Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,453
2	Patricia	1,391
3	Carol	1,245
4	Mary	1,203
5	Linda	733
6	Susan	717
7	Judith	708
8	Kathleen	669
9	Nancy	626
10	Diane	591
11	Joan	587
12	Margaret	535
13	Sandra	464
14	Elizabeth	423
15	Janet	408
16	Joyce	392
17	Dorothy	386
18	Karen	371
19	Elaine	340
20	Sharon	334
21	Donna	303
22	Virginia	299
23	Marie	294
24	Marilyn	290
25	Jane	288
26	Gail	287
27	Eileen	283
28	Joanne	274
29	Arlene	267
30	Lorraine	264
31	Carolyn	259
32	Frances	256
33	Ruth	245
34	Jean	239
35	Gloria	233
36	Carole	229
37	Catherine	228
38	Janice	226
39	Maryann	221
40	Helen	220
40	Phyllis	220
42	Betty	218
43	Ann	216
43	Joann	216
45	Geraldine	205
46	Ellen	204
47	Lois	203
48	Shirley	191
49	Maureen	184
50	Beverly	181

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,707
2	John	2,636
3	William	1,752
4	Richard	1,718
5	James	1,652
6	Joseph	1,360
7	Thomas	1,193
8	Michael	908
9	Charles	874
10	Edward	853
11	David	771
12	George	761
13	Ronald	677
14	Frank	570
15	Kenneth	550
16	Donald	532
17	Paul	513
18	Anthony	460
19	Peter	453
20	Dennis	375
21	Raymond	373
22	Walter	324
23	Gary	315
24	Daniel	289
25	Arthur	285
26	Stephen	282
27	Bruce	260
28	Lawrence	243
29	Albert	241
29	Louis	241
31	Alan	236
32	Harry	220
33	Henry	219
34	Douglas	218
34	Gerald	218
36	Wayne	201
37	Roger	195
38	Harold	183
39	Fred	182
40	Frederick	181
41	Eugene	178
42	Vincent	176
43	Howard	175
44	Barry	172
45	Ralph	159
46	Steven	157
47	Carl	155
47	Philip	155
49	Andrew	154
49	Francis	154