New Jersey · 1950

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	2,160
#2	Patricia	1,769
#3	Barbara	1,554
#4	Mary	1,333
#5	Susan	1,296
#6	Kathleen	1,241
#7	Nancy	980
#8	Carol	897
#9	Karen	793
#10	Diane	741
#11	Deborah	719
#12	Donna	694
#13	Sharon	600
#14	Margaret	599
#15	Judith	590
#16	Elizabeth	525
#17	Christine	510
#18	Janet	509
#19	Sandra	501
#20	Joan	466
#21	Gail	449
#22	Joanne	374
#23	Janice	368
#24	Catherine	350
#25	Jane	345
#26	Joyce	344
#27	Eileen	325
#28	Pamela	321
#29	Cynthia	296
#30	Dorothy	295
#31	Elaine	281
#32	Lynn	276
#33	Denise	276
#34	Ellen	272
#35	Maureen	269
#36	Jean	265
#37	Beverly	251
#38	Virginia	250
#39	Frances	242
#40	Lorraine	242
#41	Marilyn	241
#42	Bonnie	238
#43	Marie	236
#44	Ann	229
#45	Joann	222
#46	Carolyn	219
#47	Jacqueline	216
#48	Gloria	215
#49	Theresa	214
#50	Cheryl	209
#51	Shirley	209
#52	Ruth	204
#53	Brenda	196
#54	Kathryn	193
#55	Maryann	188
#56	Helen	188
#57	Lois	186
#58	Michele	183
#59	Arlene	176
#60	Anne	170
#61	Laura	167
#62	Phyllis	166
#63	Rosemary	166
#64	Diana	163
#65	Betty	162
#66	Irene	161
#67	Suzanne	158
#68	Rose	157
#69	Katherine	155
#70	Maria	150
#71	Jeanne	150
#72	Rita	149
#73	Jo	148
#74	Alice	147
#75	Geraldine	145
#76	Valerie	141
#77	Debra	140
#78	Kathy	132
#79	Paula	129
#80	Doris	125
#81	Dolores	122
#82	Sheila	122
#83	Constance	121
#84	Wendy	121
#85	Darlene	117
#86	Anna	115
#87	Louise	113
#88	June	111
#89	Marlene	111
#90	Judy	110
#91	Leslie	108
#92	Jill	107
#93	Evelyn	103
#94	Martha	102
#95	Carole	98
#96	Marianne	97
#97	Dianne	94
#98	Anita	93
#99	Andrea	93
#100	Robin	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	188	44	8
Maryanne	38	9	2
Roseann	50	12	3
Maryellen	24	6	2
Marylou	24	6	2
Lenore	25	6	2
Eileen	325	76	23
Claire	84	20	6
Rosemarie	68	16	5
Alison	28	7	2
Arlene	176	41	14
Michele	183	43	15

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.