Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1962

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,792 babies) and John for boys (3,399). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,565 babies born in New Jersey in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1962

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

Migdalia: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maryellen: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roseann: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Madeline: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maryann: 125 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maryanne: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Annmarie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eileen: 286 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marybeth: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dale: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 77 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gerard: 121 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Drew: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angelo: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 169 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Louis: 262 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 170 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 681 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,792	↑1	1
2	Susan	1,486	↓1	3
3	Karen	1,311	↑2	4
4	Mary	1,274	↓1	2
5	Patricia	1,234	↑1	6
6	Donna	1,218	↓2	7
7	Linda	1,123	–	5
8	Nancy	927	–	19
9	Kathleen	890	↑1	29
10	Barbara	849	↓1	14
11	Deborah	783	–	9
12	Diane	781	–	26
13	Sharon	726	–	17
14	Elizabeth	666	↑1	20
15	Laura	631	↑1	21
16	Cynthia	627	↓2	8
17	Debra	607	↑2	15
18	Carol	605	↓1	28
19	Lori	588	↑2	11
20	Denise	570	↓2	30
21	Sandra	541	↑3	10
22	Robin	524	↓2	25
23	Theresa	509	–	40
24	Christine	505	↑5	39
25	Michele	503	–	59
26	Cheryl	502	↓4	24
27	Margaret	497	–	43
28	Jacqueline	485	↓2	44
29	Pamela	476	↑1	13
30	Maria	467	↑2	49
31	Dawn	426	↑2	50
32	Catherine	406	↓1	53
33	Janet	388	↓5	35
34	Kim	388	↑1	37
35	Kimberly	360	↑11	16
36	Joanne	350	↑1	>100
37	Laurie	337	↑7	42
38	Michelle	330	↓4	31
39	Suzanne	321	↑1	65
40	Carolyn	320	↓4	46
41	Maureen	318	↑1	>100
42	Debbie	315	↓3	32
43	Kathy	311	↓5	27
44	Brenda	310	↓1	12
45	Judith	304	↑4	86
46	Jennifer	302	new	41
47	Eileen	286	↓6	>100
48	Lynn	283	↓3	71
49	Ann	276	new	56
50	Tracy	273	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	3,399	–	3
2	Michael	3,154	–	1
3	Robert	3,029	–	5
4	James	2,313	–	4
5	David	2,305	–	2
6	William	1,955	–	7
7	Joseph	1,896	–	13
8	Thomas	1,815	–	9
9	Mark	1,576	↑1	6
10	Richard	1,557	↓1	8
11	Kevin	989	–	14
12	Anthony	983	↑3	24
13	Scott	957	↑10	11
14	Steven	946	–	12
15	Jeffrey	931	↓2	10
16	Kenneth	871	–	18
17	Edward	851	↑1	29
18	Paul	848	↓6	19
19	Charles	792	↓2	15
20	Brian	771	–	20
21	Christopher	756	–	26
22	Daniel	709	↓3	17
23	Stephen	692	↑1	28
24	Peter	681	↑1	43
25	Frank	652	↓3	42
26	George	632	–	32
27	Ronald	585	↑1	25
28	Gregory	584	↑3	21
29	Donald	578	–	23
30	Gary	566	↓3	22
31	Timothy	565	↓1	16
32	Douglas	486	↑1	27
33	Andrew	477	↑2	49
34	Glenn	457	↓2	55
35	Keith	437	↑1	36
36	Raymond	407	↓2	48
37	Eric	390	↑2	33
38	Vincent	355	↑4	66
39	Patrick	352	↓2	40
40	Bruce	302	↓2	41
41	Wayne	273	–	63
42	Dennis	270	↑2	37
43	Craig	267	↓3	51
44	Louis	262	↑1	>100
45	Matthew	257	↑1	56
46	Walter	250	↑2	79
47	Alan	239	↑2	53
48	Todd	226	new	30
49	Lawrence	214	↓6	70
50	Philip	209	↓3	81

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