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Baby names in New York, 1910s

1910–1919 · 1,338,104 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in New York across the 1910s, with 41,696 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,338,104 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New York in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Isidore1,085
Moe269
Seymour1,828
Yetta922
Hyman1,666
Roslyn640
Vincenza437
Sydell60

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary41,696
#2John41,190
#3Joseph30,554
#4Helen29,971
#5William28,380
#6Dorothy22,046
#7Margaret20,267
#8Ruth19,108
#9Robert18,912
#10Rose18,213
#11Anna17,838
#12Charles17,750
#13George17,539
#14James17,406
#15Edward17,058
#16Frank16,852
#17Frances13,549
#18Florence12,896
#19Elizabeth12,199
#20Lillian11,650
#21Mildred11,180
#22Marie11,010
#23Catherine10,952
#24Josephine10,829
#25Thomas10,337

Other decades in New York

All New York names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org