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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1911 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,556 New Jersey births in 1911 across 390 distinct names.

Distinctively New Jersey

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Jersey more than they say America.

#52Angelina#199 nationally
#64Dominickoutside the national top 200
#77Patsyoutside the national top 200
#84Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#73August#188 nationally
#86Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#69Antoinette#183 nationally
#88Roccooutside the national top 200
#91Claireoutside the national top 200
#92Dominicoutside the national top 200
#58Salvatore#166 nationally
#63Adam#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary733US #1
#2Helen523US #2
#3Anna409US #6
#4Margaret390US #3
#5Elizabeth329US #7
#6Dorothy299US #4
#7Rose238US #14
#8Ruth225US #5
#9Mildred204US #8
#10Catherine203US #20
#11Florence192US #12
#12Marie187US #9
#13Josephine164US #29
#14Lillian159US #13
#15Frances145US #10
#16Evelyn131US #16
#17Alice130US #11
#18Grace115US #23
#19Ethel114US #15
#20Anne110US #64
#21Edith99US #31
#22Eleanor98US #49
#23Louise97US #19
#24Gertrude95US #30
#25Edna93US #17
#26Jean88US #74
#27Agnes87US #39
#28Bertha85US #36
#29Ann83US #53
#30Irene83US #21
#31Julia79US #44
#32Marion78US #58
#33Emma77US #35
#34Elsie71US #41
#35Gladys67US #18
#36Beatrice62US #37
#37Betty62US #69
#38Katherine62US #55
#39Ida61US #45
#40Stella61US #72
#41Virginia61US #26
#42Marjorie57US #59
#43Theresa56US #100
#44Jennie55US #85
#45Kathryn55US #73
#46Mae55US #71
#47Esther54US #34
#48Martha54US #28
#49Viola54US #47
#50Pauline52US #38
#51Sophie48US #125
#52Angelina45US #199
#53Emily45US #103
#54Hazel45US #25
#55Clara44US #33
#56Doris44US #56
#57Sarah41US #42
#58Blanche40US #75
#59Lucy39US #77
#60Mabel38US #43
#61Sylvia38US #82
#62Thelma38US #27
#63Estelle37US #106
#64Laura37US #57
#65Lena37US #70
#66Harriet34US #115
#67Marian33US #105
#68Minnie33US #52
#69Antoinette31US #183
#70Jane31US #98
#71Genevieve30US #93
#72Sadie30US #113
#73Barbara29US #119
#74Lucille29US #32
#75Madeline29US #133
#76Vivian29US #80
#77Charlotte28US #95
#78Alma27US #62
#79Olga27US #163
#80Violet27US #83
#81Ellen26US #84
#82Hilda25US #101
#83Myrtle25US #50
#84Caroline24US #146
#85Ella24US #63
#86Nancy24US #110
#87Nellie24US #54
#88Jessie23US #66
#89Maria23US #129
#90Bessie22US #40
#91Claire22
#92Victoria22US #160
#93Cecelia21US #175
#94Christine21US #124
#95Eva21US #46
#96Marguerite21US #87
#97Pearl21US #48
#98Veronica21
#99Henrietta20US #144
#100Matilda20

Boys

#1John530US #1
#2Joseph371US #6
#3William350US #2
#4George217US #4
#5Charles201US #7
#6James200US #3
#7Edward192US #9
#8Frank192US #8
#9Robert159US #5
#10Thomas138US #10
#11Walter126US #12
#12Anthony111US #35
#13Henry95US #11
#14Albert82US #15
#15Louis80US #21
#16Michael80US #38
#17Harry76US #13
#18Arthur74US #18
#19Harold69US #16
#20Raymond62US #19
#21Samuel61US #30
#22Peter53US #50
#23Alfred51US #39
#24Andrew49US #42
#25Francis48US #33
#26Stephen48US #84
#27Richard47US #20
#28David46US #27
#29Frederick46US #52
#30Stanley45US #44
#31Paul43US #17
#32Ralph43US #24
#33Lawrence38US #37
#34Vincent38US #80
#35Theodore36US #56
#36Fred34US #22
#37Norman33US #63
#38Bernard32US #54
#39Carl32US #26
#40Alexander31US #94
#41Howard31US #28
#42Martin30US #75
#43Nicholas29US #120
#44Daniel28US #53
#45Donald28US #36
#46Eugene28US #43
#47Herman28US #49
#48Victor28US #81
#49Benjamin27US #64
#50Jack27US #25
#51Kenneth25US #40
#52Milton23US #70
#53Russell23US #55
#54Chester21US #58
#55Herbert21US #41
#56Irving21US #93
#57Philip21US #69
#58Salvatore21US #166
#59Leonard20US #46
#60Julius18US #104
#61Earl17US #34
#62Edwin17US #60
#63Adam16US #170
#64Dominick16
#65Elmer16US #48
#66Ernest16US #32
#67Clarence15US #23
#68Emil15US #156
#69Angelo14US #174
#70Jerry13US #140
#71Leon13US #77
#72Lewis13US #66
#73August12US #188
#74Jacob12US #116
#75Leo12US #51
#76Lester12US #65
#77Patsy12
#78Roy12US #31
#79Sam12US #47
#80Edmund11US #142
#81Leroy11US #59
#82Maurice11US #99
#83Alex10US #129
#84Alphonse10
#85Clifford10US #62
#86Cornelius10
#87Matthew10US #153
#88Rocco10
#89Sidney10US #92
#90Steve10US #133
#91Abraham9US #124
#92Dominic9
#93Franklin9US #152
#94Morris9US #85
#95Patrick9US #128
#96Rudolph9US #155
#97Warren9US #113
#98Wilbur9US #101
#99Abe8
#100Ben8US #86

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑36Angelina#52
↑34Carl#39
↑28Adam#63
↑28Jerry#70
↑27Norman#37
↑26Sadie#72
↑25Sylvia#61
↑24Victor#48

Falling

↓42Pearl#97
↓33Clarence#67
↓26Morris#94
↓26Patrick#95
↓24Marguerite#96
↓21Sam#79
↓20Charlotte#77
↓20Eva#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.