New Jersey ★ 1942

Top names in New Jersey, 1942

Barbara led for girls with 1,876 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,898. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,876
2	Patricia	1,703
3	Carol	1,350
4	Mary	1,331
5	Judith	861
6	Joan	847
7	Nancy	653
8	Margaret	638
9	Elizabeth	536
10	Joyce	531
11	Linda	527
12	Kathleen	502
13	Susan	481
14	Dorothy	477
15	Janet	452
16	Diane	451
17	Sandra	447
18	Carole	385
19	Carolyn	376
20	Marie	360
21	Virginia	352
22	Elaine	344
23	Jean	339
24	Marilyn	324
25	Frances	316
26	Gail	305
27	Ruth	303
28	Lois	298
29	Arlene	297
30	Beverly	284
31	Helen	279
32	Dolores	276
33	Ann	275
33	Karen	275
35	Joanne	268
36	Betty	267
37	Maryann	255
38	Catherine	254
39	Lorraine	246
40	Geraldine	239
40	Phyllis	239
42	Gloria	231
43	Eileen	229
44	Joann	221
45	Judy	216
46	Shirley	212
47	Jane	202
48	Ellen	200
49	Maureen	199
50	Alice	194
50	Doris	194
52	Rose	192
53	Eleanor	188
54	Theresa	184
55	Florence	179
56	Janice	171
57	Anne	168
58	Sharon	163
59	Louise	162
60	Irene	155
61	Evelyn	151
62	Bonnie	150
63	Anna	147
64	Rosemary	144
65	Rita	143
66	Roberta	138
67	Jacqueline	137
68	Donna	134
69	Josephine	123
69	Rosemarie	123
71	Brenda	121
72	Diana	118
73	Katherine	115
74	Lillian	110
74	Marjorie	110
76	Grace	105
76	Sally	105
76	Sheila	105
79	Marion	104
80	Lucille	102
80	Lynn	102
82	Christine	101
82	Kathryn	101
82	Marlene	101
85	Charlotte	99
85	Marianne	99
87	Angela	97
88	Loretta	95
89	Constance	91
89	Martha	91
91	June	90
92	Anita	89
92	Claire	89
94	Mildred	86
95	Pamela	84
96	Cynthia	82
96	Jeanne	82
96	Suzanne	82
99	Madeline	78
100	Paula	77

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,898
2	John	2,843
3	William	1,996
4	James	1,705
5	Richard	1,659
6	Joseph	1,493
7	Thomas	1,145
8	Charles	970
9	Edward	926
10	George	901
11	Michael	849
12	Ronald	776
13	Frank	771
14	David	709
15	Donald	592
16	Kenneth	558
17	Paul	547
18	Anthony	514
19	Peter	481
20	Raymond	423
20	Walter	423
22	Arthur	335
23	Dennis	322
24	Stephen	292
25	Albert	287
26	Daniel	284
27	Bruce	277
28	Harry	273
29	Louis	270
30	Lawrence	253
31	Douglas	237
32	Henry	236
33	Gerald	233
34	Vincent	220
35	Ralph	214
36	Gary	207
37	Carl	205
37	Fred	205
39	Frederick	204
40	Barry	203
41	Howard	201
42	Roger	197
43	Stanley	194
44	Philip	193
45	Andrew	187
46	Harold	185
47	Eugene	170
48	Alfred	163
49	Theodore	162
50	Wayne	158
51	Francis	156
52	Martin	154
53	Alan	153
53	Nicholas	153
55	Leonard	150
56	Patrick	136
57	Russell	131
58	Larry	130
59	Jack	127
60	Norman	125
61	Samuel	113
62	Victor	107
63	Jeffrey	105
64	Allen	104
65	Ernest	99
66	Herbert	92
66	Roy	92
68	Steven	91
69	Warren	87
70	Salvatore	85
71	Bernard	84
72	Allan	83
72	Jerry	83
74	Edwin	77
75	Brian	74
76	Alexander	70
77	Mark	66
78	Gordon	64
78	Lewis	64
80	Joel	63
81	Jerome	61
82	Dominick	60
83	Leon	58
84	Earl	57
84	Leroy	57
84	Matthew	57
87	Angelo	55
88	Harvey	54
89	Gerard	53
89	Steve	53
91	Glenn	52
91	Melvin	52
91	Stuart	52
94	Clifford	51
94	Marvin	51
96	Eric	49
97	Lee	48
98	Jay	47
98	Neil	47
100	Karl	46