Popular baby names in New York, 1950

The most popular baby names in New York in 1950 were Linda for girls (6,044 babies) and Robert for boys (8,624). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 293,670 babies born in New York in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1950

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: 111 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmela: 80 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sonia: 133 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Helene: 179 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Camille: 144 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosemarie: 250 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miriam: 242 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ilene: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francine: 319 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maryanne: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 146 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 298 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Elliot: 85 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Angelo: 156 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gerard: 395 babies, 4× the national rate
Angel: 77 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irving: 93 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ira: 240 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abraham: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vincent: 789 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	6,044	–	1
2	Patricia	4,761	↑2	3
3	Mary	4,740	↓1	2
4	Barbara	4,340	↓1	4
5	Susan	4,148	–	5
6	Kathleen	3,163	–	10
7	Carol	2,676	–	9
8	Nancy	2,632	–	6
9	Deborah	2,450	↑4	7
10	Karen	2,200	↑1	12
11	Diane	2,157	↓1	16
12	Margaret	1,890	↓3	15
13	Christine	1,870	↑4	28
14	Donna	1,798	↑1	13
15	Sharon	1,792	↓3	11
16	Sandra	1,784	↓2	8
17	Elizabeth	1,616	↑1	24
18	Judith	1,450	↓2	21
19	Joan	1,396	–	40
20	Janet	1,390	–	18
21	Gail	1,230	↑3	42
22	Catherine	1,149	↑1	34
23	Ellen	1,103	↓1	66
24	Joanne	1,095	↓3	67
25	Cynthia	988	↑7	23
26	Ann	987	↓1	45
27	Pamela	970	↑2	17
28	Eileen	937	↓2	91
29	Jane	912	↓2	39
30	Lorraine	893	↑5	>100
31	Cheryl	883	–	29
32	Marie	865	↑1	72
33	Joyce	861	↑7	27
34	Maureen	856	↓4	89
35	Bonnie	834	↑6	33
36	Denise	834	new	82
37	Janice	809	–	22
38	Jean	802	↓2	48
39	Marilyn	796	↓11	37
40	Theresa	776	↓2	65
41	Frances	772	↑1	51
42	Elaine	766	↓8	60
43	Anne	752	↑2	84
44	Maria	747	new	73
45	Laura	712	↑4	63
46	Virginia	710	↓3	43
47	Dorothy	686	↓3	35
48	Carolyn	685	↓9	20
49	Lynn	676	↓3	76
50	Helen	644	↓3	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	8,624	–	2
2	John	8,307	–	3
3	James	6,197	–	1
4	Michael	6,196	–	4
5	Richard	5,721	–	7
6	William	5,531	–	6
7	Thomas	5,009	–	8
8	David	4,475	–	5
9	Joseph	4,407	–	13
10	Charles	2,758	–	9
11	Gary	2,612	↑7	10
12	Paul	2,536	↓1	18
13	Edward	2,378	–	22
14	Ronald	2,346	↓2	12
15	Peter	2,090	↓1	37
16	Steven	2,090	↑4	16
17	Stephen	2,061	↓2	19
18	Kenneth	1,995	↓1	15
19	George	1,986	↓3	20
20	Daniel	1,900	↑2	21
21	Donald	1,875	↓2	14
22	Dennis	1,846	↑2	17
23	Anthony	1,774	↓2	36
24	Mark	1,720	↑1	23
25	Frank	1,675	↓2	29
26	Bruce	1,511	–	26
27	Lawrence	1,373	–	33
28	Raymond	1,213	–	31
29	Douglas	1,156	↑2	28
30	Alan	1,149	–	41
31	Jeffrey	1,126	↓2	43
32	Kevin	1,053	↑5	73
33	Gregory	1,000	↑1	25
34	Arthur	939	↓1	46
35	Philip	909	↓3	53
36	Gerald	857	↑3	34
37	Louis	844	↓2	66
38	Timothy	827	↑4	32
39	Larry	803	↓1	11
40	Andrew	791	↑7	68
41	Vincent	789	↓5	>100
42	Patrick	781	↓2	38
43	Martin	751	↑3	85
44	Howard	719	↑1	63
45	Wayne	706	new	35
46	Walter	688	↓2	40
47	Frederick	683	↓4	75
48	Francis	682	↓7	86
49	Christopher	679	new	72
50	Brian	673	new	79

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