Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1947

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1947.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1947


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 49,470 boys born sharing 394 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1947 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Robert1 in 13 (7.4%)3,672
2John1 in 14 (7.2%)3,567
3William1 in 20 (5.1%)2,506
4James1 in 22 (4.5%)2,239
5Richard1 in 24 (4.1%)2,043
6Joseph1 in 27 (3.7%)1,848
7Thomas1 in 28 (3.5%)1,743
8Michael1 in 33 (3%)1,496
9David1 in 44 (2.3%)1,116
10Edward1 in 47 (2.1%)1,056
11George1 in 49 (2%)1,010
12Charles1 in 49 (2%)1,008
13Ronald1 in 55 (1.8%)904
14Frank1 in 60 (1.7%)823
15Kenneth1 in 61 (1.6%)813
16Paul1 in 65 (1.5%)760
17Donald1 in 72 (1.4%)691
18Dennis1 in 79 (1.3%)624
19Anthony1 in 80 (1.3%)619
20Peter1 in 83 (1.2%)598
21Raymond1 in 88 (1.1%)559
22Bruce1 in 99 (1%)501
23Walter1 in 106 (0.9%)468
24Stephen1 in 106 (0.9%)467
25Gary1 in 112 (0.9%)442
26Daniel1 in 118 (0.8%)419
27Gregory1 in 130 (0.8%)382
28Lawrence1 in 137 (0.7%)360
29Louis1 in 138 (0.7%)358
30Alan1 in 139 (0.7%)357
31Arthur1 in 141 (0.7%)352
32Wayne1 in 146 (0.7%)340
33Steven1 in 160 (0.6%)309
34Jeffrey1 in 161 (0.6%)308
35Harry1 in 168 (0.6%)295
36Douglas1 in 170 (0.6%)291
37Vincent1 in 179 (0.6%)277
38Philip1 in 185 (0.5%)268
39Albert1 in 186 (0.5%)266
40Mark1 in 192 (0.5%)258
41Frederick1 in 192 (0.5%)257
42Carl1 in 195 (0.5%)254
43Andrew1 in 197 (0.5%)251
44Harold1 in 201 (0.5%)246
45Barry1 in 202 (0.5%)245
46Gerald1 in 202 (0.5%)245
47Henry1 in 211 (0.5%)234
48Ralph1 in 216 (0.5%)229
49Patrick1 in 223 (0.4%)222
50Eugene1 in 223 (0.4%)222
51Howard1 in 225 (0.4%)220
52Larry1 in 227 (0.4%)218
53Francis1 in 229 (0.4%)216
54Roger1 in 232 (0.4%)213
55Glenn1 in 236 (0.4%)210
56Fred1 in 245 (0.4%)202
57Leonard1 in 258 (0.4%)192
58Martin1 in 267 (0.4%)185
59Stanley1 in 273 (0.4%)181
60Jack1 in 289 (0.3%)171
61Russell1 in 293 (0.3%)169
62Nicholas1 in 293 (0.3%)169
63Brian1 in 300 (0.3%)165
64Alfred1 in 311 (0.3%)159
65Theodore1 in 319 (0.3%)155
66Craig1 in 353 (0.3%)140
67Samuel1 in 378 (0.3%)131
68Timothy1 in 402 (0.2%)123
69Ernest1 in 423 (0.2%)117
70Norman1 in 426 (0.2%)116
71Roy1 in 438 (0.2%)113
72Allen1 in 446 (0.2%)111
73Jerry1 in 480 (0.2%)103
74Warren1 in 480 (0.2%)103
75Clifford1 in 495 (0.2%)100
76Allan1 in 505 (0.2%)98
77Christopher1 in 505 (0.2%)98
78Victor1 in 510 (0.2%)97
79Bernard1 in 526 (0.2%)94
80Eric1 in 526 (0.2%)94
81Steve1 in 596 (0.2%)83
82Kevin1 in 611 (0.2%)81
83Edwin1 in 634 (0.2%)78
84Herbert1 in 642 (0.2%)77
85Stuart1 in 651 (0.2%)76
86Alexander1 in 660 (0.2%)75
87Gerard1 in 660 (0.2%)75
88Jay1 in 669 (0.1%)74
89Lewis1 in 678 (0.1%)73
90Lee1 in 687 (0.1%)72
91Keith1 in 707 (0.1%)70
92Salvatore1 in 717 (0.1%)69
93Marc1 in 728 (0.1%)68
94Matthew1 in 738 (0.1%)67
95Jerome1 in 750 (0.1%)66
96Gordon1 in 761 (0.1%)65
97Joel1 in 773 (0.1%)64
98Chester1 in 798 (0.1%)62
99Clarence1 in 811 (0.1%)61
100Arnold1 in 811 (0.1%)61


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