Popular baby names in New York, 1969

The most popular baby names in New York in 1969 were Lisa for girls (4,074 babies) and Michael for boys (8,003). Social Security records list 290,189 babies born in New York in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1969

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: 102 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Julissa: 80 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lissette: 124 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lizette: 96 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mayra: 79 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ivette: 101 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Maritza: 149 babies, 6× the national rate
Lisette: 95 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marisol: 179 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daisy: 104 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 114 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 262 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dominick: 149 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Angel: 393 babies, 5× the national rate
Julio: 229 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gerard: 188 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamal: 86 babies, 4× the national rate
Abraham: 100 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rafael: 264 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luis: 623 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	4,074	–	1
2	Jennifer	3,210	–	3
3	Michelle	2,561	–	2
4	Christine	2,355	–	14
5	Elizabeth	1,854	↑2	16
6	Kimberly	1,846	↑3	4
7	Karen	1,791	↓2	13
8	Susan	1,765	↓2	11
9	Melissa	1,634	↑9	5
10	Patricia	1,568	–	18
11	Mary	1,554	↓3	8
12	Laura	1,547	↓1	10
13	Michele	1,529	↓1	30
14	Dawn	1,485	↓1	21
15	Amy	1,472	↑5	6
16	Kelly	1,407	↓2	15
17	Maria	1,390	↓2	40
18	Kathleen	1,257	↓1	42
19	Denise	1,213	–	35
20	Deborah	1,189	↓4	27
21	Nancy	1,086	↑1	45
22	Tammy	1,056	↑2	9
23	Donna	1,053	↓2	26
24	Julie	1,042	↑7	12
25	Tracy	1,034	↑10	17
26	Lori	995	↓1	20
27	Sandra	988	↑5	25
28	Linda	968	↓5	33
29	Barbara	914	↓3	39
30	Nicole	904	new	47
31	Pamela	880	↓3	24
32	Stephanie	876	↑4	19
33	Kim	875	↓3	66
34	Cynthia	834	↓5	23
35	Jacqueline	821	↓8	62
36	Tina	804	↓3	22
37	Sharon	803	–	36
38	Theresa	782	–	49
39	Christina	781	↑3	37
40	Wendy	775	–	29
41	Debra	772	↓7	43
42	Catherine	757	↓1	58
43	Heather	736	new	34
44	Diane	707	↓5	61
45	Andrea	688	–	48
46	Angela	677	↓3	7
47	Ann	627	↑2	57
48	Gina	622	↑2	63
49	Jill	611	↓3	51
50	Cheryl	608	↓3	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	8,003	–	1
2	John	5,902	–	4
3	David	5,358	↑1	2
4	Robert	5,292	↓1	5
5	James	4,486	–	3
6	Christopher	3,721	↑1	7
7	Joseph	3,656	↓1	15
8	Thomas	3,167	↑2	13
9	William	3,154	–	6
10	Richard	3,077	↓2	10
11	Anthony	2,637	↑1	20
12	Mark	2,502	↓1	8
13	Scott	2,487	↑1	12
14	Daniel	2,360	↓1	18
15	Brian	2,302	↑1	9
16	Steven	2,183	↑2	14
17	Kevin	2,102	↑2	16
18	Paul	2,091	↓3	22
19	Jeffrey	2,073	↓2	11
20	Eric	1,912	↑1	21
21	Peter	1,669	↑1	43
22	Matthew	1,663	↑2	24
23	Edward	1,632	–	32
24	Timothy	1,567	↓4	17
25	Kenneth	1,514	↑1	23
26	Andrew	1,509	↑1	33
27	Stephen	1,404	↑1	27
28	Charles	1,386	↓3	19
29	Patrick	1,222	–	31
30	Gregory	1,178	↑1	26
31	Frank	1,149	↓1	47
32	Jose	1,129	↑2	56
33	Jason	1,098	↑15	25
34	Ronald	1,079	↓2	29
35	George	1,032	↓2	38
36	Sean	1,025	↓1	37
37	Todd	990	↓1	28
38	Donald	874	↓1	30
39	Douglas	862	–	34
40	Keith	817	↓2	36
41	Jonathan	789	↑3	46
42	Craig	784	↑1	39
43	Raymond	769	↓3	50
44	Vincent	724	↓2	70
45	Gary	702	↓4	35
46	Marc	670	–	63
47	Luis	623	↓2	>100
48	Dennis	558	↓1	44
49	Shawn	550	new	41
50	Carlos	546	new	>100

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