Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1947

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1947

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1947.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 157,977 boys born sharing 763 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1947 . 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 16 (6.3%)	10,023
2	John	1 in 16 (6.1%)	9,631
3	James	1 in 22 (4.5%)	7,173
4	Richard	1 in 24 (4.2%)	6,691
5	William	1 in 25 (4%)	6,274
6	Michael	1 in 28 (3.5%)	5,598
7	Thomas	1 in 31 (3.2%)	5,088
8	Joseph	1 in 35 (2.9%)	4,571
9	David	1 in 35 (2.9%)	4,523
10	Charles	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,953
11	Ronald	1 in 55 (1.8%)	2,881
12	Edward	1 in 56 (1.8%)	2,839
13	Paul	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,633
14	George	1 in 66 (1.5%)	2,400
15	Peter	1 in 68 (1.5%)	2,321
16	Kenneth	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,229
17	Donald	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,195
18	Frank	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,193
19	Gary	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,050
20	Stephen	1 in 84 (1.2%)	1,871
21	Anthony	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,857
22	Dennis	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,755
23	Daniel	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,673
24	Steven	1 in 100 (1%)	1,580
25	Bruce	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,352
26	Lawrence	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,322
27	Alan	1 in 122 (0.8%)	1,295
28	Raymond	1 in 122 (0.8%)	1,295
29	Jeffrey	1 in 131 (0.8%)	1,209
30	Arthur	1 in 140 (0.7%)	1,131
31	Mark	1 in 147 (0.7%)	1,073
32	Larry	1 in 159 (0.6%)	996
33	Louis	1 in 159 (0.6%)	994
34	Douglas	1 in 161 (0.6%)	980
35	Gerald	1 in 166 (0.6%)	949
36	Philip	1 in 166 (0.6%)	949
37	Gregory	1 in 174 (0.6%)	907
38	Vincent	1 in 176 (0.6%)	896
39	Walter	1 in 180 (0.6%)	878
40	Howard	1 in 189 (0.5%)	836
41	Barry	1 in 199 (0.5%)	793
42	Martin	1 in 204 (0.5%)	773
43	Andrew	1 in 205 (0.5%)	771
44	Patrick	1 in 211 (0.5%)	747
45	Roger	1 in 214 (0.5%)	739
46	Wayne	1 in 215 (0.5%)	735
47	Frederick	1 in 219 (0.5%)	723
48	Ralph	1 in 222 (0.5%)	712
49	Eugene	1 in 223 (0.4%)	707
50	Francis	1 in 233 (0.4%)	678
51	Harold	1 in 238 (0.4%)	663
52	Carl	1 in 242 (0.4%)	653
53	Henry	1 in 245 (0.4%)	646
54	Leonard	1 in 250 (0.4%)	633
55	Timothy	1 in 252 (0.4%)	628
56	Albert	1 in 267 (0.4%)	591
57	Brian	1 in 269 (0.4%)	588
58	Stanley	1 in 271 (0.4%)	582
59	Jack	1 in 291 (0.3%)	542
60	Fred	1 in 298 (0.3%)	530
61	Nicholas	1 in 309 (0.3%)	511
62	Kevin	1 in 324 (0.3%)	488
63	Jerry	1 in 327 (0.3%)	483
64	Harry	1 in 333 (0.3%)	474
65	Alfred	1 in 334 (0.3%)	473
66	Terry	1 in 337 (0.3%)	469
67	Norman	1 in 367 (0.3%)	431
68	Russell	1 in 370 (0.3%)	427
69	Roy	1 in 388 (0.3%)	407
70	Allen	1 in 391 (0.3%)	404
71	Bernard	1 in 393 (0.3%)	402
72	Eric	1 in 400 (0.3%)	395
73	Glenn	1 in 400 (0.3%)	395
74	Theodore	1 in 403 (0.2%)	392
75	Christopher	1 in 412 (0.2%)	383
76	Joel	1 in 420 (0.2%)	376
77	Stuart	1 in 429 (0.2%)	368
78	Allan	1 in 439 (0.2%)	360
79	Samuel	1 in 448 (0.2%)	353
80	Gerard	1 in 470 (0.2%)	336
81	Jay	1 in 479 (0.2%)	330
82	Salvatore	1 in 482 (0.2%)	328
83	Victor	1 in 494 (0.2%)	320
84	Neil	1 in 498 (0.2%)	317
85	Ernest	1 in 508 (0.2%)	311
86	Ira	1 in 513 (0.2%)	308
87	Harvey	1 in 520 (0.2%)	304
88	Warren	1 in 521 (0.2%)	303
89	Craig	1 in 534 (0.2%)	296
90	Marc	1 in 545 (0.2%)	290
91	Jerome	1 in 572 (0.2%)	276
92	Steve	1 in 601 (0.2%)	263
93	Dale	1 in 610 (0.2%)	259
94	Keith	1 in 612 (0.2%)	258
95	Clifford	1 in 615 (0.2%)	257
96	Herbert	1 in 627 (0.2%)	252
97	Arnold	1 in 632 (0.2%)	250
98	Matthew	1 in 650 (0.2%)	243
99	Edwin	1 in 656 (0.2%)	241
100	Jonathan	1 in 684 (0.1%)	231