New York ★ 1928

Top names in New York, 1928

Mary led for girls with 4,907 babies ; John for boys with 6,354. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,907
2	Dorothy	2,783
3	Helen	2,315
4	Margaret	2,028
5	Joan	1,703
6	Jean	1,671
7	Shirley	1,653
8	Gloria	1,608
9	Ruth	1,541
10	Rose	1,490
11	Marie	1,466
12	Betty	1,437
13	Patricia	1,433
14	Anna	1,429
15	Barbara	1,365
16	Doris	1,341
17	Florence	1,318
18	Frances	1,315
19	Elizabeth	1,281
20	Theresa	1,156
21	Josephine	1,116
22	Catherine	1,114
23	Eleanor	1,062
24	Dolores	1,060
25	Alice	990
26	Marilyn	984
27	Virginia	979
28	Marion	960
29	Rita	955
30	Ann	929
31	Evelyn	910
32	Mildred	896
33	Lillian	866
34	Irene	865
35	Phyllis	811
36	Lorraine	795
37	Grace	735
38	Elaine	649
39	June	618
40	Jane	610
41	Anne	580
42	Eileen	579
43	Louise	570
43	Nancy	570
45	Norma	567
46	Joyce	552
47	Marjorie	541
48	Beverly	538
49	Edith	521
50	Audrey	520
51	Lois	505
52	Beatrice	478
53	Gertrude	477
54	Bernice	476
55	Sylvia	464
56	Muriel	458
57	Jeanne	434
58	Kathleen	419
59	Carol	417
60	Geraldine	415
61	Antoinette	412
62	Gladys	410
62	Lucille	410
64	Janet	399
65	Harriet	382
66	Esther	381
67	Charlotte	372
68	Claire	359
69	Edna	351
69	Thelma	351
71	Pauline	349
72	Rosemary	337
73	Julia	330
74	Martha	327
75	Arlene	320
76	Ethel	319
77	Agnes	318
78	Angelina	317
78	Katherine	317
80	Lucy	314
81	Marian	301
82	Anita	300
83	Ellen	296
84	Jacqueline	285
84	Pearl	285
86	Carmela	281
87	Vivian	280
88	Sally	278
89	Laura	277
90	Estelle	271
91	Elsie	260
92	Teresa	258
93	Ida	255
93	Jennie	255
95	Clara	252
96	Madeline	249
97	Miriam	247
98	Sarah	244
99	Loretta	238
100	Constance	232

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	6,354
2	Robert	5,524
3	William	4,415
4	Joseph	4,172
5	James	3,309
6	Richard	3,072
7	George	2,500
8	Charles	2,478
9	Edward	2,422
10	Donald	2,183
11	Frank	2,137
12	Thomas	1,964
13	Anthony	1,509
14	Arthur	1,339
15	Harold	1,105
16	Raymond	1,097
17	Walter	1,093
18	Paul	1,052
19	Albert	1,050
20	Michael	1,027
21	Alfred	1,008
22	Eugene	1,003
23	Louis	972
24	David	953
25	Herbert	916
26	Stanley	896
27	Henry	867
28	Peter	862
29	Vincent	851
30	Kenneth	825
31	Francis	798
32	Bernard	794
33	Jack	748
34	Leonard	726
35	Daniel	688
36	Howard	672
37	Ralph	666
38	Harry	651
39	Lawrence	635
40	Gerald	633
41	Norman	621
42	Martin	619
43	Philip	589
44	Fred	583
45	Frederick	518
46	Salvatore	512
47	Marvin	460
48	Carl	446
49	Ronald	416
50	Theodore	410
51	Nicholas	402
52	Seymour	381
53	Edwin	378
54	Andrew	360
55	Irving	350
56	Ernest	339
57	Arnold	337
58	Jerome	335
59	Melvin	316
60	Samuel	311
61	Victor	290
62	Angelo	284
62	Leo	284
64	Stephen	276
65	Irwin	274
66	Murray	272
67	Roy	270
68	Jerry	268
69	Dominick	257
70	Patrick	255
71	Leon	252
72	Sidney	251
73	Milton	240
74	Earl	239
75	Gordon	237
76	Warren	232
77	Roger	230
78	Herman	221
79	Alan	220
80	Alvin	219
80	Clarence	219
82	Rudolph	209
83	Gerard	206
84	Alexander	201
85	Clifford	200
86	Harvey	197
87	Gilbert	195
88	Benjamin	190
89	Sam	182
90	Russell	181
91	Douglas	179
92	Morris	171
93	Bruce	165
94	Edmund	164
95	Lewis	159
96	Morton	157
97	Allen	156
98	Chester	153
99	Lester	152
100	Sheldon	150