Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1946

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1946

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1946.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 140,343 boys born sharing 704 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1946 . 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 (6.6%)	9,293
2	John	1 in 16 (6.2%)	8,688
3	Richard	1 in 20 (5.1%)	7,155
4	James	1 in 22 (4.5%)	6,371
5	William	1 in 25 (4%)	5,654
6	Michael	1 in 30 (3.4%)	4,717
7	Thomas	1 in 32 (3.1%)	4,339
8	Joseph	1 in 34 (2.9%)	4,090
9	David	1 in 38 (2.6%)	3,705
10	Charles	1 in 51 (1.9%)	2,734
11	Ronald	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,631
12	Edward	1 in 56 (1.8%)	2,514
13	Paul	1 in 57 (1.8%)	2,464
14	George	1 in 62 (1.6%)	2,275
15	Peter	1 in 68 (1.5%)	2,053
16	Donald	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,038
17	Kenneth	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,976
18	Frank	1 in 73 (1.4%)	1,914
19	Gary	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,784
20	Anthony	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,715
21	Dennis	1 in 87 (1.2%)	1,618
22	Stephen	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,600
23	Daniel	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,500
24	Steven	1 in 113 (0.9%)	1,246
25	Bruce	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,204
26	Raymond	1 in 118 (0.9%)	1,193
27	Lawrence	1 in 118 (0.8%)	1,188
28	Alan	1 in 132 (0.8%)	1,065
29	Arthur	1 in 140 (0.7%)	1,002
30	Gerald	1 in 148 (0.7%)	951
31	Jeffrey	1 in 158 (0.6%)	886
32	Mark	1 in 165 (0.6%)	851
33	Philip	1 in 169 (0.6%)	828
34	Douglas	1 in 172 (0.6%)	817
35	Howard	1 in 173 (0.6%)	813
36	Walter	1 in 173 (0.6%)	812
37	Vincent	1 in 176 (0.6%)	796
38	Roger	1 in 180 (0.6%)	779
39	Barry	1 in 183 (0.5%)	767
40	Louis	1 in 190 (0.5%)	739
41	Larry	1 in 192 (0.5%)	730
42	Martin	1 in 210 (0.5%)	669
43	Frederick	1 in 211 (0.5%)	666
44	Wayne	1 in 211 (0.5%)	664
45	Henry	1 in 222 (0.5%)	632
46	Francis	1 in 226 (0.4%)	620
47	Ralph	1 in 230 (0.4%)	611
48	Eugene	1 in 232 (0.4%)	606
49	Harold	1 in 232 (0.4%)	605
50	Gregory	1 in 234 (0.4%)	599
51	Andrew	1 in 235 (0.4%)	597
52	Albert	1 in 239 (0.4%)	587
53	Patrick	1 in 239 (0.4%)	586
54	Carl	1 in 241 (0.4%)	582
55	Leonard	1 in 242 (0.4%)	579
56	Stanley	1 in 265 (0.4%)	529
57	Fred	1 in 271 (0.4%)	517
58	Jack	1 in 280 (0.4%)	501
59	Brian	1 in 299 (0.3%)	469
60	Timothy	1 in 301 (0.3%)	466
61	Harry	1 in 312 (0.3%)	450
62	Joel	1 in 313 (0.3%)	449
63	Nicholas	1 in 316 (0.3%)	444
64	Alfred	1 in 357 (0.3%)	393
65	Jerry	1 in 372 (0.3%)	377
66	Theodore	1 in 375 (0.3%)	374
67	Norman	1 in 376 (0.3%)	373
68	Allen	1 in 377 (0.3%)	372
69	Bernard	1 in 379 (0.3%)	370
70	Terry	1 in 399 (0.3%)	352
71	Kevin	1 in 403 (0.2%)	348
72	Russell	1 in 408 (0.2%)	344
73	Eric	1 in 410 (0.2%)	342
74	Roy	1 in 412 (0.2%)	341
75	Victor	1 in 415 (0.2%)	338
76	Allan	1 in 428 (0.2%)	328
77	Jay	1 in 436 (0.2%)	322
78	Gerard	1 in 451 (0.2%)	311
79	Ernest	1 in 456 (0.2%)	308
80	Neil	1 in 459 (0.2%)	306
81	Samuel	1 in 462 (0.2%)	304
82	Stuart	1 in 463 (0.2%)	303
83	Warren	1 in 476 (0.2%)	295
84	Christopher	1 in 489 (0.2%)	287
85	Harvey	1 in 491 (0.2%)	286
86	Salvatore	1 in 499 (0.2%)	281
87	Ira	1 in 530 (0.2%)	265
88	Herbert	1 in 542 (0.2%)	259
89	Glenn	1 in 580 (0.2%)	242
90	Jerome	1 in 585 (0.2%)	240
91	Lee	1 in 618 (0.2%)	227
92	Clifford	1 in 629 (0.2%)	223
93	Marc	1 in 632 (0.2%)	222
94	Jonathan	1 in 638 (0.2%)	220
95	Edwin	1 in 641 (0.2%)	219
96	Arnold	1 in 644 (0.2%)	218
97	Dale	1 in 653 (0.2%)	215
98	Gordon	1 in 656 (0.2%)	214
99	Leslie	1 in 720 (0.1%)	195
100	Craig	1 in 731 (0.1%)	192