Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1934

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1934 were Joan for girls (1,327 babies) and Robert for boys (1,862). Joan ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 47,568 babies born in New Jersey in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1934

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

Carmela: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 73 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Concetta: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carmella: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Claire: 126 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angelina: 38 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clare: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Veronica: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Adele: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Angela: 56 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 80 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Vito: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carmine: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rocco: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 95 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carmen: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Anthony: 360 babies, 4× the national rate
Vincent: 168 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Joan	1,327	–	7
2	Mary	1,062	–	1
3	Barbara	955	–	3
4	Patricia	597	↑1	6
5	Dorothy	567	↓1	5
6	Margaret	556	–	8
7	Jean	436	–	16
8	Shirley	429	↑18	4
9	Dolores	425	↓1	26
10	Helen	419	↓1	9
11	Marie	404	↑1	34
12	Elizabeth	399	↓2	18
13	Doris	338	↓2	11
14	Betty	325	–	2
15	Carol	306	↑7	14
16	Nancy	306	↓1	10
17	Rose	297	↓1	37
18	Anna	288	↓1	31
19	Janet	275	↑5	21
20	Ruth	274	↓7	13
21	Ann	271	↓3	32
22	Eleanor	259	↓2	44
23	Gloria	248	↑5	30
24	Lois	248	↓1	20
25	Marilyn	241	–	17
26	Frances	240	↑1	19
27	Lorraine	231	↑2	56
28	Catherine	226	↓9	42
29	Joyce	221	↓8	12
30	Virginia	219	↑1	15
31	Elaine	217	↑4	54
32	Florence	200	↓2	61
33	Alice	198	↑1	25
34	Marion	198	↑4	86
35	Evelyn	189	↑1	29
36	Josephine	189	↑5	60
37	Jane	177	↓5	48
38	Phyllis	177	↑1	28
39	Lillian	173	↑5	52
40	Irene	167	↓3	49
41	Theresa	163	↓8	77
42	Anne	158	↑3	88
43	Geraldine	153	↑3	43
44	June	149	↓4	46
45	Arlene	144	↑5	53
46	Louise	140	↑2	40
47	Eileen	135	new	>100
48	Audrey	134	↓1	69
49	Grace	132	↓7	79
50	Carolyn	126	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	1,862	↑1	1
2	John	1,783	↓1	3
3	William	1,396	–	4
4	Joseph	1,065	–	10
5	James	1,016	↑1	2
6	Richard	999	↓1	5
7	Charles	740	–	7
8	Donald	719	↑1	6
9	George	695	↓1	8
10	Edward	644	–	13
11	Thomas	615	↑1	9
12	Frank	528	↓1	16
13	Anthony	360	–	52
14	Ronald	344	↑1	11
15	Raymond	329	↓1	19
16	Michael	312	↑3	47
17	David	304	–	12
18	Paul	292	↑4	14
19	Walter	283	↓3	21
20	Kenneth	255	↑1	15
21	Peter	247	↑2	61
22	Arthur	233	↓4	29
23	Albert	220	↓3	32
24	Henry	220	–	27
25	Louis	220	–	40
26	Harry	210	–	36
27	Fred	196	↑2	33
28	Harold	194	–	18
29	Eugene	172	↓2	24
30	Vincent	168	–	>100
31	Francis	164	–	49
32	Daniel	153	↑3	42
33	Lawrence	144	↑7	34
34	Ralph	138	↓2	31
35	Alfred	137	↓1	64
36	Howard	136	↑1	37
37	Gerald	133	↑2	22
38	Jack	128	↓2	17
39	Frederick	127	↑6	77
40	Carl	126	↑3	28
41	Norman	126	–	38
42	Stanley	123	↑4	58
43	Philip	116	↓5	69
44	Martin	112	new	91
45	Bernard	108	new	65
46	Herbert	106	↓13	57
47	Leonard	106	–	53
48	Theodore	104	↓6	74
49	Roger	102	new	39
50	Samuel	100	↓6	66

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