Popular baby names in New York, 1949

The most popular baby names in New York in 1949 were Linda for girls (6,651 babies) and Robert for boys (8,850). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 291,127 babies born in New York in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1949

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: 106 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Concetta: 80 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Helene: 190 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Camille: 160 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sonia: 100 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francine: 322 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosemarie: 291 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 151 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Miriam: 195 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roseann: 114 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 144 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elliot: 103 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 314 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angel: 76 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelo: 145 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Vincent: 874 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ira: 239 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerard: 299 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sheldon: 107 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Irving: 82 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	6,651	–	1
2	Mary	4,598	↑1	2
3	Barbara	4,537	↓1	4
4	Patricia	4,482	–	3
5	Susan	4,302	–	5
6	Kathleen	3,316	–	9
7	Carol	2,818	–	8
8	Nancy	2,649	–	7
9	Margaret	2,103	↑1	14
10	Diane	2,098	↑1	19
11	Karen	2,014	↓2	11
12	Sharon	1,960	↑1	10
13	Deborah	1,932	↑7	15
14	Sandra	1,918	↓2	6
15	Donna	1,837	↓1	12
16	Judith	1,747	↓1	16
17	Christine	1,603	↑1	30
18	Elizabeth	1,522	↓2	25
19	Joan	1,461	↓2	36
20	Janet	1,256	↓1	23
21	Joanne	1,160	↑5	61
22	Ellen	1,120	↓1	64
23	Catherine	1,075	↓1	37
24	Gail	1,061	↑1	51
25	Ann	980	↓2	44
26	Eileen	976	↑5	95
27	Jane	950	↑2	41
28	Marilyn	922	↑8	33
29	Pamela	921	↑3	21
30	Maureen	915	↓3	89
31	Cheryl	889	↓1	28
32	Cynthia	889	↑8	27
33	Marie	888	↓5	67
34	Elaine	857	↑5	57
35	Lorraine	838	↓11	>100
36	Jean	809	↑1	45
37	Janice	805	↑7	24
38	Theresa	802	↑3	63
39	Carolyn	794	↑4	17
40	Joyce	788	↓7	26
41	Bonnie	783	↓3	35
42	Frances	773	↓7	49
43	Virginia	751	↓9	39
44	Dorothy	737	↓2	32
45	Anne	708	↑1	86
46	Lynn	708	new	74
47	Helen	688	–	46
48	Gloria	674	↑1	29
49	Laura	672	new	65
50	Suzanne	662	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	8,850	–	2
2	John	8,611	–	3
3	James	6,258	–	1
4	Michael	5,671	↑2	5
5	Richard	5,652	–	7
6	William	5,599	↓2	4
7	Thomas	4,848	–	8
8	David	4,422	–	6
9	Joseph	4,326	–	14
10	Charles	2,869	–	9
11	Paul	2,571	↑1	17
12	Ronald	2,495	↓1	11
13	Edward	2,391	–	21
14	Peter	2,164	↑1	38
15	Stephen	2,100	↑4	19
16	George	2,097	↓2	18
17	Kenneth	2,097	↓1	15
18	Gary	2,053	↓1	12
19	Donald	1,989	↓1	13
20	Steven	1,939	↑3	20
21	Anthony	1,854	–	36
22	Daniel	1,838	–	22
23	Frank	1,729	↓3	27
24	Dennis	1,639	–	16
25	Mark	1,569	↑2	24
26	Bruce	1,517	↓1	26
27	Lawrence	1,490	↓1	32
28	Raymond	1,266	–	30
29	Jeffrey	1,116	↑1	48
30	Alan	1,107	↓1	45
31	Douglas	1,053	↑2	29
32	Philip	1,012	↓1	55
33	Arthur	929	↓1	44
34	Gregory	896	↑2	31
35	Louis	879	–	64
36	Vincent	874	↑1	>100
37	Kevin	866	new	95
38	Larry	812	–	10
39	Gerald	801	↓5	33
40	Patrick	796	–	39
41	Francis	781	↑4	78
42	Timothy	772	↑1	34
43	Frederick	731	↓1	70
44	Walter	729	↓3	37
45	Howard	714	↓6	63
46	Martin	690	↑1	83
47	Andrew	672	↑1	75
48	Roger	664	↓2	25
49	Ralph	643	↓5	50
50	Henry	638	new	46

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