New Jersey · 1939

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Barbara	1,411
#2	Patricia	1,084
#3	Mary	1,010
#4	Joan	873
#5	Carol	715
#6	Judith	538
#7	Margaret	537
#8	Dorothy	443
#9	Nancy	436
#10	Elizabeth	405
#11	Joyce	377
#12	Marie	340
#13	Helen	303
#14	Janet	287
#15	Betty	285
#16	Jean	275
#17	Ann	261
#18	Elaine	258
#19	Frances	257
#20	Ruth	254
#21	Marilyn	252
#22	Dolores	242
#23	Arlene	236
#24	Virginia	234
#25	Catherine	224
#26	Phyllis	220
#27	Beverly	212
#28	Gail	211
#29	Doris	208
#30	Sandra	202
#31	Shirley	200
#32	Lois	199
#33	Rose	196
#34	Carolyn	192
#35	Kathleen	188
#36	Susan	176
#37	Carole	176
#38	Geraldine	168
#39	Eleanor	167
#40	Lorraine	162
#41	Alice	160
#42	Theresa	157
#43	Jane	154
#44	Diane	153
#45	Eileen	147
#46	Anna	147
#47	Linda	139
#48	Josephine	137
#49	Gloria	131
#50	Anne	124
#51	Judy	123
#52	Florence	122
#53	Maryann	120
#54	Irene	120
#55	Roberta	120
#56	Evelyn	120
#57	Joanne	119
#58	Marion	118
#59	Loretta	116
#60	Louise	115
#61	Janice	112
#62	Ellen	109
#63	Brenda	105
#64	Audrey	104
#65	Maureen	102
#66	Jacqueline	100
#67	Grace	96
#68	Rosemary	91
#69	June	90
#70	Rosemarie	89
#71	Lucille	88
#72	Martha	87
#73	Marjorie	86
#74	Sally	84
#75	Katherine	83
#76	Lillian	82
#77	Marlene	80
#78	Mildred	80
#79	Charlotte	79
#80	Constance	77
#81	Rosalie	72
#82	Rita	71
#83	Bernice	71
#84	Christine	69
#85	Angela	67
#86	Claire	67
#87	Edith	67
#88	Anita	67
#89	Madeline	66
#90	Kathryn	65
#91	Joann	65
#92	Sheila	63
#93	Harriet	62
#94	Gladys	60
#95	Marcia	60
#96	Sarah	60
#97	Suzanne	59
#98	Antoinette	59
#99	Karen	59
#100	Edna	57

Uniquely popular in New Jersey

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Carmella	22	9	2
Carmela	22	9	2
Maryann	120	48	11
Veronica	49	20	5
Adele	29	12	3
Camille	31	12	3
Angela	67	27	7
Rosemarie	89	36	10
Marylou	26	10	3
Johanna	24	10	3
Antoinette	59	24	7
Valerie	47	19	6

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.