Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1953

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1953 were Patricia for girls (2,022 babies) and Robert for boys (3,478). Patricia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 102,906 babies born in New Jersey in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1953

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: 142 babies, 5× the national rate
Eileen: 375 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dorothea: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doreen: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claire: 90 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 87 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Michele: 298 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorraine: 265 babies, 3× the national rate
Arlene: 185 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Carmine: 33 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Rocco: 41 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Carmen: 38 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dominick: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 74 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 126 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Edmund: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 187 babies, 3× the national rate
Angelo: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alexander: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Patricia	2,022	–	4
2	Linda	1,928	–	2
3	Susan	1,598	↑1	5
4	Mary	1,553	↑1	1
5	Barbara	1,504	↓2	6
6	Deborah	1,426	–	3
7	Kathleen	1,183	–	14
8	Nancy	1,100	–	8
9	Karen	1,033	–	9
10	Diane	994	–	17
11	Carol	903	–	16
12	Donna	901	–	13
13	Debra	769	↑9	7
14	Sharon	635	–	15
15	Margaret	619	↑1	20
16	Denise	572	↓1	31
17	Elizabeth	572	↑2	21
18	Cynthia	547	↑6	12
19	Judith	524	↓2	30
20	Janet	519	↓2	19
21	Sandra	488	↑2	11
22	Gail	483	↓1	39
23	Pamela	475	↑2	10
24	Joan	469	↓4	37
25	Joanne	418	↑2	71
26	Christine	410	↓13	32
27	Catherine	405	↑1	35
28	Janice	398	↓2	22
29	Eileen	375	↑1	>100
30	Jo	363	↑19	54
31	Joyce	329	–	26
32	Lynn	316	↑2	67
33	Maureen	306	↑7	92
34	Theresa	301	↓1	50
35	Michele	298	↑4	>100
36	Jane	283	↓7	43
37	Ann	280	↑5	46
38	Beverly	279	↑5	34
39	Ellen	277	↓7	76
40	Robin	267	new	66
41	Cheryl	266	↓6	28
42	Lorraine	265	↑3	>100
43	Jean	262	↑7	52
44	Marilyn	262	↓6	36
45	Jacqueline	261	↓1	58
46	Marie	257	↑1	86
47	Dorothy	254	↓6	49
48	Virginia	242	↓11	53
49	Rose	231	new	59
50	Elaine	226	↓14	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	3,478	–	1
2	John	3,366	–	4
3	Michael	2,378	↑2	3
4	James	2,333	–	2
5	William	2,219	↓2	6
6	Richard	2,055	–	7
7	Thomas	1,838	–	8
8	Joseph	1,732	–	13
9	David	1,641	–	5
10	Charles	1,002	↑1	9
11	Gary	990	↓1	10
12	Edward	901	–	23
13	Paul	852	↑2	16
14	Kenneth	837	–	17
15	George	815	↓2	22
16	Steven	761	↑3	11
17	Donald	737	–	14
18	Peter	705	↑4	38
19	Stephen	698	↓3	21
20	Mark	690	↑5	12
21	Bruce	647	–	28
22	Anthony	636	↑1	32
23	Ronald	630	↓3	15
24	Dennis	614	↓6	19
25	Frank	600	↓1	33
26	Daniel	585	–	20
27	Kevin	584	↑2	36
28	Jeffrey	573	–	25
29	Raymond	453	↓2	34
30	Gregory	450	–	24
31	Douglas	424	–	27
32	Lawrence	389	–	37
33	Wayne	378	↑1	40
34	Brian	331	↑6	53
35	Walter	330	↓2	45
36	Glenn	310	–	67
37	Alan	300	↓2	43
38	Patrick	299	↑4	39
39	Louis	287	↓1	78
40	Arthur	286	↓3	50
41	Frederick	269	↑3	80
42	Andrew	258	↓1	68
43	Timothy	252	↑6	26
44	Philip	248	new	61
45	Francis	234	↑2	90
46	Vincent	228	↓1	100
47	Barry	222	↓8	73
48	Keith	222	–	47
49	Christopher	221	↓6	63
50	Craig	209	new	60

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