Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Jersey, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	2,022
2	Linda	1,928
3	Susan	1,598
4	Mary	1,553
5	Barbara	1,504
6	Deborah	1,426
7	Kathleen	1,183
8	Nancy	1,100
9	Karen	1,033
10	Diane	994
11	Carol	903
12	Donna	901
13	Debra	769
14	Sharon	635
15	Margaret	619
16	Denise	572
16	Elizabeth	572
18	Cynthia	547
19	Judith	524
20	Janet	519
21	Sandra	488
22	Gail	483
23	Pamela	475
24	Joan	469
25	Joanne	418
26	Christine	410
27	Catherine	405
28	Janice	398
29	Eileen	375
30	Jo	363
31	Joyce	329
32	Lynn	316
33	Maureen	306
34	Theresa	301
35	Michele	298
36	Jane	283
37	Ann	280
38	Beverly	279
39	Ellen	277
40	Robin	267
41	Cheryl	266
42	Lorraine	265
43	Jean	262
43	Marilyn	262
45	Jacqueline	261
46	Marie	257
47	Dorothy	254
48	Virginia	242
49	Rose	231
50	Elaine	226

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,478
2	John	3,366
3	Michael	2,378
4	James	2,333
5	William	2,219
6	Richard	2,055
7	Thomas	1,838
8	Joseph	1,732
9	David	1,641
10	Charles	1,002
11	Gary	990
12	Edward	901
13	Paul	852
14	Kenneth	837
15	George	815
16	Steven	761
17	Donald	737
18	Peter	705
19	Stephen	698
20	Mark	690
21	Bruce	647
22	Anthony	636
23	Ronald	630
24	Dennis	614
25	Frank	600
26	Daniel	585
27	Kevin	584
28	Jeffrey	573
29	Raymond	453
30	Gregory	450
31	Douglas	424
32	Lawrence	389
33	Wayne	378
34	Brian	331
35	Walter	330
36	Glenn	310
37	Alan	300
38	Patrick	299
39	Louis	287
40	Arthur	286
41	Frederick	269
42	Andrew	258
43	Timothy	252
44	Philip	248
45	Francis	234
46	Vincent	228
47	Barry	222
47	Keith	222
49	Christopher	221
50	Craig	209