Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1959
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 8,719 |
| 2 | Michael | 8,689 |
| 3 | Robert | 7,692 |
| 4 | James | 6,627 |
| 5 | David | 6,424 |
| 6 | Richard | 5,122 |
| 7 | William | 5,044 |
| 8 | Thomas | 4,961 |
| 9 | Joseph | 4,725 |
| 10 | Mark | 4,022 |
| 11 | Steven | 3,194 |
| 12 | Kevin | 2,815 |
| 13 | Paul | 2,802 |
| 14 | Anthony | 2,785 |
| 15 | Peter | 2,526 |
| 16 | Daniel | 2,490 |
| 17 | Timothy | 2,246 |
| 18 | Jeffrey | 2,236 |
| 19 | Charles | 2,210 |
| 20 | Edward | 2,149 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 2,125 |
| 22 | Brian | 2,011 |
| 23 | Stephen | 1,947 |
| 24 | Frank | 1,829 |
| 25 | Ronald | 1,816 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Donald | 1,764 |
| 27 | Christopher | 1,754 |
| 28 | George | 1,679 |
| 29 | Scott | 1,635 |
| 30 | Gary | 1,580 |
| 31 | Gregory | 1,405 |
| 32 | Douglas | 1,199 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,170 |
| 34 | Raymond | 1,132 |
| 35 | Eric | 1,124 |
| 36 | Andrew | 1,120 |
| 37 | Bruce | 1,074 |
| 38 | Dennis | 1,027 |
| 39 | Keith | 954 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 912 |
| 41 | Vincent | 886 |
| 42 | Alan | 862 |
| 43 | Philip | 834 |
| 44 | Matthew | 833 |
| 45 | Louis | 767 |
| 46 | Jose | 752 |
| 47 | Wayne | 743 |
| 48 | Craig | 730 |
| 49 | Larry | 640 |
| 50 | Edwin | 636 |
| 51 | Martin | 635 |
| 52 | Arthur | 628 |
| 53 | Walter | 588 |
| 54 | Carl | 584 |
| 55 | Glenn | 573 |
| 56 | Randy | 559 |
| 57 | Nicholas | 545 |
| 58 | Ralph | 543 |
| 59 | Gerald | 526 |
| 60 | Howard | 522 |
| 61 | Russell | 519 |
| 62 | Barry | 515 |
| 63 | Francis | 488 |
| 64 | Jonathan | 487 |
| 65 | Victor | 475 |
| 66 | Albert | 470 |
| 67 | Eugene | 464 |
| 68 | Henry | 459 |
| 69 | Steve | 440 |
| 70 | Gerard | 418 |
| 71 | Frederick | 417 |
| 72 | Harold | 413 |
| 73 | Dale | 404 |
| 74 | Mike | 402 |
| 75 | Roger | 397 |
| 76 | Mitchell | 395 |
| 77 | Jay | 388 |
| 78 | Luis | 379 |
| 79 | Carlos | 376 |
| 80 | Samuel | 374 |
| 81 | Marc | 364 |
| 82 | Chris | 362 |
| 83 | Jerry | 354 |
| 83 | Terry | 354 |
| 85 | Leonard | 341 |
| 86 | Harry | 340 |
| 87 | Ricky | 322 |
| 87 | Stanley | 322 |
| 89 | Alfred | 312 |
| 89 | Theodore | 312 |
| 91 | Fred | 309 |
| 92 | Roy | 308 |
| 93 | Nelson | 307 |
| 94 | Jack | 306 |
| 95 | Angel | 297 |
| 96 | Dean | 296 |
| 97 | Darryl | 294 |
| 98 | Todd | 288 |
| 99 | Joe | 274 |
| 99 | Salvatore | 274 |