Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1925

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,615 babies) and John for boys (2,410). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,824 babies born in New Jersey in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1925

Names given at least 15 times in New Jersey that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mafalda: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Palma: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Filomena: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carmela: 82 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Carmella: 68 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Philomena: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelina: 123 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Concetta: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sophie: 126 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Stephanie: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 44 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Americo: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Patsy: 53 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Rocco: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 83 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmen: 51 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 157 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 112 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Anthony: 539 babies, 4× the national rate
Mario: 54 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,615	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,194	–	2
3	Helen	1,148	–	4
4	Margaret	943	–	5
5	Ruth	768	–	6
6	Doris	668	↑3	8
7	Marie	663	–	16
8	Anna	659	↓2	13
9	Elizabeth	653	↓1	10
10	Jean	567	↑3	14
11	Rose	552	↓1	26
12	Gloria	518	↑7	20
13	Florence	496	↓2	24
14	Eleanor	481	↓2	31
15	Betty	444	↑7	3
16	Frances	404	↑2	11
17	Mildred	400	↓3	9
18	Catherine	386	↓3	29
19	Josephine	382	↓3	36
20	Evelyn	381	↓3	12
21	Alice	366	–	15
22	Lillian	361	↑1	25
23	Irene	356	↑2	19
24	Virginia	335	↓4	7
25	Marion	310	↓1	47
26	Shirley	293	↑2	17
27	Ann	290	–	52
28	Grace	290	↓2	44
29	Edith	249	↑4	42
30	Jane	237	↓1	53
31	Barbara	231	–	22
32	Theresa	218	↑4	80
33	June	211	↑13	39
34	Rita	207	↑5	48
35	Anne	199	↓5	85
36	Ethel	189	↑4	43
37	Louise	183	↓5	27
38	Joan	177	new	66
39	Patricia	165	new	28
40	Gertrude	163	↑1	70
41	Marjorie	163	↓4	21
42	Edna	162	↓7	37
43	Lorraine	162	new	51
44	Audrey	159	new	78
45	Beatrice	153	↓7	50
46	Gladys	152	↓12	33
47	Charlotte	151	new	77
48	Jennie	150	↓6	>100
49	Lois	149	new	18
50	Elsie	146	↓3	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	John	2,410	–	2
2	William	1,729	–	3
3	Robert	1,654	–	1
4	Joseph	1,500	–	7
5	Edward	1,039	–	9
6	George	1,021	–	6
7	James	971	–	4
8	Charles	892	–	5
9	Frank	863	–	12
10	Richard	669	↑1	8
11	Thomas	668	↓1	11
12	Anthony	539	↑1	39
13	Walter	485	↓1	16
14	Raymond	428	↑2	15
15	Albert	396	↓1	21
16	Donald	385	↑6	10
17	Arthur	382	↑2	20
18	Michael	376	–	55
19	Henry	360	↓2	18
20	Louis	349	↑1	29
21	Paul	342	↑2	13
22	Harold	339	↓2	14
23	Harry	322	↓8	23
24	Peter	275	–	60
25	Vincent	270	↑9	71
26	Alfred	250	↑2	43
27	David	250	↑2	22
28	Fred	245	↑2	33
29	Ralph	224	↑2	25
30	Eugene	217	↑2	24
31	Kenneth	212	↑4	19
32	Francis	208	↓6	35
33	Daniel	203	–	44
34	Stanley	202	↓9	40
35	Andrew	175	↑2	56
36	Jack	174	–	17
37	Theodore	173	↑3	63
38	Samuel	172	↑1	46
39	Frederick	170	↑7	65
40	Howard	168	↓13	26
41	Herbert	166	↓3	42
42	Leonard	158	↑2	38
43	Nicholas	157	↓2	>100
44	Bernard	148	↓2	48
45	Ernest	147	–	37
46	Norman	141	↑2	41
47	Philip	139	↓4	75
48	Russell	135	↑1	53
49	Lawrence	130	↓2	36
50	Carl	121	new	28

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