Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,651
2	Mary	4,598
3	Barbara	4,537
4	Patricia	4,482
5	Susan	4,302
6	Kathleen	3,316
7	Carol	2,818
8	Nancy	2,649
9	Margaret	2,103
10	Diane	2,098
11	Karen	2,014
12	Sharon	1,960
13	Deborah	1,932
14	Sandra	1,918
15	Donna	1,837
16	Judith	1,747
17	Christine	1,603
18	Elizabeth	1,522
19	Joan	1,461
20	Janet	1,256
21	Joanne	1,160
22	Ellen	1,120
23	Catherine	1,075
24	Gail	1,061
25	Ann	980
26	Eileen	976
27	Jane	950
28	Marilyn	922
29	Pamela	921
30	Maureen	915
31	Cheryl	889
31	Cynthia	889
33	Marie	888
34	Elaine	857
35	Lorraine	838
36	Jean	809
37	Janice	805
38	Theresa	802
39	Carolyn	794
40	Joyce	788
41	Bonnie	783
42	Frances	773
43	Virginia	751
44	Dorothy	737
45	Anne	708
45	Lynn	708
47	Helen	688
48	Gloria	674
49	Laura	672
50	Suzanne	662

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	8,850
2	John	8,611
3	James	6,258
4	Michael	5,671
5	Richard	5,652
6	William	5,599
7	Thomas	4,848
8	David	4,422
9	Joseph	4,326
10	Charles	2,869
11	Paul	2,571
12	Ronald	2,495
13	Edward	2,391
14	Peter	2,164
15	Stephen	2,100
16	George	2,097
16	Kenneth	2,097
18	Gary	2,053
19	Donald	1,989
20	Steven	1,939
21	Anthony	1,854
22	Daniel	1,838
23	Frank	1,729
24	Dennis	1,639
25	Mark	1,569
26	Bruce	1,517
27	Lawrence	1,490
28	Raymond	1,266
29	Jeffrey	1,116
30	Alan	1,107
31	Douglas	1,053
32	Philip	1,012
33	Arthur	929
34	Gregory	896
35	Louis	879
36	Vincent	874
37	Kevin	866
38	Larry	812
39	Gerald	801
40	Patrick	796
41	Francis	781
42	Timothy	772
43	Frederick	731
44	Walter	729
45	Howard	714
46	Martin	690
47	Andrew	672
48	Roger	664
49	Ralph	643
50	Henry	638