Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1944

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1944 were Barbara for girls (1,520 babies) and Robert for boys (2,696). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,186 babies born in New Jersey in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1944

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: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmella: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maryann: 200 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arleen: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laraine: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carolann: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Georgette: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 96 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roseann: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dominick: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 73 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angelo: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 134 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dominic: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Anthony: 456 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vincent: 160 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mario: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
August: 18 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Barbara	1,520	–	2
2	Patricia	1,472	–	4
3	Carol	1,247	–	5
4	Mary	1,240	–	1
5	Judith	754	–	9
6	Nancy	667	↑2	7
7	Linda	649	–	3
8	Joan	642	↓2	22
9	Susan	615	↑1	13
10	Kathleen	595	↑1	20
11	Margaret	577	↓2	14
12	Diane	527	–	24
13	Sandra	462	↑2	6
14	Elizabeth	426	↓1	23
15	Dorothy	424	↑1	19
16	Joyce	408	↓2	18
17	Janet	402	–	21
18	Karen	364	↑12	16
19	Carolyn	313	↑1	11
20	Virginia	299	↑1	26
21	Marilyn	298	↑6	27
22	Sharon	297	↑9	8
23	Carole	285	–	43
24	Eileen	284	↓5	73
25	Marie	274	↓7	48
26	Elaine	273	↓4	46
27	Jean	264	↓3	37
28	Gail	262	–	56
29	Donna	254	↑14	17
30	Frances	248	↓4	33
31	Betty	242	↑6	10
32	Ann	237	↑1	39
33	Ruth	235	↓8	32
34	Helen	232	↓5	31
35	Jane	229	↑13	41
36	Joanne	227	↑2	55
37	Catherine	220	↓2	49
38	Joann	220	↑7	65
39	Lois	218	↑1	47
40	Gloria	214	↑10	25
41	Dolores	212	↓7	92
42	Lorraine	212	↓1	93
43	Beverly	211	↓11	35
44	Arlene	209	↓5	>100
45	Maryann	200	↓9	>100
46	Geraldine	199	↓2	53
47	Phyllis	191	↓5	40
48	Maureen	190	new	>100
49	Theresa	187	new	96
50	Alice	185	↓3	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	2,696	–	2
2	John	2,609	–	3
3	William	1,864	–	4
4	Richard	1,642	–	5
5	James	1,597	–	1
6	Joseph	1,338	–	13
7	Thomas	1,176	–	8
8	Michael	846	↑4	9
9	Edward	835	↑1	18
10	George	819	↓1	14
11	Charles	803	↓3	7
12	David	760	↑1	6
13	Ronald	733	↓2	10
14	Frank	627	–	21
15	Donald	543	–	11
16	Kenneth	490	–	16
17	Paul	473	↑3	17
18	Anthony	456	↓1	46
19	Peter	454	–	40
20	Raymond	385	↓2	22
21	Walter	343	–	26
22	Arthur	314	↑1	29
23	Dennis	308	↓1	20
24	Gary	300	↑7	15
25	Louis	282	↑2	54
26	Stephen	266	↓2	28
27	Daniel	261	↓1	25
28	Lawrence	243	↑1	32
29	Bruce	228	↑4	51
30	Harry	218	–	49
31	Albert	206	↓3	44
32	Gerald	206	↓7	24
33	Henry	203	↓1	35
34	Harold	199	↑9	27
35	Frederick	194	↑5	73
36	Alan	189	↑6	55
37	Fred	182	↓3	47
38	Douglas	180	↑7	34
39	Wayne	177	new	37
40	Eugene	172	↓4	48
41	Francis	172	↑6	71
42	Ralph	171	↓1	42
43	Stanley	166	↑5	57
44	Roger	165	↓5	23
45	Carl	160	↓8	36
46	Howard	160	↓8	53
47	Vincent	160	↓12	>100
48	Barry	157	↑1	84
49	Philip	155	↓3	60
50	Leonard	153	↓6	56

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