Popular baby names in New York, 1930

The most popular baby names in New York in 1930 were Mary for girls (4,854 babies) and John for boys (6,238). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 191,366 babies born in New York in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1930

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
Carmela: 240 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Renee: 186 babies, 6× the national rate
Concetta: 157 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rhoda: 217 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Francine: 60 babies, 5× the national rate
Sandra: 115 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 360 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Selma: 203 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Camille: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 285 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carmine: 126 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Sol: 59 babies, 7× the national rate
Irwin: 286 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominick: 224 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Vito: 105 babies, 6× the national rate
Salvatore: 438 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Morton: 169 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Murray: 184 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rocco: 106 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	4,854	–	1
2	Joan	3,249	↑1	8
3	Dorothy	2,405	↓1	3
4	Helen	1,948	–	4
5	Margaret	1,938	–	5
6	Barbara	1,825	↑7	6
7	Patricia	1,745	↑2	7
8	Jean	1,551	↓1	14
9	Dolores	1,519	↑6	13
10	Marie	1,461	↓4	26
11	Shirley	1,405	↓3	11
12	Marilyn	1,360	↑12	22
13	Rose	1,354	↓2	29
14	Gloria	1,305	↓2	30
15	Ruth	1,303	↓5	10
16	Betty	1,300	↑1	2
17	Elizabeth	1,253	↑1	15
18	Anna	1,196	↓2	23
19	Doris	1,150	↓5	9
20	Frances	1,139	↓1	16
21	Florence	1,055	↓1	38
22	Theresa	1,046	↓1	50
23	Catherine	990	–	35
24	Rita	968	↑4	42
25	Ann	962	↑4	41
26	Eleanor	960	–	39
27	Josephine	933	↓5	49
28	Alice	908	↓1	20
29	Virginia	874	↓4	12
30	Nancy	863	↑7	24
31	Evelyn	843	↓1	19
32	Phyllis	820	↑1	28
33	Joyce	766	↑3	18
34	Irene	729	↓2	33
35	Marion	720	↓4	60
36	Lorraine	680	↑2	46
37	Lillian	677	↓3	44
38	Elaine	660	↑4	69
39	Beverly	654	↑4	34
40	Mildred	653	↓5	21
41	Anne	645	↑4	83
42	Jane	625	↓3	55
43	Janet	615	new	53
44	Louise	602	–	31
45	Grace	582	↓5	62
46	Eileen	566	↓5	>100
47	June	555	–	47
48	Carol	539	↑2	54
49	Lois	532	–	17
50	Marjorie	522	↓4	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	John	6,238	–	3
2	Robert	5,762	–	1
3	William	4,212	–	4
4	Joseph	3,825	–	9
5	Richard	3,479	↑1	5
6	James	3,426	↓1	2
7	Donald	2,496	↑3	7
8	Charles	2,477	↑1	6
9	Edward	2,382	↓1	10
10	George	2,337	↓3	8
11	Frank	1,993	–	13
12	Thomas	1,932	–	11
13	Anthony	1,489	–	44
14	Arthur	1,241	–	23
15	Raymond	1,145	–	16
16	Paul	1,126	–	12
17	David	1,082	↑2	15
18	Harold	1,040	–	18
19	Michael	1,013	↑2	54
20	Walter	999	↓3	19
21	Peter	924	↑2	56
22	Louis	916	↓2	34
23	Albert	909	↑1	24
24	Henry	876	↑6	22
25	Stanley	859	–	49
26	Kenneth	849	↑3	17
27	Eugene	823	↓1	21
28	Herbert	782	↓6	35
29	Vincent	763	↓2	84
30	Francis	737	↓2	42
31	Bernard	722	–	52
32	Jack	722	–	14
33	Gerald	700	↑2	30
34	Alfred	689	↓1	46
35	Lawrence	689	↑6	36
36	Howard	673	↑3	31
37	Ralph	658	↓1	25
38	Norman	643	↑2	40
39	Harry	625	↓1	28
40	Martin	623	↑2	83
41	Daniel	619	↓4	47
42	Leonard	614	↓8	45
43	Fred	596	–	32
44	Philip	547	–	75
45	Ronald	543	↑4	37
46	Carl	485	–	26
47	Frederick	457	↓2	74
48	Salvatore	438	↓1	>100
49	Theodore	414	new	67
50	Nicholas	394	–	>100

← New York 1929 New York: all years · US 1930 New York 1931 →