Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1948

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1948

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1948.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 148,220 boys born sharing 757 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1948 . 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 (6.1%)	9,012
2	John	1 in 17 (6.1%)	8,970
3	James	1 in 23 (4.4%)	6,523
4	William	1 in 26 (3.8%)	5,699
5	Richard	1 in 26 (3.8%)	5,657
6	Michael	1 in 28 (3.6%)	5,376
7	Thomas	1 in 31 (3.3%)	4,819
8	David	1 in 33 (3%)	4,428
9	Joseph	1 in 35 (2.9%)	4,252
10	Charles	1 in 56 (1.8%)	2,670
11	Ronald	1 in 56 (1.8%)	2,663
12	Paul	1 in 59 (1.7%)	2,527
13	Edward	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,456
14	George	1 in 66 (1.5%)	2,233
15	Peter	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,152
16	Kenneth	1 in 70 (1.4%)	2,114
17	Gary	1 in 77 (1.3%)	1,927
18	Donald	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,904
19	Stephen	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,880
20	Frank	1 in 80 (1.3%)	1,863
21	Anthony	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,831
22	Daniel	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,725
23	Steven	1 in 89 (1.1%)	1,665
24	Dennis	1 in 92 (1.1%)	1,615
25	Bruce	1 in 105 (1%)	1,415
26	Lawrence	1 in 108 (0.9%)	1,376
27	Mark	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,353
28	Raymond	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,292
29	Alan	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,188
30	Jeffrey	1 in 131 (0.8%)	1,129
31	Philip	1 in 153 (0.7%)	970
32	Arthur	1 in 156 (0.6%)	950
33	Douglas	1 in 163 (0.6%)	910
34	Gerald	1 in 168 (0.6%)	884
35	Louis	1 in 168 (0.6%)	881
36	Gregory	1 in 174 (0.6%)	851
37	Vincent	1 in 174 (0.6%)	850
38	Larry	1 in 175 (0.6%)	848
39	Howard	1 in 193 (0.5%)	769
40	Patrick	1 in 197 (0.5%)	751
41	Walter	1 in 200 (0.5%)	740
42	Frederick	1 in 205 (0.5%)	722
43	Timothy	1 in 209 (0.5%)	710
44	Ralph	1 in 209 (0.5%)	708
45	Francis	1 in 212 (0.5%)	700
46	Roger	1 in 213 (0.5%)	695
47	Martin	1 in 218 (0.5%)	680
48	Andrew	1 in 218 (0.5%)	680
49	Barry	1 in 222 (0.5%)	669
50	Carl	1 in 223 (0.4%)	664
51	Albert	1 in 236 (0.4%)	628
52	Harold	1 in 237 (0.4%)	625
53	Kevin	1 in 239 (0.4%)	621
54	Henry	1 in 243 (0.4%)	610
55	Wayne	1 in 245 (0.4%)	605
56	Leonard	1 in 250 (0.4%)	594
57	Brian	1 in 253 (0.4%)	585
58	Eugene	1 in 273 (0.4%)	542
59	Jack	1 in 276 (0.4%)	538
60	Stanley	1 in 282 (0.4%)	526
61	Christopher	1 in 306 (0.3%)	484
62	Nicholas	1 in 313 (0.3%)	473
63	Fred	1 in 317 (0.3%)	468
64	Harry	1 in 319 (0.3%)	464
65	Glenn	1 in 340 (0.3%)	436
66	Jerry	1 in 372 (0.3%)	398
67	Alfred	1 in 372 (0.3%)	398
68	Russell	1 in 380 (0.3%)	390
69	Terry	1 in 387 (0.3%)	383
70	Eric	1 in 391 (0.3%)	379
71	Bernard	1 in 406 (0.2%)	365
72	Allen	1 in 415 (0.2%)	357
73	Norman	1 in 418 (0.2%)	355
74	Joel	1 in 419 (0.2%)	354
75	Theodore	1 in 420 (0.2%)	353
76	Roy	1 in 432 (0.2%)	343
77	Victor	1 in 433 (0.2%)	342
78	Samuel	1 in 436 (0.2%)	340
79	Jay	1 in 456 (0.2%)	325
80	Gerard	1 in 463 (0.2%)	320
81	Stuart	1 in 465 (0.2%)	319
82	Marc	1 in 475 (0.2%)	312
83	Craig	1 in 484 (0.2%)	306
84	Warren	1 in 489 (0.2%)	303
85	Salvatore	1 in 491 (0.2%)	302
86	Neil	1 in 497 (0.2%)	298
87	Ernest	1 in 502 (0.2%)	295
88	Allan	1 in 516 (0.2%)	287
89	Edwin	1 in 584 (0.2%)	254
90	Ira	1 in 591 (0.2%)	251
91	Clifford	1 in 595 (0.2%)	249
92	Jonathan	1 in 603 (0.2%)	246
93	Dale	1 in 612 (0.2%)	242
94	Herbert	1 in 612 (0.2%)	242
95	Steve	1 in 623 (0.2%)	238
96	Jerome	1 in 628 (0.2%)	236
97	Keith	1 in 644 (0.2%)	230
98	Harvey	1 in 671 (0.1%)	221
99	Matthew	1 in 683 (0.1%)	217
100	Jose	1 in 727 (0.1%)	204