Baby names in New York in the 1930s

In New York in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (59,426 boys) and Mary (39,803 girls), of 1,729,584 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in New York each year, the 1930s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New York, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New York, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	39,803
2	Joan	33,006
3	Barbara	30,635
4	Patricia	25,511
5	Margaret	16,478
6	Dorothy	16,072
7	Carol	13,451
8	Helen	13,109
9	Shirley	12,451
10	Marilyn	12,153
11	Marie	11,759
12	Elizabeth	11,214
13	Jean	11,062
14	Nancy	10,842
15	Ann	10,708
16	Dolores	9,977
17	Frances	9,533
18	Rose	9,489
19	Betty	9,079
20	Gloria	8,932

Boys, 1930-1939
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	59,426
2	John	56,861
3	William	37,514
4	Richard	37,452
5	James	34,014
6	Joseph	32,301
7	Donald	22,748
8	Thomas	20,985
9	Charles	20,890
10	Edward	20,061
11	George	19,511
12	Frank	16,446
13	David	14,192
14	Michael	13,115
15	Anthony	12,943
16	Ronald	12,923
17	Paul	11,475
18	Peter	9,832
19	Arthur	9,564
20	Raymond	9,205

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New York in the 1930s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Sydell · 9.4×Sydelle · 9.3×Vincenza · 7.3×Domenica · 6.1×Roslyn · 6.1×Carmela · 6.0×

Boys

Carmine · 7.2×Sal · 7.0×Seymour · 6.8×Saverio · 6.3×Dominick · 6.0×Irwin · 6.0×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.

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