Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1961

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1961 were Susan for girls (1,673 babies) and John for boys (3,480). Susan ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 121,831 babies born in New Jersey in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1961

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: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maryann: 156 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marybeth: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Randi: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosanne: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 328 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lauren: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Madeline: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dominick: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carmen: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelo: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerard: 126 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 178 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glenn: 466 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Susan	1,673	↑2	3
2	Lisa	1,484	↑5	2
3	Mary	1,462	↓1	1
4	Donna	1,429	↓3	7
5	Karen	1,374	–	5
6	Patricia	1,337	↓2	6
7	Linda	1,295	↓1	4
8	Nancy	1,068	↑1	16
9	Barbara	1,038	↑1	12
10	Kathleen	931	↓2	29
11	Deborah	834	↑1	10
12	Diane	811	↓1	26
13	Sharon	766	–	17
14	Cynthia	710	↑3	8
15	Elizabeth	670	↑1	19
16	Laura	647	↑2	21
17	Carol	643	↓2	24
18	Denise	639	↑1	30
19	Debra	624	↓5	13
20	Robin	617	–	27
21	Lori	574	↑6	14
22	Cheryl	569	↓1	20
23	Theresa	542	↓1	35
24	Sandra	540	↓1	9
25	Michele	494	↑3	63
26	Jacqueline	493	new	37
27	Margaret	466	↓3	40
28	Janet	465	↓3	32
29	Christine	449	↑4	39
30	Pamela	444	↓1	15
31	Catherine	398	↓1	48
32	Maria	385	↑12	57
33	Dawn	382	↑4	49
34	Michelle	370	↑15	34
35	Kim	368	↓9	36
36	Carolyn	353	new	42
37	Joanne	345	↓3	>100
38	Kathy	344	↓6	25
39	Debbie	334	↓8	31
40	Suzanne	334	↑7	68
41	Eileen	328	↓2	>100
42	Maureen	325	↓4	>100
43	Brenda	319	↓7	11
44	Laurie	315	↓4	43
45	Lynn	302	↓4	71
46	Kimberly	300	new	22
47	Ellen	294	↓2	97
48	Joan	291	↓2	89
49	Judith	282	↓14	83
50	Valerie	278	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	John	3,480	–	3
2	Michael	3,378	–	1
3	Robert	3,215	–	5
4	James	2,432	–	4
5	David	2,396	–	2
6	William	1,923	↑1	7
7	Joseph	1,886	↑1	12
8	Thomas	1,758	↓2	9
9	Richard	1,680	↑1	8
10	Mark	1,643	↓1	6
11	Kevin	1,005	↑1	14
12	Paul	978	↑4	18
13	Jeffrey	974	↑6	11
14	Steven	970	↓3	10
15	Anthony	959	↓1	25
16	Kenneth	947	↓3	16
17	Charles	911	↑1	13
18	Edward	835	↓3	29
19	Daniel	785	↑3	17
20	Brian	767	↓3	20
21	Christopher	749	↑2	26
22	Frank	719	↓2	41
23	Scott	699	↑4	19
24	Stephen	696	↑2	27
25	Peter	691	↓4	42
26	George	689	↓1	31
27	Gary	638	↑3	21
28	Ronald	622	–	24
29	Donald	602	↓5	22
30	Timothy	599	↓1	15
31	Gregory	531	–	23
32	Glenn	466	↑6	64
33	Douglas	449	↑2	28
34	Raymond	428	↓1	48
35	Andrew	418	↓3	52
36	Keith	414	↓2	35
37	Patrick	389	↑3	39
38	Bruce	355	↓2	40
39	Eric	349	↓2	38
40	Craig	312	↓1	43
41	Wayne	304	↑3	61
42	Vincent	290	–	98
43	Lawrence	287	↑3	67
44	Dennis	284	↓3	34
45	Louis	259	–	>100
46	Matthew	256	↓3	59
47	Philip	253	↑2	79
48	Walter	251	↓1	74
49	Alan	249	↓1	51
50	Arthur	217	new	85

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