Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,369
2	Patricia	2,061
3	Barbara	1,939
4	Mary	1,449
5	Carol	1,376
6	Susan	1,199
7	Kathleen	1,141
8	Nancy	1,027
9	Judith	874
10	Diane	778
11	Margaret	713
12	Karen	647
13	Sandra	645
14	Joan	583
15	Donna	544
16	Sharon	543
17	Elizabeth	511
18	Janet	504
19	Joyce	455
20	Gail	404
21	Elaine	398
21	Joanne	398
23	Dorothy	374
24	Carolyn	359
25	Marilyn	356

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lorraine	355
27	Janice	353
28	Jane	341
29	Catherine	339
30	Virginia	337
31	Christine	328
32	Eileen	322
33	Jean	314
34	Marie	311
35	Ellen	309
36	Ruth	300
37	Maureen	294
38	Frances	291
39	Lynn	288
40	Beverly	272
41	Ann	270
42	Joann	263
43	Lois	259
44	Phyllis	254
45	Cheryl	252
45	Cynthia	252
47	Betty	251
48	Helen	250
49	Maryann	248
50	Pamela	247
51	Arlene	238
52	Bonnie	229
53	Rosemary	221
54	Geraldine	219
54	Shirley	219
56	Dolores	216
57	Theresa	215
58	Jacqueline	211
59	Judy	210
60	Gloria	209
61	Alice	196
61	Suzanne	196
63	Deborah	192
64	Kathryn	184
65	Anne	183
66	Jeanne	168
67	Irene	167
68	Doris	165
68	Rose	165
70	Brenda	163
71	Jo	162
72	Paula	161
73	Evelyn	157
74	Carole	154
75	Diana	150
76	Laura	149
77	Kathy	144
78	Martha	143
79	Katherine	140
80	Michele	139
81	Anna	131
81	Dianne	131
83	Louise	130
83	Rita	130
85	Roberta	129
86	Constance	125
87	June	124
88	Darlene	123
89	Marion	117
90	Sheila	116
91	Josephine	113
92	Anita	110
92	Grace	110
94	Andrea	109
94	Lucille	109
94	Marjorie	109
94	Peggy	109
98	Maria	108
99	Lynda	104
100	Marlene	103