Popular baby names in New York, 1931

The most popular baby names in New York in 1931 were Mary for girls (4,596 babies) and Robert for boys (5,952). Social Security records list 180,831 babies born in New York in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1931

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: 144 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carmela: 223 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sondra: 84 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Concetta: 129 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Renee: 149 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rhoda: 202 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Millicent: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 326 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Selma: 156 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sandra: 167 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 120 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Seymour: 209 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dominick: 230 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Irwin: 249 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 385 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Morton: 200 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Vito: 103 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Saul: 61 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sheldon: 176 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rocco: 85 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	4,596	–	1
2	Joan	3,963	–	5
3	Barbara	2,246	↑3	4
4	Dorothy	2,090	↓1	3
5	Patricia	1,844	↑2	8
6	Margaret	1,816	↓1	7
7	Helen	1,769	↓3	6
8	Gloria	1,410	↑6	23
9	Marie	1,400	↑1	27
10	Jean	1,327	↓2	13
11	Dolores	1,311	↓2	14
12	Marilyn	1,299	–	19
13	Rose	1,296	–	30
14	Shirley	1,241	↓3	9
15	Anna	1,179	↑3	25
16	Betty	1,172	–	2
17	Ruth	1,161	↓2	11
18	Elizabeth	1,124	↓1	16
19	Frances	1,081	↑1	18
20	Ann	1,045	↑5	35
21	Doris	957	↓2	10
22	Catherine	952	↑1	36
23	Eleanor	929	↑3	40
24	Josephine	910	↑3	51
25	Joyce	889	↑8	15
26	Theresa	878	↓4	59
27	Alice	876	↑1	21
28	Florence	875	↓7	43
29	Nancy	834	↑1	17
30	Virginia	820	↓1	12
31	Rita	785	↓7	48
32	Phyllis	771	–	29
33	Evelyn	722	↓2	24
34	Irene	675	–	37
35	Marion	654	–	66
36	Lorraine	638	–	49
37	Anne	622	↑4	80
38	Beverly	612	↑1	31
39	Jane	597	↑3	50
40	Janet	597	↑3	45
41	Lillian	595	↓4	47
42	Eileen	594	↑4	>100
43	Elaine	578	↓5	72
44	June	557	↑3	44
45	Carol	546	↑3	46
46	Norma	526	new	22
47	Louise	515	↓3	33
48	Mildred	514	↓8	26
49	Grace	504	↓4	70
50	Lois	481	↓1	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	5,952	↑1	1
2	John	5,828	↓1	3
3	William	4,011	–	4
4	Joseph	3,567	–	9
5	Richard	3,532	–	5
6	James	3,250	–	2
7	Donald	2,405	–	7
8	Charles	2,251	–	6
9	Edward	2,165	–	11
10	George	2,147	–	8
11	Thomas	1,972	↑1	10
12	Frank	1,833	↓1	16
13	Anthony	1,288	–	46
14	Arthur	1,136	–	23
15	Paul	1,059	↑1	12
16	Raymond	1,039	↓1	17
17	David	1,014	–	13
18	Michael	977	↑1	55
19	Walter	894	↑1	20
20	Harold	868	↓2	18
21	Louis	863	↑1	37
22	Kenneth	852	↑4	14
23	Stanley	845	↑2	49
24	Peter	840	↓3	61
25	Albert	797	↓2	24
26	Eugene	769	↑1	21
27	Gerald	748	↑6	26
28	Francis	747	↑2	42
29	Henry	737	↓5	22
30	Herbert	697	↓2	41
31	Ronald	697	↑14	27
32	Vincent	696	↓3	86
33	Bernard	662	↓2	54
34	Daniel	652	↑7	44
35	Lawrence	652	–	38
36	Jack	651	↓4	15
37	Ralph	627	–	25
38	Howard	614	↓2	34
39	Leonard	608	↑3	48
40	Alfred	607	↓6	50
41	Norman	583	↓3	36
42	Fred	558	↑1	33
43	Martin	557	↓3	91
44	Harry	508	↓5	30
45	Philip	508	↓1	71
46	Carl	459	–	28
47	Frederick	441	–	73
48	Salvatore	385	–	>100
49	Nicholas	368	↑1	>100
50	Marvin	362	new	45

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