New York ★ 1946

Top names in New York, 1946

Barbara led for girls with 4,927 babies ; Robert for boys with 9,294. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,927
2	Mary	4,797
3	Patricia	4,769
4	Carol	3,785
5	Linda	3,755
6	Susan	3,678
7	Kathleen	2,598
8	Nancy	2,518
9	Diane	2,179
10	Judith	2,151
11	Sandra	2,006
12	Sharon	1,950
13	Margaret	1,928
14	Joan	1,851
15	Karen	1,719
16	Donna	1,580
17	Elizabeth	1,445
18	Janet	1,177
19	Ann	1,086
20	Ellen	1,067
21	Jane	1,065
22	Gail	1,061
23	Marilyn	1,054
24	Joyce	1,045
25	Eileen	1,012
26	Elaine	975
27	Maureen	968
28	Lorraine	966
29	Joanne	962
30	Marie	947
31	Jean	934
32	Frances	922
33	Dorothy	913
34	Carolyn	896
35	Catherine	891
36	Christine	866
37	Cheryl	847
37	Virginia	847
39	Bonnie	822
40	Phyllis	773
41	Helen	741
42	Judy	732
43	Suzanne	720
44	Janice	716
45	Gloria	696
46	Anne	674
47	Betty	673
48	Beverly	661
49	Cynthia	658
50	Pamela	657
51	Shirley	643
52	Theresa	629
53	Alice	627
53	Ruth	627
55	Diana	616
56	Geraldine	615
56	Rosemary	615
58	Arlene	614
59	Jacqueline	594
60	Rose	573
61	Lynn	572
62	Laura	571
63	Joann	569
64	Carole	535
65	Sheila	527
66	Roberta	522
67	Rita	517
68	Lois	484
69	Louise	480
70	Marcia	463
71	Jeanne	458
72	Irene	444
73	Paula	441
74	Jo	425
75	Kathryn	420
75	Martha	420
77	Dolores	418
78	Katherine	413
79	Maryann	404
80	Sally	399
81	Maria	388
82	Andrea	382
83	Anna	370
84	Marsha	366
85	Evelyn	365
86	Josephine	360
87	Anita	354
88	Leslie	348
89	Constance	343
90	Marjorie	340
91	Dianne	328
92	Denise	318
93	Lucille	317
93	Rosemarie	317
95	Francine	314
96	Brenda	313
97	Doris	311
98	Marion	308
99	Florence	307
100	Deborah	302

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,294
2	John	8,688
3	Richard	7,155
4	James	6,368
5	William	5,656
6	Michael	4,719
7	Thomas	4,339
8	Joseph	4,089
9	David	3,702
10	Charles	2,733
11	Ronald	2,629
12	Edward	2,511
13	Paul	2,467
14	George	2,277
15	Peter	2,051
16	Donald	2,042
17	Kenneth	1,975
18	Frank	1,915
19	Gary	1,785
20	Anthony	1,712
21	Dennis	1,615
22	Stephen	1,602
23	Daniel	1,500
24	Steven	1,245
25	Bruce	1,206
26	Raymond	1,193
27	Lawrence	1,190
28	Alan	1,065
29	Arthur	1,002
30	Gerald	951
31	Jeffrey	886
32	Mark	851
33	Philip	827
34	Douglas	817
35	Howard	813
36	Walter	812
37	Vincent	800
38	Roger	780
39	Barry	766
40	Louis	738
41	Larry	732
42	Martin	669
43	Frederick	666
44	Wayne	665
45	Henry	633
46	Francis	620
47	Ralph	611
48	Harold	607
49	Eugene	606
50	Andrew	598
50	Gregory	598
52	Patrick	588
53	Albert	587
54	Carl	582
55	Leonard	580
56	Stanley	529
57	Fred	516
58	Jack	501
59	Brian	468
60	Timothy	465
61	Joel	449
62	Harry	447
63	Nicholas	444
64	Alfred	393
65	Jerry	377
66	Norman	374
67	Theodore	373
68	Allen	372
69	Bernard	370
70	Terry	354
71	Kevin	346
72	Russell	344
73	Eric	342
74	Roy	341
75	Victor	338
76	Allan	328
77	Jay	322
78	Gerard	310
79	Ernest	308
80	Neil	306
81	Samuel	305
82	Stuart	303
83	Warren	295
84	Christopher	287
84	Harvey	287
86	Salvatore	283
87	Ira	265
88	Herbert	258
89	Glenn	242
90	Jerome	238
91	Lee	228
92	Clifford	223
93	Marc	221
94	Edwin	220
94	Jonathan	220
96	Arnold	218
97	Dale	215
98	Gordon	214
99	Leslie	196
100	Craig	192