New York · 1921

Top 100 names in New York, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	5,413
#2	Helen	3,605
#3	Dorothy	3,367
#4	Margaret	2,699
#5	Ruth	2,569
#6	Rose	2,029
#7	Anna	1,928
#8	Frances	1,854
#9	Florence	1,725
#10	Marie	1,661
#11	Elizabeth	1,589
#12	Josephine	1,404
#13	Catherine	1,396
#14	Mildred	1,350
#15	Virginia	1,272
#16	Lillian	1,239
#17	Doris	1,239
#18	Evelyn	1,213
#19	Eleanor	1,208
#20	Marion	1,107
#21	Jean	1,093
#22	Alice	1,064
#23	Shirley	1,053
#24	Irene	1,023
#25	Betty	974
#26	Sylvia	917
#27	Beatrice	902
#28	Grace	876
#29	Marjorie	858
#30	Rita	853
#31	Gertrude	772
#32	Edith	762
#33	Anne	747
#34	Ann	709
#35	Jane	694
#36	Louise	649
#37	Muriel	628
#38	Gloria	611
#39	Ethel	610
#40	Theresa	601
#41	Barbara	591
#42	Gladys	559
#43	Esther	544
#44	Edna	535
#45	Katherine	534
#46	Norma	503
#47	Jennie	497
#48	Charlotte	477
#49	Eileen	469
#50	Agnes	467
#51	Julia	464
#52	Pearl	456
#53	Pauline	435
#54	Bernice	414
#55	Martha	402
#56	Ida	402
#57	Lucille	397
#58	Genevieve	396
#59	Antoinette	394
#60	Patricia	392
#61	Clara	391
#62	Marian	389
#63	Lucy	385
#64	Geraldine	380
#65	Angelina	378
#66	Thelma	370
#67	Phyllis	370
#68	Nancy	369
#69	Stella	369
#70	Harriet	363
#71	Miriam	357
#72	Madeline	354
#73	Elsie	353
#74	June	346
#75	Joan	345
#76	Kathleen	336
#77	Sophie	321
#78	Jeanne	320
#79	Sarah	308
#80	Lena	305
#81	Laura	303
#82	Carmela	301
#83	Bertha	298
#84	Janet	296
#85	Viola	296
#86	Elaine	291
#87	Lorraine	291
#88	Vivian	279
#89	Blanche	279
#90	Audrey	276
#91	Loretta	274
#92	Emily	268
#93	Constance	263
#94	Veronica	263
#95	Ellen	262
#96	Olga	260
#97	Marguerite	258
#98	Estelle	253
#99	Jeanette	249
#100	Anita	248

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	158	16	2
Vincenza	76	8	1
Michelina	32	3	0
Rosaria	30	3	0
Yetta	72	7	1
Domenica	31	3	0
Carmela	301	30	5
Bella	100	10	2
Santa	36	4	1
Toby	27	3	0
Concetta	195	19	3
Filomena	81	8	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.