Top baby names in New York, 1938

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Barbara4,215
2Mary3,623
3Patricia3,219
4Joan2,505
5Carol2,218
6Margaret1,628
7Nancy1,377
8Dorothy1,192
9Elizabeth1,158
10Judith1,142
11Ann1,107
12Marilyn1,026
13Marie1,024
14Sandra993
15Shirley955
16Helen936
17Joyce922
18Frances892
19Jean855
20Phyllis780
21Janet747
22Elaine732
23Catherine721
24Beverly715
25Betty714
26Dolores700
27Ruth691
28Virginia682
29Rose654
30Arlene641
31Theresa634
32Kathleen633
33Carole629
34Susan619
35Gloria609
36Eleanor594
37Anne592
38Alice586
39Linda579
40Gail556
41Eileen538
42Rosalie519
43Carolyn512
44Anna503
44Josephine503
46Sheila495
47Lorraine493
48Jane487
49Diane481
50Doris475

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert6,477
2John5,630
3Richard4,013
4William3,737
5James3,608
6Joseph3,034
7Thomas2,393
8Charles2,062
9Edward2,019
10David1,936
11Donald1,909
12Michael1,850
13George1,769
14Ronald1,618
15Frank1,479
16Paul1,339
17Anthony1,322
18Peter1,229
19Kenneth965
20Arthur874
21Raymond859
22Gerald811
23Walter713
24Daniel692
25Lawrence667
26Stephen658
27Martin639
28Louis638
29Vincent627
30Harold621
31Henry598
32Francis571
33Albert568
34Howard546
35Roger540
36Philip531
37Eugene530
38Stanley518
39Carl503
40Frederick485
41Fred479
42Alan457
43Norman452
44Ralph449
45Jack447
46Leonard440
47Gary417
48Bruce395
49Bernard388
50Herbert372