Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1930

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,389 babies) and John for boys (2,227). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,507 babies born in New Jersey in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1930

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

Filomena: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Stephanie: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carmela: 65 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angelina: 108 babies, 5× the national rate
Antoinette: 126 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carmella: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vilma: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Concetta: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Philomena: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 92 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Patsy: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rocco: 40 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Carmine: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dominick: 64 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Carmen: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 111 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 80 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 123 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Pasquale: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mario: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,389	–	1
2	Joan	965	↑5	8
3	Dorothy	940	↓1	3
4	Margaret	712	↑1	5
5	Helen	711	↓1	4
6	Dolores	672	↑5	13
7	Doris	625	↓4	9
8	Marie	606	↓2	26
9	Jean	588	↓1	14
10	Ruth	567	↓1	10
11	Elizabeth	554	↓1	15
12	Barbara	544	↑1	6
13	Anna	511	↓1	23
14	Betty	480	–	2
15	Rose	428	–	29
16	Patricia	405	↑3	7
17	Gloria	391	↓1	30
18	Eleanor	374	↑2	39
19	Florence	365	↓2	38
20	Catherine	343	↑1	35
21	Frances	333	↓3	16
22	Ann	328	↑5	41
23	Alice	322	–	20
24	Irene	293	↑4	33
25	Shirley	293	↓3	11
26	Theresa	289	–	50
27	Virginia	289	↓2	12
28	Josephine	284	↓4	49
29	Lorraine	284	↑2	46
30	Nancy	277	↑4	24
31	Evelyn	276	↓2	19
32	Marion	275	↑1	60
33	Lois	261	↓1	17
34	Lillian	255	↑1	44
35	Marilyn	255	↑3	22
36	Grace	250	–	62
37	Mildred	250	↓7	21
38	Janet	247	↑12	53
39	Rita	241	↑2	42
40	Louise	224	↑2	31
41	June	223	↑2	47
42	Jane	215	↓2	55
43	Audrey	197	↑1	63
44	Joyce	196	↑1	18
45	Anne	176	↓6	83
46	Elaine	171	–	69
47	Phyllis	169	↓10	28
48	Ethel	155	new	65
49	Marjorie	151	new	32
50	Gladys	147	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	John	2,227	–	3
2	Robert	1,996	–	1
3	William	1,614	–	4
4	Joseph	1,430	–	9
5	James	1,088	–	2
6	Richard	987	–	5
7	George	931	↑1	8
8	Charles	927	↓1	6
9	Edward	899	–	10
10	Frank	692	–	13
11	Donald	678	↑1	7
12	Thomas	649	↓1	11
13	Anthony	462	–	44
14	Walter	432	↑1	19
15	Raymond	390	↓1	16
16	David	341	↑8	15
17	Harry	332	↑4	28
18	Arthur	318	–	23
19	Albert	314	↓3	24
20	Paul	309	–	12
21	Michael	308	↓2	54
22	Henry	307	–	22
23	Louis	291	↓6	34
24	Eugene	285	↑1	21
25	Harold	263	↓2	18
26	Peter	257	↑1	56
27	Alfred	251	↑1	46
28	Fred	228	↑2	32
29	Kenneth	223	↑3	17
30	Vincent	212	↓1	84
31	Jack	209	↑7	14
32	Ralph	200	↓1	25
33	Francis	196	–	42
34	Lawrence	183	↑16	36
35	Daniel	180	↑1	47
36	Howard	179	↓2	31
37	Stanley	179	↓2	49
38	Herbert	177	↓12	35
39	Andrew	172	↑5	62
40	Carl	167	↑6	26
41	Ronald	162	new	37
42	Theodore	144	–	67
43	Leonard	143	↑2	45
44	Ernest	142	↓4	43
45	Norman	136	↓6	40
46	Philip	135	↑3	75
47	Samuel	134	↓10	55
48	Bernard	129	↓7	52
49	Russell	127	new	60
50	Frederick	123	↓7	74

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