Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1958

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1958 were Susan for girls (1,785 babies) and John for boys (3,471). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,432 babies born in New Jersey in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1958

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: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maryann: 153 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marybeth: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lenore: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eileen: 333 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 131 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 485 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lauren: 112 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 75 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 75 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Drew: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 174 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vincent: 328 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 116 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 781 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edmund: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 1,903 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	1,785	–	2
2	Mary	1,724	–	1
3	Patricia	1,716	–	5
4	Linda	1,479	–	3
5	Karen	1,430	–	4
6	Donna	1,299	–	10
7	Barbara	1,189	–	9
8	Nancy	1,183	–	12
9	Kathleen	1,153	↑1	21
10	Deborah	1,076	↓1	7
11	Diane	985	↑1	18
12	Debra	890	↓1	6
13	Cynthia	792	–	8
14	Carol	788	–	20
15	Cheryl	729	↑3	13
16	Sharon	716	↓1	17
17	Elizabeth	702	↓1	22
18	Denise	665	↓1	27
19	Lisa	655	↑1	19
20	Margaret	526	↓1	31
21	Kathy	507	↑10	14
22	Janet	495	–	28
23	Joanne	485	↑12	80
24	Theresa	453	↑3	33
25	Debbie	452	↑3	24
26	Robin	446	–	32
27	Sandra	440	↓2	15
28	Pamela	428	↓4	11
29	Laura	427	↑4	29
30	Catherine	421	–	38
31	Kim	401	↓8	40
32	Christine	400	↑2	43
33	Cindy	396	↓12	25
34	Lori	392	new	30
35	Michele	382	↑3	92
36	Judith	358	↓4	62
37	Maureen	354	↑8	>100
38	Joan	345	↓9	68
39	Janice	334	↑3	35
40	Eileen	333	↓4	>100
41	Gail	330	↓2	72
42	Lynn	327	↓5	60
43	Ellen	312	↓2	93
44	Ann	291	↓1	47
45	Jane	288	↑1	61
46	Darlene	277	new	49
47	Joyce	277	↓3	46
48	Anne	275	↑2	87
49	Brenda	272	↓9	16
50	Maria	271	↓2	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	John	3,471	↑1	5
2	Robert	3,217	↓1	4
3	Michael	3,008	–	1
4	James	2,332	–	3
5	William	2,126	–	6
6	David	1,991	↑1	2
7	Richard	1,906	↑2	8
8	Joseph	1,903	–	12
9	Thomas	1,846	↓3	9
10	Mark	1,429	–	7
11	Paul	1,021	↑1	15
12	Charles	990	↑4	11
13	Kevin	951	↓2	20
14	Steven	930	–	10
15	Edward	919	↓2	28
16	Kenneth	870	↓1	14
17	Anthony	863	↑2	27
18	Jeffrey	784	–	21
19	Peter	781	↑1	41
20	George	763	↑3	31
21	Daniel	747	↑4	16
22	Gary	715	↓5	17
23	Frank	702	↑4	38
24	Ronald	695	–	19
25	Brian	693	↓3	24
26	Donald	689	↓5	18
27	Stephen	648	↓1	26
28	Timothy	617	↑2	13
29	Scott	611	↑4	25
30	Christopher	507	↑5	39
31	Raymond	475	↓2	43
32	Gregory	470	↓4	23
33	Bruce	428	↓2	36
34	Douglas	417	↓2	30
35	Keith	400	↓1	37
36	Andrew	363	↑2	55
37	Dennis	354	↑3	29
38	Wayne	345	↓1	48
39	Vincent	328	↑3	98
40	Patrick	324	↑1	42
41	Glenn	322	↓5	76
42	Walter	304	↑2	63
43	Lawrence	302	↓4	52
44	Eric	294	↑5	50
45	Alan	288	↑1	49
46	Louis	279	↓3	94
47	Arthur	240	↓2	72
48	Craig	230	new	53
49	Philip	226	↓2	67
50	Albert	222	new	89

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