Popular baby names in New York, 1929

The most popular baby names in New York in 1929 were Mary for girls (4,762 babies) and John for boys (6,253). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 191,737 babies born in New York in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1929

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

Sydell: 52 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 137 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmela: 254 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Renee: 188 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Concetta: 150 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Filomena: 50 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Francine: 52 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rhoda: 189 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rosalind: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 360 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 311 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Carmine: 121 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Vito: 141 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sol: 62 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Irwin: 270 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 497 babies, 6× the national rate
Santo: 54 babies, 6× the national rate
Murray: 218 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dominick: 227 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Patsy: 119 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	4,762	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,577	–	3
3	Joan	2,459	↑2	13
4	Helen	2,144	↓1	4
5	Margaret	2,113	↓1	5
6	Marie	1,610	↑5	22
7	Jean	1,593	↓1	12
8	Shirley	1,540	↓1	9
9	Patricia	1,500	↑4	10
10	Ruth	1,482	↓1	8
11	Rose	1,475	↓1	26
12	Gloria	1,449	↓4	28
13	Barbara	1,411	↑2	7
14	Doris	1,360	↑2	6
15	Dolores	1,334	↑9	14
16	Anna	1,333	↓2	20
17	Betty	1,324	↓5	2
18	Elizabeth	1,242	↑1	15
19	Frances	1,235	↓1	16
20	Florence	1,130	↓3	35
21	Theresa	1,080	↓1	49
22	Josephine	1,075	↓1	45
23	Catherine	1,019	↓1	34
24	Marilyn	1,005	↑2	33
25	Virginia	976	↑2	11
26	Eleanor	964	↓3	38
27	Alice	923	↓2	21
28	Rita	900	↑1	52
29	Ann	890	↑1	46
30	Evelyn	862	↑1	19
31	Marion	825	↓3	53
32	Irene	819	↑2	29
33	Phyllis	819	↑2	24
34	Lillian	782	↓1	40
35	Mildred	729	↓3	18
36	Joyce	703	↑10	23
37	Nancy	690	↑7	32
38	Lorraine	685	↓2	42
39	Jane	676	↑1	62
40	Grace	649	↓3	54
41	Eileen	646	↑1	98
42	Elaine	610	↓4	67
43	Beverly	607	↑5	39
44	Louise	605	↓1	31
45	Anne	592	↓4	91
46	Marjorie	572	↑1	30
47	June	546	↓8	48
48	Norma	545	↓3	25
49	Lois	542	new	17
50	Carol	517	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	John	6,253	–	3
2	Robert	5,446	–	1
3	William	4,235	–	4
4	Joseph	3,903	–	9
5	James	3,218	–	2
6	Richard	3,167	–	6
7	George	2,503	–	8
8	Edward	2,297	↑1	10
9	Charles	2,277	↓1	5
10	Donald	2,263	–	7
11	Frank	2,023	–	12
12	Thomas	1,928	–	11
13	Anthony	1,493	–	44
14	Arthur	1,261	–	22
15	Raymond	1,136	↑1	15
16	Paul	1,075	↑2	13
17	Walter	1,060	–	19
18	Harold	1,052	↓3	16
19	David	1,050	↑5	17
20	Louis	976	↑3	32
21	Michael	948	↓1	54
22	Herbert	930	↑3	25
23	Peter	913	↑5	55
24	Albert	904	↓5	24
25	Stanley	880	↑1	48
26	Eugene	849	↓4	20
27	Vincent	818	↑2	82
28	Francis	798	↑3	39
29	Kenneth	794	↑1	18
30	Henry	792	↓3	21
31	Bernard	740	↑1	52
32	Jack	735	↑1	14
33	Alfred	710	↓12	41
34	Leonard	698	–	42
35	Gerald	689	↑5	33
36	Ralph	684	↑1	26
37	Daniel	681	↓2	47
38	Harry	657	–	27
39	Howard	619	↓3	31
40	Norman	617	↑1	40
41	Lawrence	613	↓2	38
42	Martin	590	–	83
43	Fred	586	↑1	34
44	Philip	553	↓1	76
45	Frederick	509	–	67
46	Carl	501	↑2	28
47	Salvatore	497	↓1	>100
48	Marvin	431	↓1	46
49	Ronald	431	–	45
50	Nicholas	390	new	>100

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