New York ★ 1938

Top names in New York, 1938

Barbara led for girls with 4,215 babies ; Robert for boys with 6,477. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,215
2	Mary	3,623
3	Patricia	3,219
4	Joan	2,505
5	Carol	2,218
6	Margaret	1,628
7	Nancy	1,377
8	Dorothy	1,192
9	Elizabeth	1,158
10	Judith	1,142
11	Ann	1,107
12	Marilyn	1,026
13	Marie	1,024
14	Sandra	993
15	Shirley	955
16	Helen	936
17	Joyce	922
18	Frances	892
19	Jean	855
20	Phyllis	780
21	Janet	747
22	Elaine	732
23	Catherine	721
24	Beverly	715
25	Betty	714
26	Dolores	700
27	Ruth	691
28	Virginia	682
29	Rose	654
30	Arlene	641
31	Theresa	634
32	Kathleen	633
33	Carole	629
34	Susan	619
35	Gloria	609
36	Eleanor	594
37	Anne	592
38	Alice	586
39	Linda	579
40	Gail	556
41	Eileen	538
42	Rosalie	519
43	Carolyn	512
44	Anna	503
44	Josephine	503
46	Sheila	495
47	Lorraine	493
48	Jane	487
49	Diane	481
50	Doris	475
51	Geraldine	454
52	Maureen	451
53	Irene	449
54	Roberta	445
55	Ellen	443
56	Florence	442
57	Sally	422
58	Evelyn	408
59	Janice	399
60	Donna	397
61	Rita	387
62	Joanne	386
63	Rosemary	380
64	Marjorie	379
65	Loretta	372
66	Louise	362
66	Marion	362
68	Jacqueline	359
69	Rosemarie	340
70	Lois	339
71	Marlene	335
72	Grace	331
73	Marcia	324
74	Lillian	323
75	Audrey	319
76	Sylvia	313
77	Constance	306
78	June	304
79	Lucille	300
80	Katherine	296
81	Norma	288
82	Martha	286
83	Anita	283
84	Sharon	267
85	Judy	266
86	Annette	260
86	Suzanne	260
88	Maryann	257
89	Diana	248
89	Harriet	248
89	Mildred	248
92	Jeanette	246
93	Edith	225
94	Angela	220
95	Antoinette	219
96	Cynthia	211
96	Madeline	211
98	Charlotte	210
99	Myrna	195
100	Karen	191

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,477
2	John	5,630
3	Richard	4,013
4	William	3,737
5	James	3,608
6	Joseph	3,034
7	Thomas	2,393
8	Charles	2,062
9	Edward	2,019
10	David	1,936
11	Donald	1,909
12	Michael	1,850
13	George	1,769
14	Ronald	1,618
15	Frank	1,479
16	Paul	1,339
17	Anthony	1,322
18	Peter	1,229
19	Kenneth	965
20	Arthur	874
21	Raymond	859
22	Gerald	811
23	Walter	713
24	Daniel	692
25	Lawrence	667
26	Stephen	658
27	Martin	639
28	Louis	638
29	Vincent	627
30	Harold	621
31	Henry	598
32	Francis	571
33	Albert	568
34	Howard	546
35	Roger	540
36	Philip	531
37	Eugene	530
38	Stanley	518
39	Carl	503
40	Frederick	485
41	Fred	479
42	Alan	457
43	Norman	452
44	Ralph	449
45	Jack	447
46	Leonard	440
47	Gary	417
48	Bruce	395
49	Bernard	388
50	Herbert	372
51	Patrick	371
52	Harry	365
53	Alfred	364
54	Andrew	314
55	Douglas	311
56	Nicholas	307
57	Jerome	304
57	Theodore	304
59	Joel	300
60	Jerry	296
61	Larry	295
62	Salvatore	273
63	Barry	265
64	Harvey	259
65	Arnold	257
66	Allan	254
67	Allen	252
68	Ernest	246
69	Dennis	244
70	Wayne	241
71	Warren	227
72	Roy	218
73	Victor	215
74	Melvin	212
75	Samuel	205
76	Gordon	204
77	Marvin	202
78	Edwin	199
79	Gerard	189
80	Russell	177
81	Stuart	175
82	Neil	164
83	Lewis	162
84	Angelo	152
85	Earl	150
86	Jay	146
87	Brian	142
87	Steven	142
89	Dominick	134
90	Leon	132
91	Sheldon	131
92	Leo	124
93	Karl	122
94	Matthew	121
95	Clifford	120
96	Clarence	119
97	Benjamin	118
98	Irwin	116
99	Ira	113
100	Leroy	112