New Jersey · 1956

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1956, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,776
#2	Patricia	1,764
#3	Susan	1,728
#4	Linda	1,564
#5	Karen	1,425
#6	Deborah	1,416
#7	Donna	1,374
#8	Barbara	1,331
#9	Nancy	1,258
#10	Kathleen	1,223
#11	Debra	1,211
#12	Diane	1,061
#13	Carol	868
#14	Sharon	837
#15	Cynthia	756
#16	Elizabeth	629
#17	Margaret	605
#18	Cheryl	520
#19	Denise	519
#20	Janet	507
#21	Pamela	484
#22	Sandra	481
#23	Catherine	443
#24	Theresa	422
#25	Joan	420
#26	Robin	406
#27	Judith	405
#28	Lisa	366
#29	Kim	366
#30	Gail	362
#31	Michele	357
#32	Joanne	354
#33	Maureen	343
#34	Lynn	336
#35	Jo	331
#36	Laura	321
#37	Christine	319
#38	Joyce	318
#39	Janice	310
#40	Ellen	308
#41	Jane	296
#42	Eileen	296
#43	Rose	293
#44	Kathy	273
#45	Ann	269
#46	Elaine	257
#47	Anne	256
#48	Bonnie	251
#49	Laurie	248
#50	Valerie	245
#51	Lorraine	244
#52	Jean	242
#53	Wendy	237
#54	Cindy	232
#55	Maria	232
#56	Marie	230
#57	Jacqueline	224
#58	Dorothy	223
#59	Debbie	222
#60	Ruth	221
#61	Virginia	220
#62	Brenda	214
#63	Cathy	213
#64	Darlene	212
#65	Suzanne	211
#66	Beverly	210
#67	Joann	202
#68	Helen	201
#69	Lori	200
#70	Doreen	187
#71	Teresa	185
#72	Michelle	185
#73	Frances	182
#74	Jill	182
#75	Dawn	178
#76	Gloria	177
#77	Paula	175
#78	Leslie	175
#79	Katherine	175
#80	Judy	175
#81	Carolyn	172
#82	Kathryn	171
#83	Andrea	170
#84	Victoria	161
#85	Diana	158
#86	Shirley	156
#87	Anna	155
#88	Jeanne	152
#89	Colleen	152
#90	Amy	146
#91	Marilyn	141
#92	Lois	141
#93	Angela	140
#94	Betty	136
#95	Phyllis	136
#96	Alice	135
#97	Sheila	133
#98	Beth	131
#99	Maryann	128
#100	Renee	127

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
Maryellen	37	7	1
Maryanne	36	7	1
Maryann	128	23	5
Clare	26	5	1
Rosemarie	77	14	4
Allison	36	7	2
Bernadette	82	15	5
Eileen	296	54	17
Adele	31	6	2
Lauren	79	14	5
Lesley	24	4	1
Claire	77	14	5

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.