New York · 1950

Top 100 names in New York, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	6,044
#2	Patricia	4,761
#3	Mary	4,740
#4	Barbara	4,340
#5	Susan	4,148
#6	Kathleen	3,163
#7	Carol	2,676
#8	Nancy	2,632
#9	Deborah	2,450
#10	Karen	2,200
#11	Diane	2,157
#12	Margaret	1,890
#13	Christine	1,870
#14	Donna	1,798
#15	Sharon	1,792
#16	Sandra	1,784
#17	Elizabeth	1,616
#18	Judith	1,450
#19	Joan	1,396
#20	Janet	1,390
#21	Gail	1,230
#22	Catherine	1,149
#23	Ellen	1,103
#24	Joanne	1,095
#25	Cynthia	988
#26	Ann	987
#27	Pamela	970
#28	Eileen	937
#29	Jane	912
#30	Lorraine	893
#31	Cheryl	883
#32	Marie	865
#33	Joyce	861
#34	Maureen	856
#35	Denise	834
#36	Bonnie	834
#37	Janice	809
#38	Jean	802
#39	Marilyn	796
#40	Theresa	776
#41	Frances	772
#42	Elaine	766
#43	Anne	752
#44	Maria	747
#45	Laura	712
#46	Virginia	710
#47	Dorothy	686
#48	Carolyn	685
#49	Lynn	676
#50	Helen	644
#51	Jacqueline	639
#52	Brenda	625
#53	Shirley	597
#54	Gloria	593
#55	Suzanne	591
#56	Joann	582
#57	Rose	567
#58	Phyllis	542
#59	Alice	541
#60	Judy	540
#61	Katherine	532
#62	Beverly	531
#63	Irene	530
#64	Ruth	530
#65	Wendy	525
#66	Diana	517
#67	Arlene	511
#68	Paula	507
#69	Valerie	502
#70	Sheila	494
#71	Kathryn	489
#72	Rosemary	479
#73	Marcia	477
#74	Michele	476
#75	Martha	468
#76	Jeanne	466
#77	Rita	463
#78	Kathy	460
#79	Evelyn	436
#80	Debra	417
#81	Betty	407
#82	Josephine	407
#83	Louise	403
#84	Yvonne	398
#85	Geraldine	390
#86	Angela	389
#87	Lois	388
#88	Roberta	383
#89	Stephanie	375
#90	Jo	374
#91	Andrea	369
#92	Maryann	364
#93	Robin	364
#94	Constance	361
#95	Marsha	352
#96	Victoria	347
#97	Anna	345
#98	Sally	333
#99	Darlene	324
#100	Dolores	324

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	58	4	0
Migdalia	28	2	0
Elba	29	2	0
Chana	20	1	0
Nydia	24	2	0
Nilda	38	3	0
Ronni	27	2	0
Lourdes	55	4	1
Meryl	69	5	1
Ronnie	111	8	1
Helaine	28	2	0
Felice	21	1	0

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.