Popular baby names in New York, 1927

The most popular baby names in New York in 1927 were Mary for girls (5,095 babies) and John for boys (6,231). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 198,826 babies born in New York in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1927

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: 200 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Vincenza: 56 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Carmela: 280 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Concetta: 181 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Renee: 179 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Filomena: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 426 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Selma: 267 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 82 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rhoda: 174 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 381 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Carmine: 145 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hyman: 81 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Murray: 284 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sol: 94 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Irwin: 281 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rosario: 61 babies, 6× the national rate
Salvatore: 547 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 240 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vito: 129 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	5,095	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,995	–	2
3	Helen	2,481	–	4
4	Margaret	2,183	–	5
5	Ruth	1,820	–	6
6	Shirley	1,732	↑3	9
7	Gloria	1,704	↓1	22
8	Marie	1,663	–	20
9	Jean	1,648	↑1	14
10	Rose	1,604	↓3	23
11	Betty	1,598	↑1	3
12	Anna	1,530	↓1	16
13	Doris	1,449	↑3	7
14	Florence	1,418	↓1	28
15	Frances	1,410	↓1	12
16	Elizabeth	1,283	↓1	13
17	Joan	1,262	↑8	41
18	Barbara	1,240	↑8	10
19	Eleanor	1,154	↓2	33
20	Catherine	1,130	↑1	31
21	Josephine	1,125	↓1	39
22	Virginia	1,112	↓4	8
23	Theresa	1,095	↑6	52
24	Alice	1,061	↓5	17
25	Patricia	1,061	↑5	18
26	Mildred	1,035	↓3	11
27	Evelyn	1,008	↓5	15
28	Irene	960	↓4	21
29	Rita	935	↑2	54
30	Lillian	908	↓3	32
31	Marion	903	↓3	51
32	Marilyn	861	↑5	46
33	Ann	860	↓1	59
34	Grace	790	↓1	50
35	Phyllis	696	↑4	29
36	Lorraine	691	new	44
37	Dolores	687	new	34
38	Eileen	661	↑8	91
39	Jane	658	↓3	60
40	Louise	652	↑5	27
41	June	627	↓3	43
42	Anne	626	↓8	92
43	Marjorie	623	↓8	25
44	Norma	604	↓2	26
45	Elaine	594	↑2	69
46	Edith	577	↓3	48
47	Bernice	565	↑2	49
48	Nancy	562	↑2	56
49	Beatrice	551	↓5	67
50	Gertrude	525	↓10	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	John	6,231	–	2
2	Robert	5,471	–	1
3	William	4,503	–	4
4	Joseph	4,264	–	9
5	James	3,291	–	3
6	Richard	2,889	↑2	6
7	George	2,635	–	7
8	Edward	2,554	↓2	10
9	Charles	2,478	–	5
10	Frank	2,158	–	12
11	Donald	1,981	↑1	8
12	Thomas	1,981	↓1	11
13	Anthony	1,541	–	43
14	Arthur	1,365	–	22
15	Raymond	1,233	↑2	15
16	Harold	1,218	↓1	14
17	Walter	1,140	↓1	17
18	Paul	1,108	–	13
19	Albert	1,066	–	23
20	Michael	1,025	–	52
21	Louis	979	–	29
22	Stanley	975	↑1	44
23	Henry	949	↓1	19
24	Eugene	938	↑2	20
25	Vincent	871	–	77
26	David	869	↓2	21
27	Peter	826	↑4	59
28	Jack	811	↑2	16
29	Bernard	807	↓2	50
30	Kenneth	795	↑2	18
31	Alfred	794	↓2	45
32	Francis	769	↓4	36
33	Daniel	733	↑4	46
34	Leonard	731	↑1	40
35	Herbert	720	↓1	42
36	Howard	698	↑3	28
37	Ralph	689	↓4	24
38	Harry	682	↓2	25
39	Lawrence	632	↓1	37
40	Norman	622	↑1	39
41	Martin	611	↑2	87
42	Gerald	590	↑2	38
43	Philip	583	↓1	75
44	Fred	577	↓4	35
45	Frederick	548	↑1	64
46	Salvatore	547	↓1	>100
47	Carl	463	↑1	26
48	Marvin	434	new	47
49	Irving	407	↓2	>100
50	Nicholas	402	new	>100

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