Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1937

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1937

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1937.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 85,631 boys born sharing 628 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1937 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Robert	1 in 13 (7.6%)	6,526
2	John	1 in 15 (6.5%)	5,526
3	Richard	1 in 23 (4.4%)	3,773
4	William	1 in 24 (4.2%)	3,585
5	James	1 in 25 (4.1%)	3,481
6	Joseph	1 in 28 (3.6%)	3,056
7	Thomas	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,226
8	Donald	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,083
9	Edward	1 in 43 (2.3%)	1,990
10	Charles	1 in 43 (2.3%)	1,970
11	George	1 in 47 (2.1%)	1,825
12	David	1 in 47 (2.1%)	1,818
13	Ronald	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,564
14	Michael	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,563
15	Frank	1 in 56 (1.8%)	1,521
16	Anthony	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,251
17	Paul	1 in 70 (1.4%)	1,223
18	Peter	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,052
19	Kenneth	1 in 93 (1.1%)	917
20	Arthur	1 in 98 (1%)	878
21	Raymond	1 in 102 (1%)	840
22	Gerald	1 in 115 (0.9%)	745
23	Walter	1 in 117 (0.9%)	731
24	Daniel	1 in 119 (0.8%)	718
25	Harold	1 in 130 (0.8%)	658
26	Lawrence	1 in 134 (0.7%)	641
27	Louis	1 in 138 (0.7%)	621
28	Martin	1 in 143 (0.7%)	597
29	Vincent	1 in 144 (0.7%)	593
30	Albert	1 in 151 (0.7%)	566
31	Fred	1 in 152 (0.7%)	565
32	Howard	1 in 155 (0.6%)	554
33	Henry	1 in 157 (0.6%)	545
34	Stanley	1 in 159 (0.6%)	540
35	Stephen	1 in 159 (0.6%)	538
36	Eugene	1 in 161 (0.6%)	533
37	Francis	1 in 161 (0.6%)	533
38	Philip	1 in 168 (0.6%)	510
39	Ralph	1 in 172 (0.6%)	497
40	Carl	1 in 183 (0.5%)	469
41	Jack	1 in 185 (0.5%)	464
42	Leonard	1 in 185 (0.5%)	464
43	Frederick	1 in 190 (0.5%)	450
44	Bernard	1 in 202 (0.5%)	423
45	Roger	1 in 202 (0.5%)	423
46	Alan	1 in 204 (0.5%)	419
47	Alfred	1 in 206 (0.5%)	416
48	Norman	1 in 208 (0.5%)	411
49	Herbert	1 in 220 (0.5%)	389
50	Patrick	1 in 224 (0.4%)	382
51	Harry	1 in 233 (0.4%)	367
52	Bruce	1 in 247 (0.4%)	347
53	Gary	1 in 253 (0.4%)	339
54	Jerry	1 in 270 (0.4%)	317
55	Theodore	1 in 279 (0.4%)	307
56	Andrew	1 in 289 (0.3%)	296
57	Nicholas	1 in 289 (0.3%)	296
58	Joel	1 in 307 (0.3%)	279
59	Larry	1 in 313 (0.3%)	274
60	Harvey	1 in 322 (0.3%)	266
61	Salvatore	1 in 326 (0.3%)	263
62	Jerome	1 in 334 (0.3%)	256
63	Marvin	1 in 337 (0.3%)	254
64	Arnold	1 in 340 (0.3%)	252
65	Ernest	1 in 357 (0.3%)	240
66	Roy	1 in 382 (0.3%)	224
67	Samuel	1 in 386 (0.3%)	222
68	Victor	1 in 387 (0.3%)	221
69	Allen	1 in 393 (0.3%)	218
70	Melvin	1 in 395 (0.3%)	217
71	Douglas	1 in 404 (0.2%)	212
72	Edwin	1 in 404 (0.2%)	212
73	Stuart	1 in 446 (0.2%)	192
74	Allan	1 in 451 (0.2%)	190
75	Barry	1 in 453 (0.2%)	189
76	Russell	1 in 455 (0.2%)	188
77	Warren	1 in 460 (0.2%)	186
78	Gerard	1 in 465 (0.2%)	184
79	Dennis	1 in 487 (0.2%)	176
80	Gordon	1 in 492 (0.2%)	174
81	Angelo	1 in 545 (0.2%)	157
82	Leon	1 in 549 (0.2%)	156
83	Neil	1 in 556 (0.2%)	154
84	Leo	1 in 560 (0.2%)	153
85	Wayne	1 in 587 (0.2%)	146
86	Jay	1 in 595 (0.2%)	144
87	Sheldon	1 in 607 (0.2%)	141
88	Dominick	1 in 612 (0.2%)	140
89	Earl	1 in 625 (0.2%)	137
90	Clifford	1 in 649 (0.2%)	132
91	Irwin	1 in 654 (0.2%)	131
92	Matthew	1 in 696 (0.1%)	123
93	Lewis	1 in 702 (0.1%)	122
94	Gilbert	1 in 720 (0.1%)	119
95	Brian	1 in 732 (0.1%)	117
96	Irving	1 in 732 (0.1%)	117
97	Benjamin	1 in 758 (0.1%)	113
98	Leroy	1 in 758 (0.1%)	113
99	Mark	1 in 765 (0.1%)	112
100	Karl	1 in 786 (0.1%)	109