Popular baby names in New York, 1954

The most popular baby names in New York in 1954 were Mary for girls (5,471 babies) and Robert for boys (8,914). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 330,435 babies born in New York in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1954

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: 122 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Aida: 93 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Luz: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mindy: 162 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Miriam: 379 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sonia: 195 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Helene: 160 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ilene: 106 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francine: 278 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yvette: 141 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 93 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Dominick: 168 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 334 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Angel: 220 babies, 6× the national rate
Julio: 101 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rafael: 157 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelo: 197 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luis: 331 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 425 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abraham: 86 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	5,471	–	1
2	Susan	5,110	↑2	5
3	Patricia	4,882	↓1	4
4	Deborah	4,566	↑2	3
5	Linda	4,374	↓2	2
6	Barbara	3,722	↓1	7
7	Nancy	2,903	↑1	9
8	Kathleen	2,882	↓1	14
9	Karen	2,855	↑1	8
10	Debra	2,715	↑3	6
11	Donna	2,603	↑1	11
12	Diane	2,551	↓3	17
13	Carol	2,234	↓2	15
14	Elizabeth	1,883	↑1	20
15	Margaret	1,666	↓1	21
16	Denise	1,608	↑1	24
17	Sharon	1,599	↓1	16
18	Sandra	1,568	↑3	13
19	Cynthia	1,533	↓1	10
20	Janet	1,421	↓1	19
21	Pamela	1,398	↑1	12
22	Joan	1,340	↓2	40
23	Catherine	1,238	↑4	32
24	Robin	1,177	↑14	41
25	Judith	1,151	↓2	30
26	Gail	1,115	↓2	37
27	Joanne	1,099	↓1	78
28	Maria	1,074	↑3	65
29	Ellen	1,054	↓1	77
30	Theresa	1,033	–	47
31	Ann	1,012	↓2	44
32	Laura	980	↑1	45
33	Cheryl	961	↑4	22
34	Maureen	926	↓2	97
35	Jo	919	↑9	53
36	Eileen	917	–	>100
37	Rose	875	↑6	54
38	Christine	872	↓13	43
39	Michele	854	↑10	89
40	Lynn	843	↑7	63
41	Anne	840	↓6	80
42	Lorraine	835	↑4	>100
43	Jean	828	↓1	56
44	Marie	820	↓3	79
45	Marilyn	794	↓5	35
46	Jane	793	↓12	49
47	Joyce	779	↓2	28
48	Janice	727	↓9	25
49	Bonnie	714	new	52
50	Elaine	710	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Robert	8,914	–	2
2	John	8,492	–	4
3	Michael	8,227	–	1
4	James	6,553	–	3
5	David	5,903	↑2	5
6	Richard	5,766	↓1	7
7	William	5,478	↓1	6
8	Thomas	5,162	–	8
9	Joseph	4,851	–	13
10	Steven	3,090	–	11
11	Paul	3,029	↑1	16
12	Gary	2,984	↓1	9
13	Mark	2,951	↑1	12
14	Charles	2,532	↓1	10
15	Edward	2,500	↑1	22
16	Peter	2,340	↓1	37
17	Kevin	2,313	↑7	28
18	Anthony	2,222	↑4	32
19	Daniel	2,167	↓2	18
20	Stephen	2,163	↓2	20
21	Kenneth	2,137	↓2	17
22	Jeffrey	2,110	↑3	23
23	Donald	2,055	↓2	14
24	George	1,951	↓1	24
25	Ronald	1,920	↓5	15
26	Frank	1,561	↑1	36
27	Dennis	1,383	↓1	21
28	Bruce	1,315	–	30
29	Lawrence	1,313	–	39
30	Raymond	1,288	–	35
31	Timothy	1,288	↑1	26
32	Douglas	1,246	↓1	29
33	Gregory	1,187	↑1	25
34	Brian	1,078	↑1	48
35	Alan	1,077	↓2	43
36	Philip	947	↑2	62
37	Andrew	885	↓1	70
38	Christopher	883	↑3	64
39	Louis	869	↓2	81
40	Vincent	862	↑3	>100
41	Patrick	860	↓2	38
42	Wayne	856	–	41
43	Scott	806	new	40
44	Arthur	774	↓4	52
45	Gerald	694	↑4	44
46	Keith	686	new	45
47	Larry	685	↑1	19
48	Howard	668	↓4	80
49	Martin	659	↓4	79
50	Francis	654	↓3	94

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