New York ★ 1953

Top names in New York, 1953

Mary led for girls with 4,914 babies ; Robert for boys with 9,060. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,914
2	Patricia	4,764
3	Linda	4,709
4	Susan	4,665
5	Barbara	4,084
6	Deborah	4,074
7	Kathleen	2,979
8	Nancy	2,833
9	Diane	2,677
10	Karen	2,621
11	Carol	2,247
12	Donna	2,125
13	Debra	1,997
14	Margaret	1,868
15	Elizabeth	1,780
16	Sharon	1,649
17	Denise	1,545
18	Cynthia	1,531
19	Janet	1,454
20	Joan	1,442
21	Sandra	1,436
22	Pamela	1,368
23	Judith	1,221
24	Gail	1,216
25	Christine	1,185
25	Joanne	1,185
27	Catherine	1,149
28	Ellen	1,086
29	Ann	1,056
30	Theresa	932
31	Maria	890
32	Maureen	877
33	Laura	871
34	Jane	869
35	Anne	861
36	Eileen	854
37	Cheryl	844
38	Robin	839
39	Janice	831
40	Marilyn	830
41	Marie	825
42	Jean	799
43	Rose	778
44	Jo	772
45	Joyce	768
45	Lorraine	768
47	Lynn	736
48	Jacqueline	711
49	Michele	689
50	Virginia	673
51	Bonnie	670
52	Frances	651
53	Paula	637
54	Suzanne	617
55	Valerie	616
56	Brenda	601
57	Elaine	600
58	Dorothy	591
59	Laurie	581
60	Kathryn	571
61	Beverly	567
62	Judy	563
63	Helen	557
64	Wendy	553
65	Sheila	550
66	Gloria	542
67	Andrea	523
68	Phyllis	521
69	Kathy	518
70	Carolyn	506
71	Evelyn	501
72	Diana	496
73	Katherine	492
74	Jeanne	489
75	Lisa	481
76	Joann	477
77	Victoria	463
78	Ruth	462
79	Teresa	440
80	Michelle	438
81	Carmen	430
82	Angela	428
83	Amy	426
84	Alice	425
85	Martha	424
86	Roberta	411
87	Darlene	410
87	Leslie	410
89	Rita	408
90	Shirley	406
91	Arlene	399
91	Marcia	399
93	Yvonne	395
94	Anna	387
95	Betty	384
96	Cathy	383
96	Jill	383
98	Irene	381
99	Stephanie	376
100	Rebecca	367

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,060
2	John	8,200
3	Michael	7,819
4	James	6,334
5	Richard	5,936
6	William	5,509
7	David	5,498
8	Thomas	5,035
9	Joseph	4,626
10	Steven	2,981
11	Gary	2,866
12	Paul	2,840
13	Charles	2,665
14	Mark	2,514
15	Peter	2,356
16	Edward	2,351
17	Daniel	2,198
18	Stephen	2,119
19	Kenneth	2,096
20	Ronald	1,972
21	Donald	1,949
22	Anthony	1,929
23	George	1,906
24	Kevin	1,792
25	Jeffrey	1,787
26	Dennis	1,644
27	Frank	1,601
28	Bruce	1,436
29	Lawrence	1,284
30	Raymond	1,202
31	Douglas	1,201
32	Timothy	1,140
33	Alan	1,097
34	Gregory	1,064
35	Brian	944
36	Andrew	933
37	Louis	897
38	Philip	894
39	Patrick	879
40	Arthur	844
41	Christopher	827
42	Wayne	823
43	Vincent	818
44	Howard	715
45	Martin	713
46	Frederick	690
47	Francis	681
48	Larry	667
49	Gerald	663
50	Walter	646
51	Scott	633
52	Barry	631
53	Ralph	610
54	Roger	600
55	Eric	591
56	Eugene	590
57	Keith	587
58	Carl	567
59	Henry	565
60	Glenn	560
61	Jose	555
62	Albert	497
63	Nicholas	494
64	Harold	477
65	Stanley	456
66	Craig	451
67	Leonard	444
68	Victor	427
69	Jonathan	407
70	Russell	400
71	Edwin	398
72	Jack	397
73	Gerard	389
74	Randy	386
74	Samuel	386
76	Matthew	383
77	Harry	378
78	Roy	375
79	Jerry	369
80	Terry	367
81	Alfred	366
82	Neil	361
83	Allen	356
84	Jay	355
85	Salvatore	348
86	Marc	345
87	Mitchell	340
88	Bernard	333
89	Theodore	328
90	Fred	302
91	Nelson	298
92	Dale	292
93	Stuart	291
94	Warren	290
95	Norman	283
96	Clifford	274
97	Rodney	262
98	Ernest	255
99	Joel	254
100	Jerome	251