Popular baby names in New York, 1946

The most popular baby names in New York in 1946 were Barbara for girls (4,927 babies) and Robert for boys (9,294). Barbara ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 272,888 babies born in New York in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1946

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

Ronnie: 140 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rochelle: 155 babies, 4× the national rate
Helene: 176 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arleen: 84 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 124 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosemarie: 317 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lenore: 111 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francine: 314 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Camille: 157 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adele: 110 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 153 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carmine: 75 babies, 7× the national rate
Salvatore: 283 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Elliot: 95 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Irwin: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Gerard: 310 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kevin: 346 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ira: 265 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vincent: 800 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelo: 118 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Barbara	4,927	–	4
2	Mary	4,797	–	1
3	Patricia	4,769	–	3
4	Carol	3,785	–	5
5	Linda	3,755	–	2
6	Susan	3,678	–	8
7	Kathleen	2,598	↑1	16
8	Nancy	2,518	↑1	7
9	Diane	2,179	↑2	19
10	Judith	2,151	↓3	10
11	Sandra	2,006	↑2	6
12	Sharon	1,950	↑2	9
13	Margaret	1,928	↓1	17
14	Joan	1,851	↓4	28
15	Karen	1,719	–	15
16	Donna	1,580	↑1	13
17	Elizabeth	1,445	↓1	25
18	Janet	1,177	–	21
19	Ann	1,086	↑3	40
20	Ellen	1,067	↑4	58
21	Jane	1,065	↑5	35
22	Gail	1,061	↑6	49
23	Marilyn	1,054	↓3	29
24	Joyce	1,045	↓1	20
25	Eileen	1,012	↓6	80
26	Elaine	975	↑5	47
27	Maureen	968	↑11	95
28	Lorraine	966	↑5	93
29	Joanne	962	↑5	57
30	Marie	947	↓5	54
31	Jean	934	↓1	37
32	Frances	922	↓5	39
33	Dorothy	913	↓12	23
34	Carolyn	896	↓5	12
35	Catherine	891	↑2	48
36	Christine	866	new	50
37	Cheryl	847	new	27
38	Virginia	847	↓6	31
39	Bonnie	822	↑4	33
40	Phyllis	773	↓5	41
41	Helen	741	↓2	36
42	Judy	732	↑7	11
43	Suzanne	720	new	52
44	Janice	716	↑1	22
45	Gloria	696	↓9	26
46	Anne	674	↓6	81
47	Betty	673	↑3	14
48	Beverly	661	–	30
49	Cynthia	658	new	46
50	Pamela	657	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	9,294	–	2
2	John	8,688	–	3
3	Richard	7,155	–	5
4	James	6,368	–	1
5	William	5,656	–	4
6	Michael	4,719	↑1	7
7	Thomas	4,339	↓1	8
8	Joseph	4,089	–	14
9	David	3,702	–	6
10	Charles	2,733	–	9
11	Ronald	2,629	↑1	10
12	Edward	2,511	↓1	19
13	Paul	2,467	–	18
14	George	2,277	–	16
15	Peter	2,051	–	38
16	Donald	2,042	–	13
17	Kenneth	1,975	↑1	15
18	Frank	1,915	↓1	22
19	Gary	1,785	–	12
20	Anthony	1,712	–	44
21	Dennis	1,615	↑2	17
22	Stephen	1,602	↓1	24
23	Daniel	1,500	↓1	21
24	Steven	1,245	↑2	28
25	Bruce	1,206	↑5	32
26	Raymond	1,193	↓2	25
27	Lawrence	1,190	↓2	31
28	Alan	1,065	–	49
29	Arthur	1,002	↓2	36
30	Gerald	951	↓1	27
31	Jeffrey	886	↑8	78
32	Mark	851	↑12	58
33	Philip	827	↑2	61
34	Douglas	817	–	34
35	Howard	813	↑3	55
36	Walter	812	↓4	30
37	Vincent	800	↓4	>100
38	Roger	780	↓2	23
39	Barry	766	↑7	68
40	Louis	738	↓9	63
41	Larry	732	↓1	11
42	Martin	669	↓5	92
43	Frederick	666	↑2	75
44	Wayne	665	new	29
45	Henry	633	↓3	41
46	Francis	620	↑3	80
47	Ralph	611	–	48
48	Harold	607	↓7	33
49	Eugene	606	↓6	57
50	Andrew	598	new	84

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