New York · 1949

Top 100 names in New York, 1949, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	6,651
#2	Mary	4,598
#3	Barbara	4,537
#4	Patricia	4,482
#5	Susan	4,302
#6	Kathleen	3,316
#7	Carol	2,818
#8	Nancy	2,649
#9	Margaret	2,103
#10	Diane	2,098
#11	Karen	2,014
#12	Sharon	1,960
#13	Deborah	1,932
#14	Sandra	1,918
#15	Donna	1,837
#16	Judith	1,747
#17	Christine	1,603
#18	Elizabeth	1,522
#19	Joan	1,461
#20	Janet	1,256
#21	Joanne	1,160
#22	Ellen	1,120
#23	Catherine	1,075
#24	Gail	1,061
#25	Ann	980
#26	Eileen	976
#27	Jane	950
#28	Marilyn	922
#29	Pamela	921
#30	Maureen	915
#31	Cheryl	889
#32	Cynthia	889
#33	Marie	888
#34	Elaine	857
#35	Lorraine	838
#36	Jean	809
#37	Janice	805
#38	Theresa	802
#39	Carolyn	794
#40	Joyce	788
#41	Bonnie	783
#42	Frances	773
#43	Virginia	751
#44	Dorothy	737
#45	Anne	708
#46	Lynn	708
#47	Helen	688
#48	Gloria	674
#49	Laura	672
#50	Suzanne	662
#51	Phyllis	660
#52	Maria	658
#53	Shirley	651
#54	Jacqueline	646
#55	Beverly	610
#56	Brenda	603
#57	Rose	595
#58	Judy	585
#59	Ruth	577
#60	Diana	568
#61	Kathryn	551
#62	Alice	538
#63	Paula	520
#64	Valerie	511
#65	Rosemary	510
#66	Joann	508
#67	Betty	496
#68	Jo	495
#69	Katherine	492
#70	Arlene	488
#71	Marcia	480
#72	Geraldine	478
#73	Michele	477
#74	Wendy	473
#75	Sheila	468
#76	Rita	461
#77	Irene	450
#78	Jeanne	446
#79	Martha	438
#80	Louise	431
#81	Anna	415
#82	Maryann	401
#83	Kathy	399
#84	Andrea	393
#85	Lois	389
#86	Sally	388
#87	Constance	386
#88	Roberta	377
#89	Denise	377
#90	Marlene	373
#91	Angela	372
#92	Evelyn	365
#93	Leslie	358
#94	Stephanie	358
#95	Josephine	337
#96	Victoria	335
#97	Dolores	329
#98	Yvonne	324
#99	Francine	322
#100	Carole	319

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
Milagros	33	2	0
Nilda	33	2	0
Roni	31	2	0
Ronni	46	3	0
Helaine	34	2	0
Felice	26	2	0
Lourdes	34	2	0
Meryl	61	4	1
Concetta	80	6	1
Ronnie	106	7	1
Rhona	28	2	0
Aida	50	4	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.