Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1950

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1950 were Linda for girls (2,160 babies) and Robert for boys (3,162). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,028 babies born in New Jersey in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1950

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: 188 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maryanne: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roseann: 50 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryellen: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marylou: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lenore: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eileen: 325 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Claire: 84 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carmen: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dominick: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 70 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelo: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Vincent: 248 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 594 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 156 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 274 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alexander: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	2,160	–	1
2	Patricia	1,769	–	3
3	Barbara	1,554	–	4
4	Mary	1,333	↑1	2
5	Susan	1,296	↓1	5
6	Kathleen	1,241	–	10
7	Nancy	980	↑1	6
8	Carol	897	↓1	9
9	Karen	793	↑3	12
10	Diane	741	↓1	16
11	Deborah	719	↑6	7
12	Donna	694	↑1	13
13	Sharon	600	↑1	11
14	Margaret	599	↓3	15
15	Judith	590	↓5	21
16	Elizabeth	525	–	24
17	Christine	510	↑3	28
18	Janet	509	↑1	18
19	Sandra	501	↓4	8
20	Joan	466	↓2	40
21	Gail	449	↑2	42
22	Joanne	374	↓1	67
23	Janice	368	↑4	22
24	Catherine	350	↓2	34
25	Jane	345	↑3	39
26	Joyce	344	↓2	27
27	Eileen	325	↑3	91
28	Pamela	321	↑3	17
29	Cynthia	296	↑4	23
30	Dorothy	295	↓4	35
31	Elaine	281	↓6	60
32	Denise	276	new	82
33	Lynn	276	↑12	76
34	Ellen	272	–	66
35	Maureen	269	–	89
36	Jean	265	↑2	48
37	Beverly	251	↑5	31
38	Virginia	250	↓9	43
39	Frances	242	↑9	51
40	Lorraine	242	↓3	>100
41	Marilyn	241	↓5	37
42	Bonnie	238	↓2	33
43	Marie	236	↓11	72
44	Ann	229	↑2	45
45	Joann	222	↑5	98
46	Carolyn	219	↓7	20
47	Jacqueline	216	new	55
48	Gloria	215	↑1	30
49	Theresa	214	↓5	65
50	Cheryl	209	↓7	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	3,162	–	2
2	John	3,028	–	3
3	James	2,137	↑1	1
4	William	2,081	↓1	6
5	Richard	1,800	–	7
6	Thomas	1,756	–	8
7	Michael	1,682	↑1	4
8	Joseph	1,620	↓1	13
9	David	1,136	–	5
10	Charles	987	–	9
11	Edward	883	–	22
12	George	799	–	20
13	Kenneth	732	↑2	15
14	Gary	731	↑9	10
15	Ronald	731	↓2	12
16	Dennis	723	–	17
17	Paul	682	↓3	18
18	Donald	669	–	14
19	Frank	622	↓2	29
20	Peter	594	↑1	37
21	Stephen	552	↓2	19
22	Bruce	539	↓2	26
23	Anthony	523	↓1	36
24	Raymond	470	↑2	31
25	Daniel	452	↓1	21
26	Steven	430	↓1	16
27	Mark	427	↑1	23
28	Lawrence	408	↑3	33
29	Gregory	397	–	25
30	Douglas	369	↑3	28
31	Jeffrey	362	↓1	43
32	Wayne	343	–	35
33	Alan	336	↑3	41
34	Walter	314	↓7	40
35	Kevin	287	new	73
36	Louis	280	↓1	66
37	Francis	274	↑4	86
38	Arthur	270	↓4	46
39	Glenn	251	↓1	59
40	Vincent	248	↑7	>100
41	Andrew	243	↑5	68
42	Patrick	242	↑2	38
43	Albert	241	↓6	56
44	Philip	241	↓5	53
45	Frederick	229	↓5	75
46	Larry	225	new	11
47	Henry	210	new	47
48	Gerald	201	↓5	34
49	Carl	198	↓7	44
50	Ralph	197	↓2	52

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