Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1960

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1960 were Donna for girls (1,825 babies) and John for boys (3,362). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 119,934 babies born in New Jersey in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1960

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

Maryanne: 55 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maryann: 178 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marybeth: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lauren: 128 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eileen: 321 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Helene: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 46 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dominick: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Salvatore: 78 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gerard: 124 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 193 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Drew: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelo: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dominic: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vincent: 300 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Angel: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Donna	1,825	–	5
2	Mary	1,621	↑1	1
3	Susan	1,605	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,507	–	7
5	Karen	1,348	–	4
6	Linda	1,328	–	3
7	Lisa	1,142	↑7	6
8	Kathleen	1,024	↑1	27
9	Nancy	1,019	↓2	15
10	Barbara	995	↓2	12
11	Diane	848	–	22
12	Deborah	798	↓2	10
13	Sharon	780	↑2	16
14	Debra	753	↓2	8
15	Carol	711	↑1	23
16	Elizabeth	699	↑1	18
17	Cynthia	691	↓4	9
18	Laura	592	↑3	25
19	Denise	590	–	29
20	Robin	550	↑4	33
21	Cheryl	536	↓3	17
22	Theresa	536	↑3	35
23	Sandra	510	↓1	11
24	Margaret	508	↓4	36
25	Janet	474	↑2	32
26	Kim	439	↑5	34
27	Lori	438	↑3	20
28	Michele	414	↑5	89
29	Pamela	410	–	14
30	Catherine	409	↓2	42
31	Debbie	396	↓5	24
32	Kathy	396	↓9	21
33	Christine	383	↑2	40
34	Joanne	378	↓2	99
35	Judith	373	↑3	74
36	Brenda	370	↑13	13
37	Dawn	348	↑8	57
38	Maureen	327	↓2	>100
39	Eileen	321	↑1	>100
40	Laurie	318	new	37
41	Lynn	316	–	64
42	Ann	310	↑1	51
43	Janice	296	↑4	41
44	Maria	296	↓2	59
45	Ellen	291	↓8	94
46	Joan	288	↓7	80
47	Suzanne	286	new	78
48	Cindy	285	↓14	30
49	Michelle	269	new	39
50	Joyce	264	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	John	3,362	–	4
2	Michael	3,148	↑1	2
3	Robert	2,979	↓1	5
4	James	2,439	–	3
5	David	2,334	–	1
6	Thomas	1,977	↑2	9
7	William	1,926	↓1	7
8	Joseph	1,864	↓1	12
9	Mark	1,770	↑1	6
10	Richard	1,684	↓1	8
11	Steven	1,071	↑1	10
12	Kevin	981	↓1	15
13	Kenneth	973	↑2	16
14	Anthony	905	↑3	25
15	Edward	893	↓1	26
16	Paul	891	↓3	18
17	Brian	835	↑2	20
18	Charles	813	↓2	13
19	Jeffrey	813	↓1	14
20	Frank	723	↑2	40
21	Peter	720	↓1	42
22	Daniel	691	↑1	17
23	Christopher	678	↑7	29
24	Donald	662	↑1	19
25	George	642	↓4	33
26	Stephen	638	–	27
27	Scott	633	↑2	23
28	Ronald	625	↓4	21
29	Timothy	608	↓1	11
30	Gary	567	↓3	22
31	Gregory	547	–	24
32	Andrew	445	↑8	51
33	Raymond	431	↓1	46
34	Keith	407	↑1	35
35	Douglas	398	↓1	30
36	Bruce	372	↓3	39
37	Eric	367	↓1	44
38	Glenn	360	↑1	74
39	Craig	339	↑3	41
40	Patrick	338	↓3	45
41	Dennis	309	↓3	31
42	Vincent	300	↑3	98
43	Matthew	291	↑4	61
44	Wayne	276	↓3	58
45	Louis	273	↑1	>100
46	Lawrence	271	↓3	64
47	Walter	263	↓3	70
48	Alan	253	↑1	50
49	Philip	247	↓1	76
50	Carl	235	new	53

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