Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1932

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1932 were Joan for girls (1,559 babies) and Robert for boys (2,132). Joan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 53,086 babies born in New Jersey in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1932

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: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Concetta: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Philomena: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clare: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Carmela: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sophie: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 82 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelina: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Claire: 142 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adele: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 67 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmen: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Rocco: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Patsy: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 95 babies, 5× the national rate
Vito: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 104 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carmine: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gabriel: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Joan	1,559	–	5
2	Mary	1,265	–	1
3	Barbara	851	↑2	3
4	Dorothy	703	↓1	4
5	Margaret	572	↓1	7
6	Dolores	542	↑1	18
7	Patricia	540	↑5	6
8	Helen	524	–	8
9	Jean	502	↑1	15
10	Elizabeth	477	↓1	17
11	Marie	467	–	31
12	Doris	460	↓6	10
13	Ruth	439	↑1	11
14	Betty	379	↓1	2
15	Rose	358	↑2	33
16	Anna	357	–	24
17	Marilyn	336	↑8	16
18	Gloria	309	↓3	25
19	Nancy	304	↑1	13
20	Ann	300	↑3	34
21	Catherine	298	↓3	39
22	Eleanor	293	↓3	45
23	Florence	286	↓1	47
24	Frances	281	↓3	19
25	Shirley	280	↑1	9
26	Lois	261	↑1	20
27	Joyce	256	↑5	12
28	Janet	249	↑7	35
29	Alice	247	↑1	21
30	Irene	239	↑6	43
31	Evelyn	237	↓3	23
32	Marion	228	↑2	73
33	Lorraine	223	–	55
34	Virginia	219	↓5	14
35	Josephine	212	↓11	57
36	Anne	205	↑6	81
37	Mildred	203	–	26
38	Theresa	198	↓7	60
39	Phyllis	191	↑4	30
40	Carol	183	new	32
41	Lillian	180	↓1	48
42	Jane	171	↓4	49
43	June	165	↓4	44
44	Rita	164	–	53
45	Elaine	162	↑1	68
46	Grace	155	↓5	72
47	Constance	151	new	99
48	Eileen	148	↑2	>100
49	Audrey	146	↓2	61
50	Claire	142	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	2,132	↑1	1
2	John	1,966	↓1	3
3	William	1,449	–	4
4	Joseph	1,218	–	9
5	Richard	1,029	↑1	5
6	James	1,005	↓1	2
7	Charles	820	–	6
8	George	800	–	8
9	Edward	765	–	11
10	Donald	684	–	7
11	Frank	654	–	15
12	Thomas	583	–	10
13	Anthony	417	–	45
14	Walter	360	–	21
15	Ronald	359	↑19	16
16	Raymond	352	↓1	19
17	Michael	324	–	54
18	Albert	289	–	26
19	Louis	275	↑2	39
20	Harry	274	↑2	32
21	Kenneth	267	↑5	14
22	Arthur	262	↓3	25
23	Paul	255	↓3	13
24	David	254	↓8	12
25	Henry	251	–	23
26	Peter	250	↓3	62
27	Harold	234	↓3	18
28	Eugene	204	↑3	22
29	Vincent	204	–	93
30	Alfred	188	↓2	49
31	Fred	181	↓1	33
32	Francis	178	↓5	43
33	Jack	175	↑3	17
34	Ralph	174	↓2	27
35	Stanley	169	↓2	52
36	Howard	166	↑1	36
37	Carl	163	↑4	28
38	Daniel	159	↓3	42
39	Lawrence	154	↑1	35
40	Frederick	152	↑4	73
41	Gerald	146	↑6	24
42	Herbert	144	↓3	44
43	Norman	143	↓1	37
44	Bernard	135	↑4	60
45	Theodore	133	↓2	67
46	Andrew	131	↓8	69
47	Philip	119	↑3	70
48	Samuel	114	↓2	56
49	Ernest	109	new	47
50	Martin	109	new	88

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