Popular baby names in New York, 1959

The most popular baby names in New York in 1959 were Mary for girls (4,871 babies) and John for boys (8,719). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 349,295 babies born in New York in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1959

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: 144 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ivette: 110 babies, 10× the national rate
Maritza: 152 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Migdalia: 163 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lourdes: 113 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Miriam: 324 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Madeline: 199 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 92 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mindy: 178 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Helene: 135 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 118 babies, 8× the national rate
Dominick: 188 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Angel: 297 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 274 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Julio: 125 babies, 5× the national rate
Seth: 115 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rafael: 176 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abraham: 103 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 418 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luis: 379 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	4,871	↑1	1
2	Susan	4,481	↓1	2
3	Donna	3,915	↑7	5
4	Patricia	3,775	↓1	6
5	Linda	3,337	–	3
6	Karen	3,217	↓2	4
7	Deborah	2,708	↓1	9
8	Nancy	2,663	–	14
9	Barbara	2,655	↓2	11
10	Kathleen	2,571	↓1	23
11	Elizabeth	2,341	↑2	21
12	Lisa	2,341	↑3	10
13	Diane	2,260	↓1	19
14	Debra	2,153	↓3	7
15	Carol	1,781	↓1	22
16	Cynthia	1,710	–	8
17	Sharon	1,569	↑1	17
18	Denise	1,567	↑1	29
19	Laura	1,532	↑2	30
20	Margaret	1,476	–	36
21	Sandra	1,452	↑2	13
22	Cheryl	1,419	↓5	18
23	Theresa	1,384	↑4	34
24	Robin	1,329	↑8	32
25	Lori	1,293	–	27
26	Pamela	1,280	↓4	12
27	Maria	1,194	↑4	62
28	Janet	1,193	↑2	28
29	Catherine	1,182	↓3	40
30	Christine	1,162	↓2	43
31	Ann	1,082	↑2	44
32	Joanne	1,077	↓8	92
33	Debbie	1,064	↑3	20
34	Kathy	1,053	↓5	15
35	Kim	1,010	–	35
36	Maureen	959	↑1	>100
37	Eileen	951	↑2	>100
38	Ellen	951	↑4	91
39	Cindy	931	↓5	25
40	Michele	930	↑1	89
41	Laurie	893	↑4	56
42	Anne	883	↑1	82
43	Joan	835	↓3	76
44	Michelle	827	new	47
45	Brenda	820	↓7	16
46	Valerie	800	new	60
47	Lynn	797	↓1	63
48	Dawn	794	new	54
49	Julie	762	↓2	26
50	Judith	760	↓1	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	8,719	↑1	4
2	Michael	8,689	↓1	1
3	Robert	7,692	–	5
4	James	6,627	–	3
5	David	6,424	–	2
6	Richard	5,122	↑1	8
7	William	5,044	↓1	7
8	Thomas	4,961	–	9
9	Joseph	4,725	–	13
10	Mark	4,022	–	6
11	Steven	3,194	–	10
12	Kevin	2,815	↑1	14
13	Paul	2,802	↓1	17
14	Anthony	2,785	–	26
15	Peter	2,526	↑1	40
16	Daniel	2,490	↓1	18
17	Timothy	2,246	↑3	12
18	Jeffrey	2,236	↑1	16
19	Charles	2,210	↓2	11
20	Edward	2,149	↓2	27
21	Kenneth	2,125	–	15
22	Brian	2,011	↑1	22
23	Stephen	1,947	↓1	28
24	Frank	1,829	–	42
25	Ronald	1,816	↑1	21
26	Donald	1,764	↑1	19
27	Christopher	1,754	↑3	35
28	George	1,679	–	32
29	Scott	1,635	–	24
30	Gary	1,580	↓5	20
31	Gregory	1,405	–	23
32	Douglas	1,199	–	30
33	Patrick	1,170	↑4	43
34	Raymond	1,132	↑1	45
35	Eric	1,124	↑5	46
36	Andrew	1,120	↓2	58
37	Bruce	1,074	↓4	38
38	Dennis	1,027	–	29
39	Keith	954	↑2	39
40	Lawrence	912	↓4	62
41	Vincent	886	↓2	>100
42	Alan	862	–	50
43	Philip	834	–	68
44	Matthew	833	↑1	63
45	Louis	767	↓1	100
46	Jose	752	↑1	>100
47	Wayne	743	↓1	51
48	Craig	730	new	44
49	Larry	640	↓1	25
50	Edwin	636	new	>100

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