New York ★ 1916

Top names in New York, 1916

Mary led for girls with 5,497 babies ; John for boys with 5,370. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,497
2	Helen	3,923
3	Dorothy	2,797
4	Margaret	2,706
5	Ruth	2,505
6	Rose	2,309
7	Anna	2,279
8	Frances	1,700
9	Florence	1,587
10	Elizabeth	1,578
11	Josephine	1,498
12	Lillian	1,447
13	Catherine	1,420
14	Marie	1,383
15	Mildred	1,362
16	Evelyn	1,175
17	Sylvia	1,140
18	Eleanor	1,056
19	Marion	1,033
20	Alice	942
21	Anne	937
22	Gertrude	923
23	Grace	897
24	Beatrice	884
25	Jean	852
26	Virginia	837
27	Irene	804
28	Rita	784
29	Edith	761
30	Ann	760
31	Doris	756
32	Louise	669
33	Ethel	652
34	Esther	643
35	Edna	607
36	Marjorie	599
37	Julia	573
38	Betty	553
39	Ida	540
40	Katherine	538
41	Jane	530
42	Pauline	527
43	Agnes	519
44	Jennie	518
45	Gladys	504
46	Theresa	487
47	Elsie	465
48	Stella	446
49	Pearl	423
50	Martha	415
51	Sophie	410
52	Genevieve	409
53	Charlotte	405
54	Bertha	403
55	Clara	395
56	Sarah	390
57	Lucy	381
58	Muriel	374
59	Marian	366
60	Lena	357
61	Antoinette	344
62	Lucille	335
63	Angelina	334
64	Madeline	329
65	Miriam	326
66	Blanche	323
67	Barbara	310
68	Viola	300
69	Emily	299
70	Laura	295
71	Emma	293
72	Thelma	289
73	Harriet	274
74	Bernice	272
75	Estelle	268
76	Olga	266
77	Nancy	259
78	Jeanette	258
79	Loretta	253
80	Ellen	251
80	Kathryn	251
82	Vera	244
83	Eileen	241
84	Hilda	240
85	Hazel	238
86	Mae	237
87	Carmela	234
88	Eva	233
89	Shirley	232
90	Sally	226
91	Marguerite	225
91	Vivian	225
93	Caroline	223
94	Adele	222
95	Geraldine	217
96	Kathleen	212
97	Sadie	204
97	Veronica	204
99	Janet	201
99	Phyllis	201

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	5,370
2	Joseph	3,978
3	William	3,776
4	Robert	2,438
5	George	2,351
6	Charles	2,327
7	Edward	2,264
8	Frank	2,219
9	James	2,211
10	Thomas	1,355
11	Anthony	1,257
12	Louis	1,240
13	Harold	1,202
14	Arthur	1,139
15	Walter	1,093
16	Michael	1,064
17	Henry	1,062
18	Albert	927
19	Harry	907
20	Richard	871
21	Francis	843
22	Paul	806
23	Raymond	751
24	Peter	713
25	Vincent	705
26	Bernard	698
27	David	686
28	Stanley	682
29	Irving	675
30	Donald	662
31	Samuel	615
32	Alfred	602
33	Jack	588
34	Philip	585
35	Howard	575
36	Frederick	568
37	Herbert	556
38	Ralph	541
39	Sidney	499
40	Kenneth	486
41	Milton	481
42	Salvatore	475
43	Daniel	468
44	Fred	464
45	Morris	440
46	Lawrence	439
47	Leonard	431
48	Leo	422
49	Nicholas	398
50	Carl	396
51	Martin	380
52	Benjamin	376
53	Theodore	373
54	Andrew	372
55	Eugene	371
56	Abraham	365
57	Stephen	340
58	Norman	333
59	Sam	332
60	Alexander	320
61	Ernest	319
62	Edwin	306
63	Victor	303
64	Max	298
65	Herman	293
66	Angelo	289
67	Dominick	265
68	Nathan	262
69	Clarence	253
69	Julius	253
71	Leon	235
71	Seymour	235
73	Murray	233
74	Earl	230
75	Chester	228
76	Gerald	224
76	Hyman	224
78	Jerome	212
79	Clifford	208
80	Jacob	196
81	Arnold	191
82	Lester	187
83	Russell	166
84	Roy	164
85	Patrick	157
86	Matthew	151
87	Maurice	147
88	Edmund	141
89	Isidore	140
90	Solomon	136
91	Gordon	132
92	Lewis	128
93	Elmer	127
94	Alex	126
94	Melvin	126
96	Sol	124
97	Oscar	120
98	Dominic	119
99	Jerry	114
100	Warren	113