Top baby names in New Jersey, 1950
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 2,160 |
| 2 | Patricia | 1,769 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,554 |
| 4 | Mary | 1,333 |
| 5 | Susan | 1,296 |
| 6 | Kathleen | 1,241 |
| 7 | Nancy | 980 |
| 8 | Carol | 897 |
| 9 | Karen | 793 |
| 10 | Diane | 741 |
| 11 | Deborah | 719 |
| 12 | Donna | 694 |
| 13 | Sharon | 600 |
| 14 | Margaret | 599 |
| 15 | Judith | 590 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 525 |
| 17 | Christine | 510 |
| 18 | Janet | 509 |
| 19 | Sandra | 501 |
| 20 | Joan | 466 |
| 21 | Gail | 449 |
| 22 | Joanne | 374 |
| 23 | Janice | 368 |
| 24 | Catherine | 350 |
| 25 | Jane | 345 |
| 26 | Joyce | 344 |
| 27 | Eileen | 325 |
| 28 | Pamela | 321 |
| 29 | Cynthia | 296 |
| 30 | Dorothy | 295 |
| 31 | Elaine | 281 |
| 32 | Denise | 276 |
| 32 | Lynn | 276 |
| 34 | Ellen | 272 |
| 35 | Maureen | 269 |
| 36 | Jean | 265 |
| 37 | Beverly | 251 |
| 38 | Virginia | 250 |
| 39 | Frances | 242 |
| 39 | Lorraine | 242 |
| 41 | Marilyn | 241 |
| 42 | Bonnie | 238 |
| 43 | Marie | 236 |
| 44 | Ann | 229 |
| 45 | Joann | 222 |
| 46 | Carolyn | 219 |
| 47 | Jacqueline | 216 |
| 48 | Gloria | 215 |
| 49 | Theresa | 214 |
| 50 | Cheryl | 209 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,162 |
| 2 | John | 3,028 |
| 3 | James | 2,137 |
| 4 | William | 2,081 |
| 5 | Richard | 1,800 |
| 6 | Thomas | 1,756 |
| 7 | Michael | 1,682 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,620 |
| 9 | David | 1,136 |
| 10 | Charles | 987 |
| 11 | Edward | 883 |
| 12 | George | 799 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 732 |
| 14 | Gary | 731 |
| 14 | Ronald | 731 |
| 16 | Dennis | 723 |
| 17 | Paul | 682 |
| 18 | Donald | 669 |
| 19 | Frank | 622 |
| 20 | Peter | 594 |
| 21 | Stephen | 552 |
| 22 | Bruce | 539 |
| 23 | Anthony | 523 |
| 24 | Raymond | 470 |
| 25 | Daniel | 452 |
| 26 | Steven | 430 |
| 27 | Mark | 427 |
| 28 | Lawrence | 408 |
| 29 | Gregory | 397 |
| 30 | Douglas | 369 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 362 |
| 32 | Wayne | 343 |
| 33 | Alan | 336 |
| 34 | Walter | 314 |
| 35 | Kevin | 287 |
| 36 | Louis | 280 |
| 37 | Francis | 274 |
| 38 | Arthur | 270 |
| 39 | Glenn | 251 |
| 40 | Vincent | 248 |
| 41 | Andrew | 243 |
| 42 | Patrick | 242 |
| 43 | Albert | 241 |
| 43 | Philip | 241 |
| 45 | Frederick | 229 |
| 46 | Larry | 225 |
| 47 | Henry | 210 |
| 48 | Gerald | 201 |
| 49 | Carl | 198 |
| 50 | Ralph | 197 |