New Jersey ★ 1940

Top names in New Jersey, 1940

Barbara led for girls with 1,391 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,169. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,391
2	Patricia	1,179
3	Mary	1,013
4	Joan	795
5	Carol	769
6	Judith	692
7	Margaret	485
8	Joyce	439
9	Dorothy	430
10	Nancy	420
11	Elizabeth	413
12	Marie	336
13	Jean	313
14	Janet	281
15	Linda	280
16	Sandra	271
17	Ruth	267
18	Frances	264
18	Susan	264
20	Helen	263
21	Ann	257
22	Kathleen	249
23	Elaine	244
24	Carolyn	243
25	Virginia	240
26	Lois	225
27	Betty	222
27	Catherine	222
27	Marilyn	222
30	Gail	219
31	Arlene	210
32	Beverly	203
33	Shirley	198
34	Dolores	196
35	Rose	192
36	Diane	190
36	Phyllis	190
38	Carole	186
39	Doris	174
40	Anna	173
41	Gloria	170
42	Eleanor	169
43	Geraldine	167
44	Alice	162
45	Lorraine	156
46	Jane	151
47	Janice	149
47	Maryann	149
49	Joanne	144
49	Judy	144
51	Theresa	140
52	Brenda	135
53	Eileen	131
54	Anne	130
55	Irene	126
56	Florence	123
57	Evelyn	121
58	Ellen	119
59	Rosemary	116
60	Louise	113
60	Maureen	113
62	Marion	112
63	Grace	108
63	Loretta	108
65	Josephine	107
66	Lillian	105
67	June	103
68	Jacqueline	102
69	Marjorie	101
69	Rita	101
71	Roberta	96
72	Martha	93
73	Audrey	91
74	Charlotte	90
74	Katherine	90
76	Constance	87
77	Marlene	86
78	Lucille	83
79	Anita	82
80	Mildred	81
80	Rosemarie	81
82	Diana	75
83	Kathryn	74
84	Claire	71
85	Julia	70
86	Edith	67
87	Antoinette	66
87	Sally	66
89	Harriet	65
89	Sheila	65
91	Donna	64
92	Priscilla	63
93	Cynthia	62
93	Suzanne	62
95	Jeanne	61
95	Joann	61
95	Marianne	61
98	Christine	60
99	Bernice	59
99	Karen	59

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,169
2	John	2,090
3	William	1,469
4	Richard	1,257
5	James	1,134
6	Joseph	1,106
7	Thomas	844
8	Charles	765
9	George	681
10	Edward	671
11	Frank	574
12	David	546
13	Michael	533
14	Ronald	503
15	Donald	490
16	Anthony	408
17	Peter	360
18	Paul	357
19	Raymond	334
20	Kenneth	317
21	Walter	310
22	Arthur	242
23	Louis	217
24	Henry	213
25	Albert	211
26	Harry	210
27	Gerald	203
28	Daniel	189
29	Fred	181
30	Stephen	180
31	Lawrence	178
32	Carl	174
33	Bruce	169
34	Harold	164
35	Vincent	162
36	Frederick	161
37	Ralph	157
38	Eugene	155
39	Francis	152
40	Howard	150
41	Dennis	148
42	Philip	139
43	Roger	134
44	Alfred	132
45	Stanley	131
46	Andrew	115
46	Martin	115
48	Nicholas	112
48	Theodore	112
50	Gary	108
50	Leonard	108
52	Norman	106
53	Douglas	103
54	Jack	99
55	Ernest	95
55	Russell	95
57	Barry	93
58	Larry	92
59	Wayne	91
60	Alan	89
61	Herbert	86
62	Patrick	85
63	Samuel	80
64	Bernard	78
65	Jerry	77
66	Allan	67
66	Salvatore	67
68	Victor	60
69	Allen	58
70	Edwin	57
71	Roy	55
71	Warren	55
73	Matthew	52
74	Arnold	50
74	Melvin	50
76	Earl	49
77	Jeffrey	48
78	Clifford	45
79	Lewis	43
80	Benjamin	42
80	Gerard	42
82	Brian	40
82	Glenn	40
82	Gordon	40
82	Jerome	40
82	Leroy	40
82	Mark	40
88	Alexander	39
88	Carmen	39
88	Clarence	39
91	Neil	38
92	Jay	37
92	Milton	37
94	Joel	35
94	Marvin	35
96	Angelo	34
96	Franklin	34
96	Joe	34
96	Lee	34
96	Steven	34