Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,411
2	Patricia	1,084
3	Mary	1,010
4	Joan	873
5	Carol	715
6	Judith	538
7	Margaret	537
8	Dorothy	443
9	Nancy	436
10	Elizabeth	405
11	Joyce	377
12	Marie	340
13	Helen	303
14	Janet	287
15	Betty	285
16	Jean	275
17	Ann	261
18	Elaine	258
19	Frances	257
20	Ruth	254
21	Marilyn	252
22	Dolores	242
23	Arlene	236
24	Virginia	234
25	Catherine	224
26	Phyllis	220
27	Beverly	212
28	Gail	211
29	Doris	208
30	Sandra	202
31	Shirley	200
32	Lois	199
33	Rose	196
34	Carolyn	192
35	Kathleen	188
36	Carole	176
36	Susan	176
38	Geraldine	168
39	Eleanor	167
40	Lorraine	162
41	Alice	160
42	Theresa	157
43	Jane	154
44	Diane	153
45	Anna	147
45	Eileen	147
47	Linda	139
48	Josephine	137
49	Gloria	131
50	Anne	124

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,195
2	John	1,887
3	William	1,437
4	Richard	1,210
5	Joseph	1,044
6	James	1,037
7	Thomas	761
8	Charles	699
9	George	665
10	Edward	656
11	Donald	548
12	Frank	547
13	Ronald	515
14	David	514
15	Michael	423
16	Anthony	375
17	Raymond	344
18	Paul	318
19	Peter	314
20	Kenneth	312
21	Walter	281
22	Arthur	236
23	Louis	233
24	Albert	220
25	Henry	202
26	Harry	199
27	Gerald	180
28	Lawrence	170
29	Stephen	166
30	Harold	165
31	Daniel	160
31	Francis	160
33	Ralph	157
34	Fred	155
35	Eugene	153
35	Vincent	153
37	Howard	147
38	Frederick	145
39	Alfred	144
40	Bruce	137
41	Philip	135
42	Carl	132
43	Jack	122
44	Stanley	121
45	Nicholas	119
46	Roger	117
47	Leonard	113
47	Martin	113
49	Alan	112
50	Dennis	108