New York ★ 1940

Top names in New York, 1940

Barbara led for girls with 3,916 babies ; Robert for boys with 6,283. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	3,916
2	Patricia	3,730
3	Mary	3,664
4	Carol	2,584
5	Joan	2,225
6	Judith	2,039
7	Margaret	1,611
8	Linda	1,464
9	Nancy	1,418
10	Sandra	1,250
11	Elizabeth	1,213
12	Joyce	1,126
13	Dorothy	1,119
14	Ann	1,107
15	Susan	1,086
16	Marie	994
17	Marilyn	954
18	Helen	908
19	Jean	869
20	Kathleen	841
21	Frances	833
22	Virginia	733
23	Diane	729
24	Catherine	724
25	Phyllis	694
26	Elaine	691
27	Janet	682
28	Shirley	676
29	Beverly	668
30	Gail	622
30	Gloria	622
32	Ruth	611
33	Alice	608
34	Carolyn	607
35	Rose	604
36	Carole	589
37	Betty	585
38	Arlene	576
39	Anne	575
40	Eileen	550
41	Jane	541
42	Geraldine	540
43	Joanne	536
44	Eleanor	533
45	Theresa	519
46	Ellen	515
47	Maureen	489
48	Sheila	480
49	Lorraine	470
50	Roberta	453
51	Dolores	447
52	Irene	445
53	Josephine	437
54	Anna	435
54	Donna	435
54	Sharon	435
57	Judy	433
58	Louise	425
59	Doris	416
59	Janice	416
61	Rita	415
62	Brenda	399
63	Rosemary	398
64	Lois	397
65	Florence	396
66	Marion	388
67	Karen	385
68	Jacqueline	355
69	Evelyn	354
70	Rosemarie	349
71	Grace	348
72	Marcia	337
73	Maryann	332
74	Suzanne	330
75	Sally	325
76	Anita	321
77	Marjorie	318
78	Martha	309
79	Diana	301
80	Katherine	299
81	Loretta	296
82	June	291
82	Lucille	291
84	Lillian	289
85	Sylvia	280
86	Audrey	276
87	Annette	275
87	Rosalie	275
89	Constance	260
89	Joann	260
91	Norma	258
92	Charlotte	237
92	Marlene	237
94	Cynthia	236
95	Jeanette	230
96	Harriet	227
97	Bonnie	226
98	Jeanne	223
99	Edith	214
100	Maria	210

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,283
2	John	6,164
3	Richard	4,370
4	William	4,106
5	James	3,960
6	Joseph	3,141
7	Thomas	2,506
8	David	2,340
9	Michael	2,293
10	Charles	2,148
11	Edward	1,987
12	George	1,851
13	Ronald	1,731
14	Donald	1,727
15	Frank	1,536
16	Paul	1,450
17	Peter	1,406
18	Anthony	1,349
19	Kenneth	1,086
20	Raymond	923
21	Arthur	920
22	Stephen	909
23	Gerald	879
24	Daniel	765
25	Lawrence	734
26	Vincent	728
27	Louis	655
28	Walter	653
29	Martin	627
30	Gary	626
31	Philip	612
32	Harold	603
33	Henry	589
34	Roger	588
35	Howard	574
36	Eugene	566
37	Albert	551
38	Bruce	521
39	Frederick	506
40	Francis	501
41	Dennis	498
42	Stanley	493
43	Carl	491
44	Leonard	490
45	Ralph	487
46	Alan	477
47	Fred	472
48	Jack	437
49	Patrick	434
50	Norman	422
51	Barry	375
52	Alfred	373
53	Harry	368
54	Larry	354
55	Douglas	344
56	Bernard	332
57	Andrew	320
58	Herbert	311
58	Jerry	311
60	Theodore	309
61	Nicholas	303
62	Joel	300
63	Harvey	290
63	Steven	290
65	Salvatore	280
66	Wayne	276
67	Samuel	266
68	Jerome	249
69	Allan	243
70	Allen	226
70	Arnold	226
72	Ernest	223
73	Roy	221
73	Victor	221
75	Melvin	215
76	Jeffrey	208
77	Stuart	203
78	Brian	201
79	Gordon	192
80	Edwin	190
80	Russell	190
82	Warren	187
83	Gerard	186
84	Marvin	184
85	Neil	176
86	Ira	159
87	Earl	154
88	Clifford	153
89	Angelo	151
90	Jay	150
91	Dominick	149
92	Dale	142
93	Matthew	140
94	Timothy	139
95	Mark	137
96	Leon	136
96	Lewis	136
98	Benjamin	131
99	Lee	126
100	Steve	125