Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1949

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1949

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1949.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 149,022 boys born sharing 795 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1949 . 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 17 (5.9%)	8,838
2	John	1 in 17 (5.8%)	8,605
3	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	6,245
4	Michael	1 in 26 (3.8%)	5,668
5	Richard	1 in 26 (3.8%)	5,645
6	William	1 in 27 (3.7%)	5,588
7	Thomas	1 in 31 (3.2%)	4,836
8	David	1 in 34 (3%)	4,413
9	Joseph	1 in 34 (2.9%)	4,323
10	Charles	1 in 52 (1.9%)	2,872
11	Paul	1 in 58 (1.7%)	2,571
12	Ronald	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,492
13	Edward	1 in 63 (1.6%)	2,384
14	Peter	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,161
15	George	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,095
16	Stephen	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,093
17	Kenneth	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,090
18	Gary	1 in 73 (1.4%)	2,053
19	Donald	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,990
20	Steven	1 in 77 (1.3%)	1,939
21	Anthony	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,850
22	Daniel	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,836
23	Frank	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,726
24	Dennis	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,633
25	Mark	1 in 95 (1.1%)	1,569
26	Bruce	1 in 98 (1%)	1,516
27	Lawrence	1 in 100 (1%)	1,488
28	Raymond	1 in 118 (0.9%)	1,267
29	Jeffrey	1 in 134 (0.7%)	1,115
30	Alan	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,107
31	Douglas	1 in 142 (0.7%)	1,053
32	Philip	1 in 147 (0.7%)	1,012
33	Arthur	1 in 160 (0.6%)	930
34	Gregory	1 in 166 (0.6%)	897
35	Louis	1 in 170 (0.6%)	879
36	Vincent	1 in 170 (0.6%)	876
37	Kevin	1 in 172 (0.6%)	866
38	Larry	1 in 184 (0.5%)	811
39	Gerald	1 in 186 (0.5%)	802
40	Patrick	1 in 187 (0.5%)	795
41	Francis	1 in 191 (0.5%)	781
42	Timothy	1 in 193 (0.5%)	771
43	Frederick	1 in 204 (0.5%)	730
44	Walter	1 in 204 (0.5%)	729
45	Howard	1 in 209 (0.5%)	712
46	Martin	1 in 216 (0.5%)	690
47	Andrew	1 in 222 (0.5%)	672
48	Roger	1 in 225 (0.4%)	662
49	Ralph	1 in 232 (0.4%)	643
50	Henry	1 in 233 (0.4%)	639
51	Wayne	1 in 241 (0.4%)	619
52	Carl	1 in 243 (0.4%)	613
53	Christopher	1 in 247 (0.4%)	604
54	Eugene	1 in 249 (0.4%)	599
55	Barry	1 in 251 (0.4%)	594
56	Brian	1 in 269 (0.4%)	554
57	Albert	1 in 285 (0.4%)	522
58	Nicholas	1 in 288 (0.3%)	518
59	Leonard	1 in 292 (0.3%)	511
60	Harold	1 in 299 (0.3%)	498
61	Stanley	1 in 302 (0.3%)	493
62	Glenn	1 in 307 (0.3%)	486
63	Jack	1 in 343 (0.3%)	435
64	Harry	1 in 343 (0.3%)	435
65	Alfred	1 in 373 (0.3%)	400
66	Eric	1 in 374 (0.3%)	398
67	Fred	1 in 383 (0.3%)	389
68	Jerry	1 in 387 (0.3%)	385
69	Samuel	1 in 391 (0.3%)	381
70	Terry	1 in 405 (0.2%)	368
71	Joel	1 in 425 (0.2%)	351
72	Bernard	1 in 427 (0.2%)	349
73	Russell	1 in 432 (0.2%)	345
74	Victor	1 in 432 (0.2%)	345
75	Norman	1 in 433 (0.2%)	344
76	Roy	1 in 438 (0.2%)	340
77	Marc	1 in 445 (0.2%)	335
78	Allen	1 in 448 (0.2%)	333
79	Theodore	1 in 448 (0.2%)	333
80	Craig	1 in 463 (0.2%)	322
81	Jay	1 in 464 (0.2%)	321
82	Warren	1 in 478 (0.2%)	312
83	Salvatore	1 in 478 (0.2%)	312
84	Neil	1 in 484 (0.2%)	308
85	Gerard	1 in 505 (0.2%)	295
86	Ernest	1 in 516 (0.2%)	289
87	Stuart	1 in 519 (0.2%)	287
88	Allan	1 in 538 (0.2%)	277
89	Edwin	1 in 556 (0.2%)	268
90	Dale	1 in 562 (0.2%)	265
91	Jonathan	1 in 562 (0.2%)	265
92	Keith	1 in 562 (0.2%)	265
93	Jose	1 in 564 (0.2%)	264
94	Clifford	1 in 582 (0.2%)	256
95	Herbert	1 in 594 (0.2%)	251
96	Scott	1 in 594 (0.2%)	251
97	Harvey	1 in 606 (0.2%)	246
98	Jerome	1 in 606 (0.2%)	246
99	Ira	1 in 624 (0.2%)	239
100	Arnold	1 in 677 (0.1%)	220