Popular baby names in New York, 1942

The most popular baby names in New York in 1942 were Barbara for girls (4,946 babies) and Robert for boys (7,664). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 230,948 babies born in New York in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1942

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: 83 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carmela: 82 babies, 5× the national rate
Francine: 229 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Arline: 103 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Roslyn: 74 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Toby: 59 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rochelle: 176 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ronnie: 57 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Helene: 182 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Johanna: 110 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 78 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dominick: 172 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 308 babies, 6× the national rate
Vito: 66 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Irwin: 107 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rocco: 69 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kevin: 210 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 167 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Vincent: 796 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 268 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Barbara	4,946	–	2
2	Patricia	4,345	–	3
3	Mary	4,171	–	1
4	Carol	3,837	–	5
5	Linda	2,601	↑2	4
6	Joan	2,525	↓1	18
7	Judith	2,264	↓1	7
8	Susan	1,965	↑3	21
9	Sandra	1,784	↑1	6
10	Nancy	1,778	↓1	8
11	Margaret	1,756	↓3	14
12	Kathleen	1,482	↑5	24
13	Elizabeth	1,363	↓1	22
14	Diane	1,285	↑4	28
15	Joyce	1,274	↓2	13
16	Marie	1,164	↓1	43
17	Sharon	1,131	↑19	11
18	Ann	1,124	↓4	38
19	Marilyn	1,104	↑1	27
20	Karen	1,071	↑19	16
21	Dorothy	1,067	↓5	17
22	Frances	1,022	–	30
23	Janet	1,008	↑4	19
24	Carole	1,007	↑10	35
25	Carolyn	990	↓2	10
26	Helen	938	↓7	26
27	Virginia	934	↓2	23
28	Jean	916	↓7	36
29	Elaine	884	↓5	45
30	Eileen	868	↑5	88
31	Phyllis	851	↓3	37
32	Donna	834	↑11	20
33	Ellen	817	↓3	64
34	Catherine	815	↓8	49
35	Gail	799	↑2	60
36	Gloria	759	↓5	31
37	Maureen	747	↑13	>100
38	Rose	703	↓5	50
39	Beverly	702	↓7	32
40	Jane	662	new	46
41	Joanne	658	↓3	48
42	Ruth	648	↑3	33
43	Arlene	634	↓1	83
44	Judy	626	↑5	15
45	Anne	623	↓5	76
46	Dolores	615	↓17	63
47	Geraldine	615	↓1	47
48	Betty	613	–	9
49	Lorraine	601	new	91
50	Alice	595	↓9	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	7,664	–	2
2	John	7,265	–	3
3	Richard	5,371	–	5
4	William	5,048	–	4
5	James	4,975	–	1
6	Joseph	3,980	–	11
7	Thomas	3,433	–	8
8	Michael	3,397	–	13
9	David	3,089	–	6
10	Charles	2,521	–	7
11	Edward	2,313	–	17
12	Ronald	2,212	–	9
13	George	2,183	–	14
14	Peter	1,846	↑3	39
15	Paul	1,836	–	19
16	Frank	1,822	–	21
17	Donald	1,749	↓3	10
18	Anthony	1,670	–	44
19	Kenneth	1,497	–	15
20	Stephen	1,329	–	32
21	Arthur	1,175	↑1	29
22	Gary	1,101	↑2	18
23	Daniel	1,060	↑3	28
24	Dennis	1,034	↑4	20
25	Gerald	1,027	↓4	22
26	Lawrence	1,025	↓1	30
27	Raymond	1,012	↓4	24
28	Douglas	868	new	23
29	Walter	841	↓2	26
30	Bruce	812	↑6	50
31	Louis	799	–	51
32	Philip	796	↓2	54
33	Vincent	796	↓4	>100
34	Howard	755	↑1	49
35	Martin	755	↓3	85
36	Steven	727	new	75
37	Roger	719	–	25
38	Alan	716	↑2	81
39	Henry	675	↓5	31
40	Francis	660	↓2	58
41	Frederick	648	↑1	68
42	Ralph	632	↑2	38
43	Harold	617	↓10	27
44	Carl	597	↑2	36
45	Stanley	597	↑2	56
46	Leonard	596	↓3	57
47	Albert	586	↓8	40
48	Fred	579	↓3	46
49	Barry	566	↑1	79
50	Eugene	554	↓9	45

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