New York ★ 1947

Top names in New York, 1947

Linda led for girls with 7,542 babies ; Robert for boys with 10,027. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	7,542
2	Patricia	5,456
3	Barbara	5,200
4	Mary	4,968
5	Susan	3,981
6	Carol	3,642
7	Kathleen	2,947
8	Nancy	2,855
9	Diane	2,323
10	Sandra	2,275
11	Judith	2,231
12	Margaret	2,202
13	Sharon	2,077
14	Karen	1,993
15	Donna	1,838
16	Joan	1,822
17	Elizabeth	1,628
18	Janet	1,264
19	Ellen	1,182
20	Christine	1,173
21	Ann	1,160
22	Marilyn	1,152
23	Lorraine	1,144
24	Gail	1,124
25	Catherine	1,108
26	Jane	1,107
27	Eileen	1,057
28	Marie	1,049
29	Joyce	1,043
30	Joanne	1,038
31	Cheryl	1,024
32	Dorothy	982
33	Maureen	973
34	Jean	956
35	Elaine	946
36	Virginia	944
37	Carolyn	912
38	Phyllis	911
39	Bonnie	900
40	Frances	883
41	Janice	865
42	Cynthia	844
43	Pamela	840
44	Judy	831
45	Theresa	768
46	Helen	742
47	Suzanne	723
48	Gloria	721
49	Lynn	710
50	Beverly	674
51	Rose	671
52	Jacqueline	665
53	Arlene	657
54	Joann	652
55	Anne	647
56	Laura	644
57	Alice	640
58	Deborah	639
59	Geraldine	633
60	Rosemary	624
61	Shirley	619
62	Ruth	596
63	Betty	592
64	Diana	574
65	Paula	561
66	Maria	543
66	Sheila	543
68	Louise	532
69	Rita	529
70	Irene	528
70	Roberta	528
72	Kathryn	525
73	Jeanne	518
74	Katherine	503
75	Martha	498
76	Marcia	489
77	Lois	486
78	Jo	477
79	Maryann	432
80	Michele	430
81	Brenda	428
81	Dolores	428
83	Carole	422
84	Evelyn	419
85	Anita	416
86	Marjorie	413
87	Andrea	405
88	Anna	404
89	Angela	403
90	Sally	402
91	Constance	400
92	Marsha	376
93	Josephine	370
94	Leslie	356
95	June	346
96	Marlene	343
97	Rosemarie	336
98	Lucille	327
99	Kathy	323
100	Francine	321

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	10,027
2	John	9,639
3	James	7,173
4	Richard	6,694
5	William	6,276
6	Michael	5,598
7	Thomas	5,086
8	Joseph	4,573
9	David	4,522
10	Charles	2,951
11	Ronald	2,881
12	Edward	2,838
13	Paul	2,634
14	George	2,398
15	Peter	2,322
16	Kenneth	2,230
17	Frank	2,193
18	Donald	2,192
19	Gary	2,050
20	Stephen	1,873
21	Anthony	1,856
22	Dennis	1,757
23	Daniel	1,671
24	Steven	1,580
25	Bruce	1,350
26	Lawrence	1,321
27	Raymond	1,295
28	Alan	1,294
29	Jeffrey	1,212
30	Arthur	1,133
31	Mark	1,073
32	Larry	997
33	Louis	994
34	Douglas	981
35	Gerald	949
35	Philip	949
37	Gregory	907
38	Vincent	896
39	Walter	878
40	Howard	837
41	Barry	795
42	Andrew	774
43	Martin	772
44	Patrick	744
45	Roger	738
46	Wayne	735
47	Frederick	723
48	Ralph	714
49	Eugene	708
50	Francis	677
51	Harold	665
52	Carl	653
53	Henry	647
54	Leonard	634
55	Timothy	629
56	Albert	592
57	Brian	588
58	Stanley	581
59	Jack	541
60	Fred	530
61	Nicholas	509
62	Kevin	486
63	Jerry	482
64	Harry	477
65	Alfred	474
66	Terry	468
67	Norman	431
68	Russell	427
69	Roy	407
70	Allen	404
71	Bernard	403
72	Eric	395
72	Theodore	395
74	Glenn	394
75	Christopher	385
76	Joel	376
77	Stuart	369
78	Allan	360
79	Samuel	354
80	Gerard	337
81	Jay	332
82	Salvatore	329
83	Victor	318
84	Neil	316
85	Ernest	311
86	Ira	307
87	Harvey	305
88	Warren	303
89	Craig	296
90	Marc	290
91	Jerome	277
92	Steve	263
93	Clifford	258
93	Dale	258
93	Keith	258
96	Herbert	253
97	Arnold	248
98	Matthew	243
99	Edwin	241
100	Jonathan	230