Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,365
2	Patricia	1,665
3	Barbara	1,631
4	Susan	1,340
5	Mary	1,324
6	Kathleen	1,284
7	Carol	990
8	Nancy	926
9	Diane	743
10	Judith	682
11	Margaret	680
12	Karen	651
13	Donna	617
14	Sharon	598
15	Sandra	564
16	Elizabeth	493
17	Deborah	465
17	Joan	465
19	Janet	458
20	Christine	432
21	Joanne	396
22	Catherine	360
23	Gail	348
23	Joyce	348
25	Elaine	327
26	Dorothy	323
27	Janice	305
28	Jane	299
29	Virginia	296
30	Eileen	294
31	Pamela	287
32	Marie	280
33	Cynthia	273
33	Ellen	273
33	Maureen	273
36	Marilyn	270
37	Lorraine	263
38	Jean	261
39	Carolyn	260
40	Bonnie	251
41	Shirley	249
42	Beverly	246
42	Cheryl	246
42	Theresa	246
45	Lynn	240
46	Ann	237
47	Ruth	232
48	Frances	225
49	Gloria	224
50	Joann	222

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,282
2	John	3,119
3	William	2,157
4	James	2,054
5	Richard	1,821
6	Thomas	1,670
7	Joseph	1,591
8	Michael	1,519
9	David	1,126
10	Charles	1,048
11	Edward	935
12	George	847
13	Ronald	794
14	Paul	740
15	Kenneth	736
16	Dennis	660
17	Frank	643
18	Donald	637
19	Stephen	568
20	Bruce	560
21	Peter	540
22	Anthony	535
23	Gary	534
24	Daniel	471
25	Steven	451
26	Raymond	446
27	Walter	381
28	Mark	380
29	Gregory	350
30	Jeffrey	338
31	Lawrence	334
32	Wayne	321
33	Douglas	307
34	Arthur	305
34	Louis	305
36	Alan	282
37	Albert	255
38	Glenn	243
38	Philip	243
40	Frederick	236
41	Francis	233
42	Carl	226
43	Gerald	225
43	Patrick	225
45	Harry	224
46	Andrew	217
47	Vincent	216
48	Ralph	214
49	Howard	209
50	Barry	195