Top baby names in New Jersey, 1954

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Patricia1,977
2Mary1,823
3Susan1,787
4Deborah1,731
5Linda1,701
6Barbara1,455
7Kathleen1,214
8Karen1,192
9Donna1,173
9Nancy1,173
11Debra1,096
12Diane1,084
13Carol900
14Sharon666
15Cynthia640
16Elizabeth638
17Margaret615
18Denise607
19Janet520
20Joan489
21Gail470
22Pamela456
23Sandra444
24Judith436
25Catherine434
26Joanne403
27Jo379
28Robin377
29Janice363
30Theresa355
31Lynn349
32Eileen342
33Michele333
34Joyce329
35Jane297
35Maureen297
37Ellen296
38Rose293
39Christine280
40Cheryl279
40Jean279
42Elaine270
42Lorraine270
44Laura267
45Marilyn266
46Ann263
47Dorothy256
48Beverly249
49Maria242
49Marie242

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert3,533
2John3,416
3Michael2,493
4James2,301
5William2,239
6Thomas2,046
7Richard1,951
8Joseph1,839
9David1,817
10Gary1,103
11Edward1,023
12Charles961
13Mark959
14Steven893
15Paul868
16George817
17Kenneth796
18Kevin763
19Donald741
20Stephen735
21Peter710
22Ronald689
23Anthony682
24Jeffrey671
25Frank659
26Daniel619
27Bruce562
28Raymond511
29Gregory474
30Dennis459
31Douglas409
32Lawrence399
33Wayne386
34Brian361
35Glenn359
36Louis325
37Walter319
38Alan308
39Patrick303
40Timothy298
41Andrew282
42Philip267
43Barry260
44Arthur258
45Frederick255
46Scott254
47Christopher248
48Craig244
49Francis241
50Keith240