Popular baby names in New York, 1944

The most popular baby names in New York in 1944 were Mary for girls (4,104 babies) and Robert for boys (7,226). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 215,670 babies born in New York in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1944

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: 74 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ronnie: 79 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Concetta: 54 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roslyn: 63 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francine: 192 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rochelle: 137 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Helene: 158 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carolann: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 311 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arleen: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 77 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dominick: 148 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 271 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rocco: 63 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Elliot: 62 babies, 6× the national rate
Irwin: 69 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelo: 133 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Irving: 88 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 233 babies, 4× the national rate
Kevin: 191 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	4,104	↑1	1
2	Barbara	3,961	↓1	2
3	Patricia	3,830	–	4
4	Carol	3,410	–	5
5	Linda	2,581	–	3
6	Susan	2,269	↑2	13
7	Judith	1,979	↓1	9
8	Joan	1,922	↓1	22
9	Nancy	1,834	↑1	7
10	Margaret	1,731	↓1	14
11	Kathleen	1,727	↑1	20
12	Sandra	1,702	↓1	6
13	Sharon	1,506	↑1	8
14	Diane	1,354	↓1	24
15	Karen	1,266	↑2	16
16	Elizabeth	1,252	↓1	23
17	Donna	1,109	↑7	17
18	Joyce	1,000	↓2	18
19	Marilyn	978	–	27
20	Ann	957	↓2	39
21	Janet	942	↑2	21
22	Eileen	922	–	73
23	Dorothy	901	↓3	19
24	Marie	885	↓3	48
25	Frances	875	↑1	33
26	Virginia	840	↑1	26
27	Elaine	810	↑4	46
28	Jean	810	↑4	37
29	Carolyn	806	↓4	11
30	Ellen	792	↓1	63
31	Gail	756	↓3	56
32	Jane	746	↑6	41
33	Helen	731	↓3	31
34	Catherine	715	↑2	49
35	Carole	706	↓2	43
36	Joanne	701	↑1	55
37	Phyllis	684	↓3	40
38	Gloria	668	↑2	25
39	Lorraine	656	↑4	93
40	Maureen	621	↓5	>100
41	Geraldine	619	↑1	53
42	Shirley	617	↑8	15
43	Ruth	604	↓2	32
44	Bonnie	595	↑2	34
45	Alice	567	↓1	38
46	Judy	561	new	12
47	Rose	553	↓2	52
48	Beverly	550	↓9	35
49	Anne	539	↓2	86
50	Arlene	535	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	7,226	–	2
2	John	6,933	–	3
3	Richard	5,419	–	5
4	James	5,001	–	1
5	William	4,679	–	4
6	Joseph	3,479	–	13
7	Michael	3,420	↑1	9
8	Thomas	3,359	↓1	8
9	David	2,905	–	6
10	Charles	2,323	–	7
11	Edward	2,221	↑1	18
12	Ronald	2,132	↓1	10
13	George	1,969	–	14
14	Paul	1,840	↑1	17
15	Peter	1,786	↓1	40
16	Donald	1,710	–	11
17	Frank	1,604	–	21
18	Kenneth	1,480	↑1	16
19	Anthony	1,396	↓1	46
20	Gary	1,343	↑1	15
21	Stephen	1,187	↓1	28
22	Daniel	1,084	↑4	25
23	Raymond	1,008	↑1	22
24	Dennis	954	↑1	20
25	Arthur	925	↓3	29
26	Gerald	911	↓3	24
27	Lawrence	879	–	32
28	Alan	832	↑1	55
29	Steven	786	↑3	52
30	Walter	762	↓2	26
31	Bruce	695	↑6	51
32	Louis	681	↑3	54
33	Roger	660	↓3	23
34	Douglas	640	↑5	34
35	Vincent	632	↓1	>100
36	Philip	627	↓3	60
37	Howard	619	↓6	53
38	Martin	601	↓2	91
39	Henry	588	↓1	35
40	Harold	559	–	27
41	Ralph	559	↑5	42
42	Eugene	552	↑5	48
43	Frederick	552	–	73
44	Albert	541	↓2	44
45	Francis	533	↓4	71
46	Leonard	532	↓1	56
47	Jeffrey	514	↑2	>100
48	Larry	506	new	12
49	Carl	488	↓1	36
50	Barry	485	↓6	84

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