Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,596
2	Patricia	1,422
3	Mary	1,128
4	Carol	966
5	Joan	829
6	Judith	744
7	Nancy	548
8	Margaret	539
9	Elizabeth	446
9	Joyce	446
11	Dorothy	432
12	Linda	393
13	Marie	373
14	Dolores	341
15	Janet	323
16	Elaine	311
17	Kathleen	309
18	Carolyn	308
18	Jean	308
20	Susan	295
21	Virginia	292
22	Sandra	287
23	Diane	270
23	Ruth	270
25	Ann	264
25	Helen	264
27	Frances	244
28	Betty	232
29	Catherine	228
30	Marilyn	227
31	Arlene	223
32	Carole	222
33	Maryann	219
34	Lois	216
35	Shirley	215
36	Geraldine	214
37	Gail	210
38	Beverly	208
38	Gloria	208
40	Phyllis	204
41	Lorraine	193
42	Doris	190
43	Alice	184
44	Rose	180
45	Eleanor	172
46	Anne	171
47	Joanne	166
48	Karen	162
49	Anna	161
50	Janice	160

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,430
2	John	2,254
3	William	1,599
4	Richard	1,372
5	James	1,327
6	Joseph	1,217
7	Thomas	910
8	Charles	802
9	Edward	777
10	George	773
11	Ronald	654
12	David	616
13	Michael	605
14	Frank	552
15	Donald	494
16	Anthony	468
17	Kenneth	417
18	Peter	387
19	Paul	384
20	Raymond	353
21	Walter	346
22	Louis	271
23	Arthur	253
24	Stephen	237
25	Daniel	225
26	Harry	224
27	Albert	223
28	Dennis	215
29	Bruce	211
30	Henry	210
31	Gerald	206
31	Lawrence	206
33	Ralph	188
34	Vincent	187
35	Fred	184
36	Carl	182
37	Francis	166
38	Frederick	165
39	Howard	164
40	Stanley	161
41	Philip	160
42	Gary	158
42	Harold	158
44	Leonard	154
45	Roger	150
46	Andrew	145
47	Eugene	144
48	Barry	136
49	Jack	135
50	Alan	128