Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	2,022
2	Linda	1,928
3	Susan	1,598
4	Mary	1,553
5	Barbara	1,504
6	Deborah	1,426
7	Kathleen	1,183
8	Nancy	1,100
9	Karen	1,033
10	Diane	994
11	Carol	903
12	Donna	901
13	Debra	769
14	Sharon	635
15	Margaret	619
16	Denise	572
16	Elizabeth	572
18	Cynthia	547
19	Judith	524
20	Janet	519
21	Sandra	488
22	Gail	483
23	Pamela	475
24	Joan	469
25	Joanne	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christine	410
27	Catherine	405
28	Janice	398
29	Eileen	375
30	Jo	363
31	Joyce	329
32	Lynn	316
33	Maureen	306
34	Theresa	301
35	Michele	298
36	Jane	283
37	Ann	280
38	Beverly	279
39	Ellen	277
40	Robin	267
41	Cheryl	266
42	Lorraine	265
43	Jean	262
43	Marilyn	262
45	Jacqueline	261
46	Marie	257
47	Dorothy	254
48	Virginia	242
49	Rose	231
50	Elaine	226
51	Anne	219
52	Laura	218
53	Joann	212
54	Brenda	211
55	Suzanne	210
56	Carolyn	207
57	Frances	202
57	Kathryn	202
59	Bonnie	201
60	Ruth	196
61	Helen	188
62	Arlene	185
63	Maria	178
64	Lois	177
65	Gloria	174
66	Kathy	173
67	Valerie	172
68	Katherine	171
69	Phyllis	170
70	Andrea	169
71	Alice	165
72	Paula	162
73	Darlene	158
74	Jeanne	152
75	Shirley	149
76	Diana	147
76	Wendy	147
78	Sheila	146
79	Lisa	144
80	Maryann	142
81	Betty	140
82	Leslie	138
83	Jill	137
84	Victoria	134
85	Irene	133
86	Anna	130
87	Marianne	128
88	Dolores	120
88	Martha	120
90	Louise	116
90	Teresa	116
92	Judy	115
93	Cathy	114
93	Evelyn	114
95	Colleen	113
95	Laurie	113
95	Rita	113
98	Roberta	112
99	Geraldine	111
100	Sally	109