New Jersey ★ 1946

Top names in New Jersey, 1946

Patricia led for girls with 1,845 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,354. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	1,845
2	Barbara	1,732
3	Mary	1,420
4	Carol	1,410
5	Susan	1,063
6	Linda	1,043
7	Kathleen	968
8	Nancy	955
9	Judith	903
10	Diane	789
11	Margaret	668
12	Joan	631
13	Sandra	612
14	Karen	598
15	Sharon	468
16	Elizabeth	463
17	Janet	458
18	Joyce	439
19	Donna	427
20	Dorothy	389
21	Carolyn	360
22	Eileen	357
23	Gail	354
24	Elaine	353
25	Jane	336
26	Virginia	333
27	Janice	330
28	Marilyn	328
29	Marie	302
30	Beverly	300
31	Lorraine	299
32	Ann	290
32	Ruth	290
34	Helen	285
35	Catherine	283
36	Christine	281
36	Ellen	281
38	Jean	280
39	Joanne	272
40	Frances	264
40	Maureen	264
42	Arlene	257
43	Lois	252
44	Joann	249
45	Betty	246
46	Cheryl	245
47	Maryann	233
48	Lynn	232
49	Phyllis	227
50	Carole	219
50	Shirley	219
52	Geraldine	216
53	Gloria	211
54	Judy	210
55	Bonnie	199
55	Rosemary	199
57	Theresa	194
58	Jacqueline	193
59	Pamela	190
60	Dolores	186
61	Cynthia	185
62	Alice	178
62	Diana	178
64	Suzanne	175
65	Anne	172
66	Jeanne	169
67	Louise	165
68	Rose	159
69	Doris	156
70	Jo	153
71	Irene	148
72	Kathryn	142
73	Brenda	138
74	Laura	130
74	Rita	130
76	Anna	128
76	Roberta	128
78	Dianne	127
79	Evelyn	125
79	Katherine	125
81	Constance	120
81	Paula	120
83	Martha	119
84	Sheila	115
85	Florence	114
85	Marion	114
87	Andrea	113
87	Darlene	113
89	Eleanor	109
90	Charlotte	107
91	June	104
91	Michele	104
93	Anita	99
94	Marjorie	98
95	Marlene	95
95	Victoria	95
97	Claire	94
97	Kathy	94
97	Rosemarie	94
100	Leslie	91

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,354
2	John	3,246
3	William	2,265
4	Richard	2,234
5	James	2,030
6	Joseph	1,594
7	Thomas	1,587
8	Michael	1,224
9	Charles	1,054
10	David	932
10	Edward	932
12	George	920
13	Ronald	911
14	Frank	728
15	Paul	695
16	Kenneth	667
17	Donald	655
18	Dennis	605
19	Peter	532
20	Anthony	512
21	Raymond	466
22	Bruce	417
23	Gary	404
24	Stephen	395
25	Walter	381
26	Daniel	348
27	Alan	329
28	Arthur	323
29	Lawrence	310
30	Louis	299
31	Wayne	282
32	Douglas	276
33	Gregory	264
34	Henry	260
35	Harry	255
36	Albert	249
37	Jeffrey	235
38	Frederick	230
39	Steven	217
40	Gerald	211
41	Andrew	210
42	Barry	208
42	Howard	208
44	Carl	207
44	Fred	207
46	Roger	205
47	Vincent	204
48	Leonard	193
49	Philip	189
50	Ralph	188
51	Russell	184
52	Eugene	180
53	Harold	178
54	Stanley	177
55	Francis	175
56	Martin	166
57	Alfred	165
58	Larry	163
59	Patrick	162
60	Jack	157
61	Nicholas	152
62	Mark	148
63	Theodore	134
64	Brian	131
64	Norman	131
66	Samuel	125
67	Roy	124
68	Allen	110
69	Timothy	105
70	Glenn	103
71	Warren	102
72	Jerry	101
73	Allan	96
74	Ernest	93
75	Craig	90
76	Herbert	88
77	Jay	86
78	Bernard	84
79	Joel	82
80	Edwin	77
80	Victor	77
82	Eric	70
83	Lewis	67
84	Christopher	66
85	Clifford	65
86	Steve	63
87	Alexander	62
87	Jerome	62
89	Terry	61
90	Chester	58
90	Lee	58
92	Kevin	56
93	Stuart	55
94	Gordon	54
95	Leroy	53
96	Gerard	52
96	Leslie	52
96	Melvin	52
99	Arnold	51
99	Bill	51