Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,927
2	Mary	4,797
3	Patricia	4,769
4	Carol	3,785
5	Linda	3,755
6	Susan	3,678
7	Kathleen	2,598
8	Nancy	2,518
9	Diane	2,179
10	Judith	2,151
11	Sandra	2,006
12	Sharon	1,950
13	Margaret	1,928
14	Joan	1,851
15	Karen	1,719
16	Donna	1,580
17	Elizabeth	1,445
18	Janet	1,177
19	Ann	1,086
20	Ellen	1,067
21	Jane	1,065
22	Gail	1,061
23	Marilyn	1,054
24	Joyce	1,045
25	Eileen	1,012
26	Elaine	975
27	Maureen	968
28	Lorraine	966
29	Joanne	962
30	Marie	947
31	Jean	934
32	Frances	922
33	Dorothy	913
34	Carolyn	896
35	Catherine	891
36	Christine	866
37	Cheryl	847
37	Virginia	847
39	Bonnie	822
40	Phyllis	773
41	Helen	741
42	Judy	732
43	Suzanne	720
44	Janice	716
45	Gloria	696
46	Anne	674
47	Betty	673
48	Beverly	661
49	Cynthia	658
50	Pamela	657

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,294
2	John	8,688
3	Richard	7,155
4	James	6,368
5	William	5,656
6	Michael	4,719
7	Thomas	4,339
8	Joseph	4,089
9	David	3,702
10	Charles	2,733
11	Ronald	2,629
12	Edward	2,511
13	Paul	2,467
14	George	2,277
15	Peter	2,051
16	Donald	2,042
17	Kenneth	1,975
18	Frank	1,915
19	Gary	1,785
20	Anthony	1,712
21	Dennis	1,615
22	Stephen	1,602
23	Daniel	1,500
24	Steven	1,245
25	Bruce	1,206
26	Raymond	1,193
27	Lawrence	1,190
28	Alan	1,065
29	Arthur	1,002
30	Gerald	951
31	Jeffrey	886
32	Mark	851
33	Philip	827
34	Douglas	817
35	Howard	813
36	Walter	812
37	Vincent	800
38	Roger	780
39	Barry	766
40	Louis	738
41	Larry	732
42	Martin	669
43	Frederick	666
44	Wayne	665
45	Henry	633
46	Francis	620
47	Ralph	611
48	Harold	607
49	Eugene	606
50	Andrew	598