New Jersey ★ 1956

Top names in New Jersey, 1956

Mary led for girls with 1,776 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,464. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,776
2	Patricia	1,764
3	Susan	1,728
4	Linda	1,564
5	Karen	1,425
6	Deborah	1,416
7	Donna	1,374
8	Barbara	1,331
9	Nancy	1,258
10	Kathleen	1,223
11	Debra	1,211
12	Diane	1,061
13	Carol	868
14	Sharon	837
15	Cynthia	756
16	Elizabeth	629
17	Margaret	605
18	Cheryl	520
19	Denise	519
20	Janet	507
21	Pamela	484
22	Sandra	481
23	Catherine	443
24	Theresa	422
25	Joan	420
26	Robin	406
27	Judith	405
28	Kim	366
28	Lisa	366
30	Gail	362
31	Michele	357
32	Joanne	354
33	Maureen	343
34	Lynn	336
35	Jo	331
36	Laura	321
37	Christine	319
38	Joyce	318
39	Janice	310
40	Ellen	308
41	Eileen	296
41	Jane	296
43	Rose	293
44	Kathy	273
45	Ann	269
46	Elaine	257
47	Anne	256
48	Bonnie	251
49	Laurie	248
50	Valerie	245
51	Lorraine	244
52	Jean	242
53	Wendy	237
54	Cindy	232
54	Maria	232
56	Marie	230
57	Jacqueline	224
58	Dorothy	223
59	Debbie	222
60	Ruth	221
61	Virginia	220
62	Brenda	214
63	Cathy	213
64	Darlene	212
65	Suzanne	211
66	Beverly	210
67	Joann	202
68	Helen	201
69	Lori	200
70	Doreen	187
71	Michelle	185
71	Teresa	185
73	Frances	182
73	Jill	182
75	Dawn	178
76	Gloria	177
77	Judy	175
77	Katherine	175
77	Leslie	175
77	Paula	175
81	Carolyn	172
82	Kathryn	171
83	Andrea	170
84	Victoria	161
85	Diana	158
86	Shirley	156
87	Anna	155
88	Colleen	152
88	Jeanne	152
90	Amy	146
91	Lois	141
91	Marilyn	141
93	Angela	140
94	Betty	136
94	Phyllis	136
96	Alice	135
97	Sheila	133
98	Beth	131
99	Maryann	128
100	Renee	127

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,464
2	John	3,442
3	Michael	2,782
4	James	2,472
5	William	2,097
6	David	1,989
7	Thomas	1,985
8	Joseph	1,965
9	Richard	1,872
10	Mark	1,280
11	Edward	1,022
12	Paul	952
13	Steven	921
14	Kevin	916
15	Charles	907
16	Gary	906
17	Kenneth	849
18	Peter	813
19	Anthony	805
20	Jeffrey	779
21	George	749
22	Stephen	721
23	Donald	706
24	Ronald	681
25	Daniel	663
26	Frank	641
27	Brian	637
28	Gregory	533
29	Raymond	499
30	Bruce	493
31	Douglas	439
32	Timothy	409
33	Keith	396
34	Dennis	390
35	Wayne	378
36	Glenn	361
37	Christopher	352
38	Scott	346
39	Lawrence	327
40	Patrick	314
41	Walter	312
42	Andrew	311
43	Louis	307
44	Alan	283
45	Arthur	279
46	Vincent	275
47	Carl	240
48	Barry	238
48	Philip	238
50	Francis	233
51	Larry	225
52	Frederick	218
53	Ralph	211
54	Albert	210
55	Russell	209
56	Craig	208
57	Martin	195
58	Gerald	194
59	Nicholas	188
60	Eugene	185
60	Harry	185
62	Henry	183
63	Matthew	170
64	Eric	163
65	Harold	159
66	Howard	158
67	Theodore	153
68	Stanley	152
69	Victor	150
70	Leonard	145
71	Samuel	142
72	Roger	132
73	Jonathan	130
74	Jack	123
75	Jerry	119
76	Alfred	117
76	Edwin	117
78	Gerard	116
78	Jay	116
80	Fred	115
81	Ernest	105
82	Allen	104
83	Roy	102
84	Marc	100
85	Glen	98
85	Lee	98
87	Randy	96
88	Guy	93
89	Norman	91
90	Herbert	87
91	Willie	84
92	Karl	83
92	Salvatore	83
94	Bernard	81
94	Warren	81
96	Jerome	80
97	Clifford	79
98	Benjamin	78
99	Steve	77
100	Jeffery	76