New York · 1939

Top 100 names in New York, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Barbara	3,937
#2	Mary	3,571
#3	Patricia	3,491
#4	Joan	2,389
#5	Carol	2,366
#6	Judith	1,592
#7	Margaret	1,515
#8	Nancy	1,375
#9	Elizabeth	1,214
#10	Dorothy	1,116
#11	Sandra	1,032
#12	Marie	1,020
#13	Ann	1,012
#14	Joyce	985
#15	Marilyn	973
#16	Linda	922
#17	Frances	886
#18	Helen	860
#19	Susan	799
#20	Shirley	786
#21	Catherine	782
#22	Jean	760
#23	Elaine	750
#24	Phyllis	739
#25	Janet	709
#26	Kathleen	705
#27	Virginia	698
#28	Rose	650
#29	Arlene	629
#30	Beverly	628
#31	Carole	619
#32	Betty	617
#33	Ruth	612
#34	Diane	595
#35	Anne	587
#36	Eileen	577
#37	Theresa	566
#38	Gail	547
#39	Alice	545
#40	Geraldine	540
#41	Carolyn	537
#42	Eleanor	531
#43	Gloria	526
#44	Dolores	525
#45	Sheila	522
#46	Jane	491
#47	Anna	487
#48	Ellen	480
#49	Josephine	477
#50	Lorraine	459
#51	Donna	439
#52	Roberta	434
#53	Maureen	414
#54	Janice	406
#55	Doris	401
#56	Joanne	397
#57	Brenda	396
#58	Rita	394
#59	Florence	394
#60	Rosemary	391
#61	Louise	382
#62	Jacqueline	378
#63	Irene	377
#64	Judy	363
#65	Marion	360
#66	Lois	347
#67	Marjorie	347
#68	Grace	346
#69	Marcia	342
#70	Rosemarie	339
#71	Loretta	339
#72	Evelyn	333
#73	Sally	332
#74	Rosalie	327
#75	Katherine	314
#76	Sharon	304
#77	June	293
#78	Lucille	288
#79	Maryann	280
#80	Norma	280
#81	Audrey	279
#82	Lillian	277
#83	Harriet	276
#84	Sylvia	272
#85	Marlene	270
#86	Diana	267
#87	Martha	266
#88	Suzanne	265
#89	Constance	264
#90	Jeanette	257
#91	Anita	256
#92	Mildred	248
#93	Annette	237
#94	Karen	225
#95	Madeline	222
#96	Charlotte	207
#97	Antoinette	199
#98	Julia	193
#99	Joann	189
#100	Cynthia	187

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
Carmela	106	12	2
Annmarie	37	4	1
Concetta	70	8	1
Francine	117	14	3
Carolann	40	5	1
Roslyn	56	7	1
Hedy	21	2	1
Rosemarie	339	40	10
Camille	105	12	3
Renee	89	10	3
Toby	48	6	1
Enid	22	3	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.