Popular baby names in New York, 1948

The most popular baby names in New York in 1948 were Linda for girls (6,946 babies) and Robert for boys (9,010). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 289,636 babies born in New York in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1948

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: 126 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carmela: 77 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Helene: 182 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francine: 331 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rochelle: 157 babies, 4× the national rate
Camille: 150 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sonia: 86 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosemarie: 308 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roseann: 123 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 1,005 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 77 babies, 7× the national rate
Dominick: 146 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 301 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Elliot: 128 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angelo: 177 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerard: 320 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vincent: 850 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ira: 252 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stuart: 319 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kevin: 621 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	6,946	–	1
2	Barbara	4,997	↑1	3
3	Mary	4,720	↑1	2
4	Patricia	4,707	↓2	4
5	Susan	4,192	–	5
6	Kathleen	3,149	↑1	10
7	Carol	3,003	↓1	8
8	Nancy	2,688	–	7
9	Karen	2,074	↑5	12
10	Margaret	2,022	↑2	13
11	Diane	2,017	↓2	19
12	Sandra	1,914	↓2	6
13	Sharon	1,847	–	9
14	Donna	1,752	↑1	11
15	Judith	1,743	↓4	15
16	Elizabeth	1,532	↑1	26
17	Joan	1,448	↓1	37
18	Christine	1,346	↑2	35
19	Janet	1,146	↓1	24
20	Deborah	1,132	new	30
21	Ellen	1,084	↓2	67
22	Catherine	1,059	↑3	41
23	Ann	1,042	↓2	44
24	Lorraine	1,005	↓1	96
25	Gail	997	↓1	51
26	Joanne	980	↑4	65
27	Maureen	979	↑6	88
28	Marie	969	–	60
29	Jane	968	↓3	39
30	Cheryl	966	↑1	25
31	Eileen	966	↓4	91
32	Pamela	930	↑11	22
33	Joyce	896	↓4	21
34	Virginia	880	↑2	36
35	Frances	879	↑5	42
36	Marilyn	876	↓14	33
37	Jean	870	↓3	47
38	Bonnie	842	↑1	34
39	Elaine	840	↓4	53
40	Cynthia	834	↑2	27
41	Theresa	820	↑4	63
42	Dorothy	799	↓10	29
43	Carolyn	794	↓6	14
44	Janice	783	↓3	23
45	Phyllis	740	↓7	46
46	Anne	735	new	87
47	Helen	730	↓1	40
48	Judy	723	↓4	16
49	Gloria	715	↓1	28
50	Rose	660	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	9,010	–	2
2	John	8,976	–	3
3	James	6,522	–	1
4	William	5,698	↑1	4
5	Richard	5,662	↓1	7
6	Michael	5,381	–	6
7	Thomas	4,812	–	8
8	David	4,431	↑1	5
9	Joseph	4,254	↓1	13
10	Charles	2,680	–	9
11	Ronald	2,666	–	10
12	Paul	2,531	↑1	18
13	Edward	2,454	↓1	19
14	George	2,240	–	16
15	Peter	2,149	–	37
16	Kenneth	2,115	–	15
17	Gary	1,932	↑2	12
18	Donald	1,901	–	14
19	Stephen	1,880	↑1	20
20	Frank	1,867	↓3	25
21	Anthony	1,832	–	41
22	Daniel	1,726	↑1	22
23	Steven	1,664	↑1	23
24	Dennis	1,615	↓2	17
25	Bruce	1,417	–	28
26	Lawrence	1,376	–	31
27	Mark	1,357	↑4	29
28	Raymond	1,293	↓1	27
29	Alan	1,189	↓1	46
30	Jeffrey	1,129	↓1	58
31	Philip	970	↑5	54
32	Arthur	949	↓2	44
33	Douglas	913	↑1	33
34	Gerald	886	↑1	30
35	Louis	883	↓2	64
36	Gregory	855	↑1	32
37	Vincent	850	↑1	>100
38	Larry	846	↓6	11
39	Howard	769	↑1	63
40	Patrick	751	↑4	48
41	Walter	739	↓2	35
42	Frederick	721	↑5	75
43	Timothy	708	new	38
44	Ralph	707	↑4	51
45	Francis	698	↑5	80
46	Roger	692	↓1	24
47	Martin	680	↓4	88
48	Andrew	679	↓6	77
49	Barry	671	↓8	74
50	Carl	663	new	42

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