Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1954

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1954 were Patricia for girls (1,977 babies) and Robert for boys (3,533). Patricia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 108,803 babies born in New Jersey in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1954

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

Maryanne: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryann: 136 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roseann: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryellen: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eileen: 342 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lauren: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marianne: 172 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Helene: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorraine: 270 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 54 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lamont: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 200 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Christian: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 117 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelo: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 710 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vincent: 238 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Louis: 325 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Patricia	1,977	–	4
2	Mary	1,823	↑2	1
3	Susan	1,787	–	5
4	Deborah	1,731	↑2	3
5	Linda	1,701	↓3	2
6	Barbara	1,455	↓1	7
7	Kathleen	1,214	–	14
8	Karen	1,192	↑1	8
9	Donna	1,173	↑3	11
10	Nancy	1,173	↓2	9
11	Debra	1,096	↑2	6
12	Diane	1,084	↓2	17
13	Carol	900	↓2	15
14	Sharon	666	–	16
15	Cynthia	640	↑3	10
16	Elizabeth	638	↑1	20
17	Margaret	615	↓2	21
18	Denise	607	↓2	24
19	Janet	520	↑1	19
20	Joan	489	↑4	40
21	Gail	470	↑1	37
22	Pamela	456	↑1	12
23	Sandra	444	↓2	13
24	Judith	436	↓5	30
25	Catherine	434	↑2	32
26	Joanne	403	↓1	78
27	Jo	379	↑3	53
28	Robin	377	↑12	41
29	Janice	363	↓1	25
30	Theresa	355	↑4	47
31	Lynn	349	↑1	63
32	Eileen	342	↓3	>100
33	Michele	333	↑2	89
34	Joyce	329	↓3	28
35	Jane	297	↑1	49
36	Maureen	297	↓3	97
37	Ellen	296	↑2	77
38	Rose	293	↑11	54
39	Christine	280	↓13	43
40	Cheryl	279	↑1	22
41	Jean	279	↑2	56
42	Elaine	270	↑8	74
43	Lorraine	270	↓1	>100
44	Laura	267	new	45
45	Marilyn	266	↓1	35
46	Ann	263	↓9	44
47	Dorothy	256	–	55
48	Beverly	249	↓10	31
49	Maria	242	new	65
50	Marie	242	↓4	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Robert	3,533	–	2
2	John	3,416	–	4
3	Michael	2,493	–	1
4	James	2,301	–	3
5	William	2,239	–	6
6	Thomas	2,046	↑1	8
7	Richard	1,951	↓1	7
8	Joseph	1,839	–	13
9	David	1,817	–	5
10	Gary	1,103	↑1	9
11	Edward	1,023	↑1	22
12	Charles	961	↓2	10
13	Mark	959	↑7	12
14	Steven	893	↑2	11
15	Paul	868	↓2	16
16	George	817	↓1	24
17	Kenneth	796	↓3	17
18	Kevin	763	↑9	28
19	Donald	741	↓2	14
20	Stephen	735	↓1	20
21	Peter	710	↓3	37
22	Ronald	689	↑1	15
23	Anthony	682	↓1	32
24	Jeffrey	671	↑4	23
25	Frank	659	–	36
26	Daniel	619	–	18
27	Bruce	562	↓6	30
28	Raymond	511	↑1	35
29	Gregory	474	↑1	25
30	Dennis	459	↓6	21
31	Douglas	409	–	29
32	Lawrence	399	–	39
33	Wayne	386	–	41
34	Brian	361	–	48
35	Glenn	359	↑1	63
36	Louis	325	↑3	81
37	Walter	319	↓2	49
38	Alan	308	↓1	43
39	Patrick	303	↓1	38
40	Timothy	298	↑3	26
41	Andrew	282	↑1	70
42	Philip	267	↑2	62
43	Barry	260	↑4	68
44	Arthur	258	↓4	52
45	Frederick	255	↓4	83
46	Scott	254	new	40
47	Christopher	248	↑2	64
48	Craig	244	↑2	51
49	Francis	241	↓4	94
50	Keith	240	↓2	45

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