Top baby names in New York, 1937

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,804
2Barbara3,685
3Patricia3,166
4Joan2,778
5Carol2,084
6Margaret1,584
7Dorothy1,236
8Nancy1,231
9Shirley1,118
10Ann1,115
11Elizabeth1,097
12Marilyn1,090
13Helen1,047
14Marie1,032
15Jean920
16Frances880
17Sandra823
18Joyce816
19Janet808
20Phyllis781
21Judith777
22Beverly756
23Dolores749
24Rose737
25Betty714
26Catherine711
27Ruth698
28Elaine682
29Virginia667
30Eleanor663
31Anna634
32Theresa606
33Gloria605
34Carole583
35Arlene579
36Eileen577
37Alice571
38Jane537
39Doris533
40Anne529
41Kathleen528
42Lorraine524
43Josephine512
44Roberta495
45Sheila463
46Irene462
47Florence458
48Rita436
49Carolyn432
50Diane431

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert6,529
2John5,525
3Richard3,773
4William3,587
5James3,481
6Joseph3,056
7Thomas2,226
8Donald2,083
9Edward1,990
10Charles1,971
11George1,827
12David1,819
13Michael1,564
14Ronald1,563
15Frank1,523
16Anthony1,251
17Paul1,224
18Peter1,054
19Kenneth918
20Arthur878
21Raymond840
22Gerald747
23Walter730
24Daniel720
25Harold659
26Lawrence641
27Louis620
28Martin598
29Vincent595
30Albert566
31Fred565
32Howard555
33Henry545
34Stanley541
35Stephen539
36Eugene535
37Francis533
38Philip512
39Ralph497
40Carl469
41Jack465
42Leonard464
43Frederick449
44Bernard423
44Roger423
46Alan419
47Alfred416
48Norman410
49Herbert389
50Patrick382