Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,508
2	Mary	4,450
3	Patricia	4,163
4	Carol	3,772
5	Linda	2,849
6	Judith	2,324
7	Joan	2,237
8	Susan	2,218
9	Margaret	1,854
10	Nancy	1,825
11	Sandra	1,802
12	Kathleen	1,760
13	Diane	1,533
14	Sharon	1,522
15	Elizabeth	1,341
16	Joyce	1,200
17	Karen	1,165
18	Ann	1,102
19	Marilyn	1,094
20	Dorothy	1,068
21	Marie	1,063
22	Eileen	1,062
23	Janet	1,001
24	Donna	991
25	Carolyn	990
26	Frances	901
27	Virginia	897
28	Gail	885
29	Ellen	850
29	Helen	850
31	Elaine	846
32	Jean	839
33	Carole	804
34	Phyllis	794
35	Maureen	778
36	Catherine	766
37	Joanne	759
38	Jane	743
39	Beverly	710
40	Gloria	695
41	Ruth	686
42	Geraldine	653
42	Lorraine	653
44	Alice	650
45	Rose	631
46	Bonnie	627
47	Anne	625
48	Arlene	622
48	Betty	622
50	Shirley	619

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	7,924
2	John	7,502
3	Richard	5,594
4	James	5,117
5	William	5,045
6	Joseph	3,838
7	Thomas	3,620
8	Michael	3,483
9	David	2,976
10	Charles	2,596
11	Ronald	2,461
12	Edward	2,414
13	George	2,182
14	Peter	1,909
15	Paul	1,883
16	Donald	1,842
17	Frank	1,832
18	Anthony	1,619
19	Kenneth	1,561
20	Stephen	1,353
21	Gary	1,213
22	Arthur	1,104
23	Gerald	1,083
24	Raymond	1,077
25	Dennis	1,059
26	Daniel	1,015
26	Lawrence	1,015
28	Walter	870
29	Alan	801
29	Roger	801
31	Howard	778
32	Steven	775
33	Philip	772
34	Vincent	768
35	Louis	753
36	Martin	745
37	Bruce	713
38	Henry	665
39	Douglas	664
40	Harold	638
41	Francis	635
42	Albert	622
43	Frederick	617
44	Barry	611
45	Leonard	610
46	Ralph	604
47	Eugene	593
48	Carl	564
49	Jeffrey	562
50	Stanley	552