New York · 1917

Top 100 names in New York, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	5,502
#2	Helen	4,015
#3	Dorothy	2,928
#4	Ruth	2,676
#5	Margaret	2,673
#6	Anna	2,276
#7	Rose	2,254
#8	Frances	1,823
#9	Florence	1,697
#10	Elizabeth	1,581
#11	Marie	1,542
#12	Josephine	1,500
#13	Lillian	1,477
#14	Catherine	1,422
#15	Mildred	1,378
#16	Evelyn	1,199
#17	Sylvia	1,145
#18	Eleanor	1,114
#19	Marion	994
#20	Virginia	989
#21	Alice	982
#22	Anne	964
#23	Gertrude	956
#24	Jean	931
#25	Beatrice	915
#26	Grace	909
#27	Doris	813
#28	Ann	812
#29	Irene	768
#30	Rita	762
#31	Ethel	715
#32	Edith	715
#33	Esther	637
#34	Louise	636
#35	Marjorie	629
#36	Betty	618
#37	Jane	613
#38	Edna	589
#39	Julia	570
#40	Agnes	569
#41	Theresa	557
#42	Ida	549
#43	Katherine	539
#44	Gladys	519
#45	Martha	506
#46	Jennie	498
#47	Pauline	480
#48	Clara	479
#49	Sophie	478
#50	Stella	473
#51	Elsie	456
#52	Muriel	446
#53	Shirley	417
#54	Miriam	415
#55	Charlotte	403
#56	Sarah	402
#57	Antoinette	400
#58	Pearl	396
#59	Bertha	395
#60	Lucille	376
#61	Lucy	373
#62	Marian	372
#63	Angelina	363
#64	Genevieve	361
#65	Madeline	352
#66	Lena	349
#67	Bernice	340
#68	Barbara	339
#69	Blanche	318
#70	Harriet	315
#71	Kathryn	313
#72	Viola	312
#73	Thelma	298
#74	Nancy	298
#75	Geraldine	293
#76	Estelle	293
#77	Laura	284
#78	Loretta	280
#79	Emma	279
#80	Eileen	273
#81	Olga	262
#82	Marguerite	260
#83	Carmela	254
#84	Vera	249
#85	Emily	248
#86	Vivian	245
#87	Anita	244
#88	Eva	244
#89	Hazel	243
#90	Veronica	237
#91	Janet	235
#92	Adele	233
#93	Hilda	230
#94	Norma	226
#95	Phyllis	222
#96	Jeanette	220
#97	Ellen	218
#98	Minnie	218
#99	Caroline	218
#100	Kathleen	213

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
Roslyn	108	11	2
Toby	23	2	0
Assunta	25	3	0
Yetta	104	11	2
Vincenza	54	6	1
Michelina	28	3	0
Carmela	254	26	4
Ray	69	7	1
Domenica	33	3	1
Filomena	71	7	1
Bella	104	11	2
Concetta	160	16	3

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.