New York ★ 1942

Top names in New York, 1942

Barbara led for girls with 4,946 babies ; Robert for boys with 7,664. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,946
2	Patricia	4,345
3	Mary	4,171
4	Carol	3,837
5	Linda	2,601
6	Joan	2,525
7	Judith	2,264
8	Susan	1,965
9	Sandra	1,784
10	Nancy	1,778
11	Margaret	1,756
12	Kathleen	1,482
13	Elizabeth	1,363
14	Diane	1,285
15	Joyce	1,274
16	Marie	1,164
17	Sharon	1,131
18	Ann	1,124
19	Marilyn	1,104
20	Karen	1,071
21	Dorothy	1,067
22	Frances	1,022
23	Janet	1,008
24	Carole	1,007
25	Carolyn	990
26	Helen	938
27	Virginia	934
28	Jean	916
29	Elaine	884
30	Eileen	868
31	Phyllis	851
32	Donna	834
33	Ellen	817
34	Catherine	815
35	Gail	799
36	Gloria	759
37	Maureen	747
38	Rose	703
39	Beverly	702
40	Jane	662
41	Joanne	658
42	Ruth	648
43	Arlene	634
44	Judy	626
45	Anne	623
46	Dolores	615
46	Geraldine	615
48	Betty	613
49	Lorraine	601
50	Alice	595
51	Shirley	589
52	Theresa	580
53	Sheila	574
54	Bonnie	542
55	Irene	515
56	Josephine	509
57	Maryann	505
58	Roberta	502
59	Louise	498
60	Rosemary	495
61	Lois	487
62	Joann	481
63	Janice	480
64	Rita	474
65	Eleanor	437
66	Jacqueline	424
67	Diana	415
68	Anna	409
69	Sally	402
70	Florence	396
71	Suzanne	389
72	Marcia	385
73	Martha	378
74	Doris	377
75	Katherine	375
76	Loretta	369
77	Anita	365
78	Marion	362
79	Cynthia	355
80	Evelyn	354
81	Marjorie	352
82	Christine	344
83	Madeline	319
84	Constance	317
85	Rosemarie	315
86	Grace	314
87	Annette	310
88	Maria	307
89	Lucille	303
90	Lillian	301
91	Jeanne	297
92	Angela	291
92	Marlene	291
94	Kathryn	282
95	June	280
96	Veronica	279
97	Harriet	272
98	Pamela	268
99	Rosalie	255
100	Lynn	252

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	7,664
2	John	7,265
3	Richard	5,371
4	William	5,048
5	James	4,975
6	Joseph	3,980
7	Thomas	3,433
8	Michael	3,397
9	David	3,089
10	Charles	2,521
11	Edward	2,313
12	Ronald	2,212
13	George	2,183
14	Peter	1,846
15	Paul	1,836
16	Frank	1,822
17	Donald	1,749
18	Anthony	1,670
19	Kenneth	1,497
20	Stephen	1,329
21	Arthur	1,175
22	Gary	1,101
23	Daniel	1,060
24	Dennis	1,034
25	Gerald	1,027
26	Lawrence	1,025
27	Raymond	1,012
28	Douglas	868
29	Walter	841
30	Bruce	812
31	Louis	799
32	Philip	796
32	Vincent	796
34	Howard	755
34	Martin	755
36	Steven	727
37	Roger	719
38	Alan	716
39	Henry	675
40	Francis	660
41	Frederick	648
42	Ralph	632
43	Harold	617
44	Carl	597
44	Stanley	597
46	Leonard	596
47	Albert	586
48	Fred	579
49	Barry	566
50	Eugene	554
51	Patrick	513
52	Jeffrey	506
53	Larry	476
54	Alfred	452
55	Norman	449
56	Andrew	430
57	Jack	429
58	Nicholas	415
59	Harry	407
60	Joel	397
61	Jerry	375
62	Theodore	359
63	Bernard	357
64	Harvey	344
65	Allen	338
66	Victor	324
67	Wayne	316
68	Herbert	311
69	Salvatore	308
70	Allan	294
71	Stuart	285
72	Mark	279
73	Brian	274
74	Gerard	268
75	Samuel	260
76	Roy	259
77	Timothy	258
78	Warren	256
79	Arnold	253
80	Jerome	249
81	Ernest	246
82	Neil	242
83	Melvin	236
84	Russell	228
85	Marvin	221
86	Ira	216
87	Jay	215
88	Kevin	210
89	Lewis	207
90	Edwin	206
91	Gordon	189
92	Matthew	180
93	Leon	179
93	Steve	179
95	Clifford	177
96	Dominick	172
97	Earl	171
98	Angelo	167
99	Christopher	162
100	Eric	160