Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,160
2	Patricia	1,769
3	Barbara	1,554
4	Mary	1,333
5	Susan	1,296
6	Kathleen	1,241
7	Nancy	980
8	Carol	897
9	Karen	793
10	Diane	741
11	Deborah	719
12	Donna	694
13	Sharon	600
14	Margaret	599
15	Judith	590
16	Elizabeth	525
17	Christine	510
18	Janet	509
19	Sandra	501
20	Joan	466
21	Gail	449
22	Joanne	374
23	Janice	368
24	Catherine	350
25	Jane	345

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	344
27	Eileen	325
28	Pamela	321
29	Cynthia	296
30	Dorothy	295
31	Elaine	281
32	Denise	276
32	Lynn	276
34	Ellen	272
35	Maureen	269
36	Jean	265
37	Beverly	251
38	Virginia	250
39	Frances	242
39	Lorraine	242
41	Marilyn	241
42	Bonnie	238
43	Marie	236
44	Ann	229
45	Joann	222
46	Carolyn	219
47	Jacqueline	216
48	Gloria	215
49	Theresa	214
50	Cheryl	209
50	Shirley	209
52	Ruth	204
53	Brenda	196
54	Kathryn	193
55	Helen	188
55	Maryann	188
57	Lois	186
58	Michele	183
59	Arlene	176
60	Anne	170
61	Laura	167
62	Phyllis	166
62	Rosemary	166
64	Diana	163
65	Betty	162
66	Irene	161
67	Suzanne	158
68	Rose	157
69	Katherine	155
70	Jeanne	150
70	Maria	150
72	Rita	149
73	Jo	148
74	Alice	147
75	Geraldine	145
76	Valerie	141
77	Debra	140
78	Kathy	132
79	Paula	129
80	Doris	125
81	Dolores	122
81	Sheila	122
83	Constance	121
83	Wendy	121
85	Darlene	117
86	Anna	115
87	Louise	113
88	June	111
88	Marlene	111
90	Judy	110
91	Leslie	108
92	Jill	107
93	Evelyn	103
94	Martha	102
95	Carole	98
96	Marianne	97
97	Dianne	94
98	Andrea	93
98	Anita	93
100	Robin	92