Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1939

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1939

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1939.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 87,828 boys born sharing 604 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1939 . 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%)	6,114
2	John	1 in 15 (6.5%)	5,672
3	Richard	1 in 21 (4.7%)	4,103
4	William	1 in 23 (4.3%)	3,758
5	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	3,731
6	Joseph	1 in 29 (3.5%)	3,067
7	Thomas	1 in 36 (2.8%)	2,418
8	David	1 in 43 (2.3%)	2,051
9	Michael	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,013
10	Charles	1 in 44 (2.3%)	1,978
11	Edward	1 in 45 (2.2%)	1,964
12	George	1 in 49 (2%)	1,800
13	Donald	1 in 50 (2%)	1,755
14	Ronald	1 in 57 (1.8%)	1,544
15	Frank	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,449
16	Anthony	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,388
17	Peter	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,297
18	Paul	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,294
19	Kenneth	1 in 87 (1.2%)	1,013
20	Raymond	1 in 104 (1%)	845
21	Gerald	1 in 105 (1%)	838
22	Arthur	1 in 106 (0.9%)	826
23	Daniel	1 in 121 (0.8%)	724
24	Lawrence	1 in 122 (0.8%)	722
25	Stephen	1 in 123 (0.8%)	713
26	Louis	1 in 138 (0.7%)	638
27	Walter	1 in 138 (0.7%)	638
28	Vincent	1 in 146 (0.7%)	600
29	Martin	1 in 152 (0.7%)	579
30	Francis	1 in 155 (0.6%)	565
31	Harold	1 in 156 (0.6%)	562
32	Henry	1 in 157 (0.6%)	560
33	Howard	1 in 157 (0.6%)	559
34	Eugene	1 in 158 (0.6%)	556
35	Albert	1 in 170 (0.6%)	516
36	Gary	1 in 174 (0.6%)	504
37	Philip	1 in 174 (0.6%)	504
38	Fred	1 in 175 (0.6%)	501
39	Roger	1 in 178 (0.6%)	494
40	Carl	1 in 178 (0.6%)	493
41	Stanley	1 in 180 (0.6%)	488
42	Ralph	1 in 182 (0.5%)	482
43	Frederick	1 in 183 (0.5%)	481
44	Alan	1 in 186 (0.5%)	471
45	Leonard	1 in 192 (0.5%)	458
46	Dennis	1 in 206 (0.5%)	427
47	Bruce	1 in 206 (0.5%)	426
48	Bernard	1 in 218 (0.5%)	403
49	Norman	1 in 220 (0.5%)	399
50	Patrick	1 in 222 (0.5%)	396
51	Jack	1 in 231 (0.4%)	380
52	Harry	1 in 243 (0.4%)	362
53	Herbert	1 in 252 (0.4%)	349
54	Alfred	1 in 257 (0.4%)	342
55	Andrew	1 in 269 (0.4%)	326
56	Nicholas	1 in 270 (0.4%)	325
57	Douglas	1 in 278 (0.4%)	316
58	Larry	1 in 285 (0.4%)	308
59	Barry	1 in 296 (0.3%)	297
60	Jerry	1 in 296 (0.3%)	297
61	Theodore	1 in 300 (0.3%)	293
62	Joel	1 in 308 (0.3%)	285
63	Wayne	1 in 325 (0.3%)	270
64	Salvatore	1 in 340 (0.3%)	258
65	Allen	1 in 361 (0.3%)	243
66	Melvin	1 in 361 (0.3%)	243
67	Harvey	1 in 371 (0.3%)	237
68	Samuel	1 in 379 (0.3%)	232
69	Ernest	1 in 382 (0.3%)	230
70	Jerome	1 in 394 (0.3%)	223
71	Arnold	1 in 414 (0.2%)	212
72	Allan	1 in 420 (0.2%)	209
73	Marvin	1 in 426 (0.2%)	206
74	Steven	1 in 450 (0.2%)	195
75	Warren	1 in 450 (0.2%)	195
76	Gerard	1 in 453 (0.2%)	194
77	Roy	1 in 460 (0.2%)	191
78	Edwin	1 in 467 (0.2%)	188
79	Russell	1 in 475 (0.2%)	185
80	Victor	1 in 480 (0.2%)	183
81	Leon	1 in 485 (0.2%)	181
82	Gordon	1 in 488 (0.2%)	180
83	Stuart	1 in 505 (0.2%)	174
84	Neil	1 in 508 (0.2%)	173
85	Clifford	1 in 523 (0.2%)	168
86	Brian	1 in 589 (0.2%)	149
87	Angelo	1 in 606 (0.2%)	145
88	Jay	1 in 619 (0.2%)	142
89	Earl	1 in 623 (0.2%)	141
90	Timothy	1 in 655 (0.2%)	134
91	Lewis	1 in 660 (0.2%)	133
92	Leo	1 in 697 (0.1%)	126
93	Leroy	1 in 708 (0.1%)	124
94	Matthew	1 in 708 (0.1%)	124
95	Mark	1 in 720 (0.1%)	122
96	Dominick	1 in 726 (0.1%)	121
97	Alexander	1 in 732 (0.1%)	120
98	Benjamin	1 in 751 (0.1%)	117
99	Irwin	1 in 813 (0.1%)	108
100	Kevin	1 in 821 (0.1%)	107