Popular baby names in New York, 1943

The most popular baby names in New York in 1943 were Barbara for girls (4,508 babies) and Robert for boys (7,924). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 234,118 babies born in New York in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1943

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, 6.4× the national rate
Ronnie: 79 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Toby: 66 babies, 5× the national rate
Rochelle: 180 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Francine: 192 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Concetta: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 125 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Helene: 157 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Arline: 76 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roslyn: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 83 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dominick: 150 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 315 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Elliot: 72 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Irwin: 73 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kevin: 239 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 278 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angelo: 133 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Vincent: 768 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stuart: 288 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Barbara	4,508	–	2
2	Mary	4,450	↑1	1
3	Patricia	4,163	↓1	3
4	Carol	3,772	–	5
5	Linda	2,849	–	4
6	Judith	2,324	↑1	7
7	Joan	2,237	↓1	21
8	Susan	2,218	–	18
9	Margaret	1,854	↑2	14
10	Nancy	1,825	–	9
11	Sandra	1,802	↓2	6
12	Kathleen	1,760	–	22
13	Diane	1,533	↑1	24
14	Sharon	1,522	↑3	8
15	Elizabeth	1,341	↓2	23
16	Joyce	1,200	↓1	16
17	Karen	1,165	↑3	15
18	Ann	1,102	–	37
19	Marilyn	1,094	–	27
20	Dorothy	1,068	↑1	19
21	Marie	1,063	↓5	45
22	Eileen	1,062	↑8	68
23	Janet	1,001	–	20
24	Donna	991	↑8	17
25	Carolyn	990	–	11
26	Frances	901	↓4	31
27	Virginia	897	–	25
28	Gail	885	↑7	55
29	Ellen	850	↑4	67
30	Helen	850	↓4	28
31	Elaine	846	↓2	46
32	Jean	839	↓4	36
33	Carole	804	↓9	42
34	Phyllis	794	↓3	39
35	Maureen	778	↑2	>100
36	Catherine	766	↓2	48
37	Joanne	759	↑4	49
38	Jane	743	↑2	44
39	Beverly	710	–	32
40	Gloria	695	↓4	30
41	Ruth	686	↑1	33
42	Geraldine	653	↑5	51
43	Lorraine	653	↑6	94
44	Alice	650	↑6	38
45	Rose	631	↓7	50
46	Bonnie	627	new	34
47	Anne	625	↓2	80
48	Arlene	622	↓5	90
49	Betty	622	↓1	10
50	Shirley	619	new	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	7,924	–	2
2	John	7,502	–	3
3	Richard	5,594	–	5
4	James	5,117	↑1	1
5	William	5,045	↓1	4
6	Joseph	3,838	–	13
7	Thomas	3,620	–	8
8	Michael	3,483	–	10
9	David	2,976	–	6
10	Charles	2,596	–	7
11	Ronald	2,461	↑1	9
12	Edward	2,414	↓1	18
13	George	2,182	–	14
14	Peter	1,909	–	39
15	Paul	1,883	–	19
16	Donald	1,842	↑1	11
17	Frank	1,832	↓1	21
18	Anthony	1,619	–	44
19	Kenneth	1,561	–	15
20	Stephen	1,353	–	29
21	Gary	1,213	↑1	16
22	Arthur	1,104	↓1	30
23	Gerald	1,083	↑2	23
24	Raymond	1,077	↑3	22
25	Dennis	1,059	↓1	20
26	Daniel	1,015	↓3	25
27	Lawrence	1,015	↓1	32
28	Walter	870	↑1	26
29	Alan	801	↑9	67
30	Roger	801	↑7	24
31	Howard	778	↑3	48
32	Steven	775	↑4	58
33	Philip	772	↓1	57
34	Vincent	768	↓1	>100
35	Louis	753	↓4	53
36	Martin	745	↓1	83
37	Bruce	713	↓7	51
38	Henry	665	↑1	31
39	Douglas	664	↓11	28
40	Harold	638	↑3	27
41	Francis	635	↓1	64
42	Albert	622	↑5	43
43	Frederick	617	↓2	70
44	Barry	611	↑5	82
45	Leonard	610	↑1	55
46	Ralph	604	↓4	40
47	Eugene	593	↑3	47
48	Carl	564	↓4	33
49	Jeffrey	562	new	>100
50	Stanley	552	↓5	54

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