Popular baby names in New York, 1933

The most popular baby names in New York in 1933 were Mary for girls (3,934 babies) and John for boys (5,711). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 166,146 babies born in New York in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1933

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: 77 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmela: 161 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Renee: 144 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Concetta: 97 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Francine: 87 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sondra: 135 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gilda: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sheila: 251 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Antoinette: 221 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rhoda: 129 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 95 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Seymour: 158 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Irwin: 210 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominick: 158 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 341 babies, 6× the national rate
Vito: 72 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Morton: 149 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sheldon: 174 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rocco: 84 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gerard: 214 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	3,934	↑1	1
2	Joan	3,864	↓1	5
3	Barbara	2,711	–	3
4	Patricia	2,217	–	6
5	Dorothy	1,655	–	4
6	Margaret	1,653	–	7
7	Helen	1,421	–	8
8	Marilyn	1,230	–	16
9	Jean	1,163	–	14
10	Marie	1,157	↑1	33
11	Dolores	1,063	↓1	21
12	Elizabeth	1,050	↑3	17
13	Ann	1,042	↑3	34
14	Betty	1,019	–	2
15	Rose	1,003	↓3	35
16	Frances	990	↑3	18
17	Shirley	989	–	9
18	Gloria	951	↓5	31
19	Ruth	927	↓1	13
20	Nancy	913	↑3	11
21	Anna	856	↓1	29
22	Carol	853	↑9	20
23	Joyce	853	↓1	12
24	Catherine	844	↑1	44
25	Eleanor	810	↑1	38
26	Janet	801	↑8	25
27	Doris	791	↓6	10
28	Phyllis	737	↑2	28
29	Theresa	736	↓5	70
30	Josephine	718	↓3	62
31	Florence	704	↓3	49
32	Alice	669	↓3	22
33	Beverly	643	↑5	26
34	Rita	618	↓1	53
35	Virginia	610	↓3	15
36	Marion	595	↑4	73
37	Anne	575	↓2	85
38	Evelyn	571	↓2	30
39	Elaine	569	↑5	61
40	Lorraine	567	↑3	54
41	Eileen	565	–	>100
42	June	555	↓3	45
43	Jane	524	↓1	47
44	Irene	521	↓7	46
45	Lois	502	↑2	19
46	Lillian	476	↑2	51
47	Audrey	466	new	59
48	Louise	460	↑1	39
49	Kathleen	455	new	77
50	Grace	454	↓4	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	John	5,711	–	3
2	Robert	5,361	–	1
3	William	3,584	–	4
4	Richard	3,559	–	5
5	Joseph	3,163	↑1	9
6	James	3,122	↓1	2
7	Donald	2,432	–	7
8	Charles	2,017	–	6
9	Thomas	1,971	↑2	10
10	George	1,896	↓1	8
11	Edward	1,883	↓1	11
12	Frank	1,707	–	16
13	Ronald	1,402	↑1	12
14	Anthony	1,246	↓1	46
15	Paul	1,052	↑2	14
16	Michael	1,027	–	53
17	David	1,011	↓2	13
18	Arthur	971	↑1	25
19	Raymond	864	↓1	19
20	Peter	849	↑3	60
21	Walter	770	↓1	21
22	Kenneth	754	↓1	15
23	Louis	745	↑1	40
24	Gerald	741	↑4	22
25	Harold	717	↓3	18
26	Eugene	677	–	23
27	Vincent	671	↑3	94
28	Albert	651	↓3	30
29	Lawrence	624	↑7	38
30	Daniel	618	↑3	42
31	Stanley	613	↓4	55
32	Jack	608	↑8	17
33	Henry	606	↓2	24
34	Francis	593	↓5	45
35	Fred	541	↑6	34
36	Martin	538	↓4	89
37	Ralph	535	↓2	29
38	Bernard	523	↑1	63
39	Herbert	503	↓5	49
40	Leonard	503	↑2	47
41	Howard	496	↓3	36
42	Philip	475	↑1	70
43	Norman	458	↑1	37
44	Alfred	447	↓7	57
45	Carl	435	↑1	28
46	Harry	410	↓1	35
47	Frederick	406	–	78
48	Theodore	353	↑1	68
49	Salvatore	341	↓1	>100
50	Roger	312	–	48

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