Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1931

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1931 were Joan for girls (1,420 babies) and John for boys (2,137). Joan ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,634 babies born in New Jersey in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1931

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

Carmella: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Philomena: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Concetta: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carmela: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 104 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelina: 74 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Adele: 57 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 91 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sophie: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Camille: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 45 babies, 7× the national rate
Dominick: 67 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmine: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Patsy: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rocco: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 102 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelo: 85 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Vito: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gabriel: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 129 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Joan	1,420	↑1	5
2	Mary	1,272	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	835	–	3
4	Margaret	716	–	7
5	Barbara	707	↑7	4
6	Doris	603	↑1	10
7	Dolores	600	↓1	14
8	Helen	590	↓3	6
9	Elizabeth	537	↑2	16
10	Jean	525	↓1	13
11	Marie	517	↓3	27
12	Patricia	445	↑4	8
13	Betty	441	↑1	2
14	Ruth	437	↓4	11
15	Gloria	425	↑2	23
16	Anna	416	↓3	25
17	Rose	372	↓2	30
18	Catherine	325	↑2	36
19	Eleanor	316	↓1	40
20	Nancy	306	↑10	17
21	Frances	301	–	18
22	Florence	300	↓3	43
23	Ann	293	↓1	35
24	Josephine	273	↑4	51
25	Marilyn	272	↑10	19
26	Shirley	271	↓1	9
27	Lois	258	↑6	20
28	Evelyn	251	↑3	24
29	Virginia	249	↓2	12
30	Alice	247	↓7	21
31	Theresa	241	↓5	59
32	Joyce	240	↑12	15
33	Lorraine	239	↓4	49
34	Marion	238	↓2	66
35	Janet	230	↑3	45
36	Irene	226	↓12	37
37	Mildred	215	–	26
38	Jane	208	↑4	50
39	June	206	↑2	44
40	Lillian	195	↓6	47
41	Grace	189	↓5	70
42	Anne	183	↑3	80
43	Phyllis	183	↑4	29
44	Rita	177	↓5	48
45	Louise	162	↓5	33
46	Elaine	159	–	72
47	Audrey	151	↓4	64
48	Claire	147	new	>100
49	Marjorie	144	–	34
50	Eileen	143	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	John	2,137	–	3
2	Robert	1,979	–	1
3	William	1,503	–	4
4	Joseph	1,235	–	9
5	James	1,063	–	2
6	Richard	1,022	–	5
7	Charles	834	↑1	6
8	George	825	↓1	8
9	Edward	804	–	11
10	Donald	663	↑1	7
11	Frank	618	↓1	16
12	Thomas	594	–	10
13	Anthony	445	–	46
14	Walter	387	–	20
15	Raymond	373	–	17
16	David	323	–	13
17	Michael	323	↑4	55
18	Albert	293	↑1	24
19	Arthur	291	↓1	23
20	Paul	288	–	12
21	Louis	282	↑2	37
22	Harry	269	↓5	30
23	Peter	268	↑3	61
24	Harold	266	↑1	18
25	Henry	262	↓3	22
26	Kenneth	247	↑3	14
27	Francis	232	↑6	42
28	Alfred	224	↓1	50
29	Vincent	223	↑1	86
30	Fred	211	↓2	33
31	Eugene	210	↓7	21
32	Ralph	201	–	25
33	Stanley	191	↑4	49
34	Ronald	181	↑7	27
35	Daniel	179	–	44
36	Jack	173	↓5	15
37	Howard	167	↓1	34
38	Andrew	157	↑1	65
39	Herbert	156	↓1	41
40	Lawrence	151	↓6	38
41	Carl	146	↓1	28
42	Norman	141	↑3	36
43	Theodore	135	↓1	70
44	Frederick	131	↑6	73
45	Nicholas	129	new	>100
46	Samuel	126	↑1	56
47	Gerald	123	new	26
48	Bernard	122	–	54
49	Leonard	122	↓6	48
50	Philip	119	↓4	71

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