New Jersey · 1949

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1949, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	2,365
#2	Patricia	1,665
#3	Barbara	1,631
#4	Susan	1,340
#5	Mary	1,324
#6	Kathleen	1,284
#7	Carol	990
#8	Nancy	926
#9	Diane	743
#10	Judith	682
#11	Margaret	680
#12	Karen	651
#13	Donna	617
#14	Sharon	598
#15	Sandra	564
#16	Elizabeth	493
#17	Joan	465
#18	Deborah	465
#19	Janet	458
#20	Christine	432
#21	Joanne	396
#22	Catherine	360
#23	Gail	348
#24	Joyce	348
#25	Elaine	327
#26	Dorothy	323
#27	Janice	305
#28	Jane	299
#29	Virginia	296
#30	Eileen	294
#31	Pamela	287
#32	Marie	280
#33	Maureen	273
#34	Ellen	273
#35	Cynthia	273
#36	Marilyn	270
#37	Lorraine	263
#38	Jean	261
#39	Carolyn	260
#40	Bonnie	251
#41	Shirley	249
#42	Beverly	246
#43	Theresa	246
#44	Cheryl	246
#45	Lynn	240
#46	Ann	237
#47	Ruth	232
#48	Frances	225
#49	Gloria	224
#50	Joann	222
#51	Helen	220
#52	Phyllis	200
#53	Jacqueline	196
#54	Geraldine	190
#55	Rosemary	189
#56	Lois	184
#57	Brenda	179
#58	Betty	176
#59	Jo	176
#60	Michele	170
#61	Arlene	170
#62	Maryann	169
#63	Kathryn	168
#64	Alice	167
#65	Suzanne	167
#66	Valerie	163
#67	Anne	162
#68	Dolores	157
#69	Rose	154
#70	Diana	152
#71	Katherine	143
#72	Paula	137
#73	Laura	136
#74	Judy	136
#75	Maria	130
#76	Martha	129
#77	Louise	129
#78	Carole	120
#79	Doris	119
#80	Jeanne	118
#81	Evelyn	116
#82	Rita	116
#83	Kathy	115
#84	Roberta	113
#85	Irene	108
#86	Marlene	107
#87	Darlene	106
#88	Angela	105
#89	Regina	105
#90	Jill	104
#91	Constance	104
#92	Denise	104
#93	Lynne	101
#94	Andrea	100
#95	Wendy	98
#96	Claire	96
#97	Anna	95
#98	Sheila	93
#99	June	92
#100	Lynda	92

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
Maryann	169	40	9
Rosemarie	87	20	5
Maryanne	27	6	2
Ronnie	20	5	1
Lenore	29	7	2
Claire	96	23	6
Marylou	24	6	2
Roseann	34	8	2
Dale	71	17	5
Georgette	22	5	2
Maryellen	22	5	2
Eileen	294	69	22

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.