Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	1,926
2	Susan	1,792
3	Deborah	1,730
4	Mary	1,706
5	Linda	1,604
6	Kathleen	1,289
7	Barbara	1,264
8	Donna	1,258
9	Karen	1,251
10	Debra	1,232
11	Nancy	1,219
12	Diane	1,116
13	Carol	854
14	Sharon	682
15	Elizabeth	607
16	Margaret	600
17	Cynthia	589
18	Janet	531
19	Denise	522
20	Pamela	474
21	Sandra	463
22	Cheryl	457
23	Judith	454
24	Joan	442
25	Catherine	437

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	435
27	Jo	419
28	Robin	400
29	Janice	380
30	Theresa	369
31	Maureen	365
32	Michele	356
33	Joanne	352
34	Lynn	342
35	Christine	317
36	Eileen	315
37	Ann	314
38	Joyce	308
39	Ellen	304
40	Laura	299
41	Lisa	293
42	Marie	271
42	Rose	271
44	Jane	270
45	Elaine	257
46	Bonnie	252
47	Lorraine	251
48	Jean	248
49	Kathy	242
50	Wendy	239
51	Dorothy	238
51	Virginia	238
53	Kim	231
54	Maria	228
55	Beverly	221
56	Anne	218
57	Valerie	217
58	Brenda	211
59	Jacqueline	192
60	Helen	191
61	Kathryn	189
62	Marilyn	188
62	Paula	188
64	Ruth	185
64	Suzanne	185
66	Joann	184
67	Katherine	178
68	Colleen	174
69	Carolyn	173
70	Jill	172
71	Frances	170
72	Andrea	168
72	Gloria	168
74	Lori	166
75	Darlene	163
76	Leslie	159
77	Teresa	158
78	Michelle	157
79	Diana	155
79	Laurie	155
79	Shirley	155
82	Dawn	154
83	Debbie	149
83	Victoria	149
85	Cathy	148
86	Judy	146
86	Lois	146
88	Alice	145
88	Angela	145
90	Jeanne	144
91	Anna	142
92	Betty	137
92	Phyllis	137
94	Maryann	135
95	Doreen	131
96	Regina	128
97	Martha	127
97	Sheila	127
97	Terry	127
100	Marianne	123