Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1955

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1955 were Patricia for girls (1,926 babies) and Robert for boys (3,479). Patricia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,187 babies born in New Jersey in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1955

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

Maryellen: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maryann: 135 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maryanne: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Eileen: 315 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 365 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Doreen: 131 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noreen: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claire: 81 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 49 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rocco: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 81 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nicholas: 195 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angelo: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Christian: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 773 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vincent: 241 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 1,937 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Patricia	1,926	–	6
2	Susan	1,792	↑1	5
3	Deborah	1,730	↑1	2
4	Mary	1,706	↓2	1
5	Linda	1,604	–	3
6	Kathleen	1,289	↑1	17
7	Barbara	1,264	↓1	7
8	Donna	1,258	↑1	10
9	Karen	1,251	↓1	8
10	Debra	1,232	↑1	4
11	Nancy	1,219	↓1	9
12	Diane	1,116	–	14
13	Carol	854	–	15
14	Sharon	682	–	16
15	Elizabeth	607	↑1	21
16	Margaret	600	↑1	24
17	Cynthia	589	↓2	11
18	Janet	531	↑1	20
19	Denise	522	↓1	23
20	Pamela	474	↑2	12
21	Sandra	463	↑2	13
22	Cheryl	457	↑18	19
23	Judith	454	↑1	31
24	Joan	442	↓4	46
25	Catherine	437	–	28
26	Gail	435	↓5	42
27	Jo	419	–	58
28	Robin	400	–	33
29	Janice	380	–	25
30	Theresa	369	–	38
31	Maureen	365	↑5	100
32	Michele	356	↑1	93
33	Joanne	352	↓7	88
34	Lynn	342	↓3	62
35	Christine	317	↑4	40
36	Eileen	315	↓4	>100
37	Ann	314	↑9	43
38	Joyce	308	↓4	29
39	Ellen	304	↓2	81
40	Laura	299	↑4	41
41	Lisa	293	new	48
42	Marie	271	↑8	92
43	Rose	271	↓5	54
44	Jane	270	↓9	50
45	Elaine	257	↓3	77
46	Bonnie	252	new	45
47	Lorraine	251	↓4	>100
48	Jean	248	↓7	60
49	Kathy	242	new	22
50	Wendy	239	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	3,479	–	4
2	John	3,435	–	5
3	Michael	2,673	–	1
4	James	2,354	–	3
5	William	2,268	–	6
6	David	2,078	↑3	2
7	Richard	1,976	–	7
8	Thomas	1,972	↓2	8
9	Joseph	1,937	↓1	13
10	Mark	1,150	↑3	9
11	Edward	1,015	–	25
12	Gary	970	↓2	12
13	Paul	922	↑2	16
14	Kenneth	902	↑3	15
15	Charles	894	↓3	11
16	Jeffrey	878	↑8	20
17	Steven	862	↓3	10
18	Kevin	813	–	27
19	George	806	↓3	26
20	Peter	773	↑1	35
21	Stephen	744	↓1	21
22	Donald	731	↓3	14
23	Anthony	706	–	31
24	Frank	674	↑1	34
25	Daniel	653	↑1	17
26	Ronald	608	↓4	18
27	Bruce	517	–	32
28	Raymond	514	–	36
29	Gregory	488	–	24
30	Brian	453	↑4	40
31	Dennis	433	↓1	23
32	Douglas	417	↓1	29
33	Wayne	393	–	44
34	Keith	382	↑16	39
35	Lawrence	377	↓3	42
36	Timothy	374	↑4	22
37	Glenn	361	↓2	59
38	Alan	332	–	43
39	Christopher	327	↑8	49
40	Walter	321	↓3	51
41	Scott	300	↑5	38
42	Louis	295	↓6	82
43	Patrick	295	↓4	41
44	Andrew	293	↓3	66
45	Arthur	287	↓1	56
46	Philip	264	↓4	62
47	Craig	251	↑1	50
48	Barry	242	↓5	70
49	Vincent	241	new	99
50	Ralph	235	new	67

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