New Jersey ★ 1961

Top names in New Jersey, 1961

Susan led for girls with 1,673 babies ; John for boys with 3,480. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,673
2	Lisa	1,484
3	Mary	1,462
4	Donna	1,429
5	Karen	1,374
6	Patricia	1,337
7	Linda	1,295
8	Nancy	1,068
9	Barbara	1,038
10	Kathleen	931
11	Deborah	834
12	Diane	811
13	Sharon	766
14	Cynthia	710
15	Elizabeth	670
16	Laura	647
17	Carol	643
18	Denise	639
19	Debra	624
20	Robin	617
21	Lori	574
22	Cheryl	569
23	Theresa	542
24	Sandra	540
25	Michele	494
26	Jacqueline	493
27	Margaret	466
28	Janet	465
29	Christine	449
30	Pamela	444
31	Catherine	398
32	Maria	385
33	Dawn	382
34	Michelle	370
35	Kim	368
36	Carolyn	353
37	Joanne	345
38	Kathy	344
39	Debbie	334
39	Suzanne	334
41	Eileen	328
42	Maureen	325
43	Brenda	319
44	Laurie	315
45	Lynn	302
46	Kimberly	300
47	Ellen	294
48	Joan	291
49	Judith	282
50	Valerie	278
51	Cindy	270
52	Jill	268
53	Beth	263
54	Ann	253
55	Joann	251
56	Wendy	249
57	Janice	247
58	Gail	246
59	Jean	245
60	Jennifer	234
61	Anne	233
62	Colleen	231
63	Lorraine	219
64	Marie	218
65	Amy	217
65	Darlene	217
65	Renee	217
68	Jane	210
69	Dorothy	208
69	Joyce	208
69	Teresa	208
72	Angela	207
72	Judy	207
74	Bonnie	205
75	Cathy	199
76	Leslie	198
76	Tracy	198
78	Anna	191
79	Tammy	186
80	Kelly	185
81	Diana	184
82	Andrea	181
83	Tina	177
84	Beverly	169
85	Stephanie	165
86	Elaine	164
87	Victoria	163
88	Virginia	162
89	Ruth	161
90	Helen	160
91	Katherine	159
92	Maryann	156
93	Kathryn	154
94	Sheila	153
95	Jeanne	149
96	Tracey	147
97	Terri	145
98	Julie	144
98	Regina	144
98	Terry	144

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	3,480
2	Michael	3,378
3	Robert	3,215
4	James	2,432
5	David	2,396
6	William	1,923
7	Joseph	1,886
8	Thomas	1,758
9	Richard	1,680
10	Mark	1,643
11	Kevin	1,005
12	Paul	978
13	Jeffrey	974
14	Steven	970
15	Anthony	959
16	Kenneth	947
17	Charles	911
18	Edward	835
19	Daniel	785
20	Brian	767
21	Christopher	749
22	Frank	719
23	Scott	699
24	Stephen	696
25	Peter	691
26	George	689
27	Gary	638
28	Ronald	622
29	Donald	602
30	Timothy	599
31	Gregory	531
32	Glenn	466
33	Douglas	449
34	Raymond	428
35	Andrew	418
36	Keith	414
37	Patrick	389
38	Bruce	355
39	Eric	349
40	Craig	312
41	Wayne	304
42	Vincent	290
43	Lawrence	287
44	Dennis	284
45	Louis	259
46	Matthew	256
47	Philip	253
48	Walter	251
49	Alan	249
50	Arthur	217
51	Carl	215
52	Ralph	207
52	Todd	207
54	Albert	197
55	Gerald	188
56	Larry	185
57	Russell	179
58	Nicholas	178
59	Barry	172
60	Martin	170
61	Leonard	161
62	Chris	160
63	Frederick	159
64	Francis	158
65	Eugene	157
65	Mike	157
67	Henry	155
67	Victor	155
69	Jonathan	153
70	Steve	144
71	Roger	143
72	Jeff	141
73	Edwin	138
74	Samuel	137
75	Harry	132
76	Darryl	131
76	Howard	131
78	Stanley	128
79	Gerard	126
79	Harold	126
79	Marc	126
82	Randy	123
83	Jack	122
83	Jerry	122
85	Jose	116
86	Dean	114
87	Fred	110
88	Alfred	109
88	Phillip	109
90	Sean	108
90	Theodore	108
92	Joe	105
93	Tom	104
94	Jay	103
95	Guy	97
96	Kurt	96
97	Dwayne	94
97	Roy	94
97	Troy	94
100	Alexander	92