Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1937

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1937 were Barbara for girls (1,261 babies) and Robert for boys (2,167). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 48,576 babies born in New Jersey in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1937

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: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Concetta: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Camille: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angela: 79 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelina: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carmela: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 109 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claire: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 104 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carmen: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dominick: 39 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Rocco: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Pasquale: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelo: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 95 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Vincent: 173 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Anthony: 354 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Barbara	1,261	↑1	2
2	Mary	1,057	↑1	1
3	Joan	1,016	↓2	9
4	Patricia	897	–	3
5	Carol	607	↑2	6
6	Margaret	543	–	10
7	Dorothy	466	↓2	8
8	Elizabeth	401	↑2	17
9	Nancy	379	↓1	7
10	Jean	342	↑3	23
11	Marie	342	↑1	35
12	Dolores	330	↓1	37
13	Helen	316	↑1	12
14	Shirley	310	↓5	4
15	Janet	289	↑1	18
16	Joyce	284	↑1	11
17	Ruth	268	↑2	15
18	Frances	266	↑4	19
19	Lois	263	↑9	29
20	Betty	252	↑6	5
21	Ann	249	↓3	30
22	Marilyn	248	↓7	13
23	Doris	242	↓3	22
24	Elaine	229	↑5	45
25	Virginia	223	–	16
26	Eleanor	218	↑1	53
27	Rose	206	↓4	38
28	Phyllis	203	↑7	27
29	Judith	201	↑11	34
30	Anna	198	↓6	39
31	Catherine	198	↓10	47
32	Arlene	193	↑1	60
33	Alice	184	↓3	28
34	Lorraine	178	–	83
35	Beverly	174	new	14
36	Sandra	174	↑13	26
37	Gloria	160	↓6	32
38	Jane	159	↓6	42
39	Gail	153	↑6	99
40	Carolyn	152	↑2	20
41	Florence	152	–	81
42	Carole	146	new	56
43	Eileen	142	↑1	>100
44	Theresa	139	↓5	95
45	Irene	138	↓2	62
46	Josephine	138	↓10	82
47	Kathleen	137	↑3	61
48	Evelyn	133	↓10	36
49	Marion	132	↓12	>100
50	Lillian	129	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	2,167	–	1
2	John	1,834	–	3
3	William	1,323	–	4
4	Joseph	1,072	–	12
5	Richard	1,059	–	5
6	James	926	–	2
7	George	741	↑1	10
8	Charles	708	↑1	6
9	Thomas	698	↑2	9
10	Edward	687	–	13
11	Donald	624	↓4	7
12	Frank	538	–	18
13	David	466	↑1	8
14	Ronald	428	↓1	11
15	Anthony	354	–	47
16	Michael	324	–	27
17	Paul	318	↑4	15
18	Walter	307	↓1	26
19	Raymond	288	↓1	19
20	Kenneth	266	↑2	14
21	Peter	261	↓2	52
22	Arthur	243	↓2	31
23	Harry	222	–	41
24	Albert	220	↑1	37
25	Louis	209	↑1	46
26	Fred	194	↑1	35
27	Harold	192	↑2	21
28	Henry	190	↓4	30
29	Vincent	173	↑8	>100
30	Eugene	159	↓2	33
31	Ralph	159	↑3	34
32	Daniel	153	↓2	39
33	Gerald	152	↑2	20
34	Carl	149	↑2	28
35	Jack	147	↑5	23
36	Lawrence	139	↓3	38
37	Frederick	133	↑1	68
38	Howard	133	↑1	42
39	Stanley	126	↑3	57
40	Francis	117	↓8	55
41	Philip	114	↑2	62
42	Andrew	112	↑2	79
43	Norman	110	↑2	43
44	Roger	109	↓3	36
45	Stephen	109	↑2	92
46	Theodore	109	↑3	86
47	Martin	107	↑1	87
48	Alfred	105	↓17	60
49	Leonard	104	↓3	58
50	Samuel	103	new	66

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