Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1938

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1938 were Barbara for girls (1,443 babies) and Robert for boys (2,185). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 50,177 babies born in New Jersey in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1938

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: 35 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Carmela: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Concetta: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maryjane: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Camille: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maryann: 113 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Adele: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Veronica: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 101 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antoinette: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carmen: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carmine: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pasquale: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rocco: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 95 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Anthony: 416 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelo: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sanford: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Barbara	1,443	–	2
2	Mary	1,002	–	1
3	Patricia	960	↑1	3
4	Joan	881	↓1	10
5	Carol	653	–	6
6	Margaret	530	–	9
7	Elizabeth	432	↑1	17
8	Dorothy	427	↓1	8
9	Nancy	424	–	7
10	Joyce	342	↑6	11
11	Judith	329	↑18	12
12	Marie	322	↓1	37
13	Helen	313	–	13
14	Janet	292	↑1	16
15	Jean	291	↓5	27
16	Shirley	280	↓2	5
17	Dolores	275	↓5	43
18	Ruth	270	↓1	21
19	Betty	267	↑1	4
20	Frances	262	↓2	23
21	Ann	255	–	32
22	Elaine	254	↑2	42
23	Marilyn	243	↓1	19
24	Doris	231	↓1	25
25	Sandra	229	↑11	14
26	Arlene	227	↑6	63
27	Rose	222	–	39
28	Virginia	218	↓3	22
29	Lois	215	↓10	33
30	Catherine	208	↑1	48
31	Phyllis	208	↓3	28
32	Gail	200	↑7	77
33	Eleanor	199	↓7	60
34	Carole	189	↑8	46
35	Carolyn	188	↑5	15
36	Beverly	185	↓1	18
37	Lorraine	178	↓3	93
38	Alice	176	↓5	29
39	Anna	173	↓9	40
40	Kathleen	171	↑7	58
41	Jane	166	↓3	44
42	Gloria	158	↓5	36
43	Theresa	156	↑1	92
44	Eileen	150	↓1	>100
45	Diane	147	new	64
46	Florence	143	↓5	90
47	Evelyn	134	↑1	38
48	Marion	126	↑1	>100
49	Rita	126	new	74
50	Anne	125	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	2,185	–	1
2	John	1,794	–	3
3	William	1,387	–	4
4	Richard	1,070	↑1	5
5	Joseph	1,061	↓1	12
6	James	1,035	–	2
7	Charles	773	↑1	6
8	Thomas	707	↑1	9
9	George	675	↓2	11
10	Edward	664	–	13
11	Donald	583	–	7
12	Frank	547	–	18
13	Ronald	525	↑1	10
14	David	471	↓1	8
15	Michael	444	↑1	21
16	Anthony	416	↓1	46
17	Raymond	366	↑2	20
18	Peter	317	↑3	48
19	Paul	314	↓2	15
20	Kenneth	300	–	14
21	Walter	294	↓3	26
22	Arthur	271	–	32
23	Louis	224	↑2	47
24	Albert	208	–	37
25	Fred	194	↑1	38
26	Daniel	193	↑6	39
27	Henry	183	↑1	30
28	Harry	172	↓5	44
29	Carl	166	↑5	29
30	Harold	164	↓3	23
31	Eugene	163	↓1	33
32	Vincent	160	↓3	>100
33	Francis	158	↑7	51
34	Ralph	154	↓3	35
35	Gerald	151	↓2	19
36	Stephen	146	↑9	74
37	Howard	145	↑1	42
38	Lawrence	141	↓2	36
39	Philip	131	↑2	64
40	Alfred	126	↑8	69
41	Frederick	126	↓4	71
42	Stanley	122	↓3	59
43	Martin	121	↑4	87
44	Leonard	119	↑5	57
45	Theodore	117	↑1	84
46	Bruce	115	new	66
47	Roger	113	↓3	31
48	Jack	111	↓13	25
49	Andrew	105	↓7	82
50	Norman	103	↓7	43

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