Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1951

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1951 were Patricia for girls (2,294 babies) and Robert for boys (3,435). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,864 babies born in New Jersey in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1951

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, 4.6× the national rate
Elise: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryanne: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eileen: 365 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Noreen: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 286 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Michele: 206 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Adrienne: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carmen: 38 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dominick: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Salvatore: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 216 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angelo: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vincent: 226 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 662 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerard: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Patricia	2,294	↑1	3
2	Linda	2,002	↓1	1
3	Barbara	1,613	–	5
4	Susan	1,471	↑1	6
5	Mary	1,407	↓1	2
6	Kathleen	1,347	–	10
7	Nancy	1,069	–	7
8	Deborah	1,053	↑3	4
9	Carol	994	↓1	11
10	Diane	894	–	15
11	Karen	883	↓2	8
12	Donna	827	–	12
13	Margaret	642	↑1	17
14	Judith	605	↑1	25
15	Sharon	594	↓2	13
16	Christine	585	↑1	24
17	Janet	536	↑1	19
18	Elizabeth	519	↓2	23
19	Gail	490	↑2	36
20	Joan	483	–	39
21	Sandra	474	↓2	9
22	Denise	458	↑10	48
23	Janice	389	–	21
24	Catherine	384	–	34
25	Eileen	365	↑2	95
26	Lynn	361	↑7	72
27	Joanne	354	↓5	73
28	Joyce	339	↓2	28
29	Pamela	333	↓1	16
30	Elaine	323	↑1	66
31	Jane	295	↓6	43
32	Cheryl	293	↑18	30
33	Debra	289	new	18
34	Cynthia	287	↓5	20
35	Lorraine	286	↑5	>100
36	Ellen	284	↓2	68
37	Dorothy	283	↓7	42
38	Theresa	268	↑11	64
39	Jean	251	↓3	49
40	Ann	248	↑4	46
41	Beverly	244	↓4	33
42	Marilyn	239	↓1	41
43	Virginia	238	↓5	47
44	Maureen	237	↓9	93
45	Marie	231	↓2	78
46	Carolyn	226	–	22
47	Bonnie	224	↓5	37
48	Frances	222	↓9	59
49	Jacqueline	220	↓2	56
50	Ruth	218	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	3,435	–	2
2	John	3,169	–	3
3	James	2,226	–	1
4	William	2,167	–	6
5	Michael	1,892	↑2	4
6	Richard	1,880	↓1	7
7	Thomas	1,831	↓1	8
8	Joseph	1,658	–	14
9	David	1,277	–	5
10	Charles	994	–	9
11	Edward	994	–	23
12	Gary	923	↑2	10
13	George	796	↓1	22
14	Kenneth	773	↓1	16
15	Paul	747	↑2	18
16	Dennis	715	–	17
17	Donald	699	↑1	15
18	Ronald	696	↓3	12
19	Peter	662	↑1	38
20	Steven	635	↑6	13
21	Stephen	634	–	19
22	Frank	600	↓3	31
23	Bruce	596	↓1	26
24	Anthony	545	↓1	34
25	Mark	515	↑2	20
26	Raymond	472	↓2	32
27	Daniel	455	↓2	21
28	Jeffrey	425	↑3	35
29	Gregory	398	–	25
30	Wayne	394	↑2	37
31	Lawrence	392	↓3	33
32	Douglas	367	↓2	27
33	Kevin	367	↑2	53
34	Walter	332	–	42
35	Arthur	308	↑3	44
36	Alan	301	↓3	40
37	Louis	286	↓1	76
38	Glenn	272	↑1	58
39	Frederick	256	↑6	78
40	Andrew	255	↑1	69
41	Francis	246	↓4	85
42	Philip	242	↑2	55
43	Albert	237	–	60
44	Patrick	231	↓2	39
45	Martin	229	new	81
46	Ralph	229	↑4	51
47	Harry	228	new	70
48	Vincent	226	↓8	>100
49	Larry	224	↓3	11
50	Timothy	223	new	28

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