Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1942

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1942 were Barbara for girls (1,876 babies) and Robert for boys (2,898). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,125 babies born in New Jersey in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1942

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

Carmela: 33 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carmella: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maryann: 255 babies, 5× the national rate
Roseann: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carolann: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dorothea: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Camille: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 123 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Concetta: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosanne: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Dominick: 60 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pasquale: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rocco: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 85 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carmen: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelo: 55 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Emil: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Nicholas: 153 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Vincent: 220 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Barbara	1,876	–	2
2	Patricia	1,703	–	3
3	Carol	1,350	↑1	5
4	Mary	1,331	↓1	1
5	Judith	861	↑1	7
6	Joan	847	↓1	18
7	Nancy	653	–	8
8	Margaret	638	–	14
9	Elizabeth	536	–	22
10	Joyce	531	–	13
11	Linda	527	↑1	4
12	Kathleen	502	↑5	24
13	Susan	481	↑7	21
14	Dorothy	477	↓3	17
15	Janet	452	–	19
16	Diane	451	↑7	28
17	Sandra	447	↑5	6
18	Carole	385	↑14	35
19	Carolyn	376	↓1	10
20	Marie	360	↓7	43
21	Virginia	352	–	23
22	Elaine	344	↓6	45
23	Jean	339	↓4	36
24	Marilyn	324	↑6	27
25	Frances	316	↑2	30
26	Gail	305	↑11	60
27	Ruth	303	↓3	33
28	Lois	298	↑6	44
29	Arlene	297	↑2	83
30	Beverly	284	↑8	32
31	Helen	279	↓5	26
32	Dolores	276	↓18	63
33	Ann	275	↓8	38
34	Karen	275	↑14	16
35	Joanne	268	↑12	48
36	Betty	267	↓8	9
37	Maryann	255	↓4	>100
38	Catherine	254	↓9	49
39	Lorraine	246	↑2	91
40	Geraldine	239	↓4	47
41	Phyllis	239	↓1	37
42	Gloria	231	↓3	31
43	Eileen	229	new	88
44	Joann	221	new	58
45	Judy	216	new	15
46	Shirley	212	↓11	12
47	Jane	202	new	46
48	Ellen	200	new	64
49	Maureen	199	new	>100
50	Alice	194	↓7	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	2,898	–	2
2	John	2,843	–	3
3	William	1,996	–	4
4	James	1,705	↑1	1
5	Richard	1,659	↓1	5
6	Joseph	1,493	–	11
7	Thomas	1,145	–	8
8	Charles	970	–	7
9	Edward	926	–	17
10	George	901	–	14
11	Michael	849	↑2	13
12	Ronald	776	↓1	9
13	Frank	771	↑1	21
14	David	709	↓2	6
15	Donald	592	–	10
16	Kenneth	558	↑1	15
17	Paul	547	↑2	19
18	Anthony	514	↓2	44
19	Peter	481	↓1	39
20	Raymond	423	–	24
21	Walter	423	–	26
22	Arthur	335	↑1	29
23	Dennis	322	↑5	20
24	Stephen	292	–	32
25	Albert	287	↑2	40
26	Daniel	284	↓1	28
27	Bruce	277	↑2	50
28	Harry	273	↓2	48
29	Louis	270	↓7	51
30	Lawrence	253	↑2	30
31	Douglas	237	new	23
32	Henry	236	↓2	31
33	Gerald	233	↓2	22
34	Vincent	220	–	>100
35	Ralph	214	↓2	38
36	Gary	207	↑6	18
37	Carl	205	↓1	36
38	Fred	205	↓3	46
39	Frederick	204	↓1	68
40	Barry	203	↑8	79
41	Howard	201	↓2	49
42	Roger	197	↑3	25
43	Stanley	194	↓3	56
44	Philip	193	↓3	54
45	Andrew	187	↑1	80
46	Harold	185	↓3	27
47	Eugene	170	–	45
48	Alfred	163	new	76
49	Theodore	162	new	91
50	Wayne	158	new	41

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