Popular baby names in New York, 1937

The most popular baby names in New York in 1937 were Mary for girls (3,804 babies) and Robert for boys (6,529). Social Security records list 169,209 babies born in New York in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1937

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

Carmela: 116 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Roslyn: 58 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Toby: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Concetta: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelina: 120 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francine: 83 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Helene: 149 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosalind: 97 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Renee: 95 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rosemarie: 365 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 72 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Vito: 80 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Seymour: 85 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dominick: 140 babies, 7× the national rate
Salvatore: 264 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rocco: 59 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Irwin: 131 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gerard: 184 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelo: 158 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kevin: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	3,804	–	1
2	Barbara	3,685	–	2
3	Patricia	3,166	↑1	3
4	Joan	2,778	↓1	9
5	Carol	2,084	–	6
6	Margaret	1,584	–	10
7	Dorothy	1,236	↑1	8
8	Nancy	1,231	↑2	7
9	Shirley	1,118	↓2	4
10	Ann	1,115	↑2	30
11	Elizabeth	1,097	↑3	17
12	Marilyn	1,090	↓3	13
13	Helen	1,047	↓2	12
14	Marie	1,032	↓1	35
15	Jean	920	–	23
16	Frances	880	↑2	19
17	Sandra	823	↑10	26
18	Joyce	816	↓2	11
19	Janet	808	↑3	18
20	Phyllis	781	↑4	27
21	Judith	777	↑11	34
22	Beverly	756	↓1	14
23	Dolores	749	↓6	37
24	Rose	737	↓5	38
25	Betty	714	↓5	5
26	Catherine	711	–	47
27	Ruth	698	↓2	15
28	Elaine	682	↑2	45
29	Virginia	667	–	16
30	Eleanor	663	↓7	53
31	Anna	634	–	39
32	Theresa	606	↑1	95
33	Gloria	605	↓5	32
34	Carole	583	new	56
35	Arlene	579	–	60
36	Eileen	577	–	>100
37	Alice	571	↓3	28
38	Jane	537	↑1	42
39	Doris	533	↑1	22
40	Anne	529	↓3	92
41	Kathleen	528	–	61
42	Lorraine	524	↑2	83
43	Josephine	512	↓5	82
44	Roberta	495	↑3	66
45	Sheila	463	new	>100
46	Irene	462	–	62
47	Florence	458	↓5	81
48	Rita	436	↓3	69
49	Carolyn	432	new	20
50	Diane	431	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	6,529	–	1
2	John	5,525	–	3
3	Richard	3,773	–	5
4	William	3,587	–	4
5	James	3,481	–	2
6	Joseph	3,056	–	12
7	Thomas	2,226	↑1	9
8	Donald	2,083	↓1	7
9	Edward	1,990	–	13
10	Charles	1,971	–	6
11	George	1,827	–	10
12	David	1,819	–	8
13	Michael	1,564	↑2	27
14	Ronald	1,563	–	11
15	Frank	1,523	↓2	18
16	Anthony	1,251	–	47
17	Paul	1,224	–	15
18	Peter	1,054	–	52
19	Kenneth	918	–	14
20	Arthur	878	–	31
21	Raymond	840	↑1	19
22	Gerald	747	↓1	20
23	Walter	730	–	26
24	Daniel	720	↑3	39
25	Harold	659	↑1	21
26	Lawrence	641	↓1	38
27	Louis	620	↓3	46
28	Martin	598	↑3	87
29	Vincent	595	↑4	>100
30	Albert	566	↑6	37
31	Fred	565	↑4	35
32	Howard	555	↑5	42
33	Henry	545	↑1	30
34	Stanley	541	↓5	57
35	Stephen	539	↑10	92
36	Eugene	535	↓8	33
37	Francis	533	↓5	55
38	Philip	512	↓8	62
39	Ralph	497	↓1	34
40	Carl	469	↑3	28
41	Jack	465	–	23
42	Leonard	464	↓3	58
43	Frederick	449	↓3	68
44	Bernard	423	↓2	73
45	Roger	423	↑1	36
46	Alan	419	↑4	>100
47	Alfred	416	–	60
48	Norman	410	↓4	43
49	Herbert	389	↓1	65
50	Patrick	382	new	94

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