Popular baby names in New York, 1953

The most popular baby names in New York in 1953 were Mary for girls (4,914 babies) and Robert for boys (9,060). Social Security records list 317,994 babies born in New York in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1953

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: 82 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Miriam: 316 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Helene: 152 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sonia: 147 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryanne: 83 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ana: 100 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roseann: 123 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mindy: 118 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francine: 307 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ilene: 93 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 348 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominick: 169 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Julio: 118 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Angel: 144 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rafael: 115 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelo: 156 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nelson: 298 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 389 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luis: 240 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ira: 199 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	4,914	↑2	1
2	Patricia	4,764	↓1	4
3	Linda	4,709	↓1	2
4	Susan	4,665	–	5
5	Barbara	4,084	–	6
6	Deborah	4,074	–	3
7	Kathleen	2,979	–	14
8	Nancy	2,833	–	8
9	Diane	2,677	–	17
10	Karen	2,621	–	9
11	Carol	2,247	–	16
12	Donna	2,125	↑1	13
13	Debra	1,997	↑7	7
14	Margaret	1,868	–	20
15	Elizabeth	1,780	–	21
16	Sharon	1,649	–	15
17	Denise	1,545	–	31
18	Cynthia	1,531	↑7	12
19	Janet	1,454	–	19
20	Joan	1,442	↑1	37
21	Sandra	1,436	↓3	11
22	Pamela	1,368	↑5	10
23	Judith	1,221	↓1	30
24	Gail	1,216	↓1	39
25	Christine	1,185	↓13	32
26	Joanne	1,185	↑2	71
27	Catherine	1,149	↓3	35
28	Ellen	1,086	↓2	76
29	Ann	1,056	–	46
30	Theresa	932	↑2	50
31	Maria	890	↑6	68
32	Maureen	877	↑1	92
33	Laura	871	↑8	51
34	Jane	869	↓3	43
35	Anne	861	↑1	80
36	Eileen	854	↓6	>100
37	Cheryl	844	↓3	28
38	Robin	839	new	66
39	Janice	831	↓4	22
40	Marilyn	830	–	36
41	Marie	825	↑1	86
42	Jean	799	↓4	52
43	Rose	778	↑1	59
44	Jo	772	↑1	54
45	Joyce	768	↓6	26
46	Lorraine	768	↓3	>100
47	Lynn	736	–	67
48	Jacqueline	711	↑1	58
49	Michele	689	↑1	>100
50	Virginia	673	↓2	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	9,060	–	1
2	John	8,200	–	4
3	Michael	7,819	–	3
4	James	6,334	–	2
5	Richard	5,936	–	7
6	William	5,509	–	6
7	David	5,498	↑1	5
8	Thomas	5,035	↓1	8
9	Joseph	4,626	–	13
10	Steven	2,981	↑1	11
11	Gary	2,866	↓1	10
12	Paul	2,840	–	16
13	Charles	2,665	–	9
14	Mark	2,514	↑2	12
15	Peter	2,356	↑2	38
16	Edward	2,351	↓2	23
17	Daniel	2,198	↑3	20
18	Stephen	2,119	↓3	21
19	Kenneth	2,096	↓1	17
20	Ronald	1,972	↑2	15
21	Donald	1,949	↓2	14
22	Anthony	1,929	↑1	32
23	George	1,906	↓2	22
24	Kevin	1,792	↑4	36
25	Jeffrey	1,787	↑2	25
26	Dennis	1,644	↓2	19
27	Frank	1,601	↓2	33
28	Bruce	1,436	↓2	28
29	Lawrence	1,284	–	37
30	Raymond	1,202	–	34
31	Douglas	1,201	–	27
32	Timothy	1,140	↑2	26
33	Alan	1,097	↓1	43
34	Gregory	1,064	↓1	24
35	Brian	944	↑7	53
36	Andrew	933	↑5	68
37	Louis	897	↑1	78
38	Philip	894	↓3	61
39	Patrick	879	–	39
40	Arthur	844	↓3	50
41	Christopher	827	↓5	63
42	Wayne	823	↑3	40
43	Vincent	818	↓3	100
44	Howard	715	↓1	77
45	Martin	713	↑2	82
46	Frederick	690	↑2	80
47	Francis	681	↑2	90
48	Larry	667	↓4	18
49	Gerald	663	↑1	42
50	Walter	646	new	45

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