Popular baby names in New York, 1958

The most popular baby names in New York in 1958 were Susan for girls (5,015 babies) and Michael for boys (9,226). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 350,444 babies born in New York in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1958

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: 129 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Maritza: 116 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Migdalia: 116 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lourdes: 119 babies, 6× the national rate
Luz: 99 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Randi: 133 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Madeline: 191 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Miriam: 321 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roseann: 113 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 229 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 120 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 278 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 170 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angel: 258 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Julio: 135 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Seth: 116 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Luis: 435 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rafael: 170 babies, 4× the national rate
Abraham: 91 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelo: 200 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	5,015	↑1	2
2	Mary	5,001	↓1	1
3	Patricia	3,932	–	5
4	Karen	3,477	–	4
5	Linda	3,450	–	3
6	Deborah	3,106	–	7
7	Barbara	2,975	–	9
8	Nancy	2,967	–	12
9	Kathleen	2,831	↑3	21
10	Donna	2,801	↓1	10
11	Debra	2,608	↓1	6
12	Diane	2,427	↓1	18
13	Elizabeth	2,412	↑1	22
14	Carol	2,040	↑1	20
15	Lisa	1,919	↑4	19
16	Cynthia	1,878	↓3	8
17	Cheryl	1,648	↑4	13
18	Sharon	1,566	↓2	17
19	Denise	1,542	↓2	27
20	Margaret	1,516	↓2	31
21	Laura	1,448	↑4	29
22	Pamela	1,360	↑6	11
23	Sandra	1,352	↓3	15
24	Joanne	1,340	↑8	80
25	Lori	1,336	↑16	30
26	Catherine	1,326	↓4	38
27	Theresa	1,319	↓3	33
28	Christine	1,275	↑1	43
29	Kathy	1,212	↑8	14
30	Janet	1,177	↓4	28
31	Maria	1,162	↓1	65
32	Robin	1,139	↓5	32
33	Ann	1,082	–	47
34	Cindy	1,043	↓11	25
35	Kim	1,009	↓4	40
36	Debbie	995	↑12	24
37	Maureen	966	↓2	>100
38	Brenda	943	–	16
39	Eileen	939	↑1	>100
40	Joan	910	↓4	68
41	Michele	906	↑6	92
42	Ellen	898	↓8	93
43	Anne	884	↑3	87
44	Jean	846	↑1	73
45	Laurie	841	↓2	70
46	Lynn	837	↓2	60
47	Julie	825	new	23
48	Darlene	802	new	49
49	Judith	781	↓7	62
50	Gail	778	↓11	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	9,226	–	1
2	John	8,555	–	5
3	Robert	8,161	–	4
4	James	6,495	–	3
5	David	6,172	–	2
6	William	5,395	↑1	6
7	Richard	5,219	↓1	8
8	Thomas	5,037	–	9
9	Joseph	4,782	–	12
10	Mark	3,853	–	7
11	Steven	3,081	–	10
12	Paul	3,024	–	15
13	Kevin	2,772	–	20
14	Anthony	2,579	↑2	27
15	Daniel	2,540	–	16
16	Peter	2,391	↓2	41
17	Charles	2,250	↑1	11
18	Edward	2,237	↓1	28
19	Jeffrey	2,192	↑2	21
20	Timothy	2,169	↑8	13
21	Kenneth	2,081	↓1	14
22	Stephen	2,067	–	26
23	Brian	1,999	–	24
24	Frank	1,864	↑3	38
25	Gary	1,848	↓6	17
26	Ronald	1,817	↓2	19
27	Donald	1,784	↓2	18
28	George	1,666	↓2	31
29	Scott	1,625	↑4	25
30	Christopher	1,585	↑1	39
31	Gregory	1,384	↓2	23
32	Douglas	1,262	↓2	30
33	Bruce	1,215	↑1	36
34	Andrew	1,207	↑1	55
35	Raymond	1,177	↓3	43
36	Lawrence	1,079	–	52
37	Patrick	1,060	–	42
38	Dennis	1,008	–	29
39	Vincent	973	↑1	98
40	Eric	941	↑5	50
41	Keith	920	↓2	37
42	Alan	887	↓1	49
43	Philip	839	↓1	67
44	Louis	809	↓1	94
45	Matthew	766	new	60
46	Wayne	739	↓2	48
47	Jose	719	↑2	>100
48	Larry	707	↓2	22
49	Martin	651	↓1	71
50	Ralph	629	new	78

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