Top baby names in New Jersey, 1944
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara | 1,520 |
| 2 | Patricia | 1,472 |
| 3 | Carol | 1,247 |
| 4 | Mary | 1,240 |
| 5 | Judith | 754 |
| 6 | Nancy | 667 |
| 7 | Linda | 649 |
| 8 | Joan | 642 |
| 9 | Susan | 615 |
| 10 | Kathleen | 595 |
| 11 | Margaret | 577 |
| 12 | Diane | 527 |
| 13 | Sandra | 462 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 426 |
| 15 | Dorothy | 424 |
| 16 | Joyce | 408 |
| 17 | Janet | 402 |
| 18 | Karen | 364 |
| 19 | Carolyn | 313 |
| 20 | Virginia | 299 |
| 21 | Marilyn | 298 |
| 22 | Sharon | 297 |
| 23 | Carole | 285 |
| 24 | Eileen | 284 |
| 25 | Marie | 274 |
| 26 | Elaine | 273 |
| 27 | Jean | 264 |
| 28 | Gail | 262 |
| 29 | Donna | 254 |
| 30 | Frances | 248 |
| 31 | Betty | 242 |
| 32 | Ann | 237 |
| 33 | Ruth | 235 |
| 34 | Helen | 232 |
| 35 | Jane | 229 |
| 36 | Joanne | 227 |
| 37 | Catherine | 220 |
| 37 | Joann | 220 |
| 39 | Lois | 218 |
| 40 | Gloria | 214 |
| 41 | Dolores | 212 |
| 41 | Lorraine | 212 |
| 43 | Beverly | 211 |
| 44 | Arlene | 209 |
| 45 | Maryann | 200 |
| 46 | Geraldine | 199 |
| 47 | Phyllis | 191 |
| 48 | Maureen | 190 |
| 49 | Theresa | 187 |
| 50 | Alice | 185 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,696 |
| 2 | John | 2,609 |
| 3 | William | 1,864 |
| 4 | Richard | 1,642 |
| 5 | James | 1,597 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,338 |
| 7 | Thomas | 1,176 |
| 8 | Michael | 846 |
| 9 | Edward | 835 |
| 10 | George | 819 |
| 11 | Charles | 803 |
| 12 | David | 760 |
| 13 | Ronald | 733 |
| 14 | Frank | 627 |
| 15 | Donald | 543 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 490 |
| 17 | Paul | 473 |
| 18 | Anthony | 456 |
| 19 | Peter | 454 |
| 20 | Raymond | 385 |
| 21 | Walter | 343 |
| 22 | Arthur | 314 |
| 23 | Dennis | 308 |
| 24 | Gary | 300 |
| 25 | Louis | 282 |
| 26 | Stephen | 266 |
| 27 | Daniel | 261 |
| 28 | Lawrence | 243 |
| 29 | Bruce | 228 |
| 30 | Harry | 218 |
| 31 | Albert | 206 |
| 31 | Gerald | 206 |
| 33 | Henry | 203 |
| 34 | Harold | 199 |
| 35 | Frederick | 194 |
| 36 | Alan | 189 |
| 37 | Fred | 182 |
| 38 | Douglas | 180 |
| 39 | Wayne | 177 |
| 40 | Eugene | 172 |
| 40 | Francis | 172 |
| 42 | Ralph | 171 |
| 43 | Stanley | 166 |
| 44 | Roger | 165 |
| 45 | Carl | 160 |
| 45 | Howard | 160 |
| 45 | Vincent | 160 |
| 48 | Barry | 157 |
| 49 | Philip | 155 |
| 50 | Leonard | 153 |