Popular baby names in New York, 1947

The most popular baby names in New York in 1947 were Linda for girls (7,542 babies) and Robert for boys (10,027). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 308,418 babies born in New York in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1947

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: 151 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmela: 82 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rochelle: 196 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Helene: 207 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carolann: 80 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Camille: 175 babies, 4× the national rate
Arleen: 99 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 81 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sonia: 89 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francine: 321 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 79 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dominick: 172 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 329 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Elliot: 111 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Angelo: 172 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 337 babies, 4× the national rate
Ira: 307 babies, 4× the national rate
Vincent: 896 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kevin: 486 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stuart: 369 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	7,542	↑4	1
2	Patricia	5,456	↑1	3
3	Barbara	5,200	↓2	4
4	Mary	4,968	↓2	2
5	Susan	3,981	↑1	8
6	Carol	3,642	↓2	6
7	Kathleen	2,947	–	11
8	Nancy	2,855	–	7
9	Diane	2,323	–	18
10	Sandra	2,275	↑1	5
11	Judith	2,231	↓1	12
12	Margaret	2,202	↑1	16
13	Sharon	2,077	↓1	9
14	Karen	1,993	↑1	13
15	Donna	1,838	↑1	10
16	Joan	1,822	↓2	30
17	Elizabeth	1,628	–	25
18	Janet	1,264	–	23
19	Ellen	1,182	↑1	61
20	Christine	1,173	↑16	45
21	Ann	1,160	↓2	41
22	Marilyn	1,152	↑1	29
23	Lorraine	1,144	↑5	84
24	Gail	1,124	↓2	49
25	Catherine	1,108	↑10	46
26	Jane	1,107	↓5	36
27	Eileen	1,057	↓2	91
28	Marie	1,049	↑2	57
29	Joyce	1,043	↓5	20
30	Joanne	1,038	↓1	56
31	Cheryl	1,024	↑6	24
32	Dorothy	982	↑1	26
33	Maureen	973	↓6	98
34	Jean	956	↓3	40
35	Elaine	946	↓9	50
36	Virginia	944	↑2	34
37	Carolyn	912	↓3	15
38	Phyllis	911	↑2	37
39	Bonnie	900	–	35
40	Frances	883	↓8	39
41	Janice	865	↑3	22
42	Cynthia	844	↑7	33
43	Pamela	840	↑7	28
44	Judy	831	↓2	14
45	Theresa	768	new	85
46	Helen	742	↓5	38
47	Suzanne	723	↓4	53
48	Gloria	721	↓3	27
49	Lynn	710	new	75
50	Beverly	674	↓2	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	10,027	–	2
2	John	9,639	–	3
3	James	7,173	↑1	1
4	Richard	6,694	↓1	5
5	William	6,276	–	4
6	Michael	5,598	–	7
7	Thomas	5,086	–	8
8	Joseph	4,573	–	14
9	David	4,522	–	6
10	Charles	2,951	–	9
11	Ronald	2,881	–	11
12	Edward	2,838	–	19
13	Paul	2,634	–	18
14	George	2,398	–	16
15	Peter	2,322	–	36
16	Kenneth	2,230	↑1	15
17	Frank	2,193	↑1	23
18	Donald	2,192	↓2	13
19	Gary	2,050	–	12
20	Stephen	1,873	↑2	21
21	Anthony	1,856	↓1	41
22	Dennis	1,757	↓1	17
23	Daniel	1,671	–	22
24	Steven	1,580	–	24
25	Bruce	1,350	–	29
26	Lawrence	1,321	↑1	32
27	Raymond	1,295	↓1	27
28	Alan	1,294	–	45
29	Jeffrey	1,212	↑2	66
30	Arthur	1,133	↓1	38
31	Mark	1,073	↑1	47
32	Larry	997	↑9	10
33	Louis	994	↑7	64
34	Douglas	981	–	31
35	Gerald	949	↓5	28
36	Philip	949	↓3	57
37	Gregory	907	new	33
38	Vincent	896	↓1	>100
39	Walter	878	↓3	34
40	Howard	837	↓5	62
41	Barry	795	↓2	68
42	Andrew	774	↑8	82
43	Martin	772	↓1	90
44	Patrick	744	new	53
45	Roger	738	↓7	25
46	Wayne	735	↓2	30
47	Frederick	723	↓4	78
48	Ralph	714	↓1	50
49	Eugene	708	–	59
50	Francis	677	↓4	84

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