32	Ann	825	↓1	55
33	Grace	783	↓3	46
34	Anne	656	↓1	86
35	Marjorie	656	↑1	22
36	Jane	655	↑1	56
37	Marilyn	653	↑12	65
38	June	625	↑2	40
39	Phyllis	623	↑2	33
40	Gertrude	607	↑6	71
41	Muriel	604	↓3	>100
42	Norma	597	↑2	29
43	Edith	586	↓4	42
44	Beatrice	582	↓9	58
45	Louise	581	↓2	27
46	Eileen	574	↓4	92
47	Elaine	567	–	68
48	Sylvia	497	↓3	>100
49	Bernice	475	↓1	45
50	Nancy	470	–	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	John	6,187	–	2
2	Robert	5,281	–	1
3	William	4,478	–	4
4	Joseph	4,114	–	8
5	James	3,089	–	3
6	Edward	2,582	–	10
7	George	2,550	–	6
8	Richard	2,502	↑1	7
9	Charles	2,408	↓1	5
10	Frank	2,205	–	12
11	Thomas	1,958	–	11
12	Donald	1,794	–	9
13	Anthony	1,489	–	42
14	Arthur	1,362	–	20
15	Harold	1,262	–	14
16	Walter	1,215	–	17
17	Raymond	1,164	–	15
18	Paul	1,103	–	13
19	Albert	1,017	↑1	21
20	Michael	989	↑2	56
21	Louis	980	↓2	30
22	Henry	961	↓1	19
23	Stanley	952	–	43
24	David	888	–	22
25	Vincent	850	↑1	77
26	Eugene	848	↑5	23
27	Bernard	837	↓2	49
28	Francis	823	↓1	35
29	Alfred	794	↑3	45
30	Jack	788	↓2	16
31	Peter	784	↓1	58
32	Kenneth	744	↑3	18
33	Ralph	738	↑3	24
34	Herbert	736	↑4	44
35	Leonard	731	↑2	38
36	Harry	723	↓7	25
37	Daniel	677	↓4	46
38	Lawrence	664	↑1	36
39	Howard	663	↓5	27
40	Fred	641	↑2	31
41	Norman	621	↓1	39
42	Philip	602	↓1	70
43	Martin	591	–	80
44	Gerald	550	↑3	41
45	Salvatore	513	–	>100
46	Frederick	500	–	64
47	Irving	482	↓3	>100
48	Carl	442	new	26
49	Seymour	441	↓1	>100
50	Theodore	400	–	63

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