New Jersey ★ 1954

Top names in New Jersey, 1954

Patricia led for girls with 1,977 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,533. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	1,977
2	Mary	1,823
3	Susan	1,787
4	Deborah	1,731
5	Linda	1,701
6	Barbara	1,455
7	Kathleen	1,214
8	Karen	1,192
9	Donna	1,173
9	Nancy	1,173
11	Debra	1,096
12	Diane	1,084
13	Carol	900
14	Sharon	666
15	Cynthia	640
16	Elizabeth	638
17	Margaret	615
18	Denise	607
19	Janet	520
20	Joan	489
21	Gail	470
22	Pamela	456
23	Sandra	444
24	Judith	436
25	Catherine	434
26	Joanne	403
27	Jo	379
28	Robin	377
29	Janice	363
30	Theresa	355
31	Lynn	349
32	Eileen	342
33	Michele	333
34	Joyce	329
35	Jane	297
35	Maureen	297
37	Ellen	296
38	Rose	293
39	Christine	280
40	Cheryl	279
40	Jean	279
42	Elaine	270
42	Lorraine	270
44	Laura	267
45	Marilyn	266
46	Ann	263
47	Dorothy	256
48	Beverly	249
49	Maria	242
49	Marie	242
51	Anne	234
52	Marian	211
53	Virginia	209
54	Bonnie	207
55	Valerie	206
56	Brenda	202
57	Jacqueline	200
57	Joann	200
59	Frances	192
60	Carolyn	191
61	Kathryn	190
61	Ruth	190
63	Paula	186
63	Suzanne	186
65	Kathy	183
66	Helen	178
66	Wendy	178
68	Jill	176
69	Lisa	173
70	Marianne	172
71	Victoria	169
72	Laurie	161
73	Katherine	160
74	Shirley	159
75	Andrea	156
76	Lois	153
77	Gloria	152
78	Leslie	149
79	Alice	148
80	Betty	146
81	Judy	142
82	Sheila	139
83	Arlene	138
83	Phyllis	138
85	Maryann	136
85	Michelle	136
85	Teresa	136
88	Louise	134
89	Anna	132
90	Angela	131
91	Darlene	130
92	Cathy	128
92	Jeanne	128
94	Diana	126
95	Dawn	124
96	Irene	123
97	Beth	118
98	Sally	117
99	Evelyn	116
100	Rita	115

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,533
2	John	3,416
3	Michael	2,493
4	James	2,301
5	William	2,239
6	Thomas	2,046
7	Richard	1,951
8	Joseph	1,839
9	David	1,817
10	Gary	1,103
11	Edward	1,023
12	Charles	961
13	Mark	959
14	Steven	893
15	Paul	868
16	George	817
17	Kenneth	796
18	Kevin	763
19	Donald	741
20	Stephen	735
21	Peter	710
22	Ronald	689
23	Anthony	682
24	Jeffrey	671
25	Frank	659
26	Daniel	619
27	Bruce	562
28	Raymond	511
29	Gregory	474
30	Dennis	459
31	Douglas	409
32	Lawrence	399
33	Wayne	386
34	Brian	361
35	Glenn	359
36	Louis	325
37	Walter	319
38	Alan	308
39	Patrick	303
40	Timothy	298
41	Andrew	282
42	Philip	267
43	Barry	260
44	Arthur	258
45	Frederick	255
46	Scott	254
47	Christopher	248
48	Craig	244
49	Francis	241
50	Keith	240
51	Vincent	238
52	Albert	236
53	Ralph	233
54	Gerald	222
55	Harry	220
56	Carl	217
57	Henry	210
58	Russell	208
59	Nicholas	200
60	Eugene	195
61	Larry	190
62	Leonard	187
63	Howard	177
64	Stanley	173
65	Martin	171
66	Roger	164
67	Theodore	158
68	Eric	150
69	Matthew	148
70	Harold	138
71	Fred	130
72	Ernest	129
73	Samuel	128
74	Alfred	123
75	Jack	121
76	Gerard	117
76	Roy	117
78	Warren	111
79	Jonathan	110
80	Allen	105
81	Guy	102
81	Marc	102
83	Victor	98
84	Jay	94
84	Neil	94
84	Randy	94
87	Bernard	91
87	Jerry	91
89	Norman	86
90	Jerome	84
91	Clifford	80
91	Lee	80
93	Dean	77
94	Herbert	76
95	Edwin	75
95	Kurt	75
97	Glen	72
98	Terry	71
99	Alexander	68
99	Benjamin	68