Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1942

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1942

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1942.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 117,848 boys born sharing 697 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1942 . 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 (6.5%)	7,660
2	John	1 in 16 (6.2%)	7,259
3	Richard	1 in 22 (4.6%)	5,366
4	William	1 in 23 (4.3%)	5,047
5	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	4,972
6	Joseph	1 in 30 (3.4%)	3,979
7	Thomas	1 in 34 (2.9%)	3,430
8	Michael	1 in 35 (2.9%)	3,397
9	David	1 in 38 (2.6%)	3,086
10	Charles	1 in 47 (2.1%)	2,516
11	Edward	1 in 51 (2%)	2,314
12	Ronald	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,211
13	George	1 in 54 (1.9%)	2,181
14	Peter	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,846
15	Paul	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,836
16	Frank	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,821
17	Donald	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,749
18	Anthony	1 in 70 (1.4%)	1,672
19	Kenneth	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,493
20	Stephen	1 in 89 (1.1%)	1,329
21	Arthur	1 in 100 (1%)	1,175
22	Gary	1 in 107 (0.9%)	1,103
23	Daniel	1 in 111 (0.9%)	1,059
24	Dennis	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,034
25	Gerald	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,027
26	Lawrence	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,025
27	Raymond	1 in 116 (0.9%)	1,012
28	Douglas	1 in 136 (0.7%)	868
29	Walter	1 in 140 (0.7%)	841
30	Bruce	1 in 145 (0.7%)	812
31	Louis	1 in 148 (0.7%)	796
32	Vincent	1 in 148 (0.7%)	796
33	Philip	1 in 148 (0.7%)	795
34	Howard	1 in 156 (0.6%)	755
35	Martin	1 in 156 (0.6%)	754
36	Steven	1 in 162 (0.6%)	726
37	Roger	1 in 164 (0.6%)	720
38	Alan	1 in 165 (0.6%)	716
39	Henry	1 in 175 (0.6%)	674
40	Francis	1 in 179 (0.6%)	660
41	Frederick	1 in 182 (0.6%)	649
42	Ralph	1 in 187 (0.5%)	630
43	Harold	1 in 191 (0.5%)	616
44	Stanley	1 in 198 (0.5%)	596
45	Leonard	1 in 198 (0.5%)	596
46	Carl	1 in 198 (0.5%)	596
47	Albert	1 in 201 (0.5%)	586
48	Fred	1 in 204 (0.5%)	579
49	Barry	1 in 209 (0.5%)	565
50	Eugene	1 in 212 (0.5%)	556
51	Patrick	1 in 230 (0.4%)	513
52	Jeffrey	1 in 232 (0.4%)	507
53	Larry	1 in 248 (0.4%)	476
54	Alfred	1 in 261 (0.4%)	452
55	Norman	1 in 262 (0.4%)	449
56	Andrew	1 in 273 (0.4%)	431
57	Jack	1 in 275 (0.4%)	428
58	Nicholas	1 in 283 (0.4%)	416
59	Harry	1 in 291 (0.3%)	405
60	Joel	1 in 297 (0.3%)	397
61	Jerry	1 in 314 (0.3%)	375
62	Theodore	1 in 329 (0.3%)	358
63	Bernard	1 in 330 (0.3%)	357
64	Harvey	1 in 343 (0.3%)	344
65	Allen	1 in 348 (0.3%)	339
66	Victor	1 in 364 (0.3%)	324
67	Wayne	1 in 373 (0.3%)	316
68	Herbert	1 in 380 (0.3%)	310
69	Salvatore	1 in 384 (0.3%)	307
70	Allan	1 in 401 (0.2%)	294
71	Stuart	1 in 411 (0.2%)	287
72	Mark	1 in 422 (0.2%)	279
73	Brian	1 in 430 (0.2%)	274
74	Gerard	1 in 441 (0.2%)	267
75	Samuel	1 in 450 (0.2%)	262
76	Roy	1 in 453 (0.2%)	260
77	Timothy	1 in 457 (0.2%)	258
78	Warren	1 in 460 (0.2%)	256
79	Arnold	1 in 466 (0.2%)	253
80	Jerome	1 in 473 (0.2%)	249
81	Ernest	1 in 479 (0.2%)	246
82	Neil	1 in 487 (0.2%)	242
83	Melvin	1 in 501 (0.2%)	235
84	Russell	1 in 517 (0.2%)	228
85	Marvin	1 in 533 (0.2%)	221
86	Ira	1 in 546 (0.2%)	216
87	Jay	1 in 548 (0.2%)	215
88	Kevin	1 in 561 (0.2%)	210
89	Lewis	1 in 569 (0.2%)	207
90	Edwin	1 in 572 (0.2%)	206
91	Gordon	1 in 627 (0.2%)	188
92	Matthew	1 in 655 (0.2%)	180
93	Leon	1 in 658 (0.2%)	179
94	Steve	1 in 658 (0.2%)	179
95	Clifford	1 in 666 (0.2%)	177
96	Dominick	1 in 685 (0.1%)	172
97	Earl	1 in 689 (0.1%)	171
98	Angelo	1 in 706 (0.1%)	167
99	Christopher	1 in 727 (0.1%)	162
100	Eric	1 in 737 (0.1%)	160