Top baby names in New York, 1939

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Barbara3,937
2Mary3,571
3Patricia3,491
4Joan2,389
5Carol2,366
6Judith1,592
7Margaret1,515
8Nancy1,375
9Elizabeth1,214
10Dorothy1,116
11Sandra1,032
12Marie1,020
13Ann1,012
14Joyce985
15Marilyn973
16Linda922
17Frances886
18Helen860
19Susan799
20Shirley786
21Catherine782
22Jean760
23Elaine750
24Phyllis739
25Janet709
26Kathleen705
27Virginia698
28Rose650
29Arlene629
30Beverly628
31Carole619
32Betty617
33Ruth612
34Diane595
35Anne587
36Eileen577
37Theresa566
38Gail547
39Alice545
40Geraldine540
41Carolyn537
42Eleanor531
43Gloria526
44Dolores525
45Sheila522
46Jane491
47Anna487
48Ellen480
49Josephine477
50Lorraine459

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert6,114
2John5,672
3Richard4,104
4William3,759
5James3,732
6Joseph3,068
7Thomas2,418
8David2,051
9Michael2,014
10Charles1,975
11Edward1,964
12George1,801
13Donald1,754
14Ronald1,544
15Frank1,449
16Anthony1,388
17Peter1,297
18Paul1,296
19Kenneth1,013
20Raymond846
21Gerald838
22Arthur826
23Daniel724
24Lawrence723
25Stephen713
26Louis640
27Walter638
28Vincent599
29Martin579
30Francis565
31Harold561
32Henry560
33Howard559
34Eugene555
35Albert516
36Gary504
36Philip504
38Fred500
39Carl493
39Roger493
41Stanley489
42Frederick482
42Ralph482
44Alan471
45Leonard457
46Bruce427
46Dennis427
48Bernard402
49Norman399
50Patrick397