Popular baby names in New York, 1945

The most popular baby names in New York in 1945 were Barbara for girls (4,117 babies) and Robert for boys (7,609). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 222,328 babies born in New York in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1945

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: 68 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ronnie: 90 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carmela: 65 babies, 5× the national rate
Rochelle: 147 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Helene: 173 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Adrienne: 130 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francine: 244 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carolann: 77 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arleen: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 60 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 256 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dominick: 127 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Elliot: 73 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Irwin: 79 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelo: 110 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kevin: 247 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gerard: 241 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vincent: 694 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stuart: 243 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Barbara	4,117	↑1	3
2	Mary	3,905	↓1	1
3	Patricia	3,765	–	4
4	Carol	3,272	–	5
5	Linda	2,852	–	2
6	Susan	2,687	–	10
7	Judith	1,998	–	9
8	Kathleen	1,928	↑3	19
9	Nancy	1,856	–	7
10	Joan	1,683	↓2	25
11	Diane	1,675	↑3	22
12	Margaret	1,625	↓2	15
13	Sandra	1,570	↓1	6
14	Sharon	1,499	↓1	8
15	Karen	1,314	–	16
16	Elizabeth	1,194	–	26
17	Donna	1,156	–	17
18	Janet	1,114	↑3	20
19	Eileen	963	↑3	70
20	Marilyn	958	↓1	27
21	Dorothy	929	↑2	21
22	Ann	921	↓2	39
23	Joyce	915	↓5	18
24	Ellen	857	↑6	61
25	Marie	840	↓1	49
26	Jane	832	↑6	36
27	Frances	825	↓2	34
28	Gail	812	↑3	52
29	Carolyn	803	–	12
30	Jean	783	↓2	38
31	Elaine	777	↓4	44
32	Virginia	769	↓6	28
33	Lorraine	759	↑6	87
34	Joanne	752	↑2	53
35	Phyllis	725	↑2	40
36	Gloria	724	↑2	23
37	Catherine	717	↓3	50
38	Maureen	704	↑2	>100
39	Helen	702	↓6	31
40	Anne	622	↑9	81
41	Arlene	593	↑9	99
42	Shirley	591	–	14
43	Bonnie	574	↑1	35
44	Theresa	566	new	96
45	Janice	564	new	24
46	Geraldine	560	↓5	56
47	Carole	559	↓12	51
48	Beverly	557	–	37
49	Judy	555	↓3	13
50	Betty	554	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	7,609	–	2
2	John	7,122	–	3
3	Richard	5,524	–	5
4	James	5,055	–	1
5	William	4,590	–	4
6	Thomas	3,667	↑2	8
7	Michael	3,633	–	9
8	Joseph	3,357	↓2	14
9	David	3,059	–	6
10	Charles	2,237	–	7
11	Edward	2,137	–	18
12	Ronald	1,980	–	10
13	Paul	1,932	↑1	17
14	George	1,831	↓1	15
15	Peter	1,764	–	38
16	Donald	1,762	–	12
17	Frank	1,561	–	21
18	Kenneth	1,515	–	16
19	Gary	1,476	↑1	13
20	Anthony	1,431	↓1	46
21	Stephen	1,181	–	26
22	Daniel	1,137	–	24
23	Dennis	1,112	↑1	19
24	Raymond	989	↓1	23
25	Lawrence	981	↑2	30
26	Steven	959	↑3	43
27	Arthur	921	↓2	34
28	Alan	891	–	52
29	Gerald	836	↓3	25
30	Bruce	762	↑1	48
31	Louis	730	↑1	55
32	Walter	707	↓2	27
33	Vincent	694	↑2	>100
34	Douglas	690	–	29
35	Philip	686	↑1	58
36	Roger	668	↓3	22
37	Martin	662	↑1	90
38	Howard	641	↓1	54
39	Jeffrey	632	↑8	91
40	Larry	593	↑8	11
41	Harold	581	↓1	28
42	Henry	550	↓3	37
43	Eugene	543	↓1	50
44	Mark	543	new	72
45	Frederick	536	↓2	77
46	Barry	535	↑4	84
47	Ralph	530	↓6	44
48	Leonard	529	↓2	57
49	Francis	517	↓4	76
50	Albert	511	↓6	49

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