Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1949

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	Patricia	1,665
3	Barbara	1,631
4	Susan	1,340
5	Mary	1,324
6	Kathleen	1,284
7	Carol	990
8	Nancy	926
9	Diane	743
10	Judith	682
11	Margaret	680
12	Karen	651
13	Donna	617
14	Sharon	598
15	Sandra	564
16	Elizabeth	493
17	Deborah	465
17	Joan	465
19	Janet	458
20	Christine	432
21	Joanne	396
22	Catherine	360
23	Gail	348
23	Joyce	348
25	Elaine	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dorothy	323
27	Janice	305
28	Jane	299
29	Virginia	296
30	Eileen	294
31	Pamela	287
32	Marie	280
33	Cynthia	273
33	Ellen	273
33	Maureen	273
36	Marilyn	270
37	Lorraine	263
38	Jean	261
39	Carolyn	260
40	Bonnie	251
41	Shirley	249
42	Beverly	246
42	Cheryl	246
42	Theresa	246
45	Lynn	240
46	Ann	237
47	Ruth	232
48	Frances	225
49	Gloria	224
50	Joann	222
51	Helen	220
52	Phyllis	200
53	Jacqueline	196
54	Geraldine	190
55	Rosemary	189
56	Lois	184
57	Brenda	179
58	Betty	176
58	Jo	176
60	Arlene	170
60	Michele	170
62	Maryann	169
63	Kathryn	168
64	Alice	167
64	Suzanne	167
66	Valerie	163
67	Anne	162
68	Dolores	157
69	Rose	154
70	Diana	152
71	Katherine	143
72	Paula	137
73	Judy	136
73	Laura	136
75	Maria	130
76	Louise	129
76	Martha	129
78	Carole	120
79	Doris	119
80	Jeanne	118
81	Evelyn	116
81	Rita	116
83	Kathy	115
84	Roberta	113
85	Irene	108
86	Marlene	107
87	Darlene	106
88	Angela	105
88	Regina	105
90	Constance	104
90	Denise	104
90	Jill	104
93	Lynne	101
94	Andrea	100
95	Wendy	98
96	Claire	96
97	Anna	95
98	Sheila	93
99	June	92
99	Lynda	92