Popular baby names in New York, 1955

The most popular baby names in New York in 1955 were Susan for girls (5,140 babies) and Robert for boys (8,814). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 337,634 babies born in New York in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1955

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: 104 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Maritza: 83 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Migdalia: 95 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Luz: 85 babies, 5× the national rate
Miriam: 368 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sonia: 206 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Helene: 166 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mindy: 156 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ana: 120 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ilene: 99 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Angel: 230 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dominick: 173 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 347 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rafael: 151 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julio: 95 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angelo: 191 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luis: 317 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hector: 244 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerard: 430 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alberto: 88 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	5,140	↑1	5
2	Mary	5,117	↓1	1
3	Deborah	4,566	↑1	2
4	Patricia	4,421	↓1	6
5	Linda	4,062	–	3
6	Barbara	3,446	–	7
7	Nancy	3,161	–	9
8	Debra	3,142	↑2	4
9	Karen	3,063	–	8
10	Kathleen	2,976	↓2	17
11	Diane	2,745	↑1	14
12	Donna	2,691	↓1	10
13	Carol	2,234	–	15
14	Elizabeth	1,916	–	21
15	Margaret	1,697	–	24
16	Denise	1,619	–	23
17	Sharon	1,590	–	16
18	Cynthia	1,526	↑1	11
19	Sandra	1,496	↓1	13
20	Pamela	1,441	↑1	12
21	Catherine	1,345	↑2	28
22	Janet	1,334	↓2	20
23	Cheryl	1,256	↑10	19
24	Joan	1,203	↓2	46
25	Robin	1,196	↓1	33
26	Theresa	1,151	↑4	38
27	Ann	1,143	↑4	43
28	Judith	1,140	↓3	31
29	Ellen	1,090	–	81
30	Maria	1,081	↓2	69
31	Laura	1,064	↑1	41
32	Christine	1,019	↑6	40
33	Joanne	1,019	↓6	88
34	Gail	1,011	↓8	42
35	Lisa	951	new	48
36	Maureen	925	↓2	100
37	Rose	916	–	54
38	Eileen	893	↓2	>100
39	Jo	870	↓4	58
40	Lynn	861	–	62
41	Anne	824	–	84
42	Michele	806	↓3	93
43	Bonnie	802	↑6	45
44	Jean	801	↓1	60
45	Marie	763	↓1	92
46	Janice	761	↑2	25
47	Wendy	759	new	90
48	Lorraine	737	↓6	>100
49	Jane	733	↓3	50
50	Laurie	733	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	8,814	–	4
2	John	8,551	–	5
3	Michael	8,441	–	1
4	James	6,579	–	3
5	David	6,209	–	2
6	William	5,567	↑1	6
7	Richard	5,546	↓1	7
8	Thomas	5,194	–	8
9	Joseph	4,873	–	13
10	Mark	3,296	↑3	9
11	Steven	3,168	↓1	10
12	Paul	2,931	↓1	16
13	Peter	2,639	↑3	35
14	Gary	2,628	↓2	12
15	Charles	2,489	↓1	11
16	Edward	2,432	↓1	25
17	Daniel	2,411	↑2	17
18	Kevin	2,390	↓1	27
19	Stephen	2,314	↑1	21
20	Jeffrey	2,307	↑2	20
21	Anthony	2,271	↓3	31
22	Kenneth	2,206	↓1	15
23	Donald	1,976	–	14
24	George	1,967	–	26
25	Ronald	1,870	–	18
26	Frank	1,713	–	34
27	Timothy	1,477	↑4	22
28	Bruce	1,329	–	32
29	Gregory	1,327	↑4	24
30	Dennis	1,310	↓3	23
31	Brian	1,263	↑3	40
32	Douglas	1,256	–	29
33	Raymond	1,242	↓3	36
34	Lawrence	1,180	↓5	42
35	Christopher	1,148	↑3	49
36	Alan	1,141	↓1	43
37	Patrick	995	↑4	41
38	Andrew	938	↓1	66
39	Philip	908	↓3	62
40	Scott	900	↑3	38
41	Louis	890	↓2	82
42	Wayne	872	–	44
43	Vincent	871	↓3	99
44	Keith	848	↑2	39
45	Arthur	789	↓1	56
46	Jose	692	new	>100
47	Martin	684	↑2	77
48	Howard	634	–	83
49	Larry	627	↓2	19
50	Ralph	625	new	67

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