Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 93,744 boys born sharing 631 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . 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 15 (6.7%)	6,282
2	John	1 in 15 (6.6%)	6,163
3	Richard	1 in 21 (4.7%)	4,370
4	William	1 in 23 (4.4%)	4,102
5	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	3,954
6	Joseph	1 in 30 (3.4%)	3,141
7	Thomas	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,507
8	David	1 in 40 (2.5%)	2,340
9	Michael	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,296
10	Charles	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,146
11	Edward	1 in 47 (2.1%)	1,982
12	George	1 in 51 (2%)	1,850
13	Ronald	1 in 54 (1.8%)	1,730
14	Donald	1 in 54 (1.8%)	1,727
15	Frank	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,536
16	Paul	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,454
17	Peter	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,405
18	Anthony	1 in 69 (1.4%)	1,349
19	Kenneth	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,088
20	Raymond	1 in 102 (1%)	923
21	Arthur	1 in 102 (1%)	920
22	Stephen	1 in 103 (1%)	909
23	Gerald	1 in 107 (0.9%)	878
24	Daniel	1 in 123 (0.8%)	764
25	Lawrence	1 in 128 (0.8%)	733
26	Vincent	1 in 129 (0.8%)	726
27	Louis	1 in 143 (0.7%)	656
28	Walter	1 in 144 (0.7%)	653
29	Martin	1 in 149 (0.7%)	628
30	Gary	1 in 150 (0.7%)	625
31	Philip	1 in 153 (0.7%)	611
32	Harold	1 in 155 (0.6%)	603
33	Henry	1 in 159 (0.6%)	589
34	Roger	1 in 159 (0.6%)	588
35	Howard	1 in 164 (0.6%)	573
36	Eugene	1 in 166 (0.6%)	565
37	Albert	1 in 170 (0.6%)	551
38	Bruce	1 in 180 (0.6%)	521
39	Frederick	1 in 186 (0.5%)	505
40	Francis	1 in 187 (0.5%)	502
41	Dennis	1 in 188 (0.5%)	498
42	Stanley	1 in 190 (0.5%)	493
43	Carl	1 in 191 (0.5%)	491
44	Leonard	1 in 192 (0.5%)	489
45	Ralph	1 in 192 (0.5%)	487
46	Alan	1 in 197 (0.5%)	477
47	Fred	1 in 199 (0.5%)	472
48	Jack	1 in 215 (0.5%)	437
49	Patrick	1 in 216 (0.5%)	434
50	Norman	1 in 222 (0.5%)	423
51	Barry	1 in 250 (0.4%)	375
52	Alfred	1 in 251 (0.4%)	373
53	Harry	1 in 255 (0.4%)	368
54	Larry	1 in 265 (0.4%)	354
55	Douglas	1 in 273 (0.4%)	344
56	Bernard	1 in 282 (0.4%)	332
57	Andrew	1 in 293 (0.3%)	320
58	Herbert	1 in 301 (0.3%)	311
59	Jerry	1 in 301 (0.3%)	311
60	Theodore	1 in 303 (0.3%)	309
61	Nicholas	1 in 310 (0.3%)	302
62	Joel	1 in 312 (0.3%)	300
63	Steven	1 in 322 (0.3%)	291
64	Harvey	1 in 323 (0.3%)	290
65	Salvatore	1 in 336 (0.3%)	279
66	Wayne	1 in 340 (0.3%)	276
67	Samuel	1 in 352 (0.3%)	266
68	Jerome	1 in 376 (0.3%)	249
69	Allan	1 in 386 (0.3%)	243
70	Arnold	1 in 415 (0.2%)	226
71	Allen	1 in 415 (0.2%)	226
72	Ernest	1 in 420 (0.2%)	223
73	Roy	1 in 424 (0.2%)	221
74	Victor	1 in 426 (0.2%)	220
75	Melvin	1 in 436 (0.2%)	215
76	Jeffrey	1 in 449 (0.2%)	209
77	Brian	1 in 464 (0.2%)	202
78	Stuart	1 in 464 (0.2%)	202
79	Gordon	1 in 488 (0.2%)	192
80	Edwin	1 in 493 (0.2%)	190
81	Russell	1 in 493 (0.2%)	190
82	Warren	1 in 501 (0.2%)	187
83	Gerard	1 in 504 (0.2%)	186
84	Marvin	1 in 509 (0.2%)	184
85	Neil	1 in 533 (0.2%)	176
86	Ira	1 in 590 (0.2%)	159
87	Earl	1 in 609 (0.2%)	154
88	Clifford	1 in 613 (0.2%)	153
89	Angelo	1 in 621 (0.2%)	151
90	Dominick	1 in 625 (0.2%)	150
91	Jay	1 in 625 (0.2%)	150
92	Dale	1 in 660 (0.2%)	142
93	Matthew	1 in 665 (0.2%)	141
94	Timothy	1 in 670 (0.1%)	140
95	Mark	1 in 684 (0.1%)	137
96	Leon	1 in 689 (0.1%)	136
97	Lewis	1 in 689 (0.1%)	136
98	Benjamin	1 in 716 (0.1%)	131
99	Lee	1 in 744 (0.1%)	126
100	Steve	1 in 750 (0.1%)	125