Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1956

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,776 babies) and Robert for boys (3,464). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 114,051 babies born in New Jersey in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1956

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: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maryanne: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maryann: 128 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 77 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Allison: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 82 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eileen: 296 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lauren: 79 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Adele: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Michele: 357 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 42 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 48 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carmen: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dominic: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 188 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angelo: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 813 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vincent: 275 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerard: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,776	↑3	1
2	Patricia	1,764	↓1	6
3	Susan	1,728	↓1	5
4	Linda	1,564	↑1	3
5	Karen	1,425	↑4	7
6	Deborah	1,416	↓3	4
7	Donna	1,374	↑1	10
8	Barbara	1,331	↓1	9
9	Nancy	1,258	↑2	11
10	Kathleen	1,223	↓4	17
11	Debra	1,211	↓1	2
12	Diane	1,061	–	15
13	Carol	868	–	16
14	Sharon	837	–	13
15	Cynthia	756	↑2	8
16	Elizabeth	629	↓1	22
17	Margaret	605	↓1	25
18	Cheryl	520	↑4	18
19	Denise	519	–	23
20	Janet	507	↓2	21
21	Pamela	484	↓1	12
22	Sandra	481	↓1	14
23	Catherine	443	↑2	28
24	Theresa	422	↑6	32
25	Joan	420	↓1	52
26	Robin	406	↑2	29
27	Judith	405	↓4	45
28	Kim	366	new	38
29	Lisa	366	↑12	31
30	Gail	362	↓4	49
31	Michele	357	↑1	100
32	Joanne	354	↑1	99
33	Maureen	343	↓2	>100
34	Lynn	336	–	58
35	Jo	331	↓8	69
36	Laura	321	↑4	34
37	Christine	319	↓2	42
38	Joyce	318	–	30
39	Janice	310	↓10	26
40	Ellen	308	↓1	84
41	Eileen	296	↓5	>100
42	Jane	296	↑2	50
43	Rose	293	–	64
44	Kathy	273	↑5	20
45	Ann	269	↓8	46
46	Elaine	257	↓1	89
47	Anne	256	new	86
48	Bonnie	251	↓2	51
49	Laurie	248	new	76
50	Valerie	245	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Robert	3,464	–	3
2	John	3,442	–	5
3	Michael	2,782	–	1
4	James	2,472	–	2
5	William	2,097	–	6
6	David	1,989	–	4
7	Thomas	1,985	↑1	9
8	Joseph	1,965	↑1	12
9	Richard	1,872	↓2	7
10	Mark	1,280	–	8
11	Edward	1,022	–	25
12	Paul	952	↑1	17
13	Steven	921	↑4	10
14	Kevin	916	↑4	22
15	Charles	907	–	11
16	Gary	906	↓4	13
17	Kenneth	849	↓3	16
18	Peter	813	↑2	37
19	Anthony	805	↑4	30
20	Jeffrey	779	↓4	20
21	George	749	↓2	27
22	Stephen	721	↓1	23
23	Donald	706	↓1	14
24	Ronald	681	↑2	15
25	Daniel	663	–	18
26	Frank	641	↓2	38
27	Brian	637	↑3	32
28	Gregory	533	↑1	24
29	Raymond	499	↓1	39
30	Bruce	493	↓3	33
31	Douglas	439	↑1	29
32	Timothy	409	↑4	19
33	Keith	396	↑1	36
34	Dennis	390	↓3	26
35	Wayne	378	↓2	45
36	Glenn	361	↑1	61
37	Christopher	352	↑2	47
38	Scott	346	↑3	34
39	Lawrence	327	↓4	42
40	Patrick	314	↑3	40
41	Walter	312	↓1	53
42	Andrew	311	↑2	56
43	Louis	307	↓1	82
44	Alan	283	↓6	44
45	Arthur	279	–	60
46	Vincent	275	↑3	98
47	Carl	240	new	48
48	Barry	238	–	69
49	Philip	238	↓3	64
50	Francis	233	new	>100

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