Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1948

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,365 babies) and Robert for boys (3,339). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,243 babies born in New Jersey in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1948

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: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maryann: 198 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maryellen: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Clare: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Georgette: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dorothea: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eileen: 335 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roseann: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arlene: 215 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 89 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 54 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Carmen: 43 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 70 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelo: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emil: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Nicholas: 174 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vincent: 236 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kevin: 167 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 586 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anthony: 563 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,365	–	1
2	Barbara	1,774	↑1	3
3	Patricia	1,717	↓1	4
4	Mary	1,399	–	2
5	Susan	1,300	↑1	5
6	Kathleen	1,169	↑1	10
7	Carol	1,140	↓2	8
8	Nancy	864	–	7
9	Diane	731	↑1	19
10	Judith	656	↓1	15
11	Karen	638	↑1	12
12	Margaret	636	↓1	13
13	Donna	600	↑2	11
14	Sharon	583	↑2	9
15	Sandra	571	↓2	6
16	Elizabeth	520	↑1	26
17	Joan	487	↓3	37
18	Janet	421	–	24
19	Joyce	369	–	21
20	Christine	367	↑11	35
21	Gail	354	↓1	51
22	Dorothy	348	↑1	29
23	Eileen	335	↑9	91
24	Jane	317	↑4	39
25	Joanne	314	↓3	65
26	Carolyn	312	↓2	14
27	Deborah	311	new	30
28	Elaine	310	↓7	53
29	Marilyn	310	↓4	33
30	Marie	308	↑4	60
31	Janice	302	↓4	23
32	Catherine	300	↓3	41
33	Lorraine	299	↓7	96
34	Virginia	297	↓4	36
35	Maureen	291	↑2	88
36	Frances	284	↑2	42
37	Ann	281	↑4	44
38	Pamela	280	↑12	22
39	Ellen	279	↓4	67
40	Beverly	272	–	31
41	Jean	267	↓8	47
42	Theresa	250	new	63
43	Lynn	249	↓4	80
44	Cheryl	248	↑1	25
45	Cynthia	247	↑1	27
46	Helen	245	↑2	40
47	Ruth	239	↓11	45
48	Lois	238	↓5	70
49	Betty	234	↓2	18
50	Joann	221	↓8	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	3,339	–	2
2	John	3,182	–	3
3	William	2,197	–	4
4	James	2,097	–	1
5	Richard	1,773	–	7
6	Thomas	1,662	↑1	8
7	Joseph	1,604	↓1	13
8	Michael	1,347	–	6
9	David	1,109	–	5
10	Charles	959	↑1	9
11	Edward	949	↓1	19
12	George	850	–	16
13	Ronald	832	–	10
14	Kenneth	742	↑1	15
15	Frank	703	↓1	25
16	Paul	661	–	18
17	Donald	640	–	14
18	Dennis	602	–	17
19	Peter	586	↑1	37
20	Anthony	563	↓1	41
21	Stephen	523	↑3	20
22	Bruce	519	–	28
23	Raymond	452	↓2	27
24	Gary	429	↑1	12
25	Walter	393	↓2	35
26	Daniel	381	–	22
27	Steven	355	↑7	23
28	Lawrence	336	–	31
29	Alan	321	–	46
30	Louis	319	–	64
31	Mark	316	↑10	29
32	Gregory	315	↓5	32
33	Arthur	306	↓2	44
34	Jeffrey	298	↓1	58
35	Wayne	275	↓3	34
36	Douglas	274	–	33
37	Frederick	263	↑3	75
38	Harry	253	↓3	57
39	Albert	243	–	55
40	Vincent	236	↓3	>100
41	Philip	234	↓3	54
42	Francis	227	new	80
43	Andrew	224	–	77
44	Gerald	219	↑2	30
45	Henry	216	↑2	45
46	Carl	212	↓4	42
47	Larry	211	new	11
48	Howard	204	new	63
49	Patrick	204	–	48
50	Stanley	197	new	65

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