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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1912 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,770 New Jersey births in 1912 across 485 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.

#63Dominickoutside the national top 200
#78Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#72Antoinette#194 nationally
#61Veronica#178 nationally
#86Patsyoutside the national top 200
#88Carmineoutside the national top 200
#95Matildaoutside the national top 200
#85Carolyn#189 nationally
#98Constanceoutside the national top 200
#100Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#73August#171 nationally
#87Adolph#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,024US #1
#2Helen722US #2
#3Anna532US #7
#4Margaret489US #4
#5Dorothy444US #3
#6Elizabeth439US #8
#7Rose308US #15
#8Ruth305US #5
#9Marie280US #10
#10Mildred267US #6
#11Florence265US #12
#12Catherine241US #21
#13Frances224US #9
#14Lillian191US #14
#15Alice188US #11
#16Eleanor182US #39
#17Josephine171US #28
#18Evelyn154US #13
#19Marion152US #55
#20Gertrude146US #30
#21Jean142US #64
#22Anne131US #58
#23Grace128US #24
#24Ann125US #47
#25Edna124US #16
#26Ethel119US #18
#27Beatrice117US #37
#28Edith116US #31
#29Julia115US #44
#30Louise106US #17
#31Ida104US #45
#32Irene98US #22
#33Agnes96US #40
#34Jennie92US #81
#35Katherine92US #53
#36Theresa92US #97
#37Emma90US #35
#38Bertha85US #36
#39Virginia83US #20
#40Elsie81US #42
#41Gladys81US #19
#42Kathryn79US #71
#43Betty77US #66
#44Sarah76US #41
#45Sophie75US #117
#46Stella74US #73
#47Doris73US #48
#48Esther73US #33
#49Hazel71US #25
#50Viola68US #52
#51Clara66US #34
#52Marjorie65US #56
#53Pauline65US #38
#54Mae62US #74
#55Emily56US #105
#56Sylvia56US #77
#57Martha55US #29
#58Blanche54US #75
#59Thelma52US #26
#60Estelle51US #111
#61Veronica50US #178
#62Madeline49US #124
#63Charlotte48US #91
#64Harriet47US #113
#65Laura46US #57
#66Mabel46US #46
#67Minnie46US #60
#68Pearl45US #54
#69Myrtle44US #50
#70Barbara43US #102
#71Lena43US #72
#72Antoinette42US #194
#73Ella42US #69
#74Nellie42US #59
#75Alma41US #62
#76Jane41US #89
#77Lucy41US #78
#78Angelina40
#79Genevieve39US #92
#80Ellen38US #86
#81Lucille38US #32
#82Marian37US #93
#83Muriel37US #156
#84Amelia36US #160
#85Carolyn36US #189
#86Eva36US #49
#87Vera36US #68
#88Violet36US #83
#89Caroline35US #139
#90Sara33US #121
#91Olga32US #154
#92Sadie32US #114
#93Winifred32US #162
#94Loretta30US #119
#95Matilda30
#96May30US #153
#97Bessie29US #43
#98Constance29
#99Jessie29US #65
#100Miriam29US #159

Boys

#1John1,020US #1
#2Joseph720US #5
#3William707US #2
#4George466US #6
#5Charles453US #7
#6Edward378US #8
#7James377US #3
#8Frank375US #9
#9Robert271US #4
#10Thomas265US #10
#11Walter252US #11
#12Anthony227US #37
#13Michael222US #42
#14Albert200US #17
#15Harry184US #16
#16Louis178US #20
#17Arthur162US #15
#18Henry154US #12
#19Harold144US #13
#20Peter140US #48
#21Raymond121US #18
#22Stanley121US #43
#23Francis119US #35
#24Alfred113US #40
#25Richard112US #19
#26Paul104US #14
#27Samuel98US #30
#28Frederick97US #51
#29Stephen95US #88
#30Fred93US #26
#31Ralph93US #23
#32David90US #29
#33Andrew89US #44
#34Howard89US #25
#35Vincent86US #72
#36Nicholas77US #113
#37Philip74US #69
#38Alexander71US #97
#39Herbert71US #39
#40Carl66US #24
#41Daniel66US #53
#42Benjamin65US #67
#43Ernest59US #32
#44Herman59US #50
#45Jack59US #28
#46Theodore59US #52
#47Donald57US #27
#48Eugene57US #41
#49Irving55US #94
#50Lawrence54US #38
#51Chester50US #55
#52Edwin49US #54
#53Martin49US #75
#54Leonard48US #45
#55Milton47US #64
#56Kenneth46US #33
#57Victor43US #81
#58Bernard42US #60
#59Sidney42US #80
#60Jacob41US #110
#61Elmer40US #47
#62Norman40US #61
#63Dominick39
#64Russell39US #56
#65Julius38US #100
#66Leon37US #79
#67Lester36US #58
#68Morris36US #82
#69Leo35US #49
#70Lewis35US #68
#71Salvatore35US #158
#72Abraham33US #125
#73August32US #171
#74Angelo31US #155
#75Clarence31US #21
#76Sam27US #63
#77Franklin25US #129
#78Nathan25US #120
#79Patrick25US #145
#80Edmund24US #143
#81Emil24US #146
#82Steve24US #123
#83Wilbur24US #92
#84Clifford23US #62
#85Edgar23US #85
#86Patsy23
#87Adolph22US #183
#88Carmine22
#89Maurice22US #95
#90Max22US #101
#91Roy22US #31
#92Warren22US #107
#93Arnold21US #99
#94Earl21US #34
#95Adam20US #188
#96Alex20US #135
#97Leroy20US #66
#98Rudolph20US #141
#99Oscar19US #73
#100Cornelius18

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑37Veronica#61
↑30Sidney#59
↑29Pearl#68
↑26Morris#68
↑23Ernest#43
↑20Philip#37
↑19Abraham#72
↑16Herbert#39

Falling

↓33Earl#94
↓32Adam#95
↓26Angelina#78
↓25Norman#62
↓20Sadie#92
↓20Bernard#58
↓18Lucy#77
↓17Lawrence#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.