Popular baby names in New York, 1975

The most popular baby names in New York in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (4,156 babies) and Michael for boys (6,036). Social Security records list 214,417 babies born in New York in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1975

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

Chaya: 81 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chana: 65 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Milagros: 57 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lissette: 101 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Damaris: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jasmin: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maritza: 83 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alexa: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ivette: 58 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 104 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 68 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Moshe: 67 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jamel: 113 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Wilfredo: 89 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 184 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ariel: 66 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kareem: 135 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dominick: 94 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angel: 332 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jean: 58 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,156	–	1
2	Michelle	1,836	–	6
3	Melissa	1,698	↑1	4
4	Lisa	1,636	↓1	8
5	Amy	1,526	–	2
6	Nicole	1,526	–	10
7	Jessica	1,379	↑3	13
8	Heather	1,309	↓1	3
9	Kimberly	1,290	–	7
10	Christine	1,249	↓2	22
11	Elizabeth	1,136	–	15
12	Kelly	988	↑6	16
13	Danielle	955	↓1	42
14	Maria	879	–	30
15	Stephanie	862	–	9
16	Karen	860	↓3	27
17	Christina	836	↑4	12
18	Dawn	775	↓1	23
19	Rebecca	749	↓3	11
20	Laura	741	↑4	20
21	Tara	718	↑2	41
22	Sarah	716	↑7	17
23	Mary	689	↓4	19
24	Michele	658	↓4	56
25	Susan	638	–	32
26	Angela	634	↑1	5
27	Julie	625	↑3	18
28	Patricia	611	↓6	36
29	Tracy	602	↑2	24
30	Rachel	600	↑2	26
31	Denise	548	↓3	64
32	Andrea	539	↑3	28
33	Tanya	533	–	50
34	Erin	497	↑8	38
35	Kristen	494	↓9	60
36	Jill	486	new	46
37	Stacey	484	↑3	44
38	Kathleen	478	↓2	80
39	Amanda	468	new	14
40	Sandra	458	↓2	51
41	Carrie	457	↑8	29
42	Lori	437	↓8	39
43	Cynthia	430	↓6	40
44	Wendy	421	↑4	33
45	Jacqueline	415	↓4	90
46	Tina	408	↑1	35
47	Tammy	406	↓2	31
48	Nancy	402	↓4	82
49	Catherine	400	↓6	73
50	Katherine	400	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	6,036	–	1
2	Christopher	3,256	–	3
3	Jason	3,157	–	2
4	David	3,031	–	5
5	John	2,967	–	7
6	Robert	2,792	–	6
7	James	2,663	–	4
8	Joseph	2,537	–	12
9	Brian	2,202	–	8
10	Daniel	2,114	–	11
11	Matthew	1,923	–	9
12	William	1,838	–	10
13	Anthony	1,813	–	21
14	Thomas	1,641	–	20
15	Richard	1,572	–	16
16	Kevin	1,448	↑3	15
17	Eric	1,446	↓1	13
18	Scott	1,370	↓1	17
19	Steven	1,319	↑2	18
20	Jeffrey	1,265	–	14
21	Paul	1,167	↑1	29
22	Mark	1,144	↓4	19
23	Andrew	1,104	–	28
24	Peter	1,005	–	54
25	Timothy	999	–	22
26	Jose	933	↑2	48
27	Gregory	885	↑2	33
28	Charles	834	↓1	25
29	Edward	817	↓3	41
30	Sean	811	–	40
31	Adam	801	↑1	38
32	Stephen	797	↓1	34
33	Jonathan	769	–	30
34	Kenneth	742	↑1	35
35	Keith	721	↑1	49
36	Joshua	693	↑5	26
37	Patrick	665	↑1	39
38	Shawn	659	↓4	31
39	Frank	634	↓2	66
40	George	613	↓1	53
41	Jeremy	574	↑1	24
42	Luis	548	↑3	>100
43	Todd	516	↓3	43
44	Ronald	513	↓1	46
45	Ryan	506	↑4	23
46	Benjamin	504	new	36
47	Raymond	490	↑1	63
48	Aaron	473	↓1	32
49	Craig	473	↓5	58
50	Donald	462	↓4	42

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