Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1955

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1955.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1955


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 57,471 boys born sharing 456 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1955 . 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 17 (6%)3,471
2John1 in 17 (6%)3,426
3Michael1 in 22 (4.6%)2,667
4James1 in 24 (4.1%)2,348
5William1 in 25 (3.9%)2,269
6David1 in 28 (3.6%)2,075
7Richard1 in 29 (3.4%)1,972
8Thomas1 in 29 (3.4%)1,967
9Joseph1 in 30 (3.4%)1,934
10Mark1 in 50 (2%)1,148
11Edward1 in 57 (1.8%)1,014
12Gary1 in 59 (1.7%)970
13Paul1 in 62 (1.6%)925
14Kenneth1 in 64 (1.6%)898
15Charles1 in 64 (1.6%)894
16Jeffrey1 in 66 (1.5%)877
17Steven1 in 67 (1.5%)860
18Kevin1 in 71 (1.4%)813
19George1 in 72 (1.4%)802
20Peter1 in 74 (1.3%)773
21Stephen1 in 78 (1.3%)740
22Donald1 in 79 (1.3%)730
23Anthony1 in 81 (1.2%)709
24Frank1 in 85 (1.2%)675
25Daniel1 in 88 (1.1%)654
26Ronald1 in 95 (1.1%)607
27Bruce1 in 111 (0.9%)518
28Raymond1 in 112 (0.9%)512
29Gregory1 in 118 (0.9%)489
30Brian1 in 127 (0.8%)452
31Dennis1 in 134 (0.7%)429
32Douglas1 in 138 (0.7%)416
33Wayne1 in 146 (0.7%)394
34Keith1 in 151 (0.7%)380
35Lawrence1 in 152 (0.7%)378
36Timothy1 in 154 (0.6%)373
37Glenn1 in 159 (0.6%)362
38Alan1 in 172 (0.6%)335
39Christopher1 in 175 (0.6%)329
40Walter1 in 178 (0.6%)323
41Scott1 in 192 (0.5%)300
42Louis1 in 194 (0.5%)296
43Patrick1 in 195 (0.5%)295
44Andrew1 in 197 (0.5%)291
45Arthur1 in 200 (0.5%)287
46Philip1 in 219 (0.5%)263
47Craig1 in 231 (0.4%)249
48Vincent1 in 237 (0.4%)242
49Barry1 in 238 (0.4%)241
50Ralph1 in 245 (0.4%)235
51Harry1 in 255 (0.4%)225
52Gerald1 in 270 (0.4%)213
53Russell1 in 272 (0.4%)211
54Larry1 in 278 (0.4%)207
55Frederick1 in 279 (0.4%)206
56Francis1 in 280 (0.4%)205
57Carl1 in 289 (0.3%)199
58Nicholas1 in 295 (0.3%)195
59Eugene1 in 296 (0.3%)194
60Henry1 in 311 (0.3%)185
61Albert1 in 321 (0.3%)179
62Eric1 in 334 (0.3%)172
63Howard1 in 338 (0.3%)170
64Martin1 in 338 (0.3%)170
65Harold1 in 359 (0.3%)160
66Theodore1 in 361 (0.3%)159
67Samuel1 in 376 (0.3%)153
68Roger1 in 386 (0.3%)149
69Stanley1 in 386 (0.3%)149
70Leonard1 in 413 (0.2%)139
71Alfred1 in 460 (0.2%)125
72Allen1 in 460 (0.2%)125
73Gerard1 in 471 (0.2%)122
74Matthew1 in 479 (0.2%)120
75Jonathan1 in 487 (0.2%)118
76Marc1 in 509 (0.2%)113
77Roy1 in 509 (0.2%)113
78Jerry1 in 513 (0.2%)112
79Fred1 in 532 (0.2%)108
80Jack1 in 558 (0.2%)103
81Randy1 in 563 (0.2%)102
82Ernest1 in 569 (0.2%)101
83Warren1 in 575 (0.2%)100
84Clifford1 in 605 (0.2%)95
85Bernard1 in 611 (0.2%)94
86Jay1 in 611 (0.2%)94
87Neil1 in 625 (0.2%)92
88Jerome1 in 639 (0.2%)90
89Victor1 in 661 (0.2%)87
90Edwin1 in 668 (0.1%)86
91Herbert1 in 668 (0.1%)86
92Norman1 in 668 (0.1%)86
93Salvatore1 in 718 (0.1%)80
94Terry1 in 737 (0.1%)78
95Guy1 in 746 (0.1%)77
96Curtis1 in 777 (0.1%)74
97Allan1 in 787 (0.1%)73
98Garry1 in 798 (0.1%)72
99Jeffery1 in 798 (0.1%)72
100Willie1 in 798 (0.1%)72


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