Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	2,294
2	Linda	2,002
3	Barbara	1,613
4	Susan	1,471
5	Mary	1,407
6	Kathleen	1,347
7	Nancy	1,069
8	Deborah	1,053
9	Carol	994
10	Diane	894
11	Karen	883
12	Donna	827
13	Margaret	642
14	Judith	605
15	Sharon	594
16	Christine	585
17	Janet	536
18	Elizabeth	519
19	Gail	490
20	Joan	483
21	Sandra	474
22	Denise	458
23	Janice	389
24	Catherine	384
25	Eileen	365
26	Lynn	361
27	Joanne	354
28	Joyce	339
29	Pamela	333
30	Elaine	323
31	Jane	295
32	Cheryl	293
33	Debra	289
34	Cynthia	287
35	Lorraine	286
36	Ellen	284
37	Dorothy	283
38	Theresa	268
39	Jean	251
40	Ann	248
41	Beverly	244
42	Marilyn	239
43	Virginia	238
44	Maureen	237
45	Marie	231
46	Carolyn	226
47	Bonnie	224
48	Frances	222
49	Jacqueline	220
50	Ruth	218

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,435
2	John	3,169
3	James	2,226
4	William	2,167
5	Michael	1,892
6	Richard	1,880
7	Thomas	1,831
8	Joseph	1,658
9	David	1,277
10	Charles	994
10	Edward	994
12	Gary	923
13	George	796
14	Kenneth	773
15	Paul	747
16	Dennis	715
17	Donald	699
18	Ronald	696
19	Peter	662
20	Steven	635
21	Stephen	634
22	Frank	600
23	Bruce	596
24	Anthony	545
25	Mark	515
26	Raymond	472
27	Daniel	455
28	Jeffrey	425
29	Gregory	398
30	Wayne	394
31	Lawrence	392
32	Douglas	367
32	Kevin	367
34	Walter	332
35	Arthur	308
36	Alan	301
37	Louis	286
38	Glenn	272
39	Frederick	256
40	Andrew	255
41	Francis	246
42	Philip	242
43	Albert	237
44	Patrick	231
45	Martin	229
45	Ralph	229
47	Harry	228
48	Vincent	226
49	Larry	224
50	Timothy	223