New York · 1931

Top 100 names in New York, 1931, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	4,596
#2	Joan	3,963
#3	Barbara	2,246
#4	Dorothy	2,090
#5	Patricia	1,844
#6	Margaret	1,816
#7	Helen	1,769
#8	Gloria	1,410
#9	Marie	1,400
#10	Jean	1,327
#11	Dolores	1,311
#12	Marilyn	1,299
#13	Rose	1,296
#14	Shirley	1,241
#15	Anna	1,179
#16	Betty	1,172
#17	Ruth	1,161
#18	Elizabeth	1,124
#19	Frances	1,081
#20	Ann	1,045
#21	Doris	957
#22	Catherine	952
#23	Eleanor	929
#24	Josephine	910
#25	Joyce	889
#26	Theresa	878
#27	Alice	876
#28	Florence	875
#29	Nancy	834
#30	Virginia	820
#31	Rita	785
#32	Phyllis	771
#33	Evelyn	722
#34	Irene	675
#35	Marion	654
#36	Lorraine	638
#37	Anne	622
#38	Beverly	612
#39	Jane	597
#40	Janet	597
#41	Lillian	595
#42	Eileen	594
#43	Elaine	578
#44	June	557
#45	Carol	546
#46	Norma	526
#47	Louise	515
#48	Mildred	514
#49	Grace	504
#50	Lois	481
#51	Audrey	474
#52	Geraldine	457
#53	Marjorie	453
#54	Arlene	441
#55	Kathleen	396
#56	Edith	381
#57	Bernice	377
#58	Constance	376
#59	Rosemary	371
#60	Anita	353
#61	Lucille	352
#62	Jeanne	344
#63	Charlotte	342
#64	Sally	338
#65	Sylvia	333
#66	Gladys	328
#67	Antoinette	326
#68	Beatrice	325
#69	Ellen	322
#70	Harriet	313
#71	Jacqueline	307
#72	Pauline	306
#73	Gertrude	296
#74	Claire	283
#75	Martha	277
#76	Esther	272
#77	Ethel	267
#78	Agnes	266
#79	Judith	266
#80	Katherine	265
#81	Muriel	264
#82	Loretta	262
#83	Clara	262
#84	Carolyn	256
#85	Marlene	250
#86	Elsie	246
#87	Rosemarie	245
#88	Julia	243
#89	Jeanette	240
#90	Edna	235
#91	Laura	232
#92	Marian	232
#93	Vivian	227
#94	Thelma	226
#95	Carmela	223
#96	Joanne	222
#97	Madeline	214
#98	Lucy	210
#99	Maureen	210
#100	Angelina	207

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
Sydell	31	3	0
Sydelle	21	2	0
Vincenza	34	4	0
Rosaria	23	3	0
Roslyn	144	16	2
Carmela	223	25	3
Sondra	84	9	1
Toby	20	2	0
Blossom	25	3	0
Concetta	129	14	3
Renee	149	16	3
Rhoda	202	22	5

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.