Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1957

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1957 were Susan for girls (1,866 babies) and Robert for boys (3,481). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 119,105 babies born in New Jersey in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1957

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: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maryanne: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 154 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roseann: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eileen: 373 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elise: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Claire: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Madeline: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Doreen: 190 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dominick: 58 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 74 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Drew: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 193 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominic: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 118 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vincent: 303 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 773 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	1,866	↑2	2
2	Mary	1,781	↓1	1
3	Patricia	1,595	↓1	8
4	Linda	1,485	–	3
5	Karen	1,439	–	5
6	Donna	1,401	↑1	10
7	Barbara	1,271	↑1	9
8	Nancy	1,246	↑1	11
9	Deborah	1,224	↓3	6
10	Kathleen	1,124	–	21
11	Debra	1,090	–	4
12	Diane	1,072	–	17
13	Cynthia	1,008	↑2	7
14	Carol	907	↓1	18
15	Sharon	759	↓1	14
16	Elizabeth	629	–	22
17	Denise	587	↑2	25
18	Cheryl	578	–	16
19	Margaret	568	↓2	29
20	Lisa	516	↑9	26
21	Cindy	511	new	19
22	Janet	476	↓2	23
23	Kim	446	↑5	35
24	Pamela	441	↓3	12
25	Sandra	424	↓3	15
26	Robin	422	–	30
27	Theresa	421	↓3	36
28	Debbie	419	new	27
29	Joan	407	↓4	60
30	Catherine	406	↓7	37
31	Kathy	406	↑13	20
32	Judith	403	↓5	53
33	Laura	391	↑3	31
34	Christine	380	↑3	41
35	Joanne	377	↓3	94
36	Eileen	373	↑5	>100
37	Lynn	360	↓3	61
38	Michele	352	↓7	99
39	Gail	345	↓9	54
40	Brenda	337	new	13
41	Ellen	337	↓1	85
42	Janice	332	↓3	32
43	Ann	321	↑2	44
44	Joyce	321	↓6	40
45	Maureen	301	↓12	>100
46	Jane	281	↓4	56
47	Cathy	274	new	39
48	Maria	274	new	71
49	Jean	270	new	67
50	Anne	263	↓3	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Robert	3,481	–	4
2	John	3,466	–	5
3	Michael	3,015	–	1
4	James	2,506	–	2
5	William	2,231	–	6
6	Thomas	1,999	↑1	9
7	David	1,979	↓1	3
8	Joseph	1,967	–	12
9	Richard	1,796	–	8
10	Mark	1,494	–	7
11	Kevin	974	↑3	20
12	Paul	965	–	18
13	Edward	948	↓2	25
14	Steven	946	↓1	10
15	Kenneth	919	↑2	14
16	Charles	900	↓1	11
17	Gary	826	↓1	13
18	Jeffrey	811	↑2	21
19	Anthony	792	–	27
20	Peter	773	↓2	37
21	Donald	767	↑2	15
22	Brian	760	↑5	26
23	George	750	↓2	29
24	Ronald	711	–	17
25	Daniel	710	–	16
26	Stephen	707	↓4	24
27	Frank	662	↓1	38
28	Gregory	600	–	23
29	Raymond	497	–	39
30	Timothy	468	↑2	19
31	Bruce	453	↓1	34
32	Douglas	443	↓1	30
33	Scott	442	↑5	32
34	Keith	429	↓1	36
35	Christopher	390	↑2	43
36	Glenn	387	–	62
37	Wayne	383	↓2	47
38	Andrew	336	↑4	56
39	Lawrence	335	–	46
40	Dennis	313	↓6	28
41	Patrick	313	↓1	41
42	Vincent	303	↑4	97
43	Louis	300	–	86
44	Walter	299	↓3	58
45	Arthur	255	–	66
46	Alan	251	↓2	48
47	Philip	246	↑2	68
48	Larry	239	new	22
49	Eric	236	new	60
50	Carl	235	↓3	49

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