Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1945

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1945 were Barbara for girls (1,453 babies) and Robert for boys (2,707). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,464 babies born in New Jersey in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1945

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

Carmella: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Maryann: 221 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carmela: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carolann: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Arleen: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adele: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ruthann: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 94 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Laraine: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryanne: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Carmen: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angelo: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 50 babies, 4× the national rate
Emil: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 128 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dominic: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vincent: 176 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anthony: 460 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Matthew: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Barbara	1,453	–	3
2	Patricia	1,391	–	4
3	Carol	1,245	–	5
4	Mary	1,203	–	1
5	Linda	733	↑2	2
6	Susan	717	↑3	10
7	Judith	708	↓2	9
8	Kathleen	669	↑2	19
9	Nancy	626	↓3	7
10	Diane	591	↑2	22
11	Joan	587	↓3	25
12	Margaret	535	↓1	15
13	Sandra	464	–	6
14	Elizabeth	423	–	26
15	Janet	408	↑2	20
16	Joyce	392	–	18
17	Dorothy	386	↓2	21
18	Karen	371	–	16
19	Elaine	340	↑7	44
20	Sharon	334	↑2	8
21	Donna	303	↑8	17
22	Virginia	299	↓2	28
23	Marie	294	↑2	49
24	Marilyn	290	↓3	27
25	Jane	288	↑10	36
26	Gail	287	↑2	52
27	Eileen	283	↓3	70
28	Joanne	274	↑8	53
29	Arlene	267	↑15	99
30	Lorraine	264	↑12	87
31	Carolyn	259	↓12	12
32	Frances	256	↓2	34
33	Ruth	245	–	33
34	Jean	239	↓7	38
35	Gloria	233	↑5	23
36	Carole	229	↓13	51
37	Catherine	228	–	50
38	Janice	226	new	24
39	Maryann	221	↑6	>100
40	Helen	220	↓6	31
41	Phyllis	220	↑6	40
42	Betty	218	↓11	11
43	Ann	216	↓11	39
44	Joann	216	↓6	80
45	Geraldine	205	↑1	56
46	Ellen	204	new	61
47	Lois	203	↓8	48
48	Shirley	191	new	14
49	Maureen	184	↓1	>100
50	Beverly	181	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	2,707	–	2
2	John	2,636	–	3
3	William	1,752	–	4
4	Richard	1,718	–	5
5	James	1,652	–	1
6	Joseph	1,360	–	14
7	Thomas	1,193	–	8
8	Michael	908	–	9
9	Charles	874	↑2	7
10	Edward	853	↓1	18
11	David	771	↑1	6
12	George	761	↓2	15
13	Ronald	677	–	10
14	Frank	570	–	21
15	Kenneth	550	↑1	16
16	Donald	532	↓1	12
17	Paul	513	–	17
18	Anthony	460	–	46
19	Peter	453	–	38
20	Dennis	375	↑3	19
21	Raymond	373	↓1	23
22	Walter	324	↓1	27
23	Gary	315	↑1	13
24	Daniel	289	↑3	24
25	Arthur	285	↓3	34
26	Stephen	282	–	26
27	Bruce	260	↑2	48
28	Lawrence	243	–	30
29	Albert	241	↑2	49
30	Louis	241	↓5	55
31	Alan	236	↑5	52
32	Harry	220	↓2	47
33	Henry	219	–	37
34	Douglas	218	↑4	29
35	Gerald	218	↓3	25
36	Wayne	201	↑3	35
37	Roger	195	↑7	22
38	Harold	183	↓4	28
39	Fred	182	↓2	51
40	Frederick	181	↓5	77
41	Eugene	178	↓1	50
42	Vincent	176	↑5	>100
43	Howard	175	↑3	54
44	Barry	172	↑4	84
45	Ralph	159	↓3	44
46	Steven	157	new	43
47	Carl	155	↓2	39
48	Philip	155	↑1	58
49	Andrew	154	new	86
50	Francis	154	↓9	76

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