Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,117
2	Mary	3,905
3	Patricia	3,765
4	Carol	3,272
5	Linda	2,852
6	Susan	2,687
7	Judith	1,998
8	Kathleen	1,928
9	Nancy	1,856
10	Joan	1,683
11	Diane	1,675
12	Margaret	1,625
13	Sandra	1,570
14	Sharon	1,499
15	Karen	1,314
16	Elizabeth	1,194
17	Donna	1,156
18	Janet	1,114
19	Eileen	963
20	Marilyn	958
21	Dorothy	929
22	Ann	921
23	Joyce	915
24	Ellen	857
25	Marie	840
26	Jane	832
27	Frances	825
28	Gail	812
29	Carolyn	803
30	Jean	783
31	Elaine	777
32	Virginia	769
33	Lorraine	759
34	Joanne	752
35	Phyllis	725
36	Gloria	724
37	Catherine	717
38	Maureen	704
39	Helen	702
40	Anne	622
41	Arlene	593
42	Shirley	591
43	Bonnie	574
44	Theresa	566
45	Janice	564
46	Geraldine	560
47	Carole	559
48	Beverly	557
49	Judy	555
50	Betty	554

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	7,609
2	John	7,122
3	Richard	5,524
4	James	5,055
5	William	4,590
6	Thomas	3,667
7	Michael	3,633
8	Joseph	3,357
9	David	3,059
10	Charles	2,237
11	Edward	2,137
12	Ronald	1,980
13	Paul	1,932
14	George	1,831
15	Peter	1,764
16	Donald	1,762
17	Frank	1,561
18	Kenneth	1,515
19	Gary	1,476
20	Anthony	1,431
21	Stephen	1,181
22	Daniel	1,137
23	Dennis	1,112
24	Raymond	989
25	Lawrence	981
26	Steven	959
27	Arthur	921
28	Alan	891
29	Gerald	836
30	Bruce	762
31	Louis	730
32	Walter	707
33	Vincent	694
34	Douglas	690
35	Philip	686
36	Roger	668
37	Martin	662
38	Howard	641
39	Jeffrey	632
40	Larry	593
41	Harold	581
42	Henry	550
43	Eugene	543
43	Mark	543
45	Frederick	536
46	Barry	535
47	Ralph	530
48	Leonard	529
49	Francis	517
50	Albert	511