Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1952

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1952 were Patricia for girls (2,133 babies) and Robert for boys (3,466). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,522 babies born in New Jersey in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1952

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: 144 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roseann: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maryellen: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eileen: 344 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryanne: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lenore: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dorothea: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Michele: 266 babies, 3× the national rate
Dale: 87 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 53 babies, 6× the national rate
Carmen: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 63 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelo: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vincent: 256 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 166 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 93 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 635 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 250 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alexander: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Patricia	2,133	–	3
2	Linda	1,925	–	1
3	Barbara	1,528	–	6
4	Susan	1,500	–	5
5	Mary	1,469	–	2
6	Deborah	1,262	↑2	4
7	Kathleen	1,253	↓1	11
8	Nancy	1,106	↓1	7
9	Karen	988	↑2	8
10	Diane	956	–	16
11	Carol	936	↓2	12
12	Donna	873	–	13
13	Christine	737	↑3	20
14	Sharon	652	↑1	14
15	Denise	618	↑7	33
16	Margaret	599	↓3	21
17	Judith	595	↓3	25
18	Janet	581	↓1	19
19	Elizabeth	557	↓1	22
20	Joan	554	–	37
21	Gail	538	↓2	39
22	Debra	536	↑11	9
23	Sandra	441	↓2	10
24	Cynthia	387	↑10	18
25	Pamela	382	↑4	17
26	Janice	367	↓3	23
27	Joanne	367	–	78
28	Catherine	353	↓4	34
29	Jane	346	↑2	42
30	Eileen	344	↓5	100
31	Joyce	339	↓3	27
32	Ellen	331	↑4	70
33	Theresa	303	↑5	60
34	Lynn	300	↓8	71
35	Cheryl	283	↓3	31
36	Elaine	277	↓6	73
37	Virginia	271	↑6	49
38	Marilyn	267	↑4	38
39	Michele	266	new	>100
40	Maureen	264	↑4	94
41	Dorothy	255	↓4	46
42	Ann	254	↓2	45
43	Beverly	250	↓2	35
44	Jacqueline	242	↑5	58
45	Lorraine	241	↓10	>100
46	Carolyn	240	–	24
47	Marie	237	↓2	82
48	Anne	235	new	79
49	Jo	235	new	55
50	Jean	231	↓11	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	3,466	–	2
2	John	3,306	–	3
3	William	2,217	↑1	6
4	James	2,196	↓1	1
5	Michael	2,126	–	4
6	Richard	2,109	–	7
7	Thomas	1,908	–	8
8	Joseph	1,732	–	12
9	David	1,540	–	5
10	Gary	1,001	↑2	10
11	Charles	968	↓1	9
12	Edward	963	↓1	23
13	George	801	–	22
14	Kenneth	799	–	16
15	Paul	772	–	19
16	Stephen	686	↑5	21
17	Donald	684	–	13
18	Dennis	668	↓2	18
19	Steven	667	↑1	11
20	Ronald	655	↓2	15
21	Bruce	649	↑2	25
22	Peter	635	↓3	36
23	Anthony	627	↑1	34
24	Frank	619	↓2	32
25	Mark	594	–	17
26	Daniel	579	↑1	20
27	Raymond	488	↓1	33
28	Jeffrey	483	–	31
29	Kevin	471	↑4	43
30	Gregory	437	↓1	24
31	Douglas	398	↑1	28
32	Lawrence	394	↓1	35
33	Walter	368	↑1	44
34	Wayne	353	↓4	38
35	Alan	319	↑1	42
36	Glenn	294	↑2	61
37	Arthur	283	↓2	47
38	Louis	277	↓1	79
39	Barry	271	new	69
40	Brian	271	new	64
41	Andrew	269	↓1	68
42	Patrick	264	↑2	37
43	Christopher	263	new	57
44	Frederick	260	↓5	76
45	Vincent	256	↑3	>100
46	Carl	252	new	45
47	Francis	250	↓6	89
48	Keith	242	new	49
49	Timothy	233	↑1	27
50	Henry	230	new	50

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