Top baby names in New Jersey, 1931
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joan | 1,420 |
| 2 | Mary | 1,272 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 835 |
| 4 | Margaret | 716 |
| 5 | Barbara | 707 |
| 6 | Doris | 603 |
| 7 | Dolores | 600 |
| 8 | Helen | 590 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 537 |
| 10 | Jean | 525 |
| 11 | Marie | 517 |
| 12 | Patricia | 445 |
| 13 | Betty | 441 |
| 14 | Ruth | 437 |
| 15 | Gloria | 425 |
| 16 | Anna | 416 |
| 17 | Rose | 372 |
| 18 | Catherine | 325 |
| 19 | Eleanor | 316 |
| 20 | Nancy | 306 |
| 21 | Frances | 301 |
| 22 | Florence | 300 |
| 23 | Ann | 293 |
| 24 | Josephine | 273 |
| 25 | Marilyn | 272 |
| 26 | Shirley | 271 |
| 27 | Lois | 258 |
| 28 | Evelyn | 251 |
| 29 | Virginia | 249 |
| 30 | Alice | 247 |
| 31 | Theresa | 241 |
| 32 | Joyce | 240 |
| 33 | Lorraine | 239 |
| 34 | Marion | 238 |
| 35 | Janet | 230 |
| 36 | Irene | 226 |
| 37 | Mildred | 215 |
| 38 | Jane | 208 |
| 39 | June | 206 |
| 40 | Lillian | 195 |
| 41 | Grace | 189 |
| 42 | Anne | 183 |
| 42 | Phyllis | 183 |
| 44 | Rita | 177 |
| 45 | Louise | 162 |
| 46 | Elaine | 159 |
| 47 | Audrey | 151 |
| 48 | Claire | 147 |
| 49 | Marjorie | 144 |
| 50 | Eileen | 143 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,137 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,979 |
| 3 | William | 1,503 |
| 4 | Joseph | 1,235 |
| 5 | James | 1,063 |
| 6 | Richard | 1,022 |
| 7 | Charles | 834 |
| 8 | George | 825 |
| 9 | Edward | 804 |
| 10 | Donald | 663 |
| 11 | Frank | 618 |
| 12 | Thomas | 594 |
| 13 | Anthony | 445 |
| 14 | Walter | 387 |
| 15 | Raymond | 373 |
| 16 | David | 323 |
| 16 | Michael | 323 |
| 18 | Albert | 293 |
| 19 | Arthur | 291 |
| 20 | Paul | 288 |
| 21 | Louis | 282 |
| 22 | Harry | 269 |
| 23 | Peter | 268 |
| 24 | Harold | 266 |
| 25 | Henry | 262 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 247 |
| 27 | Francis | 232 |
| 28 | Alfred | 224 |
| 29 | Vincent | 223 |
| 30 | Fred | 211 |
| 31 | Eugene | 210 |
| 32 | Ralph | 201 |
| 33 | Stanley | 191 |
| 34 | Ronald | 181 |
| 35 | Daniel | 179 |
| 36 | Jack | 173 |
| 37 | Howard | 167 |
| 38 | Andrew | 157 |
| 39 | Herbert | 156 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 151 |
| 41 | Carl | 146 |
| 42 | Norman | 141 |
| 43 | Theodore | 135 |
| 44 | Frederick | 131 |
| 45 | Nicholas | 129 |
| 46 | Samuel | 126 |
| 47 | Gerald | 123 |
| 48 | Bernard | 122 |
| 48 | Leonard | 122 |
| 50 | Philip | 119 |