Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1949

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,365 babies) and Robert for boys (3,282). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,321 babies born in New Jersey in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1949

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

Maryann: 169 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rosemarie: 87 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lenore: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Claire: 96 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marylou: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dale: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roseann: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 294 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Georgette: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Dominick: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carmen: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 80 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Vincent: 216 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 150 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelo: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 540 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alexander: 78 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,365	–	1
2	Patricia	1,665	↑1	3
3	Barbara	1,631	↓1	4
4	Susan	1,340	↑1	5
5	Mary	1,324	↓1	2
6	Kathleen	1,284	–	9
7	Carol	990	–	8
8	Nancy	926	–	7
9	Diane	743	–	19
10	Judith	682	–	16
11	Margaret	680	↑1	14
12	Karen	651	↓1	11
13	Donna	617	–	12
14	Sharon	598	–	10
15	Sandra	564	–	6
16	Elizabeth	493	–	25
17	Deborah	465	↑10	15
18	Joan	465	↓1	36
19	Janet	458	↓1	23
20	Christine	432	–	30
21	Joanne	396	↑4	61
22	Catherine	360	↑10	37
23	Gail	348	↓2	51
24	Joyce	348	↓5	26
25	Elaine	327	↑3	57
26	Dorothy	323	↓4	32
27	Janice	305	↑4	24
28	Jane	299	↓4	41
29	Virginia	296	↑5	39
30	Eileen	294	↓7	95
31	Pamela	287	↑7	21
32	Marie	280	↓2	67
33	Cynthia	273	↑12	27
34	Ellen	273	↑5	64
35	Maureen	273	–	89
36	Marilyn	270	↓7	33
37	Lorraine	263	↓4	>100
38	Jean	261	↑3	45
39	Carolyn	260	↓13	17
40	Bonnie	251	new	35
41	Shirley	249	new	18
42	Beverly	246	↓2	31
43	Cheryl	246	↑1	28
44	Theresa	246	↓2	63
45	Lynn	240	↓2	74
46	Ann	237	↓9	44
47	Ruth	232	–	47
48	Frances	225	↓12	49
49	Gloria	224	new	29
50	Joann	222	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	3,282	–	2
2	John	3,119	–	3
3	William	2,157	–	4
4	James	2,054	–	1
5	Richard	1,821	–	7
6	Thomas	1,670	–	8
7	Joseph	1,591	–	14
8	Michael	1,519	–	5
9	David	1,126	–	6
10	Charles	1,048	–	9
11	Edward	935	–	21
12	George	847	–	18
13	Ronald	794	–	11
14	Paul	740	↑2	17
15	Kenneth	736	↓1	15
16	Dennis	660	↑2	16
17	Frank	643	↓2	27
18	Donald	637	↓1	13
19	Stephen	568	↑2	19
20	Bruce	560	↑2	26
21	Peter	540	↓2	38
22	Anthony	535	↓2	36
23	Gary	534	↑1	12
24	Daniel	471	↑2	22
25	Steven	451	↑2	20
26	Raymond	446	↓3	30
27	Walter	381	↓2	37
28	Mark	380	↑3	24
29	Gregory	350	↑3	31
30	Jeffrey	338	↑4	48
31	Lawrence	334	↓3	32
32	Wayne	321	↑3	35
33	Douglas	307	↑3	29
34	Arthur	305	↓1	44
35	Louis	305	↓5	64
36	Alan	282	↓7	45
37	Albert	255	↑2	56
38	Glenn	243	new	61
39	Philip	243	↑2	55
40	Frederick	236	↓3	70
41	Francis	233	↑1	78
42	Carl	226	↑4	43
43	Gerald	225	↑1	33
44	Patrick	225	↑5	39
45	Harry	224	↓7	59
46	Andrew	217	↓3	75
47	Vincent	216	↓7	>100
48	Ralph	214	new	50
49	Howard	209	↓1	63
50	Barry	195	new	73

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