Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1945

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,453
2	Patricia	1,391
3	Carol	1,245
4	Mary	1,203
5	Linda	733
6	Susan	717
7	Judith	708
8	Kathleen	669
9	Nancy	626
10	Diane	591
11	Joan	587
12	Margaret	535
13	Sandra	464
14	Elizabeth	423
15	Janet	408
16	Joyce	392
17	Dorothy	386
18	Karen	371
19	Elaine	340
20	Sharon	334
21	Donna	303
22	Virginia	299
23	Marie	294
24	Marilyn	290
25	Jane	288

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	287
27	Eileen	283
28	Joanne	274
29	Arlene	267
30	Lorraine	264
31	Carolyn	259
32	Frances	256
33	Ruth	245
34	Jean	239
35	Gloria	233
36	Carole	229
37	Catherine	228
38	Janice	226
39	Maryann	221
40	Helen	220
40	Phyllis	220
42	Betty	218
43	Ann	216
43	Joann	216
45	Geraldine	205
46	Ellen	204
47	Lois	203
48	Shirley	191
49	Maureen	184
50	Beverly	181
51	Dolores	174
52	Theresa	173
53	Anne	162
54	Judy	161
55	Bonnie	158
56	Alice	155
57	Rose	153
58	Rosemary	152
59	Jacqueline	146
60	Christine	145
61	Lynn	141
61	Pamela	141
63	Diana	132
64	Kathryn	130
65	Cheryl	126
66	Eleanor	123
66	Suzanne	123
68	Doris	122
68	Katherine	122
70	Anna	119
71	Evelyn	118
72	Irene	114
72	Laura	114
74	Rita	112
74	Roberta	112
76	Jeanne	111
77	Brenda	107
78	Florence	106
79	Cynthia	101
79	Dianne	101
81	Marion	100
82	June	98
82	Lynne	98
84	Martha	97
85	Louise	95
86	Andrea	94
86	Grace	94
86	Marlene	94
86	Rosemarie	94
90	Paula	93
91	Lucille	91
92	Constance	90
92	Marianne	90
94	Jo	88
95	Charlotte	87
96	Victoria	84
97	Lillian	82
98	Marcia	81
99	Marjorie	80
100	Josephine	79
100	Valerie	79