Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,369
2	Patricia	2,061
3	Barbara	1,939
4	Mary	1,449
5	Carol	1,376
6	Susan	1,199
7	Kathleen	1,141
8	Nancy	1,027
9	Judith	874
10	Diane	778
11	Margaret	713
12	Karen	647
13	Sandra	645
14	Joan	583
15	Donna	544
16	Sharon	543
17	Elizabeth	511
18	Janet	504
19	Joyce	455
20	Gail	404
21	Elaine	398
21	Joanne	398
23	Dorothy	374
24	Carolyn	359
25	Marilyn	356
26	Lorraine	355
27	Janice	353
28	Jane	341
29	Catherine	339
30	Virginia	337
31	Christine	328
32	Eileen	322
33	Jean	314
34	Marie	311
35	Ellen	309
36	Ruth	300
37	Maureen	294
38	Frances	291
39	Lynn	288
40	Beverly	272
41	Ann	270
42	Joann	263
43	Lois	259
44	Phyllis	254
45	Cheryl	252
45	Cynthia	252
47	Betty	251
48	Helen	250
49	Maryann	248
50	Pamela	247

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,670
2	John	3,567
3	William	2,507
4	James	2,241
5	Richard	2,043
6	Joseph	1,849
7	Thomas	1,744
8	Michael	1,494
9	David	1,114
10	Edward	1,055
11	Charles	1,011
12	George	1,010
13	Ronald	903
14	Frank	824
15	Kenneth	815
16	Paul	759
17	Donald	693
18	Dennis	624
19	Anthony	619
20	Peter	599
21	Raymond	561
22	Bruce	501
23	Walter	468
24	Stephen	467
25	Gary	442
26	Daniel	417
27	Gregory	382
28	Lawrence	360
29	Alan	359
30	Louis	358
31	Arthur	351
32	Wayne	340
33	Jeffrey	308
33	Steven	308
35	Harry	296
36	Douglas	291
37	Vincent	277
38	Philip	269
39	Albert	266
40	Frederick	259
41	Mark	257
42	Carl	253
43	Andrew	250
44	Barry	245
44	Harold	245
46	Gerald	244
47	Henry	234
48	Ralph	229
49	Patrick	222
50	Eugene	221