New Jersey ★ 1938

Top names in New Jersey, 1938

Barbara led for girls with 1,443 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,185. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,443
2	Mary	1,002
3	Patricia	960
4	Joan	881
5	Carol	653
6	Margaret	530
7	Elizabeth	432
8	Dorothy	427
9	Nancy	424
10	Joyce	342
11	Judith	329
12	Marie	322
13	Helen	313
14	Janet	292
15	Jean	291
16	Shirley	280
17	Dolores	275
18	Ruth	270
19	Betty	267
20	Frances	262
21	Ann	255
22	Elaine	254
23	Marilyn	243
24	Doris	231
25	Sandra	229
26	Arlene	227
27	Rose	222
28	Virginia	218
29	Lois	215
30	Catherine	208
30	Phyllis	208
32	Gail	200
33	Eleanor	199
34	Carole	189
35	Carolyn	188
36	Beverly	185
37	Lorraine	178
38	Alice	176
39	Anna	173
40	Kathleen	171
41	Jane	166
42	Gloria	158
43	Theresa	156
44	Eileen	150
45	Diane	147
46	Florence	143
47	Evelyn	134
48	Marion	126
48	Rita	126
50	Anne	125
51	Susan	123
52	Audrey	121
52	Lillian	121
54	Geraldine	120
55	Grace	119
56	Josephine	117
57	Janice	116
58	Roberta	114
59	Louise	113
59	Maryann	113
61	Loretta	112
62	Jacqueline	111
62	Joanne	111
64	Linda	110
65	Marjorie	109
65	Rosalie	109
67	June	108
67	Maureen	108
69	Irene	107
70	Rosemary	106
71	Charlotte	104
72	Lucille	103
73	Rosemarie	101
74	Ellen	99
75	Constance	96
76	Mildred	95
77	Judy	89
78	Martha	88
79	Claire	82
79	Katherine	82
79	Marlene	82
82	Sheila	75
83	Harriet	72
84	Anita	71
85	Kathryn	69
86	Sally	68
87	Norma	66
88	Edith	65
89	Sylvia	64
90	Antoinette	63
91	Bernice	62
92	Agnes	60
93	Ethel	58
93	Jeanette	58
95	Beatrice	56
96	Angela	55
97	Pauline	52
98	Edna	51
98	Gladys	51
100	Madeline	50

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,185
2	John	1,794
3	William	1,387
4	Richard	1,070
5	Joseph	1,061
6	James	1,035
7	Charles	773
8	Thomas	707
9	George	675
10	Edward	664
11	Donald	583
12	Frank	547
13	Ronald	525
14	David	471
15	Michael	444
16	Anthony	416
17	Raymond	366
18	Peter	317
19	Paul	314
20	Kenneth	300
21	Walter	294
22	Arthur	271
23	Louis	224
24	Albert	208
25	Fred	194
26	Daniel	193
27	Henry	183
28	Harry	172
29	Carl	166
30	Harold	164
31	Eugene	163
32	Vincent	160
33	Francis	158
34	Ralph	154
35	Gerald	151
36	Stephen	146
37	Howard	145
38	Lawrence	141
39	Philip	131
40	Alfred	126
40	Frederick	126
42	Stanley	122
43	Martin	121
44	Leonard	119
45	Theodore	117
46	Bruce	115
47	Roger	113
48	Jack	111
49	Andrew	105
50	Norman	103
51	Ernest	99
52	Nicholas	95
53	Herbert	94
54	Russell	93
55	Alan	91
56	Jerry	89
57	Bernard	78
58	Patrick	76
59	Douglas	75
59	Samuel	75
61	Allan	69
61	Edwin	69
63	Barry	63
64	Larry	62
65	Victor	61
66	Lewis	60
66	Salvatore	60
66	Wayne	60
69	Gary	59
70	Warren	58
71	Roy	55
72	Allen	54
72	Dennis	54
74	Leroy	52
75	Arnold	49
75	Earl	49
77	Leon	48
78	Alexander	47
78	Harvey	47
78	Marvin	47
78	Neil	47
82	Gerard	46
83	Gordon	44
84	Jerome	43
85	Benjamin	42
86	Clarence	41
86	Melvin	41
88	Herman	38
88	Joel	38
90	Dominick	37
90	Edmund	37
90	Karl	37
90	Lee	37
94	Leo	36
95	Angelo	34
95	Chester	34
95	Gene	34
95	Joe	34
95	Steve	34
100	Carmen	32