Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	2,133
2	Linda	1,925
3	Barbara	1,528
4	Susan	1,500
5	Mary	1,469
6	Deborah	1,262
7	Kathleen	1,253
8	Nancy	1,106
9	Karen	988
10	Diane	956
11	Carol	936
12	Donna	873
13	Christine	737
14	Sharon	652
15	Denise	618
16	Margaret	599
17	Judith	595
18	Janet	581
19	Elizabeth	557
20	Joan	554
21	Gail	538
22	Debra	536
23	Sandra	441
24	Cynthia	387
25	Pamela	382

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	367
26	Joanne	367
28	Catherine	353
29	Jane	346
30	Eileen	344
31	Joyce	339
32	Ellen	331
33	Theresa	303
34	Lynn	300
35	Cheryl	283
36	Elaine	277
37	Virginia	271
38	Marilyn	267
39	Michele	266
40	Maureen	264
41	Dorothy	255
42	Ann	254
43	Beverly	250
44	Jacqueline	242
45	Lorraine	241
46	Carolyn	240
47	Marie	237
48	Anne	235
48	Jo	235
50	Jean	231
51	Bonnie	228
52	Rose	222
53	Laura	215
54	Ruth	212
55	Joann	210
56	Brenda	204
57	Frances	200
58	Helen	198
59	Kathryn	197
59	Robin	197
61	Valerie	188
62	Gloria	185
63	Maria	180
64	Lois	178
65	Shirley	170
66	Katherine	169
67	Suzanne	168
68	Alice	164
69	Paula	163
69	Phyllis	163
71	Arlene	161
72	Leslie	153
73	Kathy	149
74	Victoria	148
75	Wendy	147
76	Geraldine	144
76	Maryann	144
78	Rosemary	142
79	Judy	141
80	Diana	140
81	Betty	138
81	Sheila	138
83	Jeanne	134
84	Jill	133
84	Martha	133
86	Cathy	132
87	Andrea	130
88	Dolores	128
89	Irene	127
90	Colleen	125
91	Sally	124
92	Anna	123
93	June	118
94	Louise	116
94	Roberta	116
96	Darlene	115
96	Doris	115
98	Rita	114
99	Claudia	113
100	Angela	112