Popular baby names in New York, 1951

The most popular baby names in New York in 1951 were Patricia for girls (5,679 babies) and Robert for boys (9,049). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 307,932 babies born in New York in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1951

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: 85 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Helene: 188 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Francine: 376 babies, 4× the national rate
Sonia: 132 babies, 4× the national rate
Camille: 134 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mindy: 93 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miriam: 256 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roseann: 134 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ilene: 119 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 234 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 173 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 324 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Elliot: 109 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angel: 100 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angelo: 154 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rafael: 89 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ira: 255 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Irving: 88 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 387 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vincent: 820 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Patricia	5,679	↑1	3
2	Linda	5,431	↓1	1
3	Mary	4,732	–	2
4	Susan	4,550	↑1	6
5	Barbara	4,304	↓1	5
6	Kathleen	3,286	–	10
7	Deborah	3,230	↑2	4
8	Nancy	2,729	–	7
9	Diane	2,556	↑2	15
10	Karen	2,495	–	8
11	Carol	2,446	↓4	11
12	Donna	2,044	↑2	12
13	Christine	2,030	–	24
14	Margaret	1,890	↓2	17
15	Sharon	1,760	–	13
16	Elizabeth	1,669	↑1	23
17	Sandra	1,634	↓1	9
18	Judith	1,421	–	25
19	Janet	1,410	↑1	19
20	Joan	1,380	↓1	39
21	Denise	1,378	↑15	48
22	Gail	1,285	↓1	36
23	Ellen	1,205	–	68
24	Catherine	1,193	↓2	34
25	Pamela	1,083	↑2	16
26	Ann	1,072	–	46
27	Joanne	1,033	↓3	73
28	Cynthia	1,031	↓3	20
29	Debra	974	new	18
30	Eileen	943	↓2	95
31	Jane	906	↓2	43
32	Janice	904	↑5	21
33	Theresa	873	↑7	64
34	Lorraine	860	↓4	>100
35	Maureen	844	↓1	93
36	Jean	843	↑2	49
37	Joyce	837	↓4	28
38	Cheryl	814	↓7	30
39	Marie	808	↓7	78
40	Anne	803	↑3	82
41	Bonnie	795	↓6	37
42	Laura	781	↑3	60
43	Virginia	760	↑3	47
44	Maria	759	–	75
45	Elaine	753	↓3	66
46	Frances	747	↓5	59
47	Marilyn	732	↓8	41
48	Jacqueline	684	new	56
49	Rose	671	new	65
50	Brenda	653	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	9,049	–	2
2	John	8,648	–	3
3	Michael	6,932	↑1	4
4	James	6,523	↓1	1
5	Richard	6,009	–	7
6	William	5,551	–	6
7	Thomas	5,314	–	8
8	David	4,824	–	5
9	Joseph	4,301	–	14
10	Gary	2,981	↑1	10
11	Charles	2,698	↓1	9
12	Paul	2,570	–	18
13	Steven	2,560	↑3	13
14	Edward	2,419	↓1	23
15	Stephen	2,330	↑2	19
16	Peter	2,287	↓1	38
17	Kenneth	2,147	↑1	16
18	Ronald	2,125	↓4	12
19	Donald	2,063	↑2	15
20	Daniel	2,030	–	21
21	George	2,022	↓2	22
22	Mark	1,996	↑2	20
23	Anthony	1,858	–	34
24	Dennis	1,853	↓2	17
25	Frank	1,676	–	31
26	Bruce	1,501	–	26
27	Lawrence	1,362	–	33
28	Jeffrey	1,337	↑3	35
29	Douglas	1,285	–	27
30	Kevin	1,264	↑2	53
31	Raymond	1,247	↓3	32
32	Alan	1,139	↓2	40
33	Gregory	1,017	–	25
34	Philip	965	↑1	55
35	Arthur	961	↓1	44
36	Timothy	929	↑2	28
37	Louis	917	–	76
38	Andrew	873	↑2	69
39	Patrick	863	↑3	39
40	Christopher	841	↑9	61
41	Larry	824	↓2	11
42	Vincent	820	↓1	>100
43	Brian	768	↑7	75
44	Gerald	757	↓8	36
45	Francis	733	↑3	85
46	Wayne	732	↓1	37
47	Howard	731	↓3	74
48	Martin	716	↓5	81
49	Barry	714	new	71
50	Ralph	658	new	51

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