Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,044
2	Patricia	4,761
3	Mary	4,740
4	Barbara	4,340
5	Susan	4,148
6	Kathleen	3,163
7	Carol	2,676
8	Nancy	2,632
9	Deborah	2,450
10	Karen	2,200
11	Diane	2,157
12	Margaret	1,890
13	Christine	1,870
14	Donna	1,798
15	Sharon	1,792
16	Sandra	1,784
17	Elizabeth	1,616
18	Judith	1,450
19	Joan	1,396
20	Janet	1,390
21	Gail	1,230
22	Catherine	1,149
23	Ellen	1,103
24	Joanne	1,095
25	Cynthia	988
26	Ann	987
27	Pamela	970
28	Eileen	937
29	Jane	912
30	Lorraine	893
31	Cheryl	883
32	Marie	865
33	Joyce	861
34	Maureen	856
35	Bonnie	834
35	Denise	834
37	Janice	809
38	Jean	802
39	Marilyn	796
40	Theresa	776
41	Frances	772
42	Elaine	766
43	Anne	752
44	Maria	747
45	Laura	712
46	Virginia	710
47	Dorothy	686
48	Carolyn	685
49	Lynn	676
50	Helen	644

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	8,624
2	John	8,307
3	James	6,197
4	Michael	6,196
5	Richard	5,721
6	William	5,531
7	Thomas	5,009
8	David	4,475
9	Joseph	4,407
10	Charles	2,758
11	Gary	2,612
12	Paul	2,536
13	Edward	2,378
14	Ronald	2,346
15	Peter	2,090
15	Steven	2,090
17	Stephen	2,061
18	Kenneth	1,995
19	George	1,986
20	Daniel	1,900
21	Donald	1,875
22	Dennis	1,846
23	Anthony	1,774
24	Mark	1,720
25	Frank	1,675
26	Bruce	1,511
27	Lawrence	1,373
28	Raymond	1,213
29	Douglas	1,156
30	Alan	1,149
31	Jeffrey	1,126
32	Kevin	1,053
33	Gregory	1,000
34	Arthur	939
35	Philip	909
36	Gerald	857
37	Louis	844
38	Timothy	827
39	Larry	803
40	Andrew	791
41	Vincent	789
42	Patrick	781
43	Martin	751
44	Howard	719
45	Wayne	706
46	Walter	688
47	Frederick	683
48	Francis	682
49	Christopher	679
50	Brian	673