Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1936

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1936 were Joan for girls (1,083 babies) and Robert for boys (2,032). Joan ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 47,566 babies born in New Jersey in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1936

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: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carmela: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angela: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 130 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelina: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryann: 92 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Camille: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Claire: 85 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Adele: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 38 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dominick: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Patsy: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 71 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Vito: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rocco: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carmine: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelo: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Anthony: 389 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Joan	1,083	–	7
2	Barbara	1,073	↑1	3
3	Mary	964	↓1	1
4	Patricia	810	–	5
5	Dorothy	507	↑1	6
6	Margaret	505	↑1	9
7	Carol	453	↑4	10
8	Nancy	410	↑6	8
9	Shirley	401	↓4	2
10	Elizabeth	389	↑2	18
11	Dolores	387	↓3	30
12	Marie	376	↓3	33
13	Jean	359	↓3	20
14	Helen	337	↓1	11
15	Marilyn	311	↑3	13
16	Janet	288	↑8	21
17	Joyce	285	↑3	12
18	Ann	270	↑1	28
19	Ruth	270	↓4	16
20	Doris	252	↓4	15
21	Catherine	249	↑6	44
22	Frances	248	↓1	19
23	Rose	243	–	37
24	Anna	235	↑1	36
25	Virginia	235	↑1	14
26	Betty	228	↓9	4
27	Eleanor	225	↑2	47
28	Lois	219	↓6	26
29	Elaine	215	↑1	50
30	Alice	201	↓2	27
31	Gloria	191	↑2	32
32	Jane	189	↑4	42
33	Arlene	185	↑13	54
34	Lorraine	179	↓2	76
35	Phyllis	176	↑3	25
36	Josephine	164	↑9	77
37	Marion	164	–	93
38	Evelyn	162	↑2	34
39	Theresa	162	↓5	88
40	Judith	159	↑1	43
41	Florence	149	↓10	80
42	Carolyn	148	↑5	23
43	Irene	148	–	57
44	Eileen	146	↓2	>100
45	Gail	146	new	>100
46	Geraldine	139	new	41
47	Anne	136	↓3	89
48	Grace	136	–	86
49	Sandra	136	new	38
50	Kathleen	133	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	2,032	–	1
2	John	1,807	–	3
3	William	1,313	–	4
4	Joseph	1,051	↑1	11
5	Richard	1,046	↓1	5
6	James	938	–	2
7	Donald	688	↑2	7
8	George	671	–	9
9	Charles	666	↓2	6
10	Edward	653	–	13
11	Thomas	629	–	8
12	Frank	502	–	16
13	Ronald	469	–	12
14	David	449	↑1	10
15	Anthony	389	↓1	48
16	Michael	328	↑3	33
17	Walter	310	↑1	26
18	Raymond	296	↓2	17
19	Peter	273	↑4	56
20	Arthur	270	–	30
21	Paul	264	↓4	15
22	Kenneth	249	↓1	14
23	Harry	217	↑1	39
24	Henry	213	↑2	28
25	Albert	208	↓3	34
26	Louis	193	↓1	44
27	Fred	175	↑1	36
28	Eugene	174	↑3	29
29	Harold	164	↓2	21
30	Daniel	163	–	41
31	Alfred	155	↑6	60
32	Francis	148	↑2	50
33	Lawrence	147	↑2	37
34	Ralph	146	↓1	31
35	Gerald	141	↑3	19
36	Carl	138	↓4	27
37	Vincent	137	↓8	>100
38	Frederick	135	↑3	70
39	Howard	132	–	40
40	Jack	123	↓4	20
41	Roger	122	↑8	35
42	Stanley	116	↓2	58
43	Philip	114	↓1	63
44	Andrew	113	new	83
45	Norman	112	↑2	43
46	Leonard	109	–	54
47	Stephen	106	↑3	99
48	Martin	102	↓5	92
49	Theodore	96	↓4	87
50	Bernard	95	new	68

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