Popular baby names in New York, 1932

The most popular baby names in New York in 1932 were Joan for girls (4,260 babies) and John for boys (5,873). Joan ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 176,688 babies born in New York in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1932

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: 113 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Carmela: 223 babies, 7× the national rate
Concetta: 137 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Renee: 145 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sondra: 129 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 304 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sheila: 229 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rhoda: 157 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelina: 221 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francine: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Seymour: 176 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Carmine: 111 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Irwin: 230 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominick: 191 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Vito: 87 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 386 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rocco: 86 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Patsy: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Morton: 180 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Saul: 55 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Joan	4,260	↑1	5
2	Mary	4,260	↓1	1
3	Barbara	2,591	–	3
4	Patricia	2,044	↑1	6
5	Dorothy	1,961	↓1	4
6	Margaret	1,753	–	7
7	Helen	1,556	–	8
8	Marilyn	1,517	↑4	16
9	Jean	1,342	↑1	15
10	Dolores	1,245	↑1	18
11	Marie	1,227	↓2	31
12	Rose	1,161	↑1	33
13	Gloria	1,135	↓5	25
14	Betty	1,133	↑2	2
15	Elizabeth	1,115	↑3	17
16	Ann	1,095	↑4	34
17	Shirley	1,070	↓3	9
18	Ruth	1,044	↓1	11
19	Frances	992	–	19
20	Anna	958	↓5	24
21	Doris	910	–	10
22	Joyce	908	↑3	12
23	Nancy	907	↑6	13
24	Theresa	861	↑2	60
25	Catherine	844	↓3	39
26	Eleanor	842	↓3	45
27	Josephine	807	↓3	57
28	Florence	793	–	47
29	Alice	781	↓2	21
30	Phyllis	740	↑2	30
31	Carol	723	↑14	32
32	Virginia	723	↓2	14
33	Rita	655	↓2	53
34	Janet	650	↑6	35
35	Anne	644	↑2	81
36	Evelyn	640	↓3	23
37	Irene	631	↓3	43
38	Beverly	626	–	28
39	June	600	↑5	44
40	Marion	599	↓5	73
41	Eileen	593	↑1	>100
42	Jane	582	↓3	49
43	Lorraine	574	↓7	55
44	Elaine	572	↓1	68
45	Norma	524	↑1	22
46	Grace	519	↑3	72
47	Lois	500	↑3	20
48	Lillian	470	↓7	48
49	Louise	470	↓2	36
50	Arlene	460	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	John	5,873	↑1	3
2	Robert	5,756	↓1	1
3	William	3,822	–	4
4	Richard	3,532	↑1	5
5	James	3,373	↑1	2
6	Joseph	3,356	↓2	9
7	Donald	2,416	–	7
8	Charles	2,236	–	6
9	George	2,236	↑1	8
10	Edward	2,057	↓1	11
11	Thomas	1,977	–	10
12	Frank	1,774	–	15
13	Anthony	1,291	–	45
14	Ronald	1,187	↑17	16
15	David	1,172	↑2	12
16	Michael	1,053	↑2	54
17	Paul	1,047	↓2	13
18	Raymond	1,015	↓2	19
19	Arthur	986	↓5	25
20	Walter	873	↓1	21
21	Kenneth	865	↑1	14
22	Harold	842	↓2	18
23	Peter	840	↑1	62
24	Louis	762	↓3	39
25	Albert	759	–	26
26	Eugene	721	–	22
27	Stanley	719	↓4	52
28	Gerald	709	↓1	24
29	Francis	691	↓1	43
30	Vincent	680	↑2	93
31	Henry	661	↓2	23
32	Martin	633	↑11	88
33	Daniel	629	↑1	42
34	Herbert	627	↓4	44
35	Ralph	602	↑2	27
36	Lawrence	593	↓1	35
37	Alfred	588	↑3	49
38	Howard	579	–	36
39	Bernard	577	↓6	60
40	Jack	575	↓4	17
41	Fred	554	↑1	33
42	Leonard	553	↓3	48
43	Philip	526	↑2	70
44	Norman	521	↓3	37
45	Harry	502	↓1	32
46	Carl	461	–	28
47	Frederick	438	–	73
48	Salvatore	386	–	>100
49	Theodore	357	new	67
50	Roger	333	new	50

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