Popular baby names in New York, 1936

The most popular baby names in New York in 1936 were Mary for girls (3,690 babies) and Robert for boys (6,121). Social Security records list 165,885 babies born in New York in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1936

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

Concetta: 91 babies, 7× the national rate
Carmela: 126 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 77 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Francine: 82 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Camille: 75 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Toby: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 230 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Renee: 102 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rhoda: 122 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sheila: 411 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 91 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Seymour: 98 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Dominick: 138 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Irwin: 195 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 286 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rocco: 77 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Vito: 67 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Morton: 111 babies, 5× the national rate
Kevin: 59 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Patsy: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	3,690	–	1
2	Barbara	3,324	↑1	3
3	Joan	3,098	↓1	7
4	Patricia	2,820	–	5
5	Carol	1,630	↑3	10
6	Margaret	1,563	–	9
7	Shirley	1,550	↓2	2
8	Dorothy	1,370	↓1	6
9	Marilyn	1,268	–	13
10	Nancy	1,197	↑3	8
11	Helen	1,100	↓1	11
12	Ann	1,095	–	28
13	Marie	1,092	↓2	33
14	Elizabeth	1,068	–	18
15	Jean	966	–	20
16	Joyce	915	↑5	12
17	Dolores	914	↓1	30
18	Frances	896	↓1	19
19	Rose	846	–	37
20	Betty	759	↑3	4
21	Beverly	729	↑7	17
22	Janet	727	↑2	21
23	Eleanor	726	↑9	47
24	Phyllis	724	↑2	25
25	Ruth	723	↓7	16
26	Catherine	716	↓4	44
27	Sandra	702	↑9	38
28	Gloria	694	↓8	32
29	Virginia	689	↓4	14
30	Elaine	684	↓1	50
31	Anna	637	↓4	36
32	Judith	606	↑9	43
33	Theresa	604	↓3	88
34	Alice	583	–	27
35	Arlene	568	–	54
36	Eileen	568	↓3	>100
37	Anne	553	↑3	89
38	Josephine	547	↓1	77
39	Jane	529	↑4	42
40	Doris	525	↓9	15
41	Kathleen	516	↑6	67
42	Florence	489	↓3	80
43	Evelyn	483	↑1	34
44	Lorraine	474	↑2	76
45	Rita	473	↓7	69
46	Irene	445	↑2	57
47	Roberta	435	↑2	64
48	Marion	428	↓6	93
49	Geraldine	427	new	41
50	Louise	426	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	6,121	–	1
2	John	5,423	–	3
3	Richard	3,809	–	5
4	William	3,557	–	4
5	James	3,425	–	2
6	Joseph	3,096	–	11
7	Donald	2,380	–	7
8	Thomas	2,032	–	8
9	Edward	1,916	↑2	13
10	Charles	1,901	↓1	6
11	George	1,751	↓1	9
12	David	1,560	↑2	10
13	Frank	1,505	↓1	16
14	Ronald	1,504	↓1	12
15	Michael	1,316	–	33
16	Anthony	1,219	–	48
17	Paul	1,159	–	15
18	Peter	1,035	–	56
19	Kenneth	868	↑2	14
20	Arthur	846	–	30
21	Gerald	808	↑1	19
22	Raymond	805	↓3	17
23	Walter	699	–	26
24	Louis	697	↑2	44
25	Lawrence	640	↑6	37
26	Harold	627	↓2	21
27	Daniel	599	↓2	41
28	Eugene	585	↑1	29
29	Stanley	585	↓1	58
30	Philip	573	↑6	63
31	Martin	569	↑1	92
32	Francis	563	↑3	50
33	Vincent	561	↓3	>100
34	Henry	560	↓7	28
35	Fred	550	↑6	36
36	Albert	537	↓3	34
37	Howard	520	↓3	40
38	Ralph	513	↑2	31
39	Leonard	503	–	54
40	Frederick	492	↑8	70
41	Jack	486	↑1	20
42	Bernard	477	↓4	68
43	Carl	475	–	27
44	Norman	445	↓7	43
45	Stephen	433	↑2	99
46	Roger	426	–	35
47	Alfred	418	↓2	60
48	Herbert	395	↓4	62
49	Harry	380	–	39
50	Alan	371	–	>100

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