Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1938

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1938

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1938.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 88,213 boys born sharing 614 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1938 . 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 14 (7.3%)	6,474
2	John	1 in 16 (6.4%)	5,622
3	Richard	1 in 22 (4.5%)	4,012
4	William	1 in 24 (4.2%)	3,737
5	James	1 in 24 (4.1%)	3,608
6	Joseph	1 in 29 (3.4%)	3,035
7	Thomas	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,391
8	Charles	1 in 43 (2.3%)	2,059
9	Edward	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,016
10	David	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,936
11	Donald	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,907
12	Michael	1 in 48 (2.1%)	1,850
13	George	1 in 50 (2%)	1,768
14	Ronald	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,616
15	Frank	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,477
16	Paul	1 in 66 (1.5%)	1,337
17	Anthony	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,322
18	Peter	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,229
19	Kenneth	1 in 92 (1.1%)	964
20	Arthur	1 in 101 (1%)	874
21	Raymond	1 in 103 (1%)	859
22	Gerald	1 in 109 (0.9%)	812
23	Walter	1 in 124 (0.8%)	712
24	Daniel	1 in 128 (0.8%)	690
25	Lawrence	1 in 132 (0.8%)	668
26	Stephen	1 in 134 (0.7%)	658
27	Martin	1 in 138 (0.7%)	639
28	Louis	1 in 138 (0.7%)	638
29	Vincent	1 in 141 (0.7%)	626
30	Harold	1 in 142 (0.7%)	622
31	Henry	1 in 148 (0.7%)	598
32	Francis	1 in 154 (0.6%)	571
33	Albert	1 in 155 (0.6%)	568
34	Howard	1 in 162 (0.6%)	545
35	Roger	1 in 164 (0.6%)	539
36	Philip	1 in 166 (0.6%)	531
37	Eugene	1 in 167 (0.6%)	528
38	Stanley	1 in 170 (0.6%)	518
39	Carl	1 in 175 (0.6%)	503
40	Frederick	1 in 181 (0.6%)	487
41	Fred	1 in 185 (0.5%)	478
42	Alan	1 in 193 (0.5%)	457
43	Norman	1 in 195 (0.5%)	452
44	Ralph	1 in 196 (0.5%)	449
45	Jack	1 in 197 (0.5%)	447
46	Leonard	1 in 201 (0.5%)	439
47	Gary	1 in 212 (0.5%)	417
48	Bruce	1 in 223 (0.4%)	396
49	Bernard	1 in 227 (0.4%)	388
50	Herbert	1 in 237 (0.4%)	372
51	Patrick	1 in 238 (0.4%)	371
52	Harry	1 in 241 (0.4%)	366
53	Alfred	1 in 242 (0.4%)	364
54	Andrew	1 in 281 (0.4%)	314
55	Douglas	1 in 285 (0.4%)	310
56	Nicholas	1 in 288 (0.3%)	306
57	Theodore	1 in 290 (0.3%)	304
58	Jerome	1 in 290 (0.3%)	304
59	Joel	1 in 296 (0.3%)	298
60	Jerry	1 in 297 (0.3%)	297
61	Larry	1 in 300 (0.3%)	294
62	Salvatore	1 in 322 (0.3%)	274
63	Barry	1 in 333 (0.3%)	265
64	Harvey	1 in 341 (0.3%)	259
65	Arnold	1 in 343 (0.3%)	257
66	Allan	1 in 347 (0.3%)	254
67	Allen	1 in 351 (0.3%)	251
68	Ernest	1 in 359 (0.3%)	246
69	Dennis	1 in 363 (0.3%)	243
70	Wayne	1 in 366 (0.3%)	241
71	Warren	1 in 390 (0.3%)	226
72	Roy	1 in 405 (0.2%)	218
73	Victor	1 in 410 (0.2%)	215
74	Melvin	1 in 416 (0.2%)	212
75	Samuel	1 in 430 (0.2%)	205
76	Gordon	1 in 432 (0.2%)	204
77	Marvin	1 in 437 (0.2%)	202
78	Edwin	1 in 443 (0.2%)	199
79	Gerard	1 in 467 (0.2%)	189
80	Russell	1 in 496 (0.2%)	178
81	Stuart	1 in 504 (0.2%)	175
82	Neil	1 in 538 (0.2%)	164
83	Lewis	1 in 541 (0.2%)	163
84	Angelo	1 in 580 (0.2%)	152
85	Earl	1 in 588 (0.2%)	150
86	Jay	1 in 604 (0.2%)	146
87	Steven	1 in 621 (0.2%)	142
88	Brian	1 in 621 (0.2%)	142
89	Dominick	1 in 658 (0.2%)	134
90	Leon	1 in 673 (0.1%)	131
91	Sheldon	1 in 673 (0.1%)	131
92	Leo	1 in 711 (0.1%)	124
93	Karl	1 in 723 (0.1%)	122
94	Clifford	1 in 729 (0.1%)	121
95	Matthew	1 in 729 (0.1%)	121
96	Clarence	1 in 735 (0.1%)	120
97	Benjamin	1 in 748 (0.1%)	118
98	Irwin	1 in 760 (0.1%)	116
99	Ira	1 in 781 (0.1%)	113
100	Leroy	1 in 788 (0.1%)	112