New York ★ 1950

Top names in New York, 1950

Linda led for girls with 6,044 babies ; Robert for boys with 8,624. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,044
2	Patricia	4,761
3	Mary	4,740
4	Barbara	4,340
5	Susan	4,148
6	Kathleen	3,163
7	Carol	2,676
8	Nancy	2,632
9	Deborah	2,450
10	Karen	2,200
11	Diane	2,157
12	Margaret	1,890
13	Christine	1,870
14	Donna	1,798
15	Sharon	1,792
16	Sandra	1,784
17	Elizabeth	1,616
18	Judith	1,450
19	Joan	1,396
20	Janet	1,390
21	Gail	1,230
22	Catherine	1,149
23	Ellen	1,103
24	Joanne	1,095
25	Cynthia	988
26	Ann	987
27	Pamela	970
28	Eileen	937
29	Jane	912
30	Lorraine	893
31	Cheryl	883
32	Marie	865
33	Joyce	861
34	Maureen	856
35	Bonnie	834
35	Denise	834
37	Janice	809
38	Jean	802
39	Marilyn	796
40	Theresa	776
41	Frances	772
42	Elaine	766
43	Anne	752
44	Maria	747
45	Laura	712
46	Virginia	710
47	Dorothy	686
48	Carolyn	685
49	Lynn	676
50	Helen	644
51	Jacqueline	639
52	Brenda	625
53	Shirley	597
54	Gloria	593
55	Suzanne	591
56	Joann	582
57	Rose	567
58	Phyllis	542
59	Alice	541
60	Judy	540
61	Katherine	532
62	Beverly	531
63	Irene	530
63	Ruth	530
65	Wendy	525
66	Diana	517
67	Arlene	511
68	Paula	507
69	Valerie	502
70	Sheila	494
71	Kathryn	489
72	Rosemary	479
73	Marcia	477
74	Michele	476
75	Martha	468
76	Jeanne	466
77	Rita	463
78	Kathy	460
79	Evelyn	436
80	Debra	417
81	Betty	407
81	Josephine	407
83	Louise	403
84	Yvonne	398
85	Geraldine	390
86	Angela	389
87	Lois	388
88	Roberta	383
89	Stephanie	375
90	Jo	374
91	Andrea	369
92	Maryann	364
92	Robin	364
94	Constance	361
95	Marsha	352
96	Victoria	347
97	Anna	345
98	Sally	333
99	Darlene	324
99	Dolores	324

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	8,624
2	John	8,307
3	James	6,197
4	Michael	6,196
5	Richard	5,721
6	William	5,531
7	Thomas	5,009
8	David	4,475
9	Joseph	4,407
10	Charles	2,758
11	Gary	2,612
12	Paul	2,536
13	Edward	2,378
14	Ronald	2,346
15	Peter	2,090
15	Steven	2,090
17	Stephen	2,061
18	Kenneth	1,995
19	George	1,986
20	Daniel	1,900
21	Donald	1,875
22	Dennis	1,846
23	Anthony	1,774
24	Mark	1,720
25	Frank	1,675
26	Bruce	1,511
27	Lawrence	1,373
28	Raymond	1,213
29	Douglas	1,156
30	Alan	1,149
31	Jeffrey	1,126
32	Kevin	1,053
33	Gregory	1,000
34	Arthur	939
35	Philip	909
36	Gerald	857
37	Louis	844
38	Timothy	827
39	Larry	803
40	Andrew	791
41	Vincent	789
42	Patrick	781
43	Martin	751
44	Howard	719
45	Wayne	706
46	Walter	688
47	Frederick	683
48	Francis	682
49	Christopher	679
50	Brian	673
51	Ralph	629
52	Eugene	617
53	Henry	598
54	Roger	593
55	Barry	582
56	Carl	576
57	Albert	566
58	Harold	560
59	Leonard	529
60	Nicholas	505
61	Eric	490
62	Glenn	488
63	Stanley	486
64	Harry	449
65	Jack	435
66	Russell	413
67	Alfred	402
68	Craig	400
69	Victor	398
70	Gerard	395
71	Samuel	384
72	Jay	370
73	Allen	352
74	Fred	345
75	Scott	339
76	Jerry	333
77	Keith	332
78	Terry	331
79	Theodore	329
80	Marc	325
81	Roy	323
82	Bernard	322
83	Neil	315
84	Stuart	308
85	Jose	304
86	Dale	303
87	Joel	299
88	Salvatore	298
89	Warren	290
90	Norman	285
91	Edwin	279
92	Ernest	278
93	Jonathan	275
94	Clifford	273
95	Allan	243
96	Ira	240
96	Mitchell	240
98	Matthew	235
99	Herbert	230
99	Lee	230