Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1959

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1959 were Donna for girls (1,901 babies) and John for boys (3,344). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,519 babies born in New Jersey in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1959

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: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryann: 157 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryanne: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Robbin: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marybeth: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eileen: 324 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Helene: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosemarie: 84 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lauren: 115 babies, 3× the national rate
Maureen: 351 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 55 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 82 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carmen: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerard: 119 babies, 3× the national rate
Drew: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 198 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 153 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 745 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Donna	1,901	↑5	5
2	Susan	1,644	↓1	2
3	Mary	1,569	↓1	1
4	Patricia	1,539	↓1	6
5	Karen	1,394	–	4
6	Linda	1,308	↓2	3
7	Nancy	1,092	↑1	14
8	Barbara	1,090	↓1	11
9	Kathleen	1,019	–	23
10	Deborah	981	–	9
11	Diane	924	–	19
12	Debra	833	–	7
13	Cynthia	823	–	8
14	Lisa	789	↑5	10
15	Sharon	752	↑1	17
16	Carol	710	↓2	22
17	Elizabeth	671	–	21
18	Cheryl	601	↓3	18
19	Denise	595	↓1	29
20	Margaret	533	–	36
21	Laura	504	↑8	30
22	Sandra	494	↑5	13
23	Kathy	487	↓2	15
24	Robin	482	↑2	32
25	Theresa	478	↓1	34
26	Debbie	469	↓1	20
27	Janet	462	↓5	28
28	Catherine	424	↑2	40
29	Pamela	424	↓1	12
30	Lori	407	↑4	27
31	Kim	394	–	35
32	Joanne	392	↓9	92
33	Michele	391	↑2	89
34	Cindy	377	↓1	25
35	Christine	351	↓3	43
36	Maureen	351	↑1	>100
37	Ellen	348	↑6	91
38	Judith	345	↓2	70
39	Joan	340	↓1	76
40	Eileen	324	–	>100
41	Lynn	321	↑1	63
42	Maria	313	↑8	62
43	Ann	306	↑1	44
44	Anne	302	↑4	82
45	Dawn	301	new	54
46	Gail	296	↓5	75
47	Janice	292	↓8	37
48	Valerie	290	new	60
49	Brenda	287	–	16
50	Jean	275	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	3,344	–	4
2	Robert	3,124	–	5
3	Michael	3,086	–	1
4	James	2,448	–	3
5	David	2,216	↑1	2
6	William	2,074	↓1	7
7	Joseph	1,883	↑1	13
8	Thomas	1,864	↑1	9
9	Richard	1,772	↓2	8
10	Mark	1,554	–	6
11	Kevin	999	↑2	14
12	Steven	985	↑2	10
13	Paul	963	↓2	17
14	Edward	928	↑1	27
15	Kenneth	891	↑1	15
16	Charles	877	↓4	11
17	Anthony	875	–	26
18	Jeffrey	783	–	16
19	Brian	773	↑6	22
20	Peter	745	↓1	40
21	George	739	↓1	32
22	Frank	688	↑1	42
23	Daniel	654	↓2	18
24	Ronald	637	–	21
25	Donald	634	↑1	19
26	Stephen	624	↑1	28
27	Gary	617	↓5	20
28	Timothy	616	–	12
29	Scott	596	–	24
30	Christopher	569	–	35
31	Gregory	496	↑1	23
32	Raymond	442	↓1	45
33	Bruce	399	–	38
34	Douglas	397	–	30
35	Keith	384	–	39
36	Eric	367	↑8	46
37	Patrick	358	↑3	43
38	Dennis	332	↓1	29
39	Glenn	332	↑2	80
40	Andrew	330	↓4	58
41	Wayne	306	↓3	51
42	Craig	291	↑6	44
43	Lawrence	287	–	62
44	Walter	284	↓2	66
45	Vincent	282	↓6	>100
46	Louis	279	–	100
47	Matthew	259	new	63
48	Philip	248	↑1	68
49	Alan	247	↓4	50
50	Arthur	231	↓3	76

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