New York ★ 1939

Top names in New York, 1939

Barbara led for girls with 3,937 babies ; Robert for boys with 6,114. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	3,937
2	Mary	3,571
3	Patricia	3,491
4	Joan	2,389
5	Carol	2,366
6	Judith	1,592
7	Margaret	1,515
8	Nancy	1,375
9	Elizabeth	1,214
10	Dorothy	1,116
11	Sandra	1,032
12	Marie	1,020
13	Ann	1,012
14	Joyce	985
15	Marilyn	973
16	Linda	922
17	Frances	886
18	Helen	860
19	Susan	799
20	Shirley	786
21	Catherine	782
22	Jean	760
23	Elaine	750
24	Phyllis	739
25	Janet	709
26	Kathleen	705
27	Virginia	698
28	Rose	650
29	Arlene	629
30	Beverly	628
31	Carole	619
32	Betty	617
33	Ruth	612
34	Diane	595
35	Anne	587
36	Eileen	577
37	Theresa	566
38	Gail	547
39	Alice	545
40	Geraldine	540
41	Carolyn	537
42	Eleanor	531
43	Gloria	526
44	Dolores	525
45	Sheila	522
46	Jane	491
47	Anna	487
48	Ellen	480
49	Josephine	477
50	Lorraine	459
51	Donna	439
52	Roberta	434
53	Maureen	414
54	Janice	406
55	Doris	401
56	Joanne	397
57	Brenda	396
58	Florence	394
58	Rita	394
60	Rosemary	391
61	Louise	382
62	Jacqueline	378
63	Irene	377
64	Judy	363
65	Marion	360
66	Lois	347
66	Marjorie	347
68	Grace	346
69	Marcia	342
70	Loretta	339
70	Rosemarie	339
72	Evelyn	333
73	Sally	332
74	Rosalie	327
75	Katherine	314
76	Sharon	304
77	June	293
78	Lucille	288
79	Maryann	280
79	Norma	280
81	Audrey	279
82	Lillian	277
83	Harriet	276
84	Sylvia	272
85	Marlene	270
86	Diana	267
87	Martha	266
88	Suzanne	265
89	Constance	264
90	Jeanette	257
91	Anita	256
92	Mildred	248
93	Annette	237
94	Karen	225
95	Madeline	222
96	Charlotte	207
97	Antoinette	199
98	Julia	193
99	Joann	189
100	Cynthia	187

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,114
2	John	5,672
3	Richard	4,104
4	William	3,759
5	James	3,732
6	Joseph	3,068
7	Thomas	2,418
8	David	2,051
9	Michael	2,014
10	Charles	1,975
11	Edward	1,964
12	George	1,801
13	Donald	1,754
14	Ronald	1,544
15	Frank	1,449
16	Anthony	1,388
17	Peter	1,297
18	Paul	1,296
19	Kenneth	1,013
20	Raymond	846
21	Gerald	838
22	Arthur	826
23	Daniel	724
24	Lawrence	723
25	Stephen	713
26	Louis	640
27	Walter	638
28	Vincent	599
29	Martin	579
30	Francis	565
31	Harold	561
32	Henry	560
33	Howard	559
34	Eugene	555
35	Albert	516
36	Gary	504
36	Philip	504
38	Fred	500
39	Carl	493
39	Roger	493
41	Stanley	489
42	Frederick	482
42	Ralph	482
44	Alan	471
45	Leonard	457
46	Bruce	427
46	Dennis	427
48	Bernard	402
49	Norman	399
50	Patrick	397
51	Jack	381
52	Harry	363
53	Herbert	349
54	Alfred	341
55	Andrew	326
56	Nicholas	325
57	Douglas	316
58	Larry	308
59	Barry	297
59	Jerry	297
61	Theodore	294
62	Joel	285
63	Wayne	270
64	Salvatore	259
65	Allen	244
65	Melvin	244
67	Harvey	238
68	Samuel	233
69	Ernest	230
70	Jerome	223
71	Arnold	212
72	Allan	210
73	Marvin	206
74	Steven	195
74	Warren	195
76	Gerard	194
77	Roy	191
78	Edwin	188
79	Russell	186
80	Victor	183
81	Leon	181
82	Gordon	180
83	Stuart	174
84	Neil	173
85	Clifford	168
86	Brian	149
87	Angelo	145
88	Earl	142
88	Jay	142
90	Timothy	134
91	Lewis	133
92	Leo	126
93	Leroy	124
93	Matthew	124
95	Mark	122
96	Dominick	121
97	Alexander	120
98	Benjamin	117
99	Irwin	108
100	Kevin	107