Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,365
2	Barbara	1,774
3	Patricia	1,717
4	Mary	1,399
5	Susan	1,300
6	Kathleen	1,169
7	Carol	1,140
8	Nancy	864
9	Diane	731
10	Judith	656
11	Karen	638
12	Margaret	636
13	Donna	600
14	Sharon	583
15	Sandra	571
16	Elizabeth	520
17	Joan	487
18	Janet	421
19	Joyce	369
20	Christine	367
21	Gail	354
22	Dorothy	348
23	Eileen	335
24	Jane	317
25	Joanne	314
26	Carolyn	312
27	Deborah	311
28	Elaine	310
28	Marilyn	310
30	Marie	308
31	Janice	302
32	Catherine	300
33	Lorraine	299
34	Virginia	297
35	Maureen	291
36	Frances	284
37	Ann	281
38	Pamela	280
39	Ellen	279
40	Beverly	272
41	Jean	267
42	Theresa	250
43	Lynn	249
44	Cheryl	248
45	Cynthia	247
46	Helen	245
47	Ruth	239
48	Lois	238
49	Betty	234
50	Joann	221

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,339
2	John	3,182
3	William	2,197
4	James	2,097
5	Richard	1,773
6	Thomas	1,662
7	Joseph	1,604
8	Michael	1,347
9	David	1,109
10	Charles	959
11	Edward	949
12	George	850
13	Ronald	832
14	Kenneth	742
15	Frank	703
16	Paul	661
17	Donald	640
18	Dennis	602
19	Peter	586
20	Anthony	563
21	Stephen	523
22	Bruce	519
23	Raymond	452
24	Gary	429
25	Walter	393
26	Daniel	381
27	Steven	355
28	Lawrence	336
29	Alan	321
30	Louis	319
31	Mark	316
32	Gregory	315
33	Arthur	306
34	Jeffrey	298
35	Wayne	275
36	Douglas	274
37	Frederick	263
38	Harry	253
39	Albert	243
40	Vincent	236
41	Philip	234
42	Francis	227
43	Andrew	224
44	Gerald	219
45	Henry	216
46	Carl	212
47	Larry	211
48	Howard	204
48	Patrick	204
50	Stanley	197