Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,876
2	Patricia	1,703
3	Carol	1,350
4	Mary	1,331
5	Judith	861
6	Joan	847
7	Nancy	653
8	Margaret	638
9	Elizabeth	536
10	Joyce	531
11	Linda	527
12	Kathleen	502
13	Susan	481
14	Dorothy	477
15	Janet	452
16	Diane	451
17	Sandra	447
18	Carole	385
19	Carolyn	376
20	Marie	360
21	Virginia	352
22	Elaine	344
23	Jean	339
24	Marilyn	324
25	Frances	316
26	Gail	305
27	Ruth	303
28	Lois	298
29	Arlene	297
30	Beverly	284
31	Helen	279
32	Dolores	276
33	Ann	275
33	Karen	275
35	Joanne	268
36	Betty	267
37	Maryann	255
38	Catherine	254
39	Lorraine	246
40	Geraldine	239
40	Phyllis	239
42	Gloria	231
43	Eileen	229
44	Joann	221
45	Judy	216
46	Shirley	212
47	Jane	202
48	Ellen	200
49	Maureen	199
50	Alice	194

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,898
2	John	2,843
3	William	1,996
4	James	1,705
5	Richard	1,659
6	Joseph	1,493
7	Thomas	1,145
8	Charles	970
9	Edward	926
10	George	901
11	Michael	849
12	Ronald	776
13	Frank	771
14	David	709
15	Donald	592
16	Kenneth	558
17	Paul	547
18	Anthony	514
19	Peter	481
20	Raymond	423
20	Walter	423
22	Arthur	335
23	Dennis	322
24	Stephen	292
25	Albert	287
26	Daniel	284
27	Bruce	277
28	Harry	273
29	Louis	270
30	Lawrence	253
31	Douglas	237
32	Henry	236
33	Gerald	233
34	Vincent	220
35	Ralph	214
36	Gary	207
37	Carl	205
37	Fred	205
39	Frederick	204
40	Barry	203
41	Howard	201
42	Roger	197
43	Stanley	194
44	Philip	193
45	Andrew	187
46	Harold	185
47	Eugene	170
48	Alfred	163
49	Theodore	162
50	Wayne	158