New Jersey ★ 1955

Top names in New Jersey, 1955

Patricia led for girls with 1,926 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,479. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	1,926
2	Susan	1,792
3	Deborah	1,730
4	Mary	1,706
5	Linda	1,604
6	Kathleen	1,289
7	Barbara	1,264
8	Donna	1,258
9	Karen	1,251
10	Debra	1,232
11	Nancy	1,219
12	Diane	1,116
13	Carol	854
14	Sharon	682
15	Elizabeth	607
16	Margaret	600
17	Cynthia	589
18	Janet	531
19	Denise	522
20	Pamela	474
21	Sandra	463
22	Cheryl	457
23	Judith	454
24	Joan	442
25	Catherine	437
26	Gail	435
27	Jo	419
28	Robin	400
29	Janice	380
30	Theresa	369
31	Maureen	365
32	Michele	356
33	Joanne	352
34	Lynn	342
35	Christine	317
36	Eileen	315
37	Ann	314
38	Joyce	308
39	Ellen	304
40	Laura	299
41	Lisa	293
42	Marie	271
42	Rose	271
44	Jane	270
45	Elaine	257
46	Bonnie	252
47	Lorraine	251
48	Jean	248
49	Kathy	242
50	Wendy	239
51	Dorothy	238
51	Virginia	238
53	Kim	231
54	Maria	228
55	Beverly	221
56	Anne	218
57	Valerie	217
58	Brenda	211
59	Jacqueline	192
60	Helen	191
61	Kathryn	189
62	Marilyn	188
62	Paula	188
64	Ruth	185
64	Suzanne	185
66	Joann	184
67	Katherine	178
68	Colleen	174
69	Carolyn	173
70	Jill	172
71	Frances	170
72	Andrea	168
72	Gloria	168
74	Lori	166
75	Darlene	163
76	Leslie	159
77	Teresa	158
78	Michelle	157
79	Diana	155
79	Laurie	155
79	Shirley	155
82	Dawn	154
83	Debbie	149
83	Victoria	149
85	Cathy	148
86	Judy	146
86	Lois	146
88	Alice	145
88	Angela	145
90	Jeanne	144
91	Anna	142
92	Betty	137
92	Phyllis	137
94	Maryann	135
95	Doreen	131
96	Regina	128
97	Martha	127
97	Sheila	127
97	Terry	127
100	Marianne	123

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,479
2	John	3,435
3	Michael	2,673
4	James	2,354
5	William	2,268
6	David	2,078
7	Richard	1,976
8	Thomas	1,972
9	Joseph	1,937
10	Mark	1,150
11	Edward	1,015
12	Gary	970
13	Paul	922
14	Kenneth	902
15	Charles	894
16	Jeffrey	878
17	Steven	862
18	Kevin	813
19	George	806
20	Peter	773
21	Stephen	744
22	Donald	731
23	Anthony	706
24	Frank	674
25	Daniel	653
26	Ronald	608
27	Bruce	517
28	Raymond	514
29	Gregory	488
30	Brian	453
31	Dennis	433
32	Douglas	417
33	Wayne	393
34	Keith	382
35	Lawrence	377
36	Timothy	374
37	Glenn	361
38	Alan	332
39	Christopher	327
40	Walter	321
41	Scott	300
42	Louis	295
42	Patrick	295
44	Andrew	293
45	Arthur	287
46	Philip	264
47	Craig	251
48	Barry	242
49	Vincent	241
50	Ralph	235
51	Harry	225
52	Gerald	214
52	Russell	214
54	Larry	209
55	Francis	206
55	Frederick	206
57	Carl	197
58	Nicholas	195
59	Eugene	194
60	Henry	184
61	Albert	181
62	Eric	171
63	Howard	170
63	Martin	170
65	Harold	161
66	Theodore	158
67	Samuel	155
68	Stanley	150
69	Roger	149
70	Leonard	138
71	Alfred	126
72	Allen	124
73	Gerard	123
74	Matthew	119
75	Jonathan	118
76	Roy	114
77	Marc	113
78	Jerry	111
79	Fred	109
80	Jack	104
81	Randy	102
82	Ernest	100
82	Warren	100
84	Clifford	95
85	Jay	94
86	Bernard	93
87	Neil	92
88	Jerome	89
89	Victor	88
90	Edwin	87
91	Herbert	86
91	Norman	86
93	Salvatore	81
94	Terry	79
95	Guy	77
96	Allan	75
96	Curtis	75
98	Willie	74
99	Jeffery	73
100	Garry	72