Popular baby names in New York, 1935

The most popular baby names in New York in 1935 were Mary for girls (3,768 babies) and Robert for boys (5,763). Social Security records list 166,806 babies born in New York in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1935

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: 72 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carmela: 132 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Concetta: 83 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Renee: 120 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francine: 88 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 221 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rhoda: 139 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Helene: 127 babies, 4× the national rate
Camille: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Sheila: 406 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 92 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Irwin: 224 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Seymour: 93 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dominick: 145 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Vito: 76 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 307 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Morton: 148 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Saul: 50 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Patsy: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelo: 185 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	3,768	–	1
2	Joan	3,316	–	7
3	Barbara	3,177	–	3
4	Patricia	2,673	–	5
5	Shirley	2,025	↑2	2
6	Margaret	1,505	–	8
7	Dorothy	1,435	↓2	6
8	Carol	1,283	↑1	11
9	Marilyn	1,246	↑3	14
10	Helen	1,164	↓2	10
11	Marie	1,153	↓1	33
12	Ann	1,125	↑1	30
13	Nancy	1,085	↑2	9
14	Elizabeth	1,057	–	17
15	Jean	1,020	↓4	18
16	Dolores	925	–	26
17	Frances	858	↑1	19
18	Ruth	828	↑2	15
19	Rose	826	↓2	37
20	Gloria	820	↓1	32
21	Joyce	804	↑3	12
22	Catherine	789	↑1	42
23	Betty	788	↓2	4
24	Janet	782	↓2	22
25	Virginia	747	↑7	16
26	Phyllis	721	↑3	27
27	Anna	719	↓2	34
28	Beverly	677	↑2	20
29	Elaine	675	↑7	51
30	Theresa	675	↓2	86
31	Doris	661	↓4	13
32	Eleanor	653	↓6	48
33	Eileen	652	↑1	>100
34	Alice	622	↓3	25
35	Arlene	589	–	59
36	Sandra	580	↑11	50
37	Josephine	576	↓4	75
38	Rita	560	↑6	63
39	Florence	555	–	74
40	Anne	551	↓2	84
41	Judith	546	new	54
42	Marion	546	↓2	88
43	Jane	531	↓2	43
44	Evelyn	520	↓2	31
45	Lois	508	↑4	21
46	Lorraine	508	↓9	68
47	Kathleen	485	↑1	71
48	Irene	476	↓5	52
49	Roberta	429	new	77
50	Lillian	426	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	5,763	–	1
2	John	5,493	–	3
3	Richard	3,902	–	5
4	William	3,572	–	4
5	James	3,330	–	2
6	Joseph	3,082	–	10
7	Donald	2,400	–	7
8	Thomas	2,061	–	9
9	Charles	2,004	–	6
10	George	1,924	↑1	8
11	Edward	1,809	↓1	13
12	Frank	1,596	–	16
13	Ronald	1,451	–	12
14	David	1,393	↑1	11
15	Michael	1,233	↑2	41
16	Anthony	1,223	↓2	52
17	Paul	1,095	↓1	14
18	Peter	932	↑2	59
19	Raymond	897	–	17
20	Arthur	894	↓2	29
21	Kenneth	836	↑1	15
22	Gerald	818	↑1	21
23	Walter	772	↓2	23
24	Harold	665	↑1	20
25	Daniel	653	↑7	43
26	Louis	649	↓2	42
27	Henry	609	↑6	27
28	Stanley	607	↑1	56
29	Eugene	606	↓2	26
30	Vincent	602	↑1	>100
31	Lawrence	590	↓3	35
32	Martin	589	↓2	93
33	Albert	585	↓7	31
34	Howard	550	↑4	39
35	Francis	540	↓1	53
36	Philip	522	↑4	65
37	Norman	514	↑7	38
38	Bernard	511	↓3	67
39	Leonard	510	↑3	54
40	Ralph	508	↓1	32
41	Fred	506	↓5	34
42	Jack	499	↓5	18
43	Carl	492	–	28
44	Herbert	439	↓3	58
45	Alfred	422	–	63
46	Roger	409	↑1	36
47	Stephen	398	↑3	>100
48	Frederick	396	–	73
49	Harry	379	↓3	37
50	Alan	318	new	>100

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