Baby names in New Jersey in the 1950s

In New Jersey in the 1950s the most given names were Robert (33,839 boys) and Patricia (18,735 girls), of 1,077,870 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in New Jersey each year, the 1950s shaded

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

New Jersey, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Jersey, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	Patricia	18,735
2	Linda	17,156
3	Susan	16,467
4	Mary	16,141
5	Barbara	13,799
6	Deborah	12,618
7	Kathleen	12,046
8	Karen	11,828
9	Donna	11,701
10	Nancy	11,426
11	Diane	9,827
12	Carol	8,757
13	Debra	8,086
14	Sharon	6,893
15	Cynthia	6,125
16	Elizabeth	6,049
17	Margaret	5,906
18	Denise	5,419
19	Janet	5,136
20	Judith	4,715

Boys, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	33,839
2	John	33,443
3	Michael	25,135
4	James	23,305
5	William	21,719
6	Richard	19,117
7	Thomas	19,045
8	Joseph	18,236
9	David	17,664
10	Mark	10,092
11	Edward	9,596
12	Charles	9,480
13	Gary	8,782
14	Paul	8,744
15	Kenneth	8,368
16	Steven	8,030
17	George	7,835
18	Peter	7,191
19	Kevin	7,125
20	Donald	7,057

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Jersey in the 1950s

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

Carolann · 4.7×Maryann · 4.1×Maryellen · 4.0×Maryanne · 3.8×Concetta · 3.2×Daria · 3.2×

Boys

Carmine · 6.2×Dominick · 5.4×Carmen · 5.1×Rocco · 4.3×Salvatore · 4.1×Vito · 3.9×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in New Jersey

The 1950s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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The top names of 1950The first year of the decade, nationally.
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