Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1946

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1946 were Patricia for girls (1,845 babies) and Robert for boys (3,354). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,424 babies born in New Jersey in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1946

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: 42 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maryann: 233 babies, 5× the national rate
Arleen: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roseann: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arlene: 257 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryellen: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 94 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 357 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Claire: 94 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dale: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmen: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dominick: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelo: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 152 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominic: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vincent: 204 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anthony: 512 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 532 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Patricia	1,845	↑1	3
2	Barbara	1,732	↓1	4
3	Mary	1,420	↑1	1
4	Carol	1,410	↓1	5
5	Susan	1,063	↑1	8
6	Linda	1,043	↓1	2
7	Kathleen	968	↑1	16
8	Nancy	955	↑1	7
9	Judith	903	↓2	10
10	Diane	789	–	19
11	Margaret	668	↑1	17
12	Joan	631	↓1	28
13	Sandra	612	–	6
14	Karen	598	↑4	15
15	Sharon	468	↑5	9
16	Elizabeth	463	↓2	25
17	Janet	458	↓2	21
18	Joyce	439	↓2	20
19	Donna	427	↑2	13
20	Dorothy	389	↓3	23
21	Carolyn	360	↑10	12
22	Eileen	357	↑5	80
23	Gail	354	↑3	49
24	Elaine	353	↓5	47
25	Jane	336	–	35
26	Virginia	333	↓4	31
27	Janice	330	↑11	22
28	Marilyn	328	↓4	29
29	Marie	302	↓6	54
30	Beverly	300	↑20	30
31	Lorraine	299	↓1	93
32	Ann	290	↑11	40
33	Ruth	290	–	38
34	Helen	285	↑6	36
35	Catherine	283	↑2	48
36	Christine	281	new	50
37	Ellen	281	↑9	58
38	Jean	280	↓4	37
39	Joanne	272	↓11	57
40	Frances	264	↓8	39
41	Maureen	264	↑8	95
42	Arlene	257	↓13	>100
43	Lois	252	↑4	55
44	Joann	249	–	90
45	Betty	246	↓3	14
46	Cheryl	245	new	27
47	Maryann	233	↓8	>100
48	Lynn	232	new	94
49	Phyllis	227	↓8	41
50	Carole	219	↓14	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	3,354	–	2
2	John	3,246	–	3
3	William	2,265	–	4
4	Richard	2,234	–	5
5	James	2,030	–	1
6	Joseph	1,594	–	14
7	Thomas	1,587	–	8
8	Michael	1,224	–	7
9	Charles	1,054	–	9
10	David	932	↑1	6
11	Edward	932	↓1	19
12	George	920	–	16
13	Ronald	911	–	10
14	Frank	728	–	22
15	Paul	695	↑2	18
16	Kenneth	667	↓1	15
17	Donald	655	↓1	13
18	Dennis	605	↑2	17
19	Peter	532	–	38
20	Anthony	512	↓2	44
21	Raymond	466	–	25
22	Bruce	417	↑5	32
23	Gary	404	–	12
24	Stephen	395	↑2	24
25	Walter	381	↓3	30
26	Daniel	348	↓2	21
27	Alan	329	↑4	49
28	Arthur	323	↓3	36
29	Lawrence	310	↓1	31
30	Louis	299	–	63
31	Wayne	282	↑5	29
32	Douglas	276	↑2	34
33	Gregory	264	new	56
34	Henry	260	↓1	41
35	Harry	255	↓3	50
36	Albert	249	↓7	52
37	Jeffrey	235	new	78
38	Frederick	230	↑2	75
39	Steven	217	↑7	28
40	Gerald	211	↓5	27
41	Andrew	210	↑8	84
42	Barry	208	↑2	68
43	Howard	208	–	55
44	Carl	207	↑3	39
45	Fred	207	↓6	51
46	Roger	205	↓9	23
47	Vincent	204	↓5	>100
48	Leonard	193	new	67
49	Philip	189	↓1	61
50	Ralph	188	↓5	48

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