Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1940

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1940 were Barbara for girls (1,391 babies) and Robert for boys (2,169). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,015 babies born in New Jersey in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1940

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

Concetta: 32 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Carolann: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmella: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roseann: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryann: 149 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Adele: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Carmela: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ruthann: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryjane: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 39 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rocco: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Carmine: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 67 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dominick: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 112 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emil: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelo: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anthony: 408 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vincent: 162 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Barbara	1,391	–	2
2	Patricia	1,179	–	3
3	Mary	1,013	–	1
4	Joan	795	–	14
5	Carol	769	–	6
6	Judith	692	–	4
7	Margaret	485	–	11
8	Joyce	439	↑3	13
9	Dorothy	430	↓1	12
10	Nancy	420	↓1	7
11	Elizabeth	413	↓1	20
12	Marie	336	–	41
13	Jean	313	↑3	29
14	Janet	281	–	19
15	Linda	280	↑32	8
16	Sandra	271	↑14	10
17	Ruth	267	↑3	24
18	Frances	264	↑1	28
19	Susan	264	↑18	36
20	Helen	263	↓7	18
21	Ann	257	↓4	35
22	Kathleen	249	↑13	40
23	Elaine	244	↓5	50
24	Carolyn	243	↑10	15
25	Virginia	240	↓1	21
26	Lois	225	↑6	38
27	Betty	222	↓12	5
28	Catherine	222	↓3	53
29	Marilyn	222	↓8	25
30	Gail	219	↓2	65
31	Arlene	210	↓8	75
32	Beverly	203	↓5	27
33	Shirley	198	↓2	9
34	Dolores	196	↓12	67
35	Rose	192	↓2	44
36	Diane	190	↑8	45
37	Phyllis	190	↓11	33
38	Carole	186	↓2	49
39	Doris	174	↓10	31
40	Anna	173	↑5	51
41	Gloria	170	↑8	30
42	Eleanor	169	↓3	68
43	Geraldine	167	↓5	46
44	Alice	162	↓3	32
45	Lorraine	156	↓5	95
46	Jane	151	↓3	47
47	Janice	149	new	22
48	Maryann	149	new	>100
49	Joanne	144	new	54
50	Judy	144	new	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	2,169	–	2
2	John	2,090	–	3
3	William	1,469	–	4
4	Richard	1,257	–	5
5	James	1,134	↑1	1
6	Joseph	1,106	↓1	12
7	Thomas	844	–	8
8	Charles	765	–	6
9	George	681	–	11
10	Edward	671	–	16
11	Frank	574	↑1	20
12	David	546	↑2	7
13	Michael	533	↑2	18
14	Ronald	503	↓1	10
15	Donald	490	↓4	9
16	Anthony	408	–	46
17	Peter	360	↑2	43
18	Paul	357	–	17
19	Raymond	334	↓2	22
20	Kenneth	317	–	15
21	Walter	310	–	25
22	Arthur	242	–	33
23	Louis	217	–	50
24	Henry	213	↑1	31
25	Albert	211	↓1	41
26	Harry	210	–	47
27	Gerald	203	–	21
28	Daniel	189	↑3	34
29	Fred	181	↑5	40
30	Stephen	180	↓1	49
31	Lawrence	178	↓3	36
32	Carl	174	↑10	32
33	Bruce	169	↑7	55
34	Harold	164	↓4	23
35	Vincent	162	↑1	>100
36	Frederick	161	↑2	68
37	Ralph	157	↓4	37
38	Eugene	155	↓3	38
39	Francis	152	↓7	61
40	Howard	150	↓3	45
41	Dennis	148	↑9	24
42	Philip	139	↓1	60
43	Roger	134	↑3	26
44	Alfred	132	↓5	69
45	Stanley	131	↓1	59
46	Andrew	115	new	84
47	Martin	115	↑1	85
48	Nicholas	112	↓3	>100
49	Theodore	112	new	90
50	Gary	108	new	19

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