Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,104
2	Barbara	3,961
3	Patricia	3,830
4	Carol	3,410
5	Linda	2,581
6	Susan	2,269
7	Judith	1,979
8	Joan	1,922
9	Nancy	1,834
10	Margaret	1,731
11	Kathleen	1,727
12	Sandra	1,702
13	Sharon	1,506
14	Diane	1,354
15	Karen	1,266
16	Elizabeth	1,252
17	Donna	1,109
18	Joyce	1,000
19	Marilyn	978
20	Ann	957
21	Janet	942
22	Eileen	922
23	Dorothy	901
24	Marie	885
25	Frances	875
26	Virginia	840
27	Elaine	810
27	Jean	810
29	Carolyn	806
30	Ellen	792
31	Gail	756
32	Jane	746
33	Helen	731
34	Catherine	715
35	Carole	706
36	Joanne	701
37	Phyllis	684
38	Gloria	668
39	Lorraine	656
40	Maureen	621
41	Geraldine	619
42	Shirley	617
43	Ruth	604
44	Bonnie	595
45	Alice	567
46	Judy	561
47	Rose	553
48	Beverly	550
49	Anne	539
50	Arlene	535

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	7,226
2	John	6,933
3	Richard	5,419
4	James	5,001
5	William	4,679
6	Joseph	3,479
7	Michael	3,420
8	Thomas	3,359
9	David	2,905
10	Charles	2,323
11	Edward	2,221
12	Ronald	2,132
13	George	1,969
14	Paul	1,840
15	Peter	1,786
16	Donald	1,710
17	Frank	1,604
18	Kenneth	1,480
19	Anthony	1,396
20	Gary	1,343
21	Stephen	1,187
22	Daniel	1,084
23	Raymond	1,008
24	Dennis	954
25	Arthur	925
26	Gerald	911
27	Lawrence	879
28	Alan	832
29	Steven	786
30	Walter	762
31	Bruce	695
32	Louis	681
33	Roger	660
34	Douglas	640
35	Vincent	632
36	Philip	627
37	Howard	619
38	Martin	601
39	Henry	588
40	Harold	559
40	Ralph	559
42	Eugene	552
42	Frederick	552
44	Albert	541
45	Francis	533
46	Leonard	532
47	Jeffrey	514
48	Larry	506
49	Carl	488
50	Barry	485