Top 100 New Jersey Girl Baby Names in 1938

// These were the most popular girl baby names in New Jersey, in 1938.

The Most Popular New Jersey Girl Baby Names in 1938


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Barbara. In total there were 24,709 girls born sharing 395 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1938 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby girl that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of girl 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
1Barbara1 in 17 (5.8%)1,443
2Mary1 in 25 (4.1%)1,001
3Patricia1 in 26 (3.9%)960
4Joan1 in 28 (3.6%)881
5Carol1 in 38 (2.6%)653
6Margaret1 in 47 (2.1%)530
7Elizabeth1 in 57 (1.8%)433
8Dorothy1 in 58 (1.7%)427
9Nancy1 in 58 (1.7%)424
10Joyce1 in 72 (1.4%)341
11Judith1 in 75 (1.3%)330
12Marie1 in 76 (1.3%)323
13Helen1 in 79 (1.3%)312
14Janet1 in 85 (1.2%)292
15Jean1 in 85 (1.2%)291
16Shirley1 in 88 (1.1%)281
17Dolores1 in 90 (1.1%)275
18Ruth1 in 92 (1.1%)270
19Betty1 in 93 (1.1%)267
20Frances1 in 94 (1.1%)262
21Ann1 in 97 (1%)255
22Elaine1 in 97 (1%)254
23Marilyn1 in 102 (1%)243
24Doris1 in 107 (0.9%)231
25Sandra1 in 108 (0.9%)228
26Arlene1 in 109 (0.9%)227
27Rose1 in 111 (0.9%)222
28Virginia1 in 113 (0.9%)218
29Lois1 in 115 (0.9%)215
30Catherine1 in 119 (0.8%)208
31Phyllis1 in 119 (0.8%)208
32Gail1 in 124 (0.8%)200
33Eleanor1 in 124 (0.8%)199
34Carole1 in 131 (0.8%)189
35Carolyn1 in 131 (0.8%)188
36Beverly1 in 134 (0.7%)185
37Lorraine1 in 139 (0.7%)178
38Alice1 in 140 (0.7%)176
39Anna1 in 142 (0.7%)174
40Kathleen1 in 144 (0.7%)171
41Jane1 in 149 (0.7%)166
42Gloria1 in 156 (0.6%)158
43Theresa1 in 158 (0.6%)156
44Eileen1 in 165 (0.6%)150
45Diane1 in 168 (0.6%)147
46Florence1 in 173 (0.6%)143
47Evelyn1 in 184 (0.5%)134
48Marion1 in 196 (0.5%)126
49Rita1 in 196 (0.5%)126
50Anne1 in 198 (0.5%)125
51Susan1 in 201 (0.5%)123
52Audrey1 in 204 (0.5%)121
53Lillian1 in 204 (0.5%)121
54Geraldine1 in 206 (0.5%)120
55Grace1 in 208 (0.5%)119
56Josephine1 in 211 (0.5%)117
57Janice1 in 213 (0.5%)116
58Roberta1 in 217 (0.5%)114
59Louise1 in 219 (0.5%)113
60Maryann1 in 219 (0.5%)113
61Loretta1 in 221 (0.5%)112
62Joanne1 in 223 (0.4%)111
63Jacqueline1 in 223 (0.4%)111
64Linda1 in 225 (0.4%)110
65Marjorie1 in 227 (0.4%)109
66Rosalie1 in 227 (0.4%)109
67Maureen1 in 229 (0.4%)108
68June1 in 229 (0.4%)108
69Irene1 in 229 (0.4%)108
70Rosemary1 in 233 (0.4%)106
71Charlotte1 in 240 (0.4%)103
72Lucille1 in 240 (0.4%)103
73Rosemarie1 in 242 (0.4%)102
74Ellen1 in 250 (0.4%)99
75Constance1 in 257 (0.4%)96
76Mildred1 in 260 (0.4%)95
77Judy1 in 278 (0.4%)89
78Martha1 in 281 (0.4%)88
79Marlene1 in 301 (0.3%)82
80Katherine1 in 301 (0.3%)82
81Claire1 in 301 (0.3%)82
82Sheila1 in 329 (0.3%)75
83Harriet1 in 343 (0.3%)72
84Anita1 in 348 (0.3%)71
85Kathryn1 in 358 (0.3%)69
86Sally1 in 363 (0.3%)68
87Norma1 in 374 (0.3%)66
88Edith1 in 380 (0.3%)65
89Sylvia1 in 386 (0.3%)64
90Antoinette1 in 392 (0.3%)63
91Bernice1 in 399 (0.3%)62
92Agnes1 in 412 (0.2%)60
93Jeanette1 in 426 (0.2%)58
94Ethel1 in 426 (0.2%)58
95Beatrice1 in 441 (0.2%)56
96Angela1 in 449 (0.2%)55
97Edna1 in 475 (0.2%)52
98Pauline1 in 475 (0.2%)52
99Gladys1 in 484 (0.2%)51
100Madeline1 in 494 (0.2%)50


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