Popular baby names in New York, 1934

The most popular baby names in New York in 1934 were Mary for girls (3,703 babies) and Robert for boys (5,591). Social Security records list 166,289 babies born in New York in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1934

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: 83 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Carmela: 133 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Concetta: 81 babies, 6× the national rate
Renee: 130 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Toby: 42 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Camille: 66 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sondra: 179 babies, 5× the national rate
Francine: 67 babies, 5× the national rate
Gilda: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Antoinette: 232 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 97 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Seymour: 115 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dominick: 149 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Irwin: 205 babies, 7× the national rate
Salvatore: 339 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Morton: 137 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vito: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Saul: 57 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Patsy: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sheldon: 172 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	3,703	–	1
2	Joan	3,584	–	7
3	Barbara	2,924	–	3
4	Patricia	2,292	–	6
5	Dorothy	1,612	–	5
6	Margaret	1,523	–	8
7	Shirley	1,312	↑10	4
8	Helen	1,308	↓1	9
9	Carol	1,209	↑13	14
10	Marie	1,193	–	34
11	Jean	1,158	↓2	16
12	Marilyn	1,144	↓4	17
13	Ann	1,110	–	32
14	Elizabeth	1,078	↓2	18
15	Nancy	1,060	↑5	10
16	Dolores	1,026	↓5	26
17	Rose	962	↓2	37
18	Frances	919	↓2	19
19	Gloria	877	↓1	30
20	Ruth	867	↓1	13
21	Betty	863	↓7	2
22	Janet	826	↑4	21
23	Catherine	814	↑1	42
24	Joyce	801	↓1	12
25	Anna	774	↓4	31
26	Eleanor	748	↓1	44
27	Doris	728	–	11
28	Theresa	728	↑1	77
29	Phyllis	726	↓1	28
30	Beverly	716	↑3	22
31	Alice	698	↑1	25
32	Virginia	686	↑3	15
33	Josephine	657	↓3	60
34	Eileen	621	↑7	>100
35	Arlene	617	new	53
36	Elaine	614	↑3	54
37	Lorraine	611	↑3	56
38	Anne	598	↓1	88
39	Florence	580	↓8	61
40	Marion	570	↓4	86
41	Jane	565	↑2	48
42	Evelyn	529	↓4	29
43	Irene	525	↑1	49
44	Rita	518	↓10	63
45	June	500	↓3	46
46	Audrey	489	↑1	69
47	Sandra	482	new	93
48	Kathleen	481	↑1	74
49	Lois	472	↓4	20
50	Norma	470	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	5,591	↑1	1
2	John	5,468	↓1	3
3	Richard	3,749	↑1	5
4	William	3,673	↓1	4
5	James	3,267	↑1	2
6	Joseph	3,054	↓1	10
7	Donald	2,473	–	6
8	Thomas	2,003	↑1	9
9	Charles	1,996	↓1	7
10	Edward	1,876	↑1	13
11	George	1,823	↓1	8
12	Frank	1,587	–	16
13	Ronald	1,414	–	11
14	Anthony	1,226	–	52
15	David	1,154	↑2	12
16	Paul	1,078	↓1	14
17	Michael	1,068	↓1	47
18	Arthur	912	–	29
19	Raymond	895	–	19
20	Peter	832	–	61
21	Walter	799	–	21
22	Kenneth	777	–	15
23	Gerald	761	↑1	22
24	Louis	719	↓1	40
25	Harold	676	–	18
26	Albert	671	↑2	32
27	Eugene	660	↓1	24
28	Lawrence	659	↑1	34
29	Stanley	642	↑2	58
30	Martin	633	↑6	91
31	Vincent	628	↓4	>100
32	Daniel	601	↓2	42
33	Henry	587	–	27
34	Francis	584	–	49
35	Bernard	543	↑3	65
36	Fred	537	↓1	33
37	Jack	532	↓5	17
38	Howard	526	↑3	37
39	Ralph	517	↓2	31
40	Philip	513	↑2	69
41	Herbert	498	↓2	57
42	Leonard	488	↓2	53
43	Carl	450	↑2	28
44	Norman	446	↓1	38
45	Alfred	438	↓1	64
46	Harry	410	–	36
47	Roger	396	↑3	39
48	Frederick	391	↓1	77
49	Theodore	350	↓1	74
50	Stephen	341	new	>100

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