Popular baby names in New York, 1928

The most popular baby names in New York in 1928 were Mary for girls (4,907 babies) and John for boys (6,354). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 196,647 babies born in New York in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1928

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

Vincenza: 64 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 164 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Carmela: 281 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Renee: 213 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Concetta: 174 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Antoinette: 412 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 60 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rhoda: 190 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelina: 317 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Selma: 215 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 381 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hyman: 54 babies, 7× the national rate
Carmine: 117 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sol: 77 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Irwin: 274 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Murray: 272 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dominick: 257 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 512 babies, 6× the national rate
Patsy: 137 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vito: 114 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	4,907	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,783	–	3
3	Helen	2,315	–	4
4	Margaret	2,028	–	5
5	Joan	1,703	↑12	27
6	Jean	1,671	↑3	12
7	Shirley	1,653	↓1	10
8	Gloria	1,608	↓1	25
9	Ruth	1,541	↓4	6
10	Rose	1,490	–	24
11	Marie	1,466	↓3	21
12	Betty	1,437	↓1	2
13	Patricia	1,433	↑12	11
14	Anna	1,429	↓2	16
15	Barbara	1,365	↑3	8
16	Doris	1,341	↓3	7
17	Florence	1,318	↓3	32
18	Frances	1,315	↓3	13
19	Elizabeth	1,281	↓3	14
20	Theresa	1,156	↑3	49
21	Josephine	1,116	–	42
22	Catherine	1,114	↓2	33
23	Eleanor	1,062	↓4	36
24	Dolores	1,060	↑13	20
25	Alice	990	↓1	19
26	Marilyn	984	↑6	38
27	Virginia	979	↓5	9
28	Marion	960	↑3	47
29	Rita	955	–	57
30	Ann	929	↑3	54
31	Evelyn	910	↓4	17
32	Mildred	896	↓6	15
33	Lillian	866	↓3	35
34	Irene	865	↓6	28
35	Phyllis	811	–	26
36	Lorraine	795	–	39
37	Grace	735	↓3	52
38	Elaine	649	↑7	68
39	June	618	↑2	44
40	Jane	610	↓1	62
41	Anne	580	↑1	93
42	Eileen	579	↓4	>100
43	Louise	570	↓3	31
44	Nancy	570	↑4	43
45	Norma	567	↓1	23
46	Joyce	552	new	30
47	Marjorie	541	↓4	29
48	Beverly	538	new	46
49	Edith	521	↓3	56
50	Audrey	520	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	John	6,354	–	2
2	Robert	5,524	–	1
3	William	4,415	–	4
4	Joseph	4,172	–	9
5	James	3,309	–	3
6	Richard	3,072	–	6
7	George	2,500	–	8
8	Charles	2,478	↑1	5
9	Edward	2,422	↓1	10
10	Donald	2,183	↑1	7
11	Frank	2,137	↓1	12
12	Thomas	1,964	–	11
13	Anthony	1,509	–	44
14	Arthur	1,339	–	22
15	Harold	1,105	↑1	14
16	Raymond	1,097	↓1	16
17	Walter	1,093	–	18
18	Paul	1,052	–	13
19	Albert	1,050	–	23
20	Michael	1,027	–	53
21	Alfred	1,008	↑10	33
22	Eugene	1,003	↑2	20
23	Louis	972	↓2	32
24	David	953	↑2	19
25	Herbert	916	↑10	25
26	Stanley	896	↓4	45
27	Henry	867	↓4	21
28	Peter	862	↓1	56
29	Vincent	851	↓4	82
30	Kenneth	825	–	17
31	Francis	798	↑1	40
32	Bernard	794	↓3	49
33	Jack	748	↓5	15
34	Leonard	726	–	42
35	Daniel	688	↓2	47
36	Howard	672	–	31
37	Ralph	666	–	24
38	Harry	651	–	26
39	Lawrence	635	–	38
40	Gerald	633	↑2	41
41	Norman	621	↓1	39
42	Martin	619	↓1	83
43	Philip	589	–	73
44	Fred	583	–	36
45	Frederick	518	–	67
46	Salvatore	512	–	>100
47	Marvin	460	↑1	46
48	Carl	446	↓1	28
49	Ronald	416	new	50
50	Theodore	410	new	66

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