Popular baby names in New York, 1957

The most popular baby names in New York in 1957 were Mary for girls (5,272 babies) and Michael for boys (9,124). Social Security records list 350,576 babies born in New York in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1957

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

Ivette: 88 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Milagros: 115 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Maritza: 94 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Migdalia: 112 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Meryl: 91 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Helene: 163 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Miriam: 321 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mindy: 203 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Madeline: 170 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryellen: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 114 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Angel: 301 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 312 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dominick: 154 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rafael: 164 babies, 5× the national rate
Seth: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rocco: 92 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julio: 105 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luis: 371 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelo: 219 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	5,272	↑1	1
2	Susan	5,095	↓1	2
3	Patricia	4,104	–	8
4	Karen	3,762	↑2	5
5	Linda	3,564	–	3
6	Deborah	3,433	↓2	6
7	Barbara	3,177	–	9
8	Nancy	2,923	–	11
9	Donna	2,922	↑1	10
10	Debra	2,896	↓1	4
11	Diane	2,623	↑1	17
12	Kathleen	2,623	↓1	21
13	Cynthia	2,323	↑1	7
14	Elizabeth	2,171	↑1	22
15	Carol	2,120	↓2	18
16	Sharon	1,747	–	14
17	Denise	1,611	↑1	25
18	Margaret	1,530	↓1	29
19	Lisa	1,510	↑8	26
20	Sandra	1,397	↓1	15
21	Cheryl	1,388	↓1	16
22	Catherine	1,349	–	37
23	Cindy	1,343	new	19
24	Theresa	1,295	–	36
25	Laura	1,275	↑1	31
26	Janet	1,255	↓5	23
27	Robin	1,228	↓2	30
28	Pamela	1,222	↓5	12
29	Christine	1,166	↑1	41
30	Maria	1,154	↓2	71
31	Kim	1,116	↑3	35
32	Joanne	1,099	↑1	94
33	Ann	1,096	↓2	44
34	Ellen	1,092	↓2	85
35	Maureen	994	↑1	>100
36	Joan	976	↓7	60
37	Kathy	953	new	20
38	Brenda	939	new	13
39	Gail	934	↓2	54
40	Eileen	932	↑1	>100
41	Lori	916	new	45
42	Judith	882	↓7	53
43	Laurie	848	↓4	73
44	Lynn	844	↓2	61
45	Jean	841	↓5	67
46	Anne	838	↓8	86
47	Michele	815	↓1	99
48	Debbie	798	new	27
49	Diana	786	new	43
50	Jane	760	↓5	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	9,124	–	1
2	John	8,610	–	5
3	Robert	8,468	–	4
4	James	6,639	–	2
5	David	5,972	–	3
6	Richard	5,414	↑1	8
7	William	5,380	↓1	6
8	Thomas	5,138	–	9
9	Joseph	4,967	–	12
10	Mark	3,977	–	7
11	Steven	3,277	–	10
12	Paul	3,013	–	18
13	Kevin	2,890	–	20
14	Peter	2,618	–	37
15	Daniel	2,605	–	16
16	Anthony	2,546	↑2	27
17	Edward	2,360	–	25
18	Charles	2,358	↓2	11
19	Gary	2,238	–	13
20	Kenneth	2,216	↑2	14
21	Jeffrey	2,209	↓1	21
22	Stephen	2,141	↓1	24
23	Brian	2,030	↑3	26
24	Ronald	1,948	–	17
25	Donald	1,929	↓2	15
26	George	1,862	↓1	29
27	Frank	1,801	–	38
28	Timothy	1,793	–	19
29	Gregory	1,423	–	23
30	Douglas	1,328	↑1	30
31	Christopher	1,289	↑3	43
32	Raymond	1,285	–	39
33	Scott	1,254	↑3	32
34	Bruce	1,195	↓4	34
35	Andrew	1,174	↑2	56
36	Lawrence	1,169	↓3	46
37	Patrick	1,056	↑1	41
38	Dennis	1,031	↓3	28
39	Keith	969	↑1	36
40	Vincent	939	↑1	97
41	Alan	910	↓2	48
42	Philip	847	–	68
43	Louis	826	–	86
44	Wayne	826	–	47
45	Eric	786	↑3	60
46	Larry	744	↑3	22
47	Arthur	732	–	66
48	Martin	728	↓3	69
49	Jose	726	↓3	>100
50	Glenn	691	new	62

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