New Jersey ★ 1947

Top names in New Jersey, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,369 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,670. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,369
2	Patricia	2,061
3	Barbara	1,939
4	Mary	1,449
5	Carol	1,376
6	Susan	1,199
7	Kathleen	1,141
8	Nancy	1,027
9	Judith	874
10	Diane	778
11	Margaret	713
12	Karen	647
13	Sandra	645
14	Joan	583
15	Donna	544
16	Sharon	543
17	Elizabeth	511
18	Janet	504
19	Joyce	455
20	Gail	404
21	Elaine	398
21	Joanne	398
23	Dorothy	374
24	Carolyn	359
25	Marilyn	356
26	Lorraine	355
27	Janice	353
28	Jane	341
29	Catherine	339
30	Virginia	337
31	Christine	328
32	Eileen	322
33	Jean	314
34	Marie	311
35	Ellen	309
36	Ruth	300
37	Maureen	294
38	Frances	291
39	Lynn	288
40	Beverly	272
41	Ann	270
42	Joann	263
43	Lois	259
44	Phyllis	254
45	Cheryl	252
45	Cynthia	252
47	Betty	251
48	Helen	250
49	Maryann	248
50	Pamela	247
51	Arlene	238
52	Bonnie	229
53	Rosemary	221
54	Geraldine	219
54	Shirley	219
56	Dolores	216
57	Theresa	215
58	Jacqueline	211
59	Judy	210
60	Gloria	209
61	Alice	196
61	Suzanne	196
63	Deborah	192
64	Kathryn	184
65	Anne	183
66	Jeanne	168
67	Irene	167
68	Doris	165
68	Rose	165
70	Brenda	163
71	Jo	162
72	Paula	161
73	Evelyn	157
74	Carole	154
75	Diana	150
76	Laura	149
77	Kathy	144
78	Martha	143
79	Katherine	140
80	Michele	139
81	Anna	131
81	Dianne	131
83	Louise	130
83	Rita	130
85	Roberta	129
86	Constance	125
87	June	124
88	Darlene	123
89	Marion	117
90	Sheila	116
91	Josephine	113
92	Anita	110
92	Grace	110
94	Andrea	109
94	Lucille	109
94	Marjorie	109
94	Peggy	109
98	Maria	108
99	Lynda	104
100	Marlene	103

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,670
2	John	3,567
3	William	2,507
4	James	2,241
5	Richard	2,043
6	Joseph	1,849
7	Thomas	1,744
8	Michael	1,494
9	David	1,114
10	Edward	1,055
11	Charles	1,011
12	George	1,010
13	Ronald	903
14	Frank	824
15	Kenneth	815
16	Paul	759
17	Donald	693
18	Dennis	624
19	Anthony	619
20	Peter	599
21	Raymond	561
22	Bruce	501
23	Walter	468
24	Stephen	467
25	Gary	442
26	Daniel	417
27	Gregory	382
28	Lawrence	360
29	Alan	359
30	Louis	358
31	Arthur	351
32	Wayne	340
33	Jeffrey	308
33	Steven	308
35	Harry	296
36	Douglas	291
37	Vincent	277
38	Philip	269
39	Albert	266
40	Frederick	259
41	Mark	257
42	Carl	253
43	Andrew	250
44	Barry	245
44	Harold	245
46	Gerald	244
47	Henry	234
48	Ralph	229
49	Patrick	222
50	Eugene	221
51	Howard	220
52	Larry	217
53	Francis	216
54	Roger	214
55	Glenn	210
56	Fred	204
57	Leonard	191
58	Martin	185
59	Stanley	181
60	Jack	172
61	Russell	170
62	Nicholas	169
63	Brian	165
64	Alfred	160
65	Theodore	155
66	Craig	140
67	Samuel	129
68	Timothy	123
69	Ernest	117
70	Norman	116
71	Roy	113
72	Allen	111
73	Jerry	103
73	Warren	103
75	Clifford	101
76	Allan	98
76	Christopher	98
78	Victor	97
79	Eric	95
80	Bernard	94
81	Steve	83
82	Kevin	81
83	Edwin	78
84	Herbert	77
85	Alexander	76
85	Stuart	76
87	Gerard	75
88	Jay	74
89	Lee	72
89	Lewis	72
91	Keith	70
92	Salvatore	69
93	Marc	68
94	Matthew	67
95	Jerome	66
96	Gordon	65
97	Joel	64
98	Chester	62
99	Arnold	61
99	Clarence	61