Popular baby names in New York, 1939

The most popular baby names in New York in 1939 were Barbara for girls (3,937 babies) and Robert for boys (6,114). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 173,040 babies born in New York in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1939

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: 106 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Concetta: 70 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Francine: 117 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roslyn: 56 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 339 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Camille: 105 babies, 4× the national rate
Renee: 89 babies, 4× the national rate
Toby: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Helene: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Veronica: 148 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 68 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Seymour: 63 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dominick: 121 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 259 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Irwin: 108 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rocco: 59 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Vito: 56 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kevin: 107 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerard: 194 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Morton: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Barbara	3,937	–	2
2	Mary	3,571	–	1
3	Patricia	3,491	–	3
4	Joan	2,389	–	11
5	Carol	2,366	–	6
6	Judith	1,592	↑4	8
7	Margaret	1,515	↓1	10
8	Nancy	1,375	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	1,214	–	18
10	Dorothy	1,116	↓2	9
11	Sandra	1,032	↑3	13
12	Marie	1,020	↑1	37
13	Ann	1,012	↓2	33
14	Joyce	985	↑3	12
15	Marilyn	973	↓3	19
16	Linda	922	↑23	15
17	Frances	886	↑1	26
18	Helen	860	↓2	16
19	Susan	799	↑15	44
20	Shirley	786	↓5	5
21	Catherine	782	↑2	49
22	Jean	760	↓3	32
23	Elaine	750	↓1	45
24	Phyllis	739	↓4	30
25	Janet	709	↓4	17
26	Kathleen	705	↑6	48
27	Virginia	698	↑1	21
28	Rose	650	↑1	42
29	Arlene	629	↑1	69
30	Beverly	628	↓6	25
31	Carole	619	↑2	47
32	Betty	617	↓7	4
33	Ruth	612	↓6	22
34	Diane	595	↑15	51
35	Anne	587	↑2	85
36	Eileen	577	↑5	>100
37	Theresa	566	↓6	94
38	Gail	547	↑2	73
39	Alice	545	↓1	31
40	Geraldine	540	new	41
41	Carolyn	537	↑2	14
42	Eleanor	531	↓6	63
43	Gloria	526	↓8	36
44	Dolores	525	↓18	58
45	Sheila	522	↑1	>100
46	Jane	491	↑2	46
47	Anna	487	↓3	43
48	Ellen	480	new	80
49	Josephine	477	↓4	84
50	Lorraine	459	↓3	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	6,114	–	1
2	John	5,672	–	3
3	Richard	4,104	–	5
4	William	3,759	–	4
5	James	3,732	–	2
6	Joseph	3,068	–	12
7	Thomas	2,418	–	9
8	David	2,051	↑2	7
9	Michael	2,014	↑3	18
10	Charles	1,975	↓2	6
11	Edward	1,964	↓2	15
12	George	1,801	↑1	11
13	Donald	1,754	↓2	8
14	Ronald	1,544	–	10
15	Frank	1,449	–	20
16	Anthony	1,388	↑1	48
17	Peter	1,297	↑1	46
18	Paul	1,296	↓2	17
19	Kenneth	1,013	–	13
20	Raymond	846	↑1	22
21	Gerald	838	↑1	19
22	Arthur	826	↓2	32
23	Daniel	724	↑1	38
24	Lawrence	723	↑1	36
25	Stephen	713	↑1	65
26	Louis	640	↑2	49
27	Walter	638	↓4	25
28	Vincent	599	↑1	>100
29	Martin	579	↓2	91
30	Francis	565	↑2	53
31	Harold	561	↓1	23
32	Henry	560	↓1	31
33	Howard	559	↑1	47
34	Eugene	555	↑3	37
35	Albert	516	↓2	41
36	Gary	504	↑11	21
37	Philip	504	↓1	66
38	Fred	500	↑3	40
39	Carl	493	–	30
40	Roger	493	↓5	28
41	Stanley	489	↓3	57
42	Frederick	482	↓2	71
43	Ralph	482	↑1	35
44	Alan	471	↓2	85
45	Leonard	457	↑1	54
46	Bruce	427	↑2	64
47	Dennis	427	new	34
48	Bernard	402	↑1	76
49	Norman	399	↓6	44
50	Patrick	397	new	79

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