State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1913 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,200 New Jersey births in 1913 across 496 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.

#64Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#71Dominickoutside the national top 200
#65Antoinette#181 nationally
#86Adeleoutside the national top 200
#90Dominicoutside the national top 200
#94Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#98Carmineoutside the national top 200
#100Carmenoutside the national top 200
#62Salvatore#162 nationally
#55Angelo#153 nationally
#97Adam#192 nationally
#89Veronica#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,078US #1
#2Helen827US #2
#3Anna605US #7
#4Margaret577US #4
#5Dorothy482US #3
#6Elizabeth435US #8
#7Rose368US #14
#8Ruth347US #5
#9Marie307US #10
#10Catherine294US #22
#11Mildred279US #6
#12Frances259US #9
#13Lillian235US #16
#14Josephine227US #24
#15Florence225US #13
#16Evelyn223US #12
#17Eleanor214US #34
#18Alice189US #11
#19Grace169US #25
#20Jean157US #60
#21Marion147US #51
#22Edith145US #29
#23Anne142US #57
#24Ethel141US #20
#25Ann136US #46
#26Edna127US #18
#27Gertrude124US #33
#28Julia123US #42
#29Louise118US #17
#30Beatrice116US #37
#31Katherine113US #54
#32Irene112US #21
#33Jennie109US #80
#34Elsie105US #40
#35Emma103US #38
#36Theresa101US #97
#37Agnes100US #41
#38Ida98US #49
#39Gladys95US #19
#40Doris91US #44
#41Stella91US #69
#42Virginia90US #15
#43Clara87US #36
#44Bertha86US #39
#45Kathryn86US #66
#46Esther82US #32
#47Sophie80US #113
#48Rita76US #116
#49Emily74US #99
#50Charlotte73US #87
#51Marjorie73US #48
#52Betty71US #67
#53Martha71US #28
#54Pauline68US #35
#55Viola64US #52
#56Laura62US #62
#57Sylvia62US #72
#58Hazel61US #27
#59Lucy61US #77
#60Genevieve60US #84
#61Lena59US #73
#62Pearl59US #55
#63Sarah59US #43
#64Angelina58
#65Antoinette58US #181
#66Estelle57US #112
#67Madeline57US #117
#68Mae57US #79
#69Jane56US #81
#70Eva55US #50
#71Harriet55US #125
#72Olga52US #148
#73Vera49US #68
#74Muriel48US #137
#75Caroline47US #149
#76Lucille47US #31
#77Thelma47US #26
#78Ellen45US #88
#79Barbara44US #94
#80Ella44US #70
#81Marian43US #93
#82Nellie43US #58
#83Bessie42US #47
#84Mabel42US #56
#85Nancy42US #102
#86Adele41
#87Myrtle41US #53
#88Jessie40US #61
#89Veronica40US #183
#90Miriam39US #146
#91Violet39US #82
#92Minnie38US #63
#93Victoria38US #147
#94Wanda38US #168
#95Blanche37US #76
#96Kathleen37US #110
#97Janet36US #162
#98Sara35US #114
#99Henrietta34US #141
#100Hilda34US #105

Boys

#1John1,237US #1
#2Joseph821US #5
#3William774US #2
#4Charles491US #7
#5George477US #6
#6Edward456US #8
#7Frank431US #9
#8James429US #3
#9Robert368US #4
#10Walter285US #11
#11Thomas263US #10
#12Anthony251US #38
#13Louis234US #20
#14Michael227US #40
#15Harry204US #15
#16Albert200US #16
#17Henry196US #12
#18Harold166US #13
#19Arthur157US #17
#20Paul154US #14
#21Stanley148US #41
#22Peter144US #51
#23Samuel136US #36
#24Richard133US #19
#25Alfred126US #42
#26Raymond126US #18
#27Andrew122US #47
#28Frederick119US #49
#29Francis115US #30
#30Howard110US #26
#31Vincent102US #66
#32Stephen98US #86
#33Herbert95US #39
#34Theodore91US #60
#35Fred89US #27
#36David88US #29
#37Benjamin86US #70
#38Ralph86US #22
#39Carl83US #23
#40Nicholas80US #110
#41Eugene77US #43
#42Jack75US #28
#43Daniel72US #54
#44Alexander67US #98
#45Philip67US #69
#46Donald65US #25
#47Milton62US #71
#48Bernard57US #52
#49Ernest55US #34
#50Leonard55US #46
#51Kenneth53US #33
#52Martin53US #75
#53Russell53US #50
#54Herman49US #53
#55Angelo48US #153
#56Edwin48US #55
#57Lawrence45US #35
#58Norman45US #57
#59Chester44US #56
#60Irving44US #104
#61Morris44US #89
#62Salvatore44US #162
#63Victor44US #80
#64Clarence42US #21
#65Emil41US #143
#66Earl40US #31
#67Clifford39US #68
#68Elmer39US #45
#69Julius39US #106
#70Leo39US #48
#71Dominick38
#72Sidney38US #90
#73Lester37US #59
#74Matthew37US #151
#75Leon36US #81
#76Leroy36US #63
#77Lewis36US #72
#78Max36US #101
#79Sam34US #65
#80Patrick32US #148
#81Jacob29US #117
#82Nathan29US #127
#83Warren29US #109
#84Edgar27US #87
#85Jerome25US #141
#86Roy25US #32
#87Abraham24US #142
#88August24US #171
#89Edmund24US #131
#90Dominic23
#91Jerry22US #150
#92Maurice22US #95
#93Arnold21US #92
#94Cornelius21
#95Everett21US #97
#96Otto21US #146
#97Adam20US #192
#98Carmine20
#99Gilbert20US #103
#100Carmen19

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑28Earl#66
↑21Leroy#76
↑19Genevieve#60
↑19Olga#72
↑19Angelo#55
↑18Lucy#59
↑17Clifford#67
↑16Eva#70

Falling

↓37Blanche#95
↓28Veronica#89
↓25Minnie#92
↓21Jacob#81
↓19Sarah#63
↓18Thelma#77
↓18Mabel#84
↓18Myrtle#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.