Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,365
2	Barbara	1,774
3	Patricia	1,717
4	Mary	1,399
5	Susan	1,300
6	Kathleen	1,169
7	Carol	1,140
8	Nancy	864
9	Diane	731
10	Judith	656
11	Karen	638
12	Margaret	636
13	Donna	600
14	Sharon	583
15	Sandra	571
16	Elizabeth	520
17	Joan	487
18	Janet	421
19	Joyce	369
20	Christine	367
21	Gail	354
22	Dorothy	348
23	Eileen	335
24	Jane	317
25	Joanne	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	312
27	Deborah	311
28	Elaine	310
28	Marilyn	310
30	Marie	308
31	Janice	302
32	Catherine	300
33	Lorraine	299
34	Virginia	297
35	Maureen	291
36	Frances	284
37	Ann	281
38	Pamela	280
39	Ellen	279
40	Beverly	272
41	Jean	267
42	Theresa	250
43	Lynn	249
44	Cheryl	248
45	Cynthia	247
46	Helen	245
47	Ruth	239
48	Lois	238
49	Betty	234
50	Joann	221
51	Bonnie	217
52	Arlene	215
53	Shirley	199
54	Maryann	198
55	Jacqueline	196
56	Phyllis	193
57	Alice	191
57	Rose	191
59	Jo	189
60	Dolores	186
61	Gloria	185
62	Suzanne	180
63	Brenda	175
64	Rosemary	172
65	Anne	159
66	Carole	158
67	Diana	155
68	Jeanne	154
69	Geraldine	153
69	Judy	153
71	Paula	151
72	Laura	144
73	Kathryn	142
74	Louise	140
75	Katherine	137
76	Michele	132
77	Doris	126
77	Evelyn	126
79	Kathy	121
80	Martha	120
81	Rita	119
82	Anna	114
82	Irene	114
84	Angela	113
85	Maria	110
85	Sally	110
87	Marion	109
87	Valerie	109
89	June	108
90	Dianne	107
91	Lynda	105
91	Sheila	105
93	Darlene	103
94	Constance	102
95	Florence	99
95	Peggy	99
97	Regina	94
98	Lynne	93
99	Andrea	92
100	Grace	91
100	Josephine	91