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Baby names in New Jersey in the 1930s

In New Jersey in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (20,399 boys) and Joan (11,708 girls), of 507,249 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Jersey each year, the 1930s shaded
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Jersey, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Jersey, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Joan11,708
2Mary11,202
3Barbara10,115
4Patricia7,022
5Dorothy6,058
6Margaret5,731
7Dolores4,379
8Elizabeth4,377
9Helen4,313
10Marie4,182
11Jean4,176
12Carol3,811
13Doris3,686
14Nancy3,501
15Ruth3,445
16Shirley3,342
17Betty3,301
18Rose2,887
19Anna2,849
20Ann2,783
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Robert20,399
2John19,184
3William14,098
4Joseph11,378
5Richard10,529
6James10,056
7Charles7,663
8George7,429
9Edward7,068
10Donald6,548
11Thomas6,427
12Frank5,781
13Anthony3,983
14Ronald3,776
15David3,762
16Raymond3,444
17Michael3,339
18Walter3,267
19Paul2,912
20Arthur2,697

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Jersey in the 1930s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.

More about names in New Jersey

  1. The 1930s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. New Jersey: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Jersey in the 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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