Popular baby names in New York, 1941

The most popular baby names in New York in 1941 were Barbara for girls (4,238 babies) and Robert for boys (6,565). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 196,859 babies born in New York in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1941

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: 83 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Concetta: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Francine: 150 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Toby: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roslyn: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rochelle: 149 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Camille: 113 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Helene: 143 babies, 4× the national rate
Eileen: 643 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roseann: 74 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 90 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dominick: 168 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Vito: 73 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 285 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Irwin: 99 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Pasquale: 54 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelo: 157 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kevin: 154 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Vincent: 701 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gerard: 225 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Barbara	4,238	–	2
2	Patricia	4,095	–	3
3	Mary	3,882	–	1
4	Carol	2,995	–	4
5	Joan	2,298	–	17
6	Judith	2,044	–	6
7	Linda	1,792	↑1	5
8	Margaret	1,660	↓1	12
9	Nancy	1,566	–	8
10	Sandra	1,457	–	9
11	Susan	1,436	↑4	27
12	Elizabeth	1,202	↓1	21
13	Joyce	1,130	↓1	13
14	Ann	1,080	–	37
15	Marie	1,019	↑1	42
16	Dorothy	983	↓3	14
17	Kathleen	974	↑3	36
18	Diane	881	↑5	40
19	Helen	872	↓1	24
20	Marilyn	857	↓3	30
21	Jean	847	↓2	32
22	Frances	830	↓1	31
23	Carolyn	820	↑11	11
24	Elaine	793	↑2	44
25	Virginia	790	↓3	23
26	Catherine	789	↓2	51
27	Janet	771	–	18
28	Phyllis	744	↓3	35
29	Dolores	716	new	57
30	Ellen	706	↑16	67
31	Gloria	674	–	26
32	Beverly	666	↓3	29
33	Rose	648	↑2	49
34	Carole	644	↑2	48
35	Eileen	643	↑5	>100
36	Sharon	638	new	15
37	Gail	631	↓7	68
38	Joanne	630	↑5	54
39	Karen	627	new	19
40	Anne	617	↓1	82
41	Alice	604	↓8	34
42	Arlene	592	↓4	77
43	Donna	578	new	20
44	Theresa	567	↑1	95
45	Ruth	562	↓13	28
46	Geraldine	560	↓4	45
47	Shirley	560	↓19	10
48	Betty	556	↓11	7
49	Judy	542	new	16
50	Maureen	542	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	6,565	–	2
2	John	6,280	–	3
3	Richard	4,716	–	5
4	William	4,259	–	4
5	James	4,179	–	1
6	Joseph	3,407	–	12
7	Thomas	2,952	–	8
8	Michael	2,677	↑1	16
9	David	2,464	↓1	7
10	Charles	2,226	–	6
11	Edward	2,064	–	17
12	Ronald	1,937	↑1	9
13	George	1,824	↓1	13
14	Donald	1,695	–	10
15	Paul	1,599	↑1	18
16	Frank	1,570	↓1	21
17	Peter	1,545	–	44
18	Anthony	1,387	–	46
19	Kenneth	1,167	–	15
20	Stephen	1,115	↑2	41
21	Gerald	968	↑2	20
22	Arthur	945	↓1	33
23	Raymond	910	↓3	22
24	Gary	879	↑6	19
25	Lawrence	875	–	34
26	Daniel	843	↓2	31
27	Walter	712	↑1	26
28	Dennis	708	↑13	23
29	Vincent	701	↓3	>100
30	Philip	691	↑1	52
31	Louis	673	↓4	50
32	Martin	663	↓3	85
33	Harold	639	↓1	24
34	Henry	633	↓1	28
35	Howard	631	–	47
36	Bruce	621	↑2	51
37	Roger	576	↓3	25
38	Francis	570	↑2	60
39	Albert	556	↓2	40
40	Alan	553	↑6	84
41	Eugene	550	↓5	42
42	Frederick	550	↓3	69
43	Leonard	543	↑1	54
44	Ralph	517	↑1	38
45	Fred	501	↑2	43
46	Carl	493	↓3	29
47	Stanley	484	↓5	57
48	Patrick	462	↑1	70
49	Larry	448	new	11
50	Barry	437	new	91

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