Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1947

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,369 babies) and Robert for boys (3,670). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,895 babies born in New Jersey in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1947

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: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carmela: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maryann: 248 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carolann: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arleen: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roseann: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clare: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosemarie: 102 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laraine: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carmen: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dominick: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angelo: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vincent: 277 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Emil: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 169 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anthony: 619 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 75 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,369	↑5	1
2	Patricia	2,061	↓1	3
3	Barbara	1,939	↓1	4
4	Mary	1,449	↓1	2
5	Carol	1,376	↓1	6
6	Susan	1,199	↓1	8
7	Kathleen	1,141	–	11
8	Nancy	1,027	–	7
9	Judith	874	–	12
10	Diane	778	–	18
11	Margaret	713	–	16
12	Karen	647	↑2	13
13	Sandra	645	–	5
14	Joan	583	↓2	30
15	Donna	544	↑4	10
16	Sharon	543	↓1	9
17	Elizabeth	511	↓1	25
18	Janet	504	↓1	23
19	Joyce	455	↓1	20
20	Gail	404	↑3	49
21	Elaine	398	↑3	50
22	Joanne	398	↑17	56
23	Dorothy	374	↓3	26
24	Carolyn	359	↓3	15
25	Marilyn	356	↑3	29
26	Lorraine	355	↑5	84
27	Janice	353	–	22
28	Jane	341	↓3	36
29	Catherine	339	↑6	46
30	Virginia	337	↓4	34
31	Christine	328	↑5	45
32	Eileen	322	↓10	91
33	Jean	314	↑5	40
34	Marie	311	↓5	57
35	Ellen	309	↑2	61
36	Ruth	300	↓3	44
37	Maureen	294	↑4	98
38	Frances	291	↑2	39
39	Lynn	288	↑9	75
40	Beverly	272	↓10	31
41	Ann	270	↓9	41
42	Joann	263	↑2	89
43	Lois	259	–	63
44	Phyllis	254	↑5	37
45	Cheryl	252	↑1	24
46	Cynthia	252	new	33
47	Betty	251	↓2	17
48	Helen	250	↓14	38
49	Maryann	248	↓2	>100
50	Pamela	247	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	3,670	–	2
2	John	3,567	–	3
3	William	2,507	–	4
4	James	2,241	↑1	1
5	Richard	2,043	↓1	5
6	Joseph	1,849	–	14
7	Thomas	1,744	–	8
8	Michael	1,494	–	7
9	David	1,114	↑1	6
10	Edward	1,055	↑1	19
11	Charles	1,011	↓2	9
12	George	1,010	–	16
13	Ronald	903	–	11
14	Frank	824	–	23
15	Kenneth	815	↑1	15
16	Paul	759	↓1	18
17	Donald	693	–	13
18	Dennis	624	–	17
19	Anthony	619	↑1	41
20	Peter	599	↓1	36
21	Raymond	561	–	27
22	Bruce	501	–	29
23	Walter	468	↑2	34
24	Stephen	467	–	21
25	Gary	442	↓2	12
26	Daniel	417	–	22
27	Gregory	382	↑6	33
28	Lawrence	360	↑1	32
29	Alan	359	↓2	45
30	Louis	358	–	64
31	Arthur	351	↓3	38
32	Wayne	340	↓1	30
33	Jeffrey	308	↑4	66
34	Steven	308	↑5	24
35	Harry	296	–	54
36	Douglas	291	↓4	31
37	Vincent	277	↑10	>100
38	Philip	269	↑11	57
39	Albert	266	↓3	55
40	Frederick	259	↓2	78
41	Mark	257	new	47
42	Carl	253	↑2	40
43	Andrew	250	↓2	82
44	Barry	245	↓2	68
45	Harold	245	new	35
46	Gerald	244	↓6	28
47	Henry	234	↓13	46
48	Ralph	229	↑2	50
49	Patrick	222	new	53
50	Eugene	221	new	59

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