Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1964

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1964 were Lisa for girls (2,064 babies) and John for boys (3,697). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,595 babies born in New Jersey in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1964

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

Marybeth: 58 babies, 4× the national rate
Eileen: 299 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 116 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 144 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryellen: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roseann: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 84 babies, 3× the national rate
Noreen: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Annmarie: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 56 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 70 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 108 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angelo: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 171 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julio: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 152 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 717 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	2,064	–	1
2	Susan	1,414	–	3
3	Mary	1,243	–	2
4	Donna	1,226	–	7
5	Patricia	1,224	↑1	5
6	Karen	1,132	↓1	4
7	Linda	969	–	8
8	Kathleen	843	↑1	30
9	Dawn	790	↑22	33
10	Barbara	772	–	19
11	Nancy	771	↓3	26
12	Denise	752	↑5	25
13	Deborah	735	↓2	12
14	Laura	706	↑1	14
15	Diane	702	↓1	32
16	Christine	694	↑4	28
17	Elizabeth	687	↓4	16
18	Sharon	641	↓6	20
19	Maria	574	↑9	41
20	Jacqueline	549	↑12	37
21	Sandra	547	↓2	13
22	Cynthia	539	↓4	9
23	Michele	522	↑3	58
24	Lori	520	↓8	15
25	Debra	515	↓2	24
26	Cheryl	497	↓5	29
27	Kimberly	488	↑2	6
28	Theresa	464	↓3	38
29	Robin	463	↓5	27
30	Carol	456	↓8	36
31	Pamela	445	↓4	11
32	Michelle	427	↑3	23
33	Margaret	423	↓3	49
34	Jennifer	405	↑2	31
35	Catherine	376	↓2	54
36	Kim	369	↓2	42
37	Suzanne	361	↑2	67
38	Tracy	312	new	40
39	Kelly	305	↑5	35
40	Eileen	299	↑6	>100
41	Janet	298	↓4	48
42	Beth	290	new	65
43	Jill	283	new	61
44	Maureen	283	↓6	>100
45	Wendy	281	–	55
46	Tammy	278	↓6	10
47	Ann	273	new	60
48	Joanne	273	↓5	>100
49	Carolyn	270	↑1	56
50	Colleen	270	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	3,697	–	2
2	Michael	3,283	–	1
3	Robert	2,969	–	5
4	James	2,428	–	4
5	David	2,160	–	3
6	William	1,889	↑1	7
7	Joseph	1,831	↓1	11
8	Thomas	1,752	–	9
9	Richard	1,623	–	8
10	Mark	1,369	–	6
11	Paul	1,050	–	16
12	Anthony	990	↑2	21
13	Kevin	980	↓1	13
14	Steven	949	↑3	12
15	Scott	947	↓2	14
16	Jeffrey	895	–	10
17	Christopher	869	↑2	23
18	Kenneth	866	↓3	18
19	Edward	841	↓1	27
20	Brian	828	–	20
21	Daniel	777	↑1	19
22	Charles	771	↓1	17
23	Peter	717	↑5	39
24	Stephen	658	–	29
25	Timothy	642	↑1	15
26	Frank	589	↓1	41
27	Ronald	579	↓4	24
28	George	559	↓1	33
29	Gregory	532	–	22
30	Gary	512	–	26
31	Patrick	510	↑5	30
32	Andrew	509	↑2	37
33	Eric	505	–	32
34	Donald	495	↓3	25
35	Douglas	491	↓3	31
36	Keith	425	↑1	34
37	Raymond	375	↑1	44
38	Vincent	357	↑1	64
39	Glenn	301	↓4	81
40	Matthew	299	↑2	43
41	Todd	285	–	28
42	Craig	261	↑4	48
43	Dennis	261	↑1	42
44	Bruce	252	↓4	46
45	Lawrence	244	–	68
46	Louis	244	↓3	>100
47	Walter	231	↑2	80
48	Wayne	222	↓1	61
49	Alan	214	↓1	53
50	Carl	207	–	55

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