Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1959

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1959

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1959.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was John. In total there were 180,716 boys born sharing 1,019 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1959 . 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	John	1 in 21 (4.8%)	8,711
2	Michael	1 in 21 (4.8%)	8,692
3	Robert	1 in 23 (4.3%)	7,692
4	James	1 in 27 (3.7%)	6,626
5	David	1 in 28 (3.6%)	6,418
6	Richard	1 in 35 (2.8%)	5,116
7	William	1 in 36 (2.8%)	5,042
8	Thomas	1 in 36 (2.7%)	4,954
9	Joseph	1 in 38 (2.6%)	4,722
10	Mark	1 in 45 (2.2%)	4,024
11	Steven	1 in 56 (1.8%)	3,199
12	Kevin	1 in 64 (1.6%)	2,807
13	Paul	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,798
14	Anthony	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,778
15	Peter	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,523
16	Daniel	1 in 73 (1.4%)	2,486
17	Timothy	1 in 81 (1.2%)	2,243
18	Jeffrey	1 in 81 (1.2%)	2,229
19	Charles	1 in 82 (1.2%)	2,208
20	Edward	1 in 84 (1.2%)	2,148
21	Kenneth	1 in 85 (1.2%)	2,122
22	Brian	1 in 90 (1.1%)	2,009
23	Stephen	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,943
24	Frank	1 in 99 (1%)	1,828
25	Ronald	1 in 99 (1%)	1,819
26	Donald	1 in 102 (1%)	1,766
27	Christopher	1 in 103 (1%)	1,756
28	George	1 in 108 (0.9%)	1,668
29	Scott	1 in 111 (0.9%)	1,632
30	Gary	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,586
31	Gregory	1 in 129 (0.8%)	1,402
32	Douglas	1 in 151 (0.7%)	1,199
33	Patrick	1 in 156 (0.6%)	1,160
34	Raymond	1 in 160 (0.6%)	1,131
35	Eric	1 in 161 (0.6%)	1,122
36	Andrew	1 in 161 (0.6%)	1,119
37	Bruce	1 in 169 (0.6%)	1,071
38	Dennis	1 in 176 (0.6%)	1,026
39	Keith	1 in 189 (0.5%)	955
40	Lawrence	1 in 198 (0.5%)	911
41	Vincent	1 in 204 (0.5%)	887
42	Alan	1 in 210 (0.5%)	862
43	Philip	1 in 216 (0.5%)	836
44	Matthew	1 in 217 (0.5%)	832
45	Louis	1 in 236 (0.4%)	766
46	Jose	1 in 241 (0.4%)	751
47	Wayne	1 in 243 (0.4%)	745
48	Craig	1 in 249 (0.4%)	726
49	Larry	1 in 284 (0.4%)	637
50	Martin	1 in 285 (0.4%)	634
51	Edwin	1 in 287 (0.3%)	630
52	Arthur	1 in 288 (0.3%)	627
53	Walter	1 in 307 (0.3%)	588
54	Carl	1 in 311 (0.3%)	582
55	Glenn	1 in 316 (0.3%)	571
56	Randy	1 in 323 (0.3%)	559
57	Nicholas	1 in 330 (0.3%)	547
58	Ralph	1 in 332 (0.3%)	544
59	Gerald	1 in 346 (0.3%)	523
60	Howard	1 in 346 (0.3%)	522
61	Russell	1 in 349 (0.3%)	518
62	Barry	1 in 352 (0.3%)	514
63	Jonathan	1 in 370 (0.3%)	488
64	Francis	1 in 371 (0.3%)	487
65	Victor	1 in 381 (0.3%)	474
66	Albert	1 in 388 (0.3%)	466
67	Eugene	1 in 389 (0.3%)	465
68	Henry	1 in 396 (0.3%)	456
69	Steve	1 in 411 (0.2%)	440
70	Gerard	1 in 432 (0.2%)	418
71	Frederick	1 in 435 (0.2%)	415
72	Harold	1 in 438 (0.2%)	413
73	Dale	1 in 447 (0.2%)	404
74	Mike	1 in 451 (0.2%)	401
75	Roger	1 in 456 (0.2%)	396
76	Mitchell	1 in 459 (0.2%)	394
77	Jay	1 in 465 (0.2%)	389
78	Luis	1 in 474 (0.2%)	381
79	Samuel	1 in 483 (0.2%)	374
80	Carlos	1 in 487 (0.2%)	371
81	Marc	1 in 498 (0.2%)	363
82	Chris	1 in 501 (0.2%)	361
83	Jerry	1 in 506 (0.2%)	357
84	Terry	1 in 509 (0.2%)	355
85	Leonard	1 in 527 (0.2%)	343
86	Harry	1 in 530 (0.2%)	341
87	Ricky	1 in 561 (0.2%)	322
88	Stanley	1 in 563 (0.2%)	321
89	Alfred	1 in 574 (0.2%)	315
90	Theodore	1 in 579 (0.2%)	312
91	Fred	1 in 583 (0.2%)	310
92	Nelson	1 in 587 (0.2%)	308
93	Jack	1 in 591 (0.2%)	306
94	Roy	1 in 594 (0.2%)	304
95	Angel	1 in 606 (0.2%)	298
96	Dean	1 in 613 (0.2%)	295
97	Darryl	1 in 617 (0.2%)	293
98	Todd	1 in 630 (0.2%)	287
99	Joe	1 in 652 (0.2%)	277
100	Salvatore	1 in 660 (0.2%)	274