Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1941

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1941 were Barbara for girls (1,596 babies) and Robert for boys (2,430). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,501 babies born in New Jersey in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1941

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: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Carmela: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmella: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maryann: 219 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adele: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carolann: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Angela: 99 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryanne: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maryjane: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dorothea: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carmen: 37 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dominick: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Pasquale: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carmine: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 68 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 122 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vincent: 187 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anthony: 468 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelo: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Barbara	1,596	–	2
2	Patricia	1,422	–	3
3	Mary	1,128	–	1
4	Carol	966	↑1	4
5	Joan	829	↓1	17
6	Judith	744	–	6
7	Nancy	548	↑3	8
8	Margaret	539	↓1	12
9	Elizabeth	446	↑2	21
10	Joyce	446	↓2	13
11	Dorothy	432	↓2	14
12	Linda	393	↑3	5
13	Marie	373	↓1	42
14	Dolores	341	↑20	57
15	Janet	323	↓1	18
16	Elaine	311	↑7	44
17	Kathleen	309	↑5	36
18	Carolyn	308	↑6	11
19	Jean	308	↓6	32
20	Susan	295	↓1	27
21	Virginia	292	↑4	23
22	Sandra	287	↓6	9
23	Diane	270	↑13	40
24	Ruth	270	↓7	28
25	Ann	264	↓4	37
26	Helen	264	↓6	24
27	Frances	244	↓9	31
28	Betty	232	↓1	7
29	Catherine	228	↓1	51
30	Marilyn	227	↓1	30
31	Arlene	223	–	77
32	Carole	222	↑6	48
33	Maryann	219	↑15	>100
34	Lois	216	↓8	43
35	Shirley	215	↓2	10
36	Geraldine	214	↑7	45
37	Gail	210	↓7	68
38	Beverly	208	↓6	29
39	Gloria	208	↑2	26
40	Phyllis	204	↓3	35
41	Lorraine	193	↑4	93
42	Doris	190	↓3	38
43	Alice	184	↑1	34
44	Rose	180	↓9	49
45	Eleanor	172	↓3	78
46	Anne	171	new	82
47	Joanne	166	↑2	54
48	Karen	162	new	19
49	Anna	161	↓9	56
50	Janice	160	↓3	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	2,430	–	2
2	John	2,254	–	3
3	William	1,599	–	4
4	Richard	1,372	–	5
5	James	1,327	–	1
6	Joseph	1,217	–	12
7	Thomas	910	–	8
8	Charles	802	–	6
9	Edward	777	↑1	17
10	George	773	↓1	13
11	Ronald	654	↑3	9
12	David	616	–	7
13	Michael	605	–	16
14	Frank	552	↓3	21
15	Donald	494	–	10
16	Anthony	468	–	46
17	Kenneth	417	↑3	15
18	Peter	387	↓1	44
19	Paul	384	↓1	18
20	Raymond	353	↓1	22
21	Walter	346	–	26
22	Louis	271	↑1	50
23	Arthur	253	↓1	33
24	Stephen	237	↑6	41
25	Daniel	225	↑3	31
26	Harry	224	–	48
27	Albert	223	↓2	40
28	Dennis	215	↑13	23
29	Bruce	211	↑4	51
30	Henry	210	↓6	28
31	Gerald	206	↓4	20
32	Lawrence	206	↓1	34
33	Ralph	188	↑4	38
34	Vincent	187	↑1	>100
35	Fred	184	↓6	43
36	Carl	182	↓4	29
37	Francis	166	↑2	60
38	Frederick	165	↓2	69
39	Howard	164	↑1	47
40	Stanley	161	↑5	57
41	Philip	160	↑1	52
42	Gary	158	↑8	19
43	Harold	158	↓9	24
44	Leonard	154	new	54
45	Roger	150	↓2	25
46	Andrew	145	–	82
47	Eugene	144	↓9	42
48	Barry	136	new	91
49	Jack	135	new	32
50	Alan	128	new	84

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