Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1943

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1943 were Barbara for girls (1,707 babies) and Robert for boys (2,812). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,645 babies born in New Jersey in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1943

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

Carolann: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maryann: 259 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carmela: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Concetta: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rosemarie: 134 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roseann: 58 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryanne: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eileen: 371 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arleen: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ruthann: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 53 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmine: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carmen: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rocco: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 85 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Angelo: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 140 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vincent: 219 babies, 3.4× the national rate
August: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anthony: 512 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Barbara	1,707	–	2
2	Patricia	1,625	–	3
3	Carol	1,353	–	5
4	Mary	1,324	–	1
5	Judith	886	–	7
6	Joan	801	–	21
7	Linda	675	↑4	4
8	Nancy	668	↓1	9
9	Margaret	628	↓1	14
10	Susan	599	↑3	18
11	Kathleen	572	↑1	22
12	Diane	508	↑4	24
13	Elizabeth	500	↓4	23
14	Joyce	499	↓4	16
15	Sandra	480	↑2	6
16	Dorothy	474	↓2	19
17	Janet	392	↓2	20
18	Marie	378	↑2	45
19	Eileen	371	↑24	68
20	Carolyn	370	↓1	11
21	Virginia	351	–	25
22	Elaine	350	–	46
23	Carole	328	↓5	42
24	Jean	319	↓1	36
25	Ruth	315	↑2	33
26	Frances	314	↓1	31
27	Marilyn	313	↓3	27
28	Gail	311	↓2	55
29	Helen	301	↑2	28
30	Karen	294	↑4	15
31	Sharon	293	new	8
32	Beverly	276	↓2	32
33	Ann	275	–	37
34	Dolores	273	↓2	74
35	Catherine	263	↑3	48
36	Maryann	259	↑1	>100
37	Betty	257	↓1	10
38	Joanne	257	↓3	49
39	Arlene	254	↓10	90
40	Lois	252	↓12	43
41	Lorraine	243	↓2	94
42	Phyllis	238	↓1	39
43	Donna	232	new	17
44	Geraldine	229	↓4	51
45	Joann	229	↓1	60
46	Shirley	228	–	12
47	Alice	204	↑3	38
48	Jane	199	↓1	44
49	Judy	198	↓4	13
50	Gloria	190	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	2,812	–	2
2	John	2,767	–	3
3	William	1,992	–	4
4	Richard	1,770	↑1	5
5	James	1,708	↓1	1
6	Joseph	1,476	–	13
7	Thomas	1,199	–	8
8	Charles	974	–	7
9	George	925	↑1	14
10	Edward	890	↓1	18
11	Ronald	883	↑1	9
12	Michael	830	↓1	10
13	David	760	↑1	6
14	Frank	700	↓1	21
15	Donald	626	–	11
16	Kenneth	536	–	15
17	Anthony	512	↑1	44
18	Raymond	489	↑2	22
19	Peter	487	–	39
20	Paul	471	↓3	19
21	Walter	405	–	26
22	Dennis	360	↑1	20
23	Arthur	338	↓1	30
24	Stephen	315	–	29
25	Gerald	287	↑8	23
26	Daniel	279	–	25
27	Louis	272	↑2	53
28	Albert	263	↓3	43
29	Lawrence	259	↑1	32
30	Harry	255	↓2	50
31	Gary	242	↑5	16
32	Henry	240	–	31
33	Bruce	236	↓6	51
34	Fred	222	↑4	45
35	Vincent	219	↓1	>100
36	Eugene	213	↑11	47
37	Carl	205	–	33
38	Howard	203	↑3	48
39	Roger	203	↑3	24
40	Frederick	201	↓1	70
41	Ralph	197	↓6	40
42	Alan	195	new	67
43	Harold	190	↑3	27
44	Leonard	189	new	55
45	Douglas	186	↓14	28
46	Philip	179	↓2	57
47	Francis	177	new	64
48	Stanley	168	↓5	54
49	Barry	166	↓9	82
50	Alfred	162	↓2	78

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