Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1950

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1950

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1950.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 150,937 boys born sharing 782 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1950 . 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 (5.7%)	8,626
2	John	1 in 18 (5.5%)	8,319
3	Michael	1 in 24 (4.1%)	6,204
4	James	1 in 24 (4.1%)	6,197
5	Richard	1 in 26 (3.8%)	5,726
6	William	1 in 27 (3.7%)	5,537
7	Thomas	1 in 30 (3.3%)	5,009
8	David	1 in 34 (3%)	4,482
9	Joseph	1 in 34 (2.9%)	4,405
10	Charles	1 in 55 (1.8%)	2,754
11	Gary	1 in 58 (1.7%)	2,621
12	Paul	1 in 59 (1.7%)	2,537
13	Edward	1 in 64 (1.6%)	2,374
14	Ronald	1 in 64 (1.6%)	2,348
15	Peter	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,091
16	Steven	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,086
17	Stephen	1 in 73 (1.4%)	2,057
18	Kenneth	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,999
19	George	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,985
20	Daniel	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,901
21	Donald	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,872
22	Dennis	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,846
23	Anthony	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,777
24	Mark	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,724
25	Frank	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,677
26	Bruce	1 in 100 (1%)	1,508
27	Lawrence	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,375
28	Raymond	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,211
29	Douglas	1 in 130 (0.8%)	1,157
30	Alan	1 in 131 (0.8%)	1,150
31	Jeffrey	1 in 134 (0.7%)	1,128
32	Kevin	1 in 143 (0.7%)	1,053
33	Gregory	1 in 151 (0.7%)	1,000
34	Arthur	1 in 161 (0.6%)	938
35	Philip	1 in 166 (0.6%)	909
36	Gerald	1 in 176 (0.6%)	856
37	Louis	1 in 178 (0.6%)	846
38	Timothy	1 in 183 (0.5%)	826
39	Larry	1 in 188 (0.5%)	804
40	Andrew	1 in 190 (0.5%)	793
41	Vincent	1 in 192 (0.5%)	786
42	Patrick	1 in 193 (0.5%)	784
43	Martin	1 in 201 (0.5%)	751
44	Howard	1 in 210 (0.5%)	720
45	Wayne	1 in 214 (0.5%)	706
46	Walter	1 in 220 (0.5%)	685
47	Frederick	1 in 221 (0.5%)	683
48	Francis	1 in 222 (0.5%)	681
49	Christopher	1 in 222 (0.4%)	679
50	Brian	1 in 223 (0.4%)	677
51	Ralph	1 in 239 (0.4%)	631
52	Eugene	1 in 244 (0.4%)	619
53	Henry	1 in 252 (0.4%)	599
54	Roger	1 in 254 (0.4%)	595
55	Barry	1 in 259 (0.4%)	583
56	Carl	1 in 262 (0.4%)	577
57	Albert	1 in 266 (0.4%)	567
58	Harold	1 in 269 (0.4%)	561
59	Leonard	1 in 284 (0.4%)	531
60	Nicholas	1 in 299 (0.3%)	505
61	Eric	1 in 308 (0.3%)	490
62	Stanley	1 in 310 (0.3%)	487
63	Glenn	1 in 310 (0.3%)	487
64	Harry	1 in 337 (0.3%)	448
65	Jack	1 in 347 (0.3%)	435
66	Russell	1 in 365 (0.3%)	413
67	Victor	1 in 377 (0.3%)	400
68	Craig	1 in 377 (0.3%)	400
69	Alfred	1 in 377 (0.3%)	400
70	Gerard	1 in 379 (0.3%)	398
71	Samuel	1 in 392 (0.3%)	385
72	Jay	1 in 407 (0.2%)	371
73	Allen	1 in 429 (0.2%)	352
74	Fred	1 in 439 (0.2%)	344
75	Scott	1 in 445 (0.2%)	339
76	Keith	1 in 452 (0.2%)	334
77	Jerry	1 in 453 (0.2%)	333
78	Theodore	1 in 455 (0.2%)	332
79	Terry	1 in 457 (0.2%)	330
80	Marc	1 in 460 (0.2%)	328
81	Roy	1 in 464 (0.2%)	325
82	Bernard	1 in 466 (0.2%)	324
83	Neil	1 in 481 (0.2%)	314
84	Stuart	1 in 492 (0.2%)	307
85	Dale	1 in 498 (0.2%)	303
86	Jose	1 in 501 (0.2%)	301
87	Joel	1 in 505 (0.2%)	299
88	Salvatore	1 in 505 (0.2%)	299
89	Warren	1 in 519 (0.2%)	291
90	Norman	1 in 528 (0.2%)	286
91	Edwin	1 in 535 (0.2%)	282
92	Ernest	1 in 543 (0.2%)	278
93	Jonathan	1 in 549 (0.2%)	275
94	Clifford	1 in 553 (0.2%)	273
95	Allan	1 in 621 (0.2%)	243
96	Mitchell	1 in 624 (0.2%)	242
97	Matthew	1 in 629 (0.2%)	240
98	Ira	1 in 629 (0.2%)	240
99	Herbert	1 in 648 (0.2%)	233
100	Lee	1 in 665 (0.2%)	227