Popular baby names in New York, 1952

The most popular baby names in New York in 1952 were Patricia for girls (5,309 babies) and Robert for boys (9,219). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 319,220 babies born in New York in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1952

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

Milagros: 85 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Meryl: 83 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Carmela: 78 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Helene: 175 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sonia: 153 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Camille: 135 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mindy: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Miriam: 281 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ilene: 113 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francine: 300 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 318 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Elliot: 109 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dominick: 170 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Julio: 109 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Angel: 127 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelo: 196 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ira: 253 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rafael: 122 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vincent: 884 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerard: 376 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Patricia	5,309	–	3
2	Linda	5,156	–	1
3	Mary	4,936	–	2
4	Susan	4,465	–	5
5	Barbara	4,193	–	6
6	Deborah	3,833	↑1	4
7	Kathleen	3,175	↓1	11
8	Nancy	2,915	–	7
9	Diane	2,654	–	16
10	Karen	2,518	–	8
11	Carol	2,451	–	12
12	Christine	2,420	↑1	20
13	Donna	2,070	↓1	13
14	Margaret	1,827	–	21
15	Elizabeth	1,808	↑1	22
16	Sharon	1,727	↓1	14
17	Denise	1,669	↑4	33
18	Sandra	1,630	↓1	10
19	Janet	1,500	–	19
20	Debra	1,457	↑9	9
21	Joan	1,446	↓1	37
22	Judith	1,439	↓4	25
23	Gail	1,268	↓1	39
24	Catherine	1,245	–	34
25	Cynthia	1,239	↑3	18
26	Ellen	1,193	↓3	70
27	Pamela	1,183	↓2	17
28	Joanne	1,066	↓1	78
29	Ann	1,045	↓3	45
30	Eileen	954	–	100
31	Jane	920	–	42
32	Theresa	899	↑1	60
33	Maureen	891	↑2	94
34	Cheryl	889	↑4	31
35	Janice	874	↓3	23
36	Anne	857	↑4	79
37	Maria	842	↑7	72
38	Jean	838	↓2	50
39	Joyce	833	↓2	27
40	Marilyn	829	↑7	38
41	Laura	824	↑1	53
42	Marie	808	↓3	82
43	Lorraine	787	↓9	>100
44	Rose	731	↑5	62
45	Jo	729	new	55
46	Bonnie	724	↓5	41
47	Lynn	724	new	71
48	Virginia	673	↓5	49
49	Jacqueline	665	↓1	58
50	Michele	662	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	9,219	–	2
2	John	8,675	–	3
3	Michael	7,476	–	4
4	James	6,435	–	1
5	Richard	6,328	–	7
6	William	5,768	–	6
7	Thomas	5,295	–	8
8	David	5,257	–	5
9	Joseph	4,459	–	12
10	Gary	3,055	–	10
11	Steven	2,956	↑2	11
12	Paul	2,819	–	19
13	Charles	2,802	↓2	9
14	Edward	2,491	–	23
15	Stephen	2,389	–	21
16	Mark	2,293	↑6	17
17	Peter	2,269	↓1	36
18	Kenneth	2,152	↓1	16
19	Donald	2,050	–	13
20	Daniel	2,018	–	20
21	George	1,989	–	22
22	Ronald	1,986	↓4	15
23	Anthony	1,979	–	34
24	Dennis	1,816	–	18
25	Frank	1,625	–	32
26	Bruce	1,494	–	25
27	Jeffrey	1,473	↑1	31
28	Kevin	1,466	↑2	43
29	Lawrence	1,382	↓2	35
30	Raymond	1,261	↑1	33
31	Douglas	1,216	↓2	28
32	Alan	1,116	–	42
33	Gregory	1,040	–	24
34	Timothy	1,039	↑2	27
35	Philip	971	↓1	60
36	Christopher	932	↑4	57
37	Arthur	922	↓2	47
38	Louis	904	↓1	79
39	Patrick	885	–	37
40	Vincent	884	↑2	>100
41	Andrew	880	↓3	68
42	Brian	827	↑1	64
43	Howard	794	↑4	73
44	Larry	794	↓3	14
45	Wayne	775	↑1	38
46	Barry	743	↑3	69
47	Martin	724	↑1	80
48	Frederick	721	new	76
49	Francis	718	↓4	89
50	Gerald	711	↓6	39

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