New Jersey ★ 1953

Top names in New Jersey, 1953

Patricia led for girls with 2,022 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,478. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	2,022
2	Linda	1,928
3	Susan	1,598
4	Mary	1,553
5	Barbara	1,504
6	Deborah	1,426
7	Kathleen	1,183
8	Nancy	1,100
9	Karen	1,033
10	Diane	994
11	Carol	903
12	Donna	901
13	Debra	769
14	Sharon	635
15	Margaret	619
16	Denise	572
16	Elizabeth	572
18	Cynthia	547
19	Judith	524
20	Janet	519
21	Sandra	488
22	Gail	483
23	Pamela	475
24	Joan	469
25	Joanne	418
26	Christine	410
27	Catherine	405
28	Janice	398
29	Eileen	375
30	Jo	363
31	Joyce	329
32	Lynn	316
33	Maureen	306
34	Theresa	301
35	Michele	298
36	Jane	283
37	Ann	280
38	Beverly	279
39	Ellen	277
40	Robin	267
41	Cheryl	266
42	Lorraine	265
43	Jean	262
43	Marilyn	262
45	Jacqueline	261
46	Marie	257
47	Dorothy	254
48	Virginia	242
49	Rose	231
50	Elaine	226
51	Anne	219
52	Laura	218
53	Joann	212
54	Brenda	211
55	Suzanne	210
56	Carolyn	207
57	Frances	202
57	Kathryn	202
59	Bonnie	201
60	Ruth	196
61	Helen	188
62	Arlene	185
63	Maria	178
64	Lois	177
65	Gloria	174
66	Kathy	173
67	Valerie	172
68	Katherine	171
69	Phyllis	170
70	Andrea	169
71	Alice	165
72	Paula	162
73	Darlene	158
74	Jeanne	152
75	Shirley	149
76	Diana	147
76	Wendy	147
78	Sheila	146
79	Lisa	144
80	Maryann	142
81	Betty	140
82	Leslie	138
83	Jill	137
84	Victoria	134
85	Irene	133
86	Anna	130
87	Marianne	128
88	Dolores	120
88	Martha	120
90	Louise	116
90	Teresa	116
92	Judy	115
93	Cathy	114
93	Evelyn	114
95	Colleen	113
95	Laurie	113
95	Rita	113
98	Roberta	112
99	Geraldine	111
100	Sally	109

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,478
2	John	3,366
3	Michael	2,378
4	James	2,333
5	William	2,219
6	Richard	2,055
7	Thomas	1,838
8	Joseph	1,732
9	David	1,641
10	Charles	1,002
11	Gary	990
12	Edward	901
13	Paul	852
14	Kenneth	837
15	George	815
16	Steven	761
17	Donald	737
18	Peter	705
19	Stephen	698
20	Mark	690
21	Bruce	647
22	Anthony	636
23	Ronald	630
24	Dennis	614
25	Frank	600
26	Daniel	585
27	Kevin	584
28	Jeffrey	573
29	Raymond	453
30	Gregory	450
31	Douglas	424
32	Lawrence	389
33	Wayne	378
34	Brian	331
35	Walter	330
36	Glenn	310
37	Alan	300
38	Patrick	299
39	Louis	287
40	Arthur	286
41	Frederick	269
42	Andrew	258
43	Timothy	252
44	Philip	248
45	Francis	234
46	Vincent	228
47	Barry	222
47	Keith	222
49	Christopher	221
50	Craig	209
51	Ralph	208
52	Gerald	202
52	Harry	202
52	Henry	202
55	Larry	200
56	Albert	196
57	Scott	194
58	Carl	192
59	Nicholas	187
60	Eugene	184
61	Howard	183
61	Roger	183
63	Stanley	178
64	Martin	169
65	Harold	166
66	Leonard	164
67	Russell	160
68	Samuel	141
69	Alfred	135
69	Theodore	135
71	Eric	134
72	Roy	128
73	Gerard	126
74	Jack	112
75	Allen	109
75	Warren	109
77	Victor	98
78	Alexander	96
79	Ernest	95
80	Fred	93
81	Bernard	92
81	Jerry	92
83	Jay	90
84	Jonathan	86
85	Matthew	85
86	Neil	83
86	Norman	83
88	Salvatore	74
89	Edwin	73
89	Lee	73
91	Marc	72
91	Terry	72
93	Clifford	71
93	Karl	71
95	Jerome	67
96	Allan	64
97	Guy	63
98	Herbert	61
98	Leon	61
98	Randy	61