New York · 1941

Top 100 names in New York, 1941, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Barbara	4,238
#2	Patricia	4,095
#3	Mary	3,882
#4	Carol	2,995
#5	Joan	2,298
#6	Judith	2,044
#7	Linda	1,792
#8	Margaret	1,660
#9	Nancy	1,566
#10	Sandra	1,457
#11	Susan	1,436
#12	Elizabeth	1,202
#13	Joyce	1,130
#14	Ann	1,080
#15	Marie	1,019
#16	Dorothy	983
#17	Kathleen	974
#18	Diane	881
#19	Helen	872
#20	Marilyn	857
#21	Jean	847
#22	Frances	830
#23	Carolyn	820
#24	Elaine	793
#25	Virginia	790
#26	Catherine	789
#27	Janet	771
#28	Phyllis	744
#29	Dolores	716
#30	Ellen	706
#31	Gloria	674
#32	Beverly	666
#33	Rose	648
#34	Carole	644
#35	Eileen	643
#36	Sharon	638
#37	Gail	631
#38	Joanne	630
#39	Karen	627
#40	Anne	617
#41	Alice	604
#42	Arlene	592
#43	Donna	578
#44	Theresa	567
#45	Ruth	562
#46	Shirley	560
#47	Geraldine	560
#48	Betty	556
#49	Maureen	542
#50	Judy	542
#51	Jane	527
#52	Sheila	511
#53	Lorraine	504
#54	Roberta	498
#55	Eleanor	478
#56	Josephine	468
#57	Louise	450
#58	Janice	442
#59	Lois	441
#60	Rita	440
#61	Jacqueline	407
#62	Bonnie	406
#63	Anna	406
#64	Irene	404
#65	Maryann	393
#66	Martha	377
#67	Rosemary	376
#68	Marion	370
#69	Florence	368
#70	Evelyn	365
#71	Diana	355
#72	Joann	355
#73	Marcia	353
#74	Doris	342
#75	Suzanne	340
#76	Rosemarie	337
#77	Sally	321
#78	Grace	309
#79	Marjorie	307
#80	Constance	306
#81	Katherine	299
#82	Christine	296
#83	Brenda	294
#84	Lillian	292
#85	Lucille	289
#86	June	289
#87	Cynthia	284
#88	Anita	282
#89	Loretta	280
#90	Harriet	268
#91	Norma	260
#92	Sylvia	257
#93	Charlotte	252
#94	Marlene	247
#95	Audrey	246
#96	Annette	244
#97	Jeanette	244
#98	Madeline	241
#99	Maria	241
#100	Rosalie	240

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
Elissa	21	2	0
Carmela	83	9	1
Vita	22	2	0
Gilda	20	2	0
Leonora	29	3	1
Rona	27	3	1
Concetta	49	5	1
Francine	150	16	3
Toby	61	6	1
Felicia	30	3	1
Roslyn	59	6	1
Enid	32	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.