New York · 1912

Top 100 names in New York, 1912, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,909
#2	Helen	2,089
#3	Dorothy	1,442
#4	Rose	1,438
#5	Margaret	1,370
#6	Anna	1,338
#7	Ruth	1,223
#8	Frances	940
#9	Elizabeth	868
#10	Florence	864
#11	Lillian	835
#12	Mildred	831
#13	Catherine	784
#14	Marie	761
#15	Josephine	676
#16	Alice	585
#17	Gertrude	577
#18	Evelyn	557
#19	Sylvia	547
#20	Marion	544
#21	Anne	529
#22	Grace	472
#23	Eleanor	450
#24	Beatrice	443
#25	Ethel	438
#26	Louise	432
#27	Jean	415
#28	Edith	414
#29	Irene	411
#30	Ann	410
#31	Edna	368
#32	Esther	365
#33	Julia	328
#34	Ida	328
#35	Doris	323
#36	Agnes	320
#37	Pauline	308
#38	Gladys	307
#39	Betty	307
#40	Katherine	306
#41	Virginia	292
#42	Bertha	278
#43	Jennie	277
#44	Clara	266
#45	Sarah	264
#46	Theresa	262
#47	Marjorie	254
#48	Elsie	247
#49	Martha	234
#50	Hazel	201
#51	Emma	200
#52	Lucy	198
#53	Sophie	191
#54	Blanche	188
#55	Mae	187
#56	Lena	185
#57	Madeline	185
#58	Genevieve	183
#59	Charlotte	183
#60	Rita	177
#61	Stella	176
#62	Sally	176
#63	Pearl	172
#64	Antoinette	170
#65	Harriet	170
#66	Jane	169
#67	Viola	168
#68	Kathryn	167
#69	Muriel	166
#70	Angelina	164
#71	Laura	163
#72	Estelle	160
#73	Loretta	158
#74	Emily	155
#75	Eva	154
#76	Minnie	151
#77	Sadie	150
#78	Marian	150
#79	Mabel	145
#80	Miriam	144
#81	Lucille	133
#82	Fannie	129
#83	Bernice	129
#84	Caroline	127
#85	Celia	127
#86	Henrietta	127
#87	Thelma	125
#88	Vivian	124
#89	Barbara	123
#90	Vera	123
#91	Marguerite	121
#92	Kathleen	121
#93	Hilda	121
#94	Veronica	117
#95	Olga	115
#96	Shirley	114
#97	Carmela	112
#98	Frieda	108
#99	Nancy	108
#100	Bessie	108

Uniquely popular in New York

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Vincenza	27	5	1
Roslyn	29	6	1
Yetta	66	13	2
Assunta	20	4	1
Concetta	82	17	3
Carmela	112	23	4
Ray	29	6	1
Filomena	38	8	1
Yolanda	37	7	2
Angelina	164	33	7
Bella	46	9	2
Lilyan	21	4	1

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.